Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-07-29	Vero Beach	Fl	CVS Distribution Center	Ankle(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was operating an electric pallet jack. Another jack struck the one the employee was driving and the employee's foot was caught between the two jacks. The employee suffered a broken ankle.
2021-02-02	Columbus	Oh	Werner Enterprises	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was assisting other drivers place trailer jacks under trailers. While pushing a jack stand under the nose of a trailer, the employee slipped on snow and ice on the ground and fell. The jack stand then tipped over, landing on the employee's left hand and fracturing the middle and index fingers.
2020-06-25	Palmetto Bay	Florida	Envirowaste Services Group, Inc	Pelvis	Struck by other falling powered vehicle
A mechanic was working under a vehicle that had been raised on jacks. The jacks were released and the vehicle came down; its tires rolled toward the employee's back and he suffered a broken pelvis.
2020-06-15	Needham	Massachusett	Restaurant Equipment Service Group LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee arrived at the shop to pick up parts. He used a lift jack to move crates, uncrated a crate, took the parts out and set them on the side. There was a heavy metal pole that is used for the lift jacks that fell off the shelf and hit his hand. He sustained the amputation of the left middle fingertip.
2020-04-09	Plant City	Florida	C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
An employee was operating a motorized pallet jack. It collided with another, parked pallet jack; the employee's left foot was caught between the two pallet jacks and the big toe was broken. He was hospitalized.
2020-01-08	Milton	Pennsylvania	Weis Markets, Incorporated	Lower leg(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was pulling product and placing it on a pallet, which rested on an electric pallet jack. The employee's leg was pinned between two pallet jacks, and the employee's tibia was broken.
2019-09-09	Jersey City	New Jersey	Katerra Construction LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
A temporary employee was carrying formwork jacks when his right thumb was caught and crushed between the jacks and a stack of crates.
2019-04-04	Freeport	Illinois	UPS Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c.
The injured employee (mechanic) was troubleshooting a box truck and asked another employee (Employee 2) to go inside the truck. The mechanic told Employee 2 to press on the break and push on the accelerator to hear the sound the truck was making. The mechanic was under the truck when it came off the jacks and rolled forward striking the mechanic and causing rib fractures and trauma to the chest.
2019-03-03	Harahan	Louisiana	COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY UNITED, INC.	Lower leg(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
Two pallet jacks collided. One of the pallet jack operators was hospitalized with a fractured and lacerated lower right leg.
2018-09-13	Orange	Connecticut	DICHELLO DISTRIBUTORS, INC.	Foot (feet)	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
An employee was using an electric pallet jack to pick cases of beer on a warehouse floor. His jack came into contact with another one as he was stepping off it, and his left foot was pinched between the two pallet jacks, suffering bruising and swelling. He was wearing safety shoes.
2018-09-10	Idaho Falls	Idaho	Les Scwhab Tire Center #112	Pelvis	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was underneath a tractor supported by two jacks to repair a flat tire when the tractor slid off one of the jacks. The tractor frame struck and cracked the employee's pelvis.
2018-08-06	Montgomery	Alabama	Carolina Handling, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by other falling powered vehicle
An employee was changing the tire and axle of a forklift that was blocked up with jacks when the forklift slipped and fell on the employee's right hand, breaking his ring and pinky fingers and requiring hospitalization.
2018-04-15	Buckhannon	West Virgini	A.F. Wendling Inc.	Foot (feet)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was turning a pallet jack around a corner when he met another worker with a pallet jack. His foot became caught between the two pallet jacks while attempting to negotiate his pallet jack around the other, breaking a bone and requiring hospitalization.
2018-01-22	Boca Raton	Florida	US Foods, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle
Two employees were driving pallet jacks and crossing the same intersection. One of the employees swerved to avoid hitting the other employee and hit an impact-protective pole, breaking his right foot.
2018-01-18	Pecos	Texas	Willow Creek Companies, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was using a cribbing skid to separate two jacks when the cribbing skid slipped out and struck his chest.
2018-01-11	San Antonio	Texas	Daisy Charters	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by other falling powered vehicle
An employee changed a tire on a bus and began to lower it by removing the jacks. The second jack was still wedged under the bus, so he attempted to retrieve it. As he freed the jack, the bus lowered onto his chest, bruising his lungs and requiring hospitalization.
