Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-01	Philadelphia	Pa	Samuels and Son Seafood Co.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a fish skinning machine. The machine caught the employee's left hand, causing ligament damage and partial degloving.
2021-08-20	Freeport	Me	Zachau Construction, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Fall from pedal cycle
Employees were mountain biking at a team event. An employee fell on their head, sustaining a fractured C6 vertebra, and a misaligned C7 vertebra, and a separated knee ligament.
2021-07-03	Pecos	Tx	Cotton Holdings Inc	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking from a culinary trailer to his truck when he tripped over a cable tray cover. The employee's right knee twisted and he fell to the ground landing on his right knee and resulting in torn ligaments that required hospitalization.
2021-05-25	Meridian	Id	N & E Construction LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
A framer was installing walls to a steel-framed building when he fell 30 feet to the ground. The employee suffered a shattered pelvis, torn ligaments, fractured vertebrae, and a spleen injury.
2021-04-13	Deerfield Beach	Fl	Republic National Distributing Company, LLC	Knee(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was preparing merchandise for delivery when the employee stepped backward and fell 4 feet from the back of the truck to the ground. The employee hyperextended both knees tearing and straining muscles and ligaments.
2021-03-22	Kansas City	Mo	NITTO AUTOMOTIVE	Knee(s)	Other jump to lower level
An employee was unlocking a trailer from a dock. The employee jumped from the dock to the ground and sustained ligament and tendon damage to both knees.
2021-02-20	Maumelle	Ar	SCHOLASTIC DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, INC.	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was at the start of his shift, walking through the shipping yard to his tractor trailer, when the employee slipped on ice, resulting in a fractured right leg and a torn ligament.
2021-02-17	Hollywood	Fl	William R. Nash, Inc.	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was kneeling down to work on a condensate line. While his left hand was on the mid-rail section of a railing system, it popped out of the wall and he fell. He landed on a concrete slab on a lower level, suffering a broken bone in his left wrist, two broken bones in his right knee, and a torn ligament in his left knee.
2021-02-14	Malvern	Ar	Arauco North America	Ankle(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was working at a bander station. She was asked to help a forklift driver separate a unit of wooden MDF panels which had a bad panel on the 17th panel from the top. The employee was standing on the left side of the forklift, giving directions on fork positioning. The forklift pushed 16 panels from the stack which fell on top of the injured employee's leg. She was hospitalized with two broken bones on her left ankle and torn ligaments that required surgery.
2021-02-01	Columbus	Oh	I.H. Schlezinger, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was moving railroad cars with a bulldozer so the operator could finish loading them. The employee got off the bulldozer to adjust railcar couplers. One of the railcars moved and the employee was pinched between railcar couplers. The employee sustained a fracture to the left pelvic area and torn ligaments in the left leg and left hip.
2021-02-01	Palatine	Il	UPS Ground Freight, Inc.	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking to his vehicle during his lunch break when he slipped in the snow and fell to the ground, tearing a ligament in his left knee.
2021-01-11	Bartow	Fl	H2A Complete II, Inc.	Hip(s) and leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
A bus backed into an employee who was working in a field as a harvester. The employee suffered ankle and hip fractures, as well as torn back ligaments.
2021-01-08	Cooke City	Mt	Custer-Gallatin National Forest Service	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was patrolling a wilderness boundary on a snowmobile when the snowmobile rolled over and struck her ankle, resulting in a right displaced oblique distal fracture of her fibula, a dislocated tibia, and displaced ligaments associated with her right ankle.
2021-01-06	Pueblo	Co	Key Structures, LLC	Knee(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was doing roof work on a manufactured home inside a plant. As he stepped off the roof onto an extended ladder, his foot slipped between the rungs. The ladder gave out and he fell about 13 feet, suffering torn anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments in the right knee and leg (as well as a possible blood clot). He was hospitalized.
2020-09-29	Kent	Oh	Industrial Tube & Steel Corporation	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was struck by a powered industrial truck as he walked to a pipe rack. His right leg was pinched under the wheel and he suffered ligament and tendon damage. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
2020-09-17	Batavia	Oh	LJ Traffic Control, LLC	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
An employee was flagging traffic when an SUV struck the employee. The employee suffered nerve damage in the lower back and down the leg as well as a hyperextended medial collateral ligament.
