Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-27	New York	Ny	Miller Druck Specialty Contracting, Inc.	Thigh(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
A marble setter was cutting stone with an angle grinder. The grinder slipped and cut the employee's thigh.
2021-10-07	Fairview Heights	Il	DNO Dba Dillard's	Elbow(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was walking when they fell to the marble floor, resulting in a right elbow compound fracture.
2021-04-22	Cleburne	Tx	JOHNS MANVILLE	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
During the startup process of the pot and hot marble machine, a piece of glass punctured an employee's glove and left hand.
2021-02-02	Northport	Al	The Landings at Northport	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was beginning to move a table when its marble tabletop fell off onto her right foot. She suffered fractures to the second and third toes and an open wound on the third toe.
2020-08-18	Longwood	Fl	Ace Granite Florida	Head	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was loading marble slabs onto a delivery truck using a forklift. A slab fell off the truck and struck the employee in the back of the neck/shoulders. The employee then fell forward and struck their head on a slab that was stored adjacent to the truck. The employee was hospitalized for a laceration.
2019-05-24	Corpus Christi	Texas	Astons Marble & Granite, LLC	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was guiding a forklift into a building when an A-frame that was holding four slabs of marble/granite broke. A slab then broke the employee's leg.
2019-05-21	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Life Cycle Engineering	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was walking down the steps between the second and third floor, missed a step and fell. The employee hit his head during the fall down the stairs and again at the bottom of the stairs against the marble baseboard. He briefly lost consciousness while waiting for the paramedics. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured vertebra in his neck and a laceration on his forehead.
2019-05-16	Bronx	New York	Quality Tile Corp.	Brain	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was pulling out a marble slab when the slab leaned on the employee's head, causing a head injury.
2019-01-09	Dallas	Texas	Aria Stone Gallery LLC	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was helping a forklift operator load a 1000 lbs. marble slab when the slab slipped out of the clamp and fell onto his left big toe amputating it.
2018-06-12	Addison	Alabama	Carroll's Contemporary Design	Head and neck	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
The injured employee was guiding marble slabs as they were being unloaded from a flatbed delivery truck using a forklift. The forklift picked up two slabs of marble (120" x 77") weighing approximately 2,200 pounds. The weight caused the forklift to tilt forwards which in turn caused the booms and slabs to fall forward. The impact of the slabs slammed the employee into the truck. The slabs fell back toward the forklift and injured employee fell on top of the slabs. The injured employee was hospit
2018-06-04	King Of Prussia	Pennsylvania	Peirce-Phelps, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level
An employee was delivering marble to a customer using a flat bed truck. The employee was standing on top of the truck and was about to dismount. The employee reached out for the door of the cab, which swung open, causing the employee to lose balance and fall off the trailer to the ground below. The employee sustained a fracture to the spine and injuries to the left arm and shoulder.
2017-06-13	New York	New York	PORT MORRIS TILE & MARBLE CORP.	Multiple body parts	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet
An employee was unloading a crate of marble from a delivery truck. The truck gate fell off during the unloading and the employee fell 4 feet off the truck, fracturing the right pelvis, right elbow, and right ribs.
2017-06-06	Washington	District Of	Lorton Stone, LLC.	Foot (feet)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was attaching a piece of plywood to the front of a wooden crate for a stack of marble slabs weighing between 3,500 and 4,000 pounds when the stack fell on and crushed the employee's foot.
2016-07-07	Kansas City	Missouri	MITRE Corporation	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
On or about July 7, 2016, at 5:00 p.m., an employee fell down the marble staircase as she was leaving for the day. She was hospitalized with a lacerated bottom lip, loose teeth, dislocated right elbow, fractured right ulna and radius, concussion, and multiple bruises.
2016-02-23	Whippany	New Jersey	Allied Barton Sercuity Services	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee slipped and fell on a wide marble stairway at a client's facility, suffering head, back, and leg injuries that required overnight hospitalization.
2016-02-08	Willowbrook	Illinois	Terrazzo and Marble Supply Companies	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
On or about February 8, 2016, a marble slab fell on an employee while the employee was unstrapping it. The employee suffered a severe pelvic injury and broken thigh.
2015-11-19	Brooklyn	New York	ABM	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on the wet marble floor near the entrance to the facility resulting in a hamstring tear and lower back pain due to bruising and contusions.