2017-10-06	Cedar Hill	Texas	AR Daniel Construction Services, LLC	Skull	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was using two hydraulic jacks on each side of a 36-inch pipe to create a drainage beneath the highway. The unit was under pressure when a 3-inch fragment of the jack separated and penetrated the employee's hard hat, fracturing the skull.
2017-09-29	Ruston	Louisiana	Breeland Logging, LLC	Multiple body parts	Struck by other falling powered vehicle
An employee's work truck was disabled on the side of the road. He set two jacks under the bumper and crawled under the truck to place a jack under the axle. While he was under the truck, one of the jacks slipped, causing the truck to fall on him. He suffered 16 broken ribs, a broken sternum, and a broken left scapula.
2017-08-01	Greenbush	Maine	A.S. Madden Logging, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was working under a piece of equipment that was on jacks. A jack slipped and the employee was pinned under the equipment, sustaining broken ribs.
2017-06-28	Clearwater	Florida	Kelley Equipment Co. of Florida	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by other falling powered vehicle
An employee was working underneath the elevated rear-end of a crane when the crane rolled and crushed him, fracturing his arm, foot, and ribs and lacerating his bladder. There were no chocks or jacks in use at the time of the incident.
2017-05-15	Smithton	Pennsylvania	Wabash National Corporation Trailer Center	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was attempting to replace the lift gate on a 53-foot trailer. He removed two tall yellow jacks and then hit the pin in the lift gate cylinder. The gate fell on him and he was pinned in the squatting position with the lift gate on top of his back. He suffered compression fractures to his back.
2017-05-12	El Paso	Texas	Heldenfels Enterprises, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was moving stressing jacks from one steel cable to another to pre-stress the steel cables before pouring the concrete beam around them when his right index and middle fingers entered the path of the stressing jack and were partially amputated.
2017-03-22	Assonet	Massachusett	Stop and Shop Distribution Center	Foot (feet)	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
While driving an electric jack, an employee went around a corner and struck a second, parked jack. His foot went off his jack and was crushed between the two jacks.
2017-03-18	Bethel Park	Pennsylvania	Aldi Pennsylvania	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was pulling a pallet jack and struck a stationary pallet jack. Her finger was caught between the two pallet jacks resulting in a partial amputation.
2017-02-25	Pontoon Beach	Illinois	Werner Enterprises	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was cranking the handle to land the support jacks on an over-the-road trailer she was parking when the handle broke, causing her to fall and break her hip. She was hospitalized.
2017-02-13	Wayland	New York	Gunlocke Company LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee and several coworkers were moving a storage rack that was on pallet jacks when the storage rack struck another unit and the employee's right pinky fingertip was pinched and amputated between the rack and a wood shelf.
2017-02-08	Ontario	New York	ERS Tower, LLC	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was standing underneath a 40-foot cell tower section that was propped up on jacks. The section fell on and pinned the employee, fracturing his clavicle, vertebrae, and ribs.
2017-01-26	West Chazy	New York	Cha-Liz Farm LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by other falling powered vehicle
On 1/26/17 at approximately 3:15 PM, an employee was working on a tractor supported by jacks when the tractor slipped off the jacks and pinned his hand between the impact wrench he was using and the floor, amputating four fingers on his right hand.
2016-09-22	Newnan	Georgia	Loves Travel Stops and Country Stores	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
The employee was in the process of changing a tire on a trailer on a highway. One of the jacks slipped off from under the trailer, causing the tire assembly to drop and strike the employee's right leg.
2016-09-20	Dayville	Connecticut	United Natural Foods, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
Two employees who were operating pallet jacks collided with each other. One employee was hospitalized overnight with back pain.
2016-09-07	Cleveland	Ohio	Sysco Cleveland Inc	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
On or about 9/7/16, at 3:45 a.m., an employee was operating an electric pallet jack with a 6' load when the employee collided with another pallet jack operator. The collision resulted in the employee's left foot being struck by/caught between the pallet jacks, partially amputating three toes.
2016-09-06	Columbus	Ohio	Superior Die Tool & Machine Co.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was using an overhead crane and hydraulic jacks to separate tooling when the hydraulic jack spacers dislocated and lacerated his left-hand middle finger. He was hospitalized.
2016-06-11	Jefferson City	Missouri	ALDI INC	Leg(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was operating a walk-behind lift jack in a back stockroom. The employee's gloves became caught in the controls, causing the lift jack to become stuck in the on position. The employee was pinned between two lift jacks and suffered a leg injury.
