Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-29	Houston	Tx	Medtronic, Inc.	Eye(s)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was unpacking testing equipment. While releasing the bungee hooks, the first cord slipped out of their hand and a metal s-hook hit their left eye.
2021-10-11	Orlando	Fl	DPR Construction, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was placing rigging hooks on a rebar mat to be lifted by a forklift. The rebar mat became stuck and when the employee went to free the mat, it suddenly came loose and pinched his left middle finger between two rebar mats, resulting in a crush injury and a laceration that required hospitalization.
2021-09-22	Sebring	Oh	All Metal Fabrication LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was moving a heavy-duty flange with a hoist and crane. The hooks/chains slipped, causing the load to come down on the employee's hand. The employee suffered a finger amputation.
2021-09-16	Houston	Tx	Weber & Balke Foundation Co Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A crane operator hoisted a load, placed it, and lowered it. Two riggers unhooked the rigging, put the empty hooks beside the load, and signaled the operator to hoist the empty hooks. When the operator hoisted the hooks, one hook got hooked onto the load, shifting it and creating a pinch point where the injured employee's leg was positioned. The employee sustained a scrape to the backside of the right calf and a cut on the lower left leg.
2021-07-20	Broadview	Il	B.L. Downey Company LLC	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
On July 20, 2021, at approximately 8:00 a.m., an employee was on a 6-foot high rolling platform ladder hanging 10-foot metal hooks on a chain. The employee was hanging a hook when one of the hook ends got caught in the handrail of the rolling platform ladder and tipped it over. The employee fell to the concrete floor and sustained a contusion to their side.
2021-06-29	Rochester	Ny	Squan	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
On 6/29/2021, an employee was climbing a wooden telephone pole using a safety belt and hooks when his foot slipped on the pole and he fell onto a branch, resulting in a cut to his neck.
2021-06-05	Greeley	Co	JBS Foods, Inc	Upper arm(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
Employees were attaching bungee cords to keep hides separated between carcasses. Two S-hooks on a bungee cord became entangled and began stretching. As an employee drew her knife to cut the bungee cords apart, the knife lacerated another employee’s left arm above the elbow.
2021-05-27	Hanover	Pa	Conewago Enterprises, Inc.	Multiple foot (feet) locations	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was operating a crane at a steel fabrication shop. The employee had just laid a section of steel, carried in the crane's hooks, on the ground. The employee unhooked the hooks and began to raise them. One of them hooked the section of steel and overturned it onto the employee's right foot. The employee suffered fractures to the foot and toes.
2021-05-25	York	Pa	Industrial Service & Installation	Face	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was using a crane to move material to the saw. After transferring the load, one of the sling hooks caught the frame of the saw, snapped back and struck him in the face.
2021-04-29	Deerfield Beach	Fl	Florida Power and Light	Hand(s) and elbow(s)	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was working on an out-of-service electrical pole. While he was up the pole on a ladder, and then on hooks, his hand touched with a primary voltage jumper that had burnt off at the transformer. He suffered an entry wound through the little finger and out the back of his arm behind the elbow.
2021-04-22	Dakota City	Ne	Tyson Foods	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
An employee was putting hides on hooks and pulling hides off hooks. The employee suffered a hernia.
2021-03-08	Irving	Tx	TX Red One Network Solutions	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on the fifth step of an A-frame ladder, installing J-hooks. He fell and suffered a head injury. He was hospitalized.
2021-02-01	Wichita	Ks	Tramco Inc	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was unloading the paint line. Metal panel 1 was on a cart. Metal panel 2 was being lowered to release the hooks between the panels. The hooks twisted, became locked, and did not release, pushing panel 2 up and off the paint line hook. Panel 2 fell approximately 5 inches, amputating the employee's right-hand pinky fingertip.
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.
2020-09-09	Galva	Ks	Nutrien Ag Solutions	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over self
The injured employee was stepping aside to allow another employee to pass by. The injured employee's shoelaces got caught in the metal lace hooks of their planted boot. The employee lost balance, fell to the concrete floor, and sustained a fractured hip.