2020-09-09	Osyka	Ms	Big 3 Pallets and Lumber	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting wood with a bandsaw. The saw blade lacerated the employee's right middle and ring fingers and fractured a middle joint and ligament.
2020-08-27	Cincinnati	Oh	Exel, Inc.	Leg(s)	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle
An employee was operating a powered pallet jack to pick orders when the jack struck a guardrail, tearing a ligament in the employee's right leg.
2020-08-21	Fort Worth	Tx	GE/Wabtec Manufacturing Solutions	Foot (feet)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was putting a 120-pound piece of scrap steel plate into a scrap bin. The piece fell onto the employee's right foot, causing ligament damage.
2020-08-18	Fort Riley	Ks	Skookum Contract Services	Hand(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was unclogging a riding lawn mower. The mower's impeller cut the employee's left middle finger at the knuckle, causing a fracture and ligament damage that required surgery.
2020-07-06	Mansfield	Ohio	Brennstuhl Construction. Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was preparing to remove a trailer from a dump truck. The employee had unhooked the electricity and had just removed the pin to the trailer hitch when an excavator was offloaded from the trailer. The tongue of the trailer jumped off the hitch and pinched the employee's right index finger, causing a fracture, a torn ligament, the loss of the nail, and the amputation of about 3/8 inch of the tip.
2020-06-15	Troy	Ohio	Clopay Corporation	Upper extremities	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning glue from the roller of a glue machine when the employee's hand was caught in the roller, resulting in torn ligaments. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.
2020-06-09	Saint Petersburg	Florida	Southeastern Marine Tower LLC	Leg(s)	Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was driving a forklift, raising and lowering equipment for an AC repairman to work on a unit. As he lowered the equipment on the forklift, a freon canister started to roll off the pallet, and the employee jumped off the forklift. The forklift was moving slowly and struck the employee's lower right leg, causing multiple fractures and torn ligaments.
2020-06-07	New Braunfels	Texas	Austin Truck and Machinery, LLC	Knee(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was walking down steps when he fell to the cement ground, suffering ligament damage to his knee.
2020-06-03	West Chester	Pennsylvania	Strobert Tree Services, Inc.	Knee(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was cutting up felled trees. The tree supporting the tree he was cutting snapped back and struck the employee in the knee. The employee suffered a fractured knee and torn ligaments.
2020-05-21	Knott	Texas	Hatchett Roustabout, Inc.	Knee(s) and leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning up trash around a pumpjack unit. The unit turned on, caught the employee's shirt, and pinned the employee against the unit's fence enclosure. The employee lost some skin on the left leg, as well as torn ligaments in the left knee.
2020-05-20	Sayre	Oklahoma	Pilot Company	Knee(s) and leg(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was power-washing a concrete drive. Water from the high-pressure power washer tore through his clothes and cut deeply into the skin, muscle, and ligaments of his leg and knee. He was hospitalized.
2020-05-16	Amarillo	Texas	Western Builders of Amarillo, Inc	Multiple body parts	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was giving hand signals to a forklift operator who was lowering a wacker packer into an elevator pit. The forklift operator had boomed out toward the elevator pit when the back wheels of the forklift lifted off the ground. The injured employee was standing on ground level on the other side of the pit. The forklift bucket then hit him at about shoulder level and traveled down his side, pushing him to the ground and coming to a rest on his leg. He suffered a broken ankle, torn ligament
2020-05-14	Great Bend	Kansas	Western Ag Enterprises, Inc	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
An employee was on a silage pile to roll down side walls and weigh them down with tires. A tire rolled downward, striking him in the face. He suffered a damaged ligament in the neck.
2020-05-08	Deland	Florida	BELK, INC.	Foot (feet) and ankle(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
On May 8, 2020, at 10:30 AM, an employee was spraying a wasp nest with wasp spray. The nest then fell to the ground and she went to step on the nest. As she did this, she rolled her ankle and fell into the side of the building. She felt pain in her ankle and was hospitalized for three broken bones and a torn ligament in her foot.
2020-04-27	Hastings	Nebraska	Noah's Ark Processors, LLC	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was oiling a product chain during routine preventive maintenance when his hand was caught between the chain and sprocket, resulting in ligament and nerve damage.
2020-03-25	Hazleton	Pennsylvania	AutoZone Hazleton Distribution Center	Upper and lower limb(s)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee had been traveling on a riding pallet jack. While the employee was off the pallet jack, it struck the employee, tearing ligaments in the employee's left leg and right wrist.
