| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-04 | Saint Maries | Id | PotlatchDeltic - Wood Products Division Saint Maries Complex | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| At about 10:10 a.m. on November 4, 2021, an employee was positioning a jackhammer to load into a skid steer bucket. He was bent over at the waist, sliding the jackhammer to get it closer to the bucket, when the sole of his work boot was caught between the jackhammer and the lip of the bucket. He fell forward and his left hip struck the concrete floor, resulting in a fractured hip. | |||||
| 2021-09-15 | Martinsville | Il | ID Castings of Illinois, LLC | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| On September 15, 2021, an employee was repairing a jackhammer while standing near the front of a furnace platform used to set ladles. The employee was pinched between the ladle transfer carrier and the platform, suffering cracked vertebrae and cracked ribs. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-07-19 | Steamboat Springs | Co | Wilderness Earthworks LLC | Multiple body parts | Demolition or blasting explosion |
| An employee was preparing a boulder for demolition. The employee drilled the boulder in two places using a jackhammer and loaded the first hole with a charge. The charge was a dud so the employee flushed out the hole with pressurized water. The employee put gel into the second hole to expand and hold the charge. The second charge was also a dud. The employee flushed the second hole with pressurized water, releasing both charges. The employee drilled another hole and an unknown charge released, c | |||||
| 2021-05-10 | West Point | Ny | Island Pump & Tank Corp. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was operating a skid steer loaded with a jackhammer attachment. He had lifted the attachment up over the seat when it broke off from the loader and fell on his leg. His right leg was broken below the knee, and the skin was punctured. | |||||
| 2020-06-08 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Buckley & Company, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity |
| An employee was removing concrete with a jackhammer when he made contact with a buried electrical line and received an electrical shock. | |||||
| 2020-05-21 | Rochester | New York | Crane-Hogan Structural Systems, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment |
| An employee was jackhammering a concrete deck on the top level of a parking garage when the deck collapsed and he fell to the level below. He impacted concrete rubble on the floor and a piece of concrete slab that sheared from the deck, suffering a fractured femur, broken tibia, and cracked ribs. | |||||
| 2020-02-13 | Schaumburg | Illinois | Northern Illinois Gas Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was loading a jackhammer attachment onto a trailer. The equipment slid from its wooden pallet onto his left middle finger. The finger was partially amputated. | |||||
| 2019-08-06 | Eldorado | Texas | Wrenched Up Roustabouts, LLC. | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was using an electric jackhammer to break up rock under a pipeline. Flammable gas reacted with the electric motor of the jackhammer, causing a flash fire. The employee was burned on the forearms and face. | |||||
| 2019-08-01 | North Platte | Nebraska | PAULSEN, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| A jackhammer smashed a finger on an employee's left hand against a structure, causing an avulsion. | |||||
| 2019-07-31 | Sheboygan | Wisconsin | Powers Holdings Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a remote-controlled, vehicle-mounted jackhammer to demolish an oven. While the employee was removing debris built up near the hammer, the hammer head crushed his left hand against the floor, injuring his index finger and thumb. | |||||
| 2019-06-25 | Fairplay | Colorado | APC Southern Construction Company, LLC | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a jackhammer when it jumped back on his big toe, lacerating and breaking it. | |||||
| 2018-05-22 | Youngstown | Ohio | Carl Walker Construction, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was using a jack hammer on the fourth floor of a four-story concrete garage when the jackhammer broke through the floor. The employee then fell approximately 10 feet to the floor below, suffering a back fracture. | |||||
| 2018-05-21 | Port Chester | New York | Riggs Distler & Company, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was using a jackhammer to break rock in an excavation when a section of asphalt (approximately 2 feet by 2 feet by 8 inches) broke away and struck his left leg, fracturing his tibia. Person protection equipment was worn at the time. | |||||
| 2018-01-07 | Congers | New York | Suez Water New York Inc. | Foot (feet) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee was jackhammering asphalt with his back to a backhoe. The backhoe bucket was resting on the blacktop to the right of the backhoe. The backhoe operator was reaching down for a head warmer on the cab floor when the operator's sweatshirt pocket caught the stick control. This action inadvertently moved the control lever for the "swing arm" and "bucket." The backhoe bucket then moved and pushed the employee who was jackhammering asphalt about 2 to 3 feet until he lost his balance and hit | |||||
| 2018-01-02 | Cullman | Alabama | Labor Finders of Tennessee, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| A temporary employee was running a jackhammer to break up concrete around metal beams when the jackhammer jumped up then came down. The employee's left hand was then caught between the jackhammer and a metal beam, amputating the middle and ring fingers at the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2017-08-16 | Toledo | Ohio | Miller Pipeline | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
| On August 16, 2017, an employee was jackhammering concrete around an electrical conduit bank when the jackhammer struck an electrical line and an arc flash occurred. The employee suffered burns from the waist to just above the knee. | |||||
| 2016-07-05 | Yankton | South Dakota | Federal Bureau of Prisons - FPC Yankton | Foot (feet) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a jackhammer to break up concrete in the parking lot. The jackhammer bounced up and landed on the employee's left foot causing an open fracture to the second metatarsal and a laceration. | |||||
| 2015-02-19 | Bronx | New York | DeFoe Corp. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| Employee fell approximately 7 feet off a highway retaining wall while lowering a jackhammer. | |||||