2020-08-14	Clearwater	Fl	Archer Western - De Moya JV II	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was working atop a horizontal whaler (steel I-beam) within a coffer cell approximately 12 feet from ground level. The employee was tied off to a cable lifeline above. When the crane hoisted the rigging out of the cell, one of the rigging hooks caught the whaler and broke the welds. This caused the whaler and the employee to fall. The employee struck the top of a concrete pile during the fall and sustained a fracture to his right acetabular bone (hip).
2020-04-04	Topeka	Kansas	AT & T	Ankle(s)	Trip from stepping into a hole without fall
An employee carried an extension ladder to the work location and was raising it to a strand. He realized that the strand hooks were not extended, so he slowly lowered the ladder to extend the strand hooks. He then stepped into a hole in the customer's yard and twisted his ankle. He was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and had surgery.
2019-07-29	Delair	New Jersey	Aluminum Shapes, LLC.	Foot (feet)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Employees were lifting a metal plate with a chain and hoist. The steel plate was to be modified/outfitted with eyehooks. Once the eye hooks were welded onto the plate, the plate was lowered. As the plate was being lowered one of the welds failed causing the plate to fall and land on the employee's foot resulting in an amputation.
2019-07-08	Urbana	Illinois	Hayward Baker, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
At about 11:45 a.m. on July 8, 2019, an employee was working with a crane operator to flip a sheet of steel piling with two shakeout hooks hung from the crane. While the sheet of piling was being lifted, a hook became dislodged and struck the employee in the right leg, breaking the tibia. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-05-17	Lake Jackson	Texas	A-Line E.D.S. Inc.	Arm(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
The injured employee was rigging up a component of a very large transformer to remove it by lifting it off the main transformer body using an all terrain telescoping forklift. The employee was positioned on top of the transformer completing the rigging with lifting hooks when the forklift operator accidentally bumped the joystick causing the boom to drop and catch the injured employee's right arm between the boom and a metal beam. The employee suffered broken bones in the right arm.
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.
2019-03-20	Abilene	Texas	Coca Cola Soutwest Beverages	Leg(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was attaching hooks and a sling to remove a battery. The hook came loose from the connection to the battery and swung, striking the employee who sustained a leg fracture.
2019-03-13	Rockford	Illinois	Chem Processing, Inc.	Hand(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
A temporary employee was working at the plating line to prepare parts for the plating process. He was dipping hooks into a bath solution to remove oil from their surfaces for further production handling. His left hand was pulled into a hot (180 degrees) 4% caustic solution bath and suffered second degree burns. The employee was wearing gloves at the time.
2019-02-05	Chetek	Wisconsin	Core Products International, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On February 5, 2019, an employee was operating a cutter machine to cut hooks when a hook became jammed inside the cutter. She stopped the machine on the control panel and attempted to remove the jammed hook. As she was unjamming the machine, the control panel was reactivated and the cutting blade contacted her finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2018-08-30	Pompano Beach	Florida	Pilot Steel, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
An employee was loading rebars in a box-type trailer when one of the rebar hooks caught his finger. The tip of his middle finger was amputated.
2018-08-15	Oakmont	Pennsylvania	ITG Communications, LLC	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee placed a ladder on a mid-span and was ascending the ladder when it shifted. The shift caused one of the hooks to come off the mid-span. He dismounted from halfway up the ladder and landed on his feet, breaking both ankles.
2018-07-25	Fort Pierce	Florida	Pre-Cast Specialties, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
A forklift operator picked up a hollow core so an employee could put dunnage underneath it. The hollow core was rigged with hooks when it broke and fell on the employee's thumbs, breaking and spraining both of them.
2018-07-03	Menomonee Falls	Wisconsin	Middle West MFG. Corp.	Pelvis	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was manipulating a steel plate into a roller machine. During the rigging of the plate, the overhead crane hoist/crane hooks disengaged. The plate fell, crushing the employee's pelvis. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery.
2018-05-21	Marietta	Georgia	Phoenix Crane Service, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was helping to break down an 80-ton crane that was lowering a weight onto a trailer. He was guiding the weight when the load shifted, catching his hand between the rigging hooks and the counterweight. His right index finger was partially amputated.
2018-04-21	Rockford	Illinois	Wilson Electric	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
On April 21, 2018, at approximately 11:30 a.m., an employee was on top of a walk-in freezer performing contracting electrical work, installing J-hooks and cables on the inside of a rooftop, when he fell 23 feet to the concrete floor below, damaging his ankles and back.
