| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-16 | Prairie Grove | Ar | Jack Tyler Engineering Inc | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| Employee 1 was using a crane truck to pull pipe out of a wet well to be cut for removal. As the pipe was brought out of the 40-foot well, employee 2 rolled the pipe to be cut on the other side. While it was still connected to the hoisting cable, the pipe kicked back and knocked employee 1 into the wet well. Employee 1 sustained a right wrist fracture, back fracture, and a torn aorta. | |||||
| 2021-09-02 | Washington | Dc | Clark Concrete, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was hoisting an 18-inch, 6-foot wooden work platform from the ground to a height of 12 feet. The cleat used to secure the rope failed causing the platform to fall 2-3 feet. The employee sustained fractured vertebrae. | |||||
| 2021-06-24 | Columbus | Oh | CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was hoisting material onto a rack when the hoist's mandrel became caught on the rack. The employee thought the material was in place and was attempting to unhook the chain from the hoist when their left index finger became caught in the lifting chain/hook, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-06-17 | Channelview | Tx | Zachary Industrial, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| Employees were hoisting a garbage chute with a crane. The chute broke free, striking two employees. One employee was hospitalized for numerous injuries. | |||||
| 2020-10-06 | Cambridge | Ma | Accord Steel | Thigh(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was rigging structural steel components for hoisting. When hoisted, one of the sling hooks gave way and the components fell onto the employee and fractured a femur. | |||||
| 2020-09-08 | Hempstead | Tx | EAST TEXAS PRECAST CO. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was clipping bands to cables which involves partially hoisting the cables with a crane. During the hoist, the employee's left hand was pinched between the cables and a steel pin resulting in a partial amputation to the left thumb. | |||||
| 2020-07-30 | Port Allen | Louisiana | Louis Dreyfus Commodities, L.L.C. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was helping install a loader storage bin. While hoisting the bin up, it slipped off, causing a laceration to the employee's left thumb that required surgery. | |||||
| 2020-07-15 | Hampden | Maine | RF Jordan & Sons Construction, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was assisting with the hoisting of a concrete barrier. The hoist chain caught the employee's thumb against the concrete barrier and the thumb tip was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-07-14 | Plains Township | Pennsylvania | L & L Construction Inc. | Ankle(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee had been rigging long-span steel joists for hoisting when several joists that were leaning against a wall fell, striking the employee's foot. The employee sustained a compound fracture to the ankle. | |||||
| 2020-07-02 | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | Performance Contractors, Inc. | Shoulder(s) and back | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was assisting with hoisting piping by a crane. The piping struck the employee and caused the employee to fall 5 feet off a trailer to the ground. The employee suffered a partial dislocation of their left shoulder with a possible fracture, as well as L2, L3, and L4 transitional lumbar fractures. | |||||
| 2020-05-21 | Massena | New York | Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was hoisting a steel plate. The employee's fingers were caught between the plate and another surface, causing amputation of the right little finger at the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2020-03-14 | Houston | Texas | GULF STREAM MARINE | Upper and lower limb(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was working inside a gondola rail car, rigging bundles of steel rebar for hoisting out of the car. During a partial breakout lift (hoisting about 2 feet to gain access for slinging), a nylon strap parted under the 1,100-2,200-pound load, which fell back into the car and struck the employee. The employee suffered a broken femur and collarbone. | |||||
| 2020-02-28 | Mansfield | Georgia | WILLIAM ERECTION COMPANY | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was stationed on the ground hoisting materials via a crane. While following the materials on the crane, the employee tripped on a staged joist and fell injuring his left knee. | |||||
| 2020-01-22 | Shreveport | Louisiana | Alloy Piping Products, LLC | Foot (feet) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was operating an overhead crane. While he was hoisting the crane, the block contacted the upper limit switch. The switch was set off but did not stop the crane's movement, causing the crane's cable to snap. When the cable snapped, the crane block (weighing 91 lbs.) and chain (weighing 43 lbs.) fell 18 feet and hit the employee. He was hospitalized with a broken right foot. | |||||
| 2019-07-30 | Enfield | Connecticut | C.H. Nickerson & Company Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| Two carpenters were hoisting an aluminum bridge between water tanks at a water treatment plant. The elevated load struck one of the employees in the torso, resulting in possible broken ribs. | |||||
| 2019-07-15 | Boca Raton | Florida | Thyssen Krupp Elevator Corporation | Forearm(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was roping an elevator car and lowering the ropes to the counterweight. Several feet of rope slack on the machine room floor needed to be released from the hoisting rope. When removing the wire rope clamps, the rope slid through the remaining clamp. The rope gained momentum and struck the employee on the right forearm and fractured it. | |||||
| 2019-07-02 | Mansfield | Texas | Klein Tools, Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was attempting to pull a motor out of a sump tank when both eye bolts on the hoisting rig snapped, dropping the motor on top of the employee's right hand. The employee received multiple lacerations and broken bones on the right hand, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2019-06-11 | Norfolk | Virginia | Colonna's Shipyard Inc | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was hoisting a 5,000-pound steady rest with a 50-ton overhead shop crane. The load fell on his left leg, crushing it from the knee down. The leg was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2019-05-21 | Fargo | North Dakota | McCough Construction | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was hoisting loads. The load swung and the employee's hand was pinched between two loads. A finger was crushed and required surgery. | |||||
