Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-03-12 | Burr Ridge | Illinois | SAIA MOTOR FREIGHTLINE LLC | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
On March 12, 2020, an employee was getting on a parked forklift and was struck by another forklift resulting in a broken left ankle and foot. | |||||
2020-01-02 | Merritt Island | Florida | JMAK Roofing Inc | Cheek(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was getting on a ladder to come down from a metal roof. The ladder slipped and fell from under him, and he fell to the ground. His cheekbone was broken. | |||||
2019-06-14 | Marianna | Florida | Masonry Incorporated | Lumbar region | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
On June 14, 2019, an employee was getting onto a scaffold to descend to the ground and retrieve more materials. When he stepped onto the unsecured planks, the planks fell off and he fell about 12 feet to the ground, landing on his feet. He sustained a fracture to his lower back and ruptured a lower back disc, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2019-03-21 | Columbus | Mississippi | Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was getting off an elevator when she starting having respiratory problems from the cologne of someone getting on the elevator. | |||||
2019-03-13 | Ellijay | Georgia | ADUSA Transportaion | Arm(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
A truck driver slipped and fell while getting onto a truck, breaking his arm in three places. | |||||
2018-04-16 | Sarasota | Florida | Florida State Roofing and Construction | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was getting off the roof of a single story house using a ladder. While getting on the ladder from the roof, he stepped on the first course tile adjacent to the ladder and it broke, causing him to lose his balance and fall about 10 feet to the driveway. He fractured his left femur, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2018-03-19 | Prudhoe Bay | Alaska | Doyon Drilling, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was exiting a rock crusher and getting onto a 6-foot step ladder. He was holding onto the handrail while getting his feet onto the ladder. His feet were on the second rung from the top when the ladder kicked out from underneath him. He held onto the handrail momentarily and then fell 4 to 5 feet to the ground (gravel pad), breaking his left wrist and suffering a small compression fracture in his lower back. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-08-26 | Houston | Texas | Universal Services of America LP | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was walking down a walking ramp and attempted to avoid a 2- to 4-inch puddle of water by getting on a side rail. She slipped on the side rail and landed awkwardly on her right ankle, breaking it in three places and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-02-15 | Amherst | Massachusett | West Shore Metals, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell to the frozen ground while getting on a steel frame to lay out decking. | |||||
2016-07-06 | Bloomington | Illinois | Springfield Electric Supply Company | Brain | Fall on same level |
On or about July 6, 2016, an employee fell backwards while either getting on or getting off a chair/stool at the counter. She hit her head on an unknown object and was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-11-19 | Baytown | Texas | Exel Inc. | Foot (feet) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
An employee was operating a rail king (equipment that moves rail cars) to couple two rail cars. The rail cars would not couple, so the employee bumped the rail cars and the front rail car started moving. The employee got off the rail king and attempted to get onto the moving rail car to set the brake. The employee slipped as he was getting onto the rail car and a wheel ran over his left foot amputating at least two toes. The employee was transported to the hospital where he underwent surgery |