2018-04-06	Appleton	Wisconsin	Menard, Inc.	Brain	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was hanging a sign while working from an extension ladder when the hooks for the fly section slipped, causing the ladder to drop. The employee fell and contacted an intermediate shelf, suffering a concussion.
2018-03-05	Holcomb	Kansas	Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was pushing meat down a rail system when a beef carcass fell off its hooks and fractured the employee's ankle, requiring hospitalization.
2018-01-10	Arlington	Texas	ADS Logistics Co., LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was placing strap hooks onto D-rings to secure cargo to a trailer when the employee's left middle fingertip was caught and amputated in the hooks.
2017-10-11	Monroe	Wisconsin	Monroe Truck Equipment, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was supervising as two coworkers removed a plow from an overhead conveyor line. The plow was suspended from the conveyor by two j-hooks and two s-hooks. The coworkers were using a forklift to lower the plow to the ground. As the plow was being raised by the forklift, one of the coworkers guided it so that the mouth of the plow rested on the tines. The tines on the lift were wet due to rainy weather conditions, causing the plow to slide toward the end of the tines and fall off the for
2017-09-20	Deltona	Florida	Southwestern Electric Power Company	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
An employee was ascending a pole to make electrical repairs after a hurricane when his climbing gaff (the nail of the climbing hooks that go into the pole) struck a metal washer in the wooden pole, causing him to hit his jaw on the wooden pole. The back of his neck was then punctured by a wooden splinter on the pole. He hung about 25 feet in the air with his fall arrest system. He was hospitalized.
2017-09-06	Grand Forks	North Dakota	J.R. Simplot Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was using two hoists to lift a 5-foot section of channel iron that was supporting a 200-pound motor. Hoist hooks supported the channel iron through eyelets. While positioning the hoist, the employee placed his finger through an eyelet. Weight shifted, creating a pinch point between the eyelet and the hoist hook that amputated his finger.
2017-08-04	Wentzville	Missouri	TVS Supply Chain Solutions Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was using a hoist and two hooks to lift an axle onto a stand when the axle shifted and contacted the employee's right little finger, partially amputating it.
2017-07-24	Bonham	Texas	Fannin Electric Cooperative	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee climbed an electric distribution power pole with climbing hooks, a belt, and harnesses while carrying electric line repair tools. The employee came in direct contact with an energized electric distribution powerline conductor and was shocked, suffering burns to the right arm, chest, abdomen, both legs, and both feet.
2017-03-11	Aberdeen	South Dakota	Regal - Hub City, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was assembling a large gearbox using the lifting hoist. Each end has swivel hooks hooked onto the assembly on the shaft ends. When he went to hook the hoist to the customer end the hook swiveled with his gloved hand on the chain hoist. As the weight shifted, his left index finger was caught between the chain and the chain adjustment resulting in amputation up to the first distal joint.
2017-01-26	Amarillo	Texas	Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On January 26, 2017, at 3:00 PM, an employee was performing his rounds such as checking the hide conveyor for fats and paper towel build up to prevent a future problem. The conveyor was running and one of the hooks caught the employee's right arm tearing some of the muscle tissue from the arm. He was hospitalized where he had several surgeries due to E. Coli from the hide conveyor.
2016-09-09	Pryor	Oklahoma	Worldwide Steel Works, Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was using a double spreader chain with hooks to hoist a steel plate weighing approximately 1,200 pounds. The hook came loose from the plate and struck the employee's right leg, breaking it. The employee was hospitalized.
2016-08-15	Eau Claire	Wisconsin	CASCADE TISSUE GROUP WISCONSIN, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was operating an overhead hoist using "J" hooks when his left middle fingertip was pinched between a shaft and a "J" hook. He suffered a partial amputation of his left middle fingertip and a possible fracture of his left ring finger.
2016-07-27	Scottsboro	Alabama	LOZIER CORPORATION	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee started having cramps due to dehydration and heat exhaustion while hanging parts ranging from 2 to 30 pounds onto hooks on a paint line.