2020-03-05	Fort Worth	Texas	United Rentals Inc.	Wrist(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
The injured employee was assisting another employee with removing a pin from a mini-excavator. When the pin came out, it struck the injured employee's left hand causing a fractured wrist and a tendon/ligament injury. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
2020-02-25	Wilmington	Delaware	Brandywine Construction Company, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was standing in the excavation area around a gas main at night signaling the excavator operator when the excavator bucket struck the employee's right foot causing four dislocated toes and tendon and ligament damage that required surgery.
2020-02-18	Union City	Georgia	A . Smith & Co. Productions	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was moving metal walls on a movie set, setting them against the side of a truck. One of the walls fell forward and struck the employee on the head, tearing ligaments in the employee's neck.
2020-02-11	Orlando	Florida	Arena Event Services Inc	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was helping a forklift operator when the forklift's wheel ran over his left foot. He suffered detached ligaments and was hospitalized.
2020-02-11	Mont Belvieu	Texas	S&B Engineers and Constructors, LTD	Nonclassifiable	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Employees were moving a large electrical cabinet when it tipped over, striking an employee. The injured employee sustained a fracture and ligament damage requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2020-01-20	Beatrice	Nebraska	Brown Transfer Co. LLC	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee stepped down from his truck and slipped on ice, suffering torn ligaments in his left knee.
2020-01-20	Astatula	Florida	Mack Concrete Industries Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee's fingers were in the eye of a hook being connected to a bucket. When the bucket was lifted, the employee suffered lacerations and ligament damage to the fingers. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2019-09-02	Maumelle	Arkansas	The Higbee Company, LLC.	Foot (feet)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was in training, operating a stand-up pallet lift, when his left foot was caught in the designated pathway railings. The employee sustained torn muscles and ligaments.
2019-08-23	Surfside	Florida	RESTORE CONSTRUCTION GROUP, INC.	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell while climbing a 10-foot scaffold to access a swing stage scaffold directly above it. The employee suffered a broken tibia in the left knee with damaged ligaments.
2019-08-11	Lavonia	Georgia	AUTOZONE STORES INC	Foot (feet)	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
An employee was walking with a powered pallet jack in an aisle when he recognized that another employee on a pallet jack needed to go around him. He was moving his pallet jack toward the rack when his right foot was pinned between his pallet jack and the rack. The injured employee's right foot sustained damaged ligaments, a fractured bone and dislocated toes. The injured foot required surgery.
2019-08-06	Ulysses	Kansas	United Prairie Ag - Ulysses/Pucket	Elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from atop a tractor trailer, landing on the ground and suffering a dislocated left elbow and two torn ligaments.
2019-07-12	Chicago	Illinois	Central Building & Preservation LP	Hand(s)	Fall on same level
An employee was de-rigging and unplugging motors. While sliding a motor to a cart, the employee fell and the motor landed on their hand. The employee sustained a stretched ligament in the right hand.
2019-07-02	Plano	Texas	Braum's, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was walking outside to take out a customer order when the employee stepped off the curb and fell, fracturing the lower tibia and sustaining a ligament injury to the ankle.
2019-06-08	Beach Haven	New Jersey	Prince Telecom	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was hospitalized after falling off of a ladder onto the ground. The employee fractured their pelvis and right wrist and tore a ligament in their knee.
2019-06-07	San Antonio	Texas	Futaba Industrial Texas Corporation	Ankle(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
A forklift ran over an employee's ankle, causing a fracture and ligament damage.
2019-05-28	Hollywood	Florida	Florida Rock & Tank Lines, Inc.	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c.
An employee fell to the ground when his boot lace became entangled on the fuel delivery hose fitting connected to the underground fuel tank. The employee suffered a torn right anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).
2019-05-14	Seabrook	New Jersey	Seabrook Brothers & Sons, Inc.	Knee(s) and leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a flo freezer. He was on the conveyor belts between two rakes and got caught by the rake behind him. The employee suffered a puncture wound to his left thigh and injury to a right knee ligament.
2019-05-03	Paterson	New Jersey	Kohler Industries Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee had been manually loading a wooden shoe holding device with a die-cut urethane foam piece. As the employee moved the shoe into the cutting machine along a fixed pathway, one of the saw blades came in contact with the shoe, causing the 4" blade to break into many small pieces. One or more of these pieces struck the employee’s fingers. The right-hand pinky and ring fingers sustained cuts that required stitches. The ring finger also required surgery for a cut ligament and blood vessel.
2019-04-24	Winter Springs	Florida	ABC Supply Co., Inc.	Wrist(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was on a roof, offloading shingles and accessories from a conveyor. As he turned from the conveyor to the material stack, his wrist came in contact with a roof vent on the top of a shingle stack. He suffered a laceration to a ligament in the wrist.
2019-04-04	Fort Worth	Texas	Thornton Steel Company, LLC	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was using a floor-operated crane to haul a steel beam. The beam struck a stationary beam, which fell and pinned the employee's left leg. The employee suffered a torn ligament in the leg.
2019-03-29	Bay Saint Louis	Mississippi	Jindal Tubular USA, LLC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was cutting welding wire from a welding machine's welding head when he was struck from behind by the welding machine boom and knocked into a steel pipe that was being loaded onto the welding rack. He suffered a ruptured intestine and torn ligament in the right leg.
2019-03-27	Lock Haven	Pennsylvania	Harger Utility Contractors, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was using a vacuum to suction sand out from the bottom of an air filter bed used to filter fiberglass during paper production. The employee stepped down from a plywood plank being used as a temporary work platform; the employee's foot got caught between two dividers in the filter bed, causing the employee to fall. The employee suffered a torn anterior inferior tibiofibular ligament and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2019-03-25	Dilley	Texas	Spotted Lakes, LLC	Knee(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from the steps of his truck to the ground below. He suffered torn ligaments on both knees.
2019-02-22	Okeechobee	Florida	American Roofing, LLC	Wrist(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was installing a metal roof when he slipped and fell on the roof. When the employee fell, he hit the edge of a metal roof panel with his right wrist and suffered a laceration that cut tendon and ligaments, requiring surgery.
2019-02-19	Albany	New York	SARK WIRE CORPORATION	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
At 1:37 p.m. on February 19, 2019, a temporary employee was taking an empty 280-pound steel wire reel off a machine when he suddenly felt pain in his neck and back and fell to the floor. He was hospitalized, having suffered sprains/strains of ligaments of the cervical spine and a contusion of the left shoulder.
2019-02-13	Irving	Texas	Wyndham Hotels and Resorts	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee tripped on a carpet and fell, suffering a torn right anterior cruciate ligament.
2019-02-12	Chicago	Illinois	THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was walking from his office when he tripped over a temporary wooden sidewalk structure. He suffered a broken tibia and fibula, as well as torn ligaments in his leg and ankle.
2019-02-07	Beloit	Wisconsin	Henkels & McCoy, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was removing ice from the ropes used to pull power lines through a traveler. The grip broke and the rope pulling the cable through the roller pulled the employee's right hand into the traveler, breaking some bones and tearing the carpal tunnel ligament.
2019-02-07	Sonoita	Arizona	U.S. Border Patrol-Sonoita Station	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level
An employee fell while tracking individuals, breaking the left fibula and tearing ligaments.
2019-02-06	Waukegan	Illinois	Abbvie Inc.	Foot (feet)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on ice while stepping out of her car, suffering a fracture and a torn ligament in the right foot.
2019-01-30	Newark	New Jersey	United Airlines	Knee(s)	Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
On 01/30/2019, at 0855, an employee was moving luggage from a cart to a belt loader when he twisted and felt his knee pop. He sustained a dislocated knee and torn ligaments.
2019-01-16	Brooklyn	New York	Skanska Picone Joint Venture	Fingernail(s), nailbed(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was drilling holes in steel beams when his right hand and glove became entangled in the magnetic drill. The employee was hospitalized due to lacerations, possible ligament damage, and a nail avulsion on his right hand.
2019-01-14	Covington	Ohio	Harvest Land Co-op	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell off a ladder from a height of less than 10 feet, resulting in fractures, dislocated bones, and torn ligaments of the wrist.
2019-01-12	La Belle	Missouri	La Belle Dairy, LLC	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee exited the vacuum truck he was driving to close a pen gate at the end of a barn. After closing the gate, he started to walk back to the vacuum truck when he slipped on the snow-covered ground, fracturing his right ankle and damaging the ligament and cartilage.