2016-04-11	Wildwood	Florida	Alliance Coach, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport
On 4/11/16, an employee was replacing an air valve beneath an RV motor coach when the coach pinned him beneath it for several minutes until he was freed by other employees using jacks and a forklift. He was hospitalized with cracked rib(s) and a superficial laceration of the liver.
2016-03-21	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	SpartanNash	Ankle(s)	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
Employee 1 was in front of an electric pallet jack picking groceries from shelving. Employee 2 was in front of Employee 1 with a pallet jack doing the same. Employee 1 thought Employee 2 was going to move forward, but Employee 2 didn't. Employee 1 kept moving forward with his pallet jack and got wedged between the two pallet jacks breaking his ankle.
2016-03-07	Gibsonia	Pennsylvania	3 Rivers Ice Cream Service, Inc.	Foot (feet) and ankle(s)	Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle
An employee was operating a pallet jack to move material when the employee's foot was caught between two pallet jacks. The employee sustained crushing injuries and broken bones to the foot and ankle.
2016-01-20	Corpus Christi	Texas	TNT Crane & Rigging Inc.	Knee(s)	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
An employee was positioned at the rear of a 60 ton truck crane. The crane's outrigger jacks were raised in preparation for re-positioning the crane. As the jacks were raised the crane traveled backward approximately 5 feet. As a result, the employee's right leg was caught between the rear of the 60 ton crane and the outrigger mats being utilized by an adjacent 240 ton crane. The employee suffered a puncture wound and fracture to the right knee requiring corrective surgery.
2016-01-14	Houston	Texas	STI Construction	Ankle(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
While driving a buggy, an employee's ankle was crushed between the buggy and a barilla (storage of project material) full of screw jacks. His ankle broke.
2015-12-03	Wichita	Kansas	Metal Finishing Co. Inc.	Hand(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Workers were using bottle jacks to move a heat treatment oven laterally. One of the bottle jacks moved out of position, causing the footing of the oven to come down and crush the injured employee's left hand.
2015-11-09	Ashtabula	Ohio	ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL TIRE SERVICES, INC.	Pelvis	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was changing out a tire on a shuttle wagon when the machine slipped off of the jacks and fell on the employee, breaking his pelvis.
2015-10-27	Quintana	Texas	Tarsco Bolted	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was removing building jacks from a bolted water tank. He was lowering sections of jacks and as he pulled the pin on the jack his left hand became pinned between two jacks resulting in the amputation of the left hand index and middle fingers.
2015-09-28	Chicago	Illinois	Meade Electric Company Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was helping to lower pipe into a shored trench when the employee's finger got caught between the pipe and one of the trench's shoring jacks.
2015-09-16	Sebring	Florida	Mastec Services, Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
The employee was installing a shaker box on a plow when he inadvertently bumped the shaker box causing it to move on the jacks and pinch his right ring finger between the shaker box and the mounting arm of the plow. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation with loss of a finger nail.
2015-09-03	Green Cove Springs	Florida	Building Component Supply, Inc.	Brain	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee loaded some roof trusses onto a flatbed truck. He started to band the load when one of the roof jacks fell and hit his head, resulting in internal bleeding and hospitalization.
2015-08-18	Belle Vernon	Pennsylvania	GREGORI CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING, INC	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was assembling overhead jacks for an upper forming system when he fell approximately 20 feet off of the pier of the bridge. He broke his leg and ankle, requiring surgery.
2015-07-16	Harrisonville	Missouri	WALMART LOGISTICS	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee was driving a powered pallet jack out of the cold storage room. As he was pulling out, a second motorized pallet jack approached from his left and struck his equipment. He attempted to stop the other equipment using his foot. His left big toe was pinched between the mast areas of the two pallet jacks and had to be amputated at the hospital.
2015-06-27	Fairborn	Ohio	I Supply Co.	Foot (feet)	Nonclassifiable
An employee's foot got crushed between two motorized pallet jacks, resulting in in-patient hospitalization.
2015-01-16	Forest	Mississippi	Eric Bragg	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was working from a 12-foot step ladder that was folded and placed on top of an air handler. The top of the ladder was leaning against a wall. As the employee stood on the ladder finishing a wall inside a mechanical room, the ladder slid away from the wall and the employee fell to the ground. The employee suffered a left broken leg above the ankle and a broken right little finger. The employee was admitted to University Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi.