| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-10 | Palatka | Fl | TIC Power | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was installing grading on a 3-foot platform. He slipped off the platform and fell to the ground, suffering a broken right ankle. | |||||
| 2021-02-20 | Albertville | Al | Emmaus Foods LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was working on top of a grading platform, replacing a faulty spring on a shaker. As the employee knocked on a bolt to get to the spring, the shaker dislodged and fell. It amputated the tip of the employee's right middle finger. | |||||
| 2020-10-19 | Darlington | Pa | Danzer Veneer Americas | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was walking down a set of steps on the grading line. A leg from a pallet rack was blocking their path and when the employee tried to step over the obstacle, he missed the next step and fell forward onto the floor. The employee sustained a broken left leg. | |||||
| 2020-10-17 | Garden City | Ga | Harco Construction, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| A skid steer was grading rock along a curb for a parking lot. An employee was shoveling the rock along the curb to uncover the curb. The employee lost his balance while shoveling the rock and stepped behind the skid steer while it was backing up. The skid steer ran over the employee's right leg causing a compound fracture to the shin. | |||||
| 2020-09-21 | Jonesboro | Ar | SHANNON KEE CONSTRUCTION, LLC | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| An employee was walking beside a 12-ton bulldozer, holding a dirt grading rod. The bulldozer, moving in reverse, struck and fractured his left femur and right foot. | |||||
| 2020-08-03 | Orlando | Fl | International Industrial Contracting Corporation | Forearm(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was guiding in a 150-pound section of bar grading that was being hoisted by a crane. The grading pinned his arm against a steel I-beam, breaking the forearm. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery. | |||||
| 2020-02-05 | Houston | Texas | Vallen | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was pulling a 150-200 lbs. wheeled fire extinguisher unit up a 6" lip when he lost his balance, slipped, and fell backwards down a nearby grading of stairs. The wheeled fire extinguisher unit fell with the employee and landed on his right hand. His right hand sustained multiple injuries including a broken index and middle finger. | |||||
| 2019-08-03 | Markesan | Wisconsin | Del Monte Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a bean-grading machine in preparation for sanitation. The employee was opening the doors to clean the machine with a power washer when his right ring finger was caught by a roller with a solid bar. The finger was amputated at the second knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-08-01 | Atmore | Alabama | Swift Lumber, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was grading lumber. A 1x4 board entering the trimmer skewed, causing the board to be cut lengthwise (instead of crosswise) and to be ejected from the saw. It struck the employee on the right side of the abdomen, causing a contusion. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-07-31 | Patuxent River | Maryland | U.S. Department of Navy/Patuxent River | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| A mechanical engineer technician was upgrading a load bearing machine from manual to automatic when his glove and right index finger got caught between the sprocket and chain. The right index fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2019-07-28 | Marion | Ohio | OHIO GALVANIZING CORP. | Arm(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| On July 28, 2019, an employee was fixing a steel grading product to a fixture. A steel grading product fell and the employee was hospitalized with fractures to both arms. | |||||
| 2019-07-10 | Naples | Florida | Metro Home Builders, Inc. | Hip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was conducting a grading operation and cutting down a 25-foot tree for new homes to be built. The tree struck the employee and fractured the right hip. | |||||
| 2019-03-14 | Southside | West Virgini | Twin River Hardwood Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was grading and pulling strips. The employee's right ring finger was caught in a conveyor roller on the grading line. The finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2018-03-21 | The Woodlands | Texas | Hassel Construction Co., Inc. | Brain | Other jump to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was fine grading dirt around a concrete channel box when he tried to jump over the box, suffering a concussion and facial contusion. | |||||
| 2017-09-28 | Claxton | Georgia | Norman W. Fries, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was grading rework parts and placing the parts on the conveyor of a drum and thigh cutter machine when his right hand contacted the machine's energized blades, amputating it at the wrist. | |||||
| 2017-03-09 | South Hadley | Massachusett | ASSOCIATED BUILDERS, INC. | Hip(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was grading gravel next to a backhoe when the control lever got stuck and struck him in the hip resulting in a fracture in the ball-and-socket joint area. | |||||
| 2016-09-10 | Opelika | Alabama | West Fraser, Inc. | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was grading lumber in the planer mill (dry end) when a lumber plank "crossed-up" and slowed/stopped production. When the employee tried to clear the "crossed-up" lumber plank, his left hand was crushed by the plank and a u-shaped piece of steel lacerated his left hand between the wrist, thumb, and first finger. He suffered a partial de-gloving and a broken bone in the thumb. | |||||
| 2016-08-04 | Marengo | Illinois | Commonwealth Edison Company | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
| On Thursday, August 4, 2016, at 11:30 a.m., an employee was working outside, marking a new engineered path with flags for an underground service drop from the electrical pole to a relocated electric meter at a new residential construction site. As the employee was walking toward the electrical pole, the adjacent ground grading changed; it was partially graded and partially undisturbed natural landscape, creating an uneven walking surface. Subsequently, the employee's right ankle rolled and she f | |||||
| 2016-04-06 | Lewiston | New York | Mark Cerrone, Inc | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| An employee was fine grading a stone with a shovel when an excavator backed up and pinned the employee's legs. One of his legs was amputated and the other suffered broken bones. | |||||
| 2016-03-07 | Grand Forks | North Dakota | Associated Potato Growers, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was exposed to carbon monoxide from two forklifts while working at the grading table. | |||||
| 2016-02-10 | Wiggins | Mississippi | Hood Industries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was grading veneer wood when his hand was caught in a drive chain sprocket. His right index and long fingers were amputated. | |||||
| 2015-10-03 | Chopin | Louisiana | MARTCO L.L.C. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to remove debris from the scanner on the veneer grading table. The rag he was using got pulled into an idler pulley, causing his hand to also be pulled in. He suffered a right thumb laceration and fracture. | |||||
| 2015-07-28 | Bolingbrook | Illinois | DYWIDAG SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, USA, INC. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee operating a rolling bar of a cold rolling machine (a machine which treads the metal bar) was injured during operation. The employee was running a previously treaded metal bar/bolt through the cold rolling machine; while standing on a one foot metal grading/platform. The employee's shirt got caught on the spinning bar, and as the employee tried to break free, the employee's pant leg got caught, thereby flipping the employee over the bar onto a concrete floor and breaking his leg. | |||||
| 2015-06-03 | Hawkinsville | Georgia | Hardy's Peanuts, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a Yale forklift when he stuck his left hand outside the cab of the forklift. His left hand got caught between the front left vertical member of the forklift's overhead guard system and the metal horizontal rail of an adjacent grading table. He sustained injuries to his left hand, requiring a left thumb amputation at the hospital. | |||||