2019-01-10	Dallas	Texas	Taylor Farms Texas, Inc.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was adding enchilada mix into a mixer when her hand was caught between the paddles and the mixer, resulting in ligament and nerve damage to her left arm and possible broken bones. She was hospitalized.
2019-01-09	Rome	Georgia	Ball Corporation	Knee(s)	Other fall to lower level
Employees were waiting on a delivery truck to unstrap electrical panels and control panels for unloading. The driver of a tractor trailer unstrapped the electrical and control panels so the employees could unload them. An electrical panel slipped and hit a control panel, which then struck the injured employee, knocking him to the ground where he hit his head on the concrete. He was hospitalized with a contusion to the back of the head and ligament damage to his right knee.
2019-01-03	Pittston	Pennsylvania	Romark Logistics of PA, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
A temporary employee was parking a forklift and exited the vehicle. The employee's left foot was then pinned between a guardrail and the forklift, sustaining a laceration, soft tissue damage, and ligament damage. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery. The forklift had not come to a complete stop at the time of the incident.
2018-08-14	Dale	Texas	People Ready	Ankle(s)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee was getting into the back seat of a vehicle when it began to roll forward. The rear tire rolled over his foot; he suffered a broken left ankle and two torn ligaments.
2018-08-13	Millsboro	Delaware	Mountaire Farms	Foot (feet)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was unjamming a metal chicken cage on a cage dump conveyor when he was caught between two cages, suffering left foot ligament damage and lacerations.
2018-08-12	Medina	Ohio	National Tire & Battery	Arm(s)	Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
An employee was using a tire-mounting machine when the tire exploded and struck the employee's right arm, tearing ligaments and tendons.
2018-08-02	Hyannis	Massachusett	Olive Garden	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was carrying a tray of glasses when she slipped on a wet floor and fell, cutting her thumb on a glass. Her thumb sustained ligament damage, requiring surgery.
2018-06-29	Jena	Louisiana	Migues Deloach Company	Hand(s), except finger(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was installing a roof on a metal building and cut his hand on one of the screws protruding through a metal sheet. It caused a laceration that tore a ligament between the thumb and index finger in his left hand.
2018-06-13	Palatine	Illinois	WSP Holdings Co. dba Weber-Stephen Products Co.	Elbow(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
An employee was walking into work, tripped over a crack in the sidewalk and fell resulting in a fracture and a torn ligament in the left elbow.
2018-06-13	Redwood	Mississippi	Internatioal Paper Vicksburg Mill	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
A machine was shut down for maintenance. During removal of the machine guard, the guard fell and struck the injured employee's right middle finger causing ligament damage.
2018-06-13	Fairfield	Connecticut	Fairfield Insulation	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was working on a ladder attaching gutters to the roof. The ladder started sliding to the right and the employee jumped 18 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a fracture in his lower vertebrae and possible ligament damage to his knee.
2018-06-11	Tuscumbia	Alabama	Sims Forest Products	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
An employee was moving a metal buggy while getting ready to clean. While rolling the buggy, the employee's pinky finger was caught between the buggy handle and the side of a conveyor resulting in a fractured finger and torn ligament requiring hospitalization.
2018-05-24	Terre Haute	Indiana	U.S. Postal Service	Elbow(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on a plastic mail placard that had fallen from a mail tub and fell resulting in a broken right elbow and two torn ligaments.
2018-05-05	Vickery	Ohio	JW DIDADO Electric	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was running new overhead powerlines from a lift when the lift's bucket contacted a pole insulator and moved unexpectedly, throwing him against the side of the bucket and the pole insulator. He strained a back ligament and was hospitalized.
2018-04-30	Lancaster	Pennsylvania	Weis Markets, Incorporated	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was attempting to feed meat through a meat grinder when it injured the employee's right-hand muscle and ligament. The machine was running at the time.
2018-04-08	Maywood	Nebraska	Buffalo Plains Genetics, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Struck by animal
An employee was attempting to place a harness on a boar when she was pinned between the boar and a crate, tearing ligaments and tendons in her lower left leg.
2018-04-02	Pewaukee	Wisconsin	Current Electric	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was installing MC cable from an extension ladder. The ladder feet slipped out as the employee stepped up a rung on the ladder. The employee fell to the floor, suffering sprains and torn ligaments in the ankles.