2016-07-23	Catoosa	Oklahoma	Kloeckner Metals	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was operating a crane via wireless remote to move a wrapped coil. The employee noticed the hooks began to slip, so the employee sat down the coil bundle and attempted to remove the paper wrapped around the coil. In doing so, one of the hooks jolted and caught the employee's right index fingertip, amputating it.
2016-07-22	Carrollton	Texas	Duro-Last Roofing, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee had finished rolling and wrapping a deck sheet and was using a hoist with hooks to lift it when he noticed a problem and grabbed the hook. At the same time, the deck sheet came out of the hook on his side. His finger became wedged between the air bar with the rolled deck sheet and the bracket that holds the air bar on the power roller, partially amputating his left ring fingertip.
2016-02-18	Chicago	Illinois	Swissport Cargo Services, Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was unloading a flatbed truck that was carrying a PMC, which is a cookie-sheet type of pallet that carries cargo for airlines. He was pulling the PMC manually because the bed of the truck has a roller bed that allows the PMC to move the length of the bed without using a powered industrial vehicle once it is unhooked and all the hooks are removed. The employee's left foot became lodged between the vehicle and the bypass system. The PMC hit the employee's leg while it was stuck and bro
2016-02-11	Catoosa	Oklahoma	Barfield Enterprises, Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was unhooking chain slings on a crane moving via remote control. Hooks from the overhead crane, which was being operated remotely by a coworker, caught a 6-foot-tall bundle of steel stacked behind the employee and pulled it over onto the employee's leg. The employee's leg broke.
2016-01-06	Houston	Texas	BWFS Industries, LLC	Multiple face locations	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was attempting to lift a metal grate off of a burn table for cleaning purposes. Using a two-hook chain sling, the employee used one of the hooks with the other being left to dangle. The other hook got caught under the frame of the burn table. When the employee went to lift the grate, the hook that was unknowingly caught came free, flying across and striking the employee in the face. The employee suffered contusions to the face, nose, left cheek, and right forehead.
2015-12-23	Oshkosh	Wisconsin	Lapham-Hickey Steel	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was loading pallets onto a truck. The pallet hooks shifted and pinched the employee's finger between the pallet and the hook resulting in a partial amputation of the right middle fingertip.
2015-11-04	Mifflin	Pennsylvania	Cocolamus Creek Disposal Services, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A sanitation engineer was hooking the cable hooks to the residential dumpster when his right index finger was pinched in the safety hook latch. This resulted in a crushing injury and the loss of the right index fingertip.
2015-10-30	Concordia	Kansas	Foley Equipment Company	Lower leg(s)	Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
An employee was using a cutting torch to cut hooks from the bucket of a front end loader. Slag inadvertently fell onto his left pants leg catching his pants leg on fire. The employee was burned on his shin and hospitalized.
2015-10-19	El Reno	Oklahoma	BRB Contractors, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was climbing a 22-foot wall using a 30-foot ladder. The ladder hooks were not latched at the time, causing the ladder to slide. The employee fell approximately 16 feet and landed on a sand pile. The employee's lower right leg broke, requiring surgery.
2015-10-06	Washington	Pennsylvania	ATI Allegheny Ludlum	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was cutting a steel plate when a scrap piece fell and was lodged on the cutting table. The employee attempted to remove the scrap plate with an overhead crane when the two hooks came loose and struck him in the chest and face. He sustained three fractured ribs, a collapsed right lung, and a nose laceration.
2015-08-17	Galveston	Texas	Ports America Texas, Inc.	Brain	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was releasing cargo chains tied around an excavator in a cargo hold on level 1 of the vessel. During that time, some of the latch hooks on the chains became wedged and would not budge. A coworker used a pry bar to help release the chains. The coworker pulled on the pry bar, which slipped from the coworker's grasp and flew towards the injured employee. The pry bar struck the injured employee in the head, requiring hospitalization.
2015-06-18	Ottawa	Kansas	FASHION, INC.	Ankle(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was injured while operating an overhead crane when the beam being lifted shifted and fell from the hooks, landing on the employee's right ankle.
2015-04-29	Pine Grove	Pennsylvania	Guilford Lear Textiles, Incorporated	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was setting up a machine and was de-beaming. During rethreading, two of his fingers became caught in the hooks and injured the right, middle finger. He was taken to the hospital and his fingertip was re-attached.