| 2019-05-01 | Monaca | Pennsylvania | ATI Flat Rolled Products | Lower leg(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| Employees were lifting the top plate from a stack of finished steel plates using an overhead crane. The plate hooks were inserted and positioned for hoisting. The crane’s trolley travel button was pressed. The steel plate began to slide off the stack and contacted an employee below the left knee, pinching the lower left leg between the plate and an adjacent stack of plates. The employee sustained a laceration to the left lower leg. | |||||
| 2019-03-22 | Macedon | New York | Pliant LLC | Hip(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
| A roll that was being handled by hoisting equipment shifted and knocked an employee to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured hip. | |||||
| 2019-03-07 | Hillsdale | Illinois | Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. | Jaw, chin | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was hoisting hides with a hoist attached to a support beam. The beam failed and fell, striking the employee in the head and breaking the employee's jaw. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-08-24 | Robins A F B | Georgia | MGC Roofing & Construction, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was observing the hoisting of a steel roof beam. As the crane was setting the beam down so its rigging could be tightened, the beam fell out of the rigging, hit the ground, rolled, and struck the employee. It broke his left ankle and lacerated his right foot. | |||||
| 2018-05-22 | Mckinney | Texas | Otis Elevator Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was hoisting an elevator platform when the rope broke, causing the elevator to fall into the pit. The employee's left index finger was then caught between the elevator platform and the rail (where the elevator moves up and down), resulting in an amputation to the second knuckle. | |||||
| 2018-04-23 | Chicago | Illinois | Otis Elevator Company | Foot (feet) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| Employees were hoisting a motor for an elevator with a gantry crane. The crane tipped over and the top support beam for the gantry crane struck an employee in the left leg. The employee suffered a broken and dislocated left foot. | |||||
| 2018-04-23 | Gloversville | New York | Mazone Plumbing and Heating, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was guiding a crane that was hoisting an air conditioning unit onto the roof. The crane released and the unit fell, snapping a riser clamp against the employee's right index finger, which was crushed and amputated. | |||||
| 2018-03-01 | Grand Island | Nebraska | CNH Industrial America LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was hoisting a large part off of a paint rack. The part shifted as it was pulled off the rack using a chain and sling. The employee's finger was caught between the part and the cart resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger. | |||||
| 2018-02-18 | Okarche | Oklahoma | PATERSON-UTI DRILLING COMPANY LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| Employees were hoisting drilling pipe, when the pipe fell, striking the back of an employee who was standing on the rig floor. The employee sustained fractured ribs and vertebrae. | |||||
| 2018-01-08 | Edgerton | Kansas | Triumph Structures | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was using hoisting equipment to transfer sawed parts to a floor transport when a metal block fell from the hoisting equipment and severely cut the employee's index finger, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2017-09-13 | Stuttgart | Arkansas | Producers Rice Mill | Multiple body parts | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| Employees were conducting repair operations and lifting an 850-pound 8" pipe with a winch and swiveling block and tackle while working at a height of 15 feet. The employees were trying to position the pipe as they were hoisting it into place when the swivel bound, causing the lifting cable bind and break. A secondary come-a-long and chain kept the pipe from falling, but the pipe swung into an employee, fracturing a vertebra in his neck, breaking his left arm in two places and fracturing his wris | |||||
| 2017-09-07 | Decatur | Illinois | CENTURION INDUSTRIES, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On September 7, 2017, an employee was hoisting a large argon gas cylinder with a chain. As the cylinder was being lifted, the chain started to move and the cylinder shifted. The employee grabbed the valve ring on top of the cylinder and was trying to stabilize it when the first digit of the employee's left thumb was caught and amputated between the chain and one of the ring supports. | |||||
| 2017-08-01 | Galveston | Texas | Archer Daniels Midland Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was hoisting up the scale weight with the help of another employee. The injured employee had a hand on the cable that held the hoist. When the scale weight got near the floor, the employee's right hand was caught in the pulley and the index finger was smashed. The employee's index finger was amputated and the middle finger injured. | |||||
| 2017-07-10 | Jamaica | New York | Kingdom Associates Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was using a hoisting mechanism to retrieve pile driving rods from a casing when a sling slipped off a rod, allowing the rod to fall, strike, and fracture the employee's right shoulder. | |||||
| 2017-06-29 | Sandersville | Georgia | Schnitzer Southeast | Upper and lower limb(s) | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee was attempting to pick up a roll-off container with hoisting cables when the hook on the container broke and the hoisting cable flew up and over the employee's tractor truck, contacting the overhead power lines. The controls on the truck became energized in the employee's hand, and he suffered first degree burns to his right hand and foot. | |||||