2018-03-20	Wadley	Georgia	BATTLE LUMBER CO., INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was adjusting the lumber on a chain conveyor when the chain came off the sprocket. His left hand was caught by the chain and sprocket pulley as he tried to put the chain back on the sprocket, partially amputating his pinky finger (first knuckle), fracturing his ring finger, and damaging the ligaments on his other fingers. The chain conveyor was moving at the time of the incident.
2018-03-14	Lincoln	Alabama	Leadec ES, Inc	Multiple pelvic region locations	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Three employees were installing a battery cabinet when it fell over and landed on one of them. The employee suffered a fractured pelvis and torn ligaments, requiring hospitalization.
2018-03-08	Imperial	Missouri	AMEREN UE	Knee(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was descending down a flight of steps located in front of a residence when he tripped and fell, damaging the ligaments and tendons in his knee and leg.
2018-02-22	Omaha	Nebraska	CHI Health	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on the ice in the parking lot during an ongoing freezing rain. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of torn ligaments and tendons in the knee.
2018-02-22	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Mammoet USA South, Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was un-tensioning a chain that was used to secure a crane counterweight to a trailer deck when the chain rolled and pinched the employee's left index fingertip between it and the counterweight. The employee's nailbed and ligament were damaged, requiring surgery.
2018-02-16	Houston	Texas	CWP Asset Corp.	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee working at the car wash was struck by a reversing vehicle resulting in a torn ligament in the left leg.
2018-02-13	Wichita	Kansas	Textron Aviation Inc	Neck and back	Struck by falling object or equipment
The employee was working at a sub-assembly jig that is 66 inches tall and 33 inches wide. The employee was getting up from performing a drilling operation on the underside of the jig. She grabbed onto the jig to assist herself in standing and the jig fell over onto her. The employee sustained subluxation and disruption of the spinolaminar ligament at C-7-T-1 and end plate compression fractures of T-7 through T-1.
2018-02-08	Union Beach	New Jersey	DeVooght House & Building Movers of NJ LLC	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was helping to move a beam when the employee lost footing, slipped, and fell, twisting/breaking an ankle and tearing ligaments. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-01-31	Canonsburg	Pennsylvania	Sung Ho Ham	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell off an 8-foot ladder while performing residential construction, hitting the porch surface below and tearing ligaments in his back. He was hospitalized.
2018-01-22	New Kensington	Pennsylvania	Yerecic Label Company Inc.	Leg(s)	Slip without fall
An employee was stepping from an office area into a production area and slipped. One of the employee's legs went forward, while one stayed put, hyperextending the legs (no fall). The employee suffered a torn leg ligament and was hospitalized.
2017-10-12	Hazleton	Pennsylvania	Autozone Distribution Center, Inc.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee exited a pallet jack and was crossing an aisle when his foot was run over by a passing forklift, breaking his toes and damaging ligaments.
2017-10-12	Kansas City	Missouri	CLAY & BAILEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY	Multiple body parts	Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
Two employees were repairing the baghouse door on a warehouse roof. One of the employees stepped back and a portion of the roof gave way. The employee then fell approximately 15 to 17 feet to the concrete floor of the warehouse, striking a hoist on his way own. He was hospitalized with skull fractures, vertebrae fractures, and a torn ligament.
2017-10-03	Paradise Hot Springs	Idaho	Godina Farm Labor Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was tightening a loose hook bolt on a hops picker when her right hand was caught and pulled into the rotating hook, tearing ligaments and requiring surgery. The hops picker was unguarded at the time.
2017-10-02	Valdosta	Georgia	T M POLY-FILM, INC.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was working at a winder, cutting a roll of plastic film, when the shaft moved and caught his right arm, pulling it into the roll and dislocating it. He also suffered torn tendons and ligaments in his right arm.
2017-09-30	Naples	Florida	American DPP Corporation	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was demonstrating how to install a blue tarp safely when he slipped on the tarp and fell, tearing ligaments in his neck. He was hospitalized and had surgery.
2017-09-30	Morton	Mississippi	MS Care Center of Morton	Hand(s)	Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
An employee was pulling linen from a client bed when she tore a ligament in her right hand.
2017-09-27	Birmingham	Alabama	Serco, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell down the steps while walking into the facility, breaking the right tibia and fibula and damaging a left ankle ligament.