| 2017-05-25 | Chicago | Illinois | W.R. Weis Company, Inc. | Arm(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| The employee was installing insulation. A 4' x 4' insulated metal panel slipped from the hoisting clamp, bounced and ricocheted off the building, and struck the employee's left arm fracturing it. | |||||
| 2017-04-17 | Fremont | Ohio | Tri Dim Filter Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On April 17, 2017, an employee was hoisting material via crane and suffered a distal finger amputation after it was caught between the crane hook and hoist attachment. | |||||
| 2017-03-08 | Napoleon | Ohio | TENNECO INC. | Pelvis | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| On March 08, 2017, an employee was hoisting a steel coil via an underhung crane for placement in the cradle of a coil feeding machine. As the operator began to hoist and position the coil over the cradle, the lower button on the crane's control pendant was pressed before the coil was appropriately aligned between the cradle walls. The coil landed on the top edge of the cradle creating slack on the load line, breaking the safety latch, and displacing the coil attachment from the hook. The coil st | |||||
| 2017-02-09 | Fresno | Texas | Reddico Construction Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was installing an arch pipe in a driveway. After the employee released the mechanism on the hoisting apparatus that held the pipe, the pipe fell on the employee's finger, pinching it between the pipe and the concrete driveway. The employee's right ring finger was amputated at the first joint. | |||||
| 2016-09-27 | Cincinnati | Ohio | Schindler Elevator Corp. | Multiple foot (feet) locations | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was hoisting an elevator rail using an electric winch when it gave way, dropping the 230-pound rail onto the employee's left foot and big toe. | |||||
| 2016-06-15 | Cambridge | Massachusett | James F. Stearns, Co. LLP | Ankle(s) | Other jump to lower level |
| An employee was unloading/hoisting structural steel members/composite joists from a flatbed trailer truck when the load shifted. The employee dismounted from the truck and landed on a bucket of bolts on the ground. He rolled and broke his ankle. | |||||
| 2016-02-22 | Washington | District Of | Republic Services, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| A two-man crew was retrieving trash/debris from a dumpster in the alley behind a bakery. The process involves a truck, which is specially outfitted with a hoisting mechanism and an automatic tipping device. The device lifts the dumpster off the ground and dumps the debris into a hopper attached to the rear of the truck. While the device was lifting the dumpster, the injured employee's left-hand fingers were caught between the lifting mechanism and the trunnion bar. His middle fingertip was amput | |||||
| 2016-01-17 | Langhorne | Pennsylvania | USA Metals | Jaw, chin | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was hoisting steel beams with a crane. The steel beam swung and struck him in the jaw resulting in a fracture requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2015-11-03 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Krueger Bearings, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating an overhead crane with the right hand and supporting the part being lifted with the left hand. The employee's left ring fingertip was pinched between the part and the crane while hoisting resulting in the amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-10-30 | Terral | Oklahoma | Associated Diversified Services, Inc. | Brain | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was connecting a digger/derrick hoisting hook to a material trailer. The digger/derrick started picking up the trailer and the hook slipped off. The hook struck the employee in the face causing blunt force trauma to the face including facial fractures and coma. | |||||
| 2015-10-19 | Neenah | Wisconsin | Lunda Construction Company | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was rigging pilings for hoisting and pinched a finger between the sling and piling. The tip of the index finger was amputated and reattached. | |||||
| 2015-10-06 | Elizabeth | New Jersey | APM Terminals | Hand(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee's right hand was amputated while rigging new hoisting cables on a crane. | |||||
| 2015-10-01 | Simsbury | Connecticut | Specialty Saw, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee working on a vertical polisher machine was installing a saw blade. He was hoisting a blade onto an arbor with a spacer. While aligning the blade to the bushing and arbor, he pushed the blade and bushing with one hand and operated the hoist with the other. The blade slipped off the hoist and fell on his left thumb, amputating the tip. | |||||
| 2015-08-31 | Webb City | Missouri | CARDINAL SCALE MFG | Ankle(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee suffered two broken ankles while hoisting a scale using an overhead crane. The scale had just been painted and was being lifted from a floor platform to be moved to an adjacent area for drying. The employee was raising the scale off the floor platform, taking up the slack of the rigging, when the scale slid off the platform and struck the employee's feet. Both ankles were broken from the impact. | |||||
| 2015-08-24 | Ashland | Illinois | Brandt Consoldated, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was installing a new fertilizer pump and hoisting it up with a chain when a link on the chain broke. The pump fell and struck the employee in the left leg causing a severe laceration and breaking the lower leg. | |||||
| 2015-04-11 | Pekin | Illinois | Vadakin Inc | Brain | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee using hoisting equipment to move hydro-blasting equipment was struck in the head when the hoisting equipment broke free, resulting in a concussion and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-04-02 | Gregory | Texas | EnviroCore | Arm(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
| An employee was attempting to connect a drill stem to a drill rod inside a bore hole. He was straightening the rod in the hole with his right hand and was using his other hand to run the controls. The cable was still connected at this time. He lowered the drill rod and used his hand to connect the slipper or hoisting cable from the drill rod in the hole. The cable and the drill rod started to spin around, pulling in and causing an amputation to his right hand and arm. | |||||