| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-27 | Gainesville | Fl | W.W. Gay Mechanical Contractor, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person |
| On October 27, 2021, the injured employee was helping another employee to align two pieces of metal pipe 6 inches in diameter in order to prepare the metal for welding. The employee was using a hammer to hit the pipe to get it better aligned when the injured employee's right middle finger was hit by the hammer, resulting in a fingertip amputation without bone loss. | |||||
| 2021-09-24 | Lincoln | Ar | Prime Petro Services | Multiple face locations | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| Two employees were standing about 10 feet apart as one of them prepared to use a handheld grinder to cut a metal pipe. When the employee turned on power to the grinder, a piece of the cutting wheel flew off and struck the other employee, injuring that employee's face and eye. | |||||
| 2021-08-20 | Jeanerette | La | Estes Refractory & Insulation of Louisiana, Inc. | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Other jump to lower level |
| An employee stood on an extension ladder to guide a metal pipe into a hole/drum. The pipe made contact with a pipe that had been previously placed in the drum and knocked it loose from its friction weld and crimp. The employee then jumped off the ladder rather than be struck by the loose pipe. The employee landed on the floor and sustained a fracture to the left tibia and right heel. | |||||
| 2021-06-30 | Lithonia | Ga | GEORGIA DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, LLC | Head and trunk | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting metal pipe with a saw when the saw kicked back and struck him in the face and chest. The employee sustained lacerations to the face and chest. | |||||
| 2021-03-30 | Wheatland | Pa | Zekelman Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
| An employee was pulling a metal cart with a plastic roll on it toward a flatbed truck. His left little finger was caught between the cart handle and a piece of metal pipe on the truck. The finger was lacerated and the employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-03-22 | Longview | Tx | Turner Industries | Fingernail(s), nailbed(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Two employees were setting a metal pipe in place for installation on a metal rack. When one employee pushed on the pipe, the other employee's left index fingertip was pinched between the pipe flange and a conduit. The employee's left index fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-03-18 | Kaukauna | Wi | Tidy View Dairy LLC | Hand(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| Employees were replacing a 6-inch metal pipe fitting. As they were aligning the pipe, it swung into a concrete wall. An employee's hand was caught between the pipe and the wall. The employee was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2021-03-09 | Labelle | Fl | C-43 West Basin Storage Reservoir | Leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| A crew was removing an 8-inch rubber hose from inside a 2-foot diameter metal pipe. The hose was being pulled by a loader. The hose became stuck and began to stretch. The loader operator stopped and an employee went to inspect. The hose broke free and struck the employee's right shin, resulting in a broken right leg. | |||||
| 2020-10-20 | Birmingham | Al | American Cast Iron Pipe Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was trying to roll a crossed iron pipe back into the fixed metal pipe saddle. He lost his balance and as he tried to catch himself, his index finger was caught between the pipe and the pipe saddle crushing it. The fingertip was surgically amputated at the first knuckle. His middle and ring fingers sustained contusions. | |||||
| 2020-10-09 | Corpus Christi | Tx | B Robinson Inc | Nonclassifiable | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
| An employee parked the utility truck. The brakes were not set and the vehicle rolled back and pinned the employee between the truck and a metal pipe resulting in a hematoma. | |||||
| 2020-07-06 | Plant City | Florida | B & N WELDING & FABRICATION, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was moving a 1-inch-diameter metal pipe onto the forks of a forklift. The employee's left hand was pinched between the pipe and the forks; the ring fingertip was crushed and amputated. | |||||
| 2020-01-20 | Brooklyn | New York | Benson Metal Corp | Brain | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was operating an excavator to sort scrap metals when a pipe flew off from being sheared by another excavator and pierced through his operator cab's glass. The metal pipe them struck him, causing a head concussion. | |||||
| 2019-07-31 | Ingleside | Texas | MPG Pipeline Contractors | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| While being cut, a 20-inch metal pipe separated and a section struck an employee's lower right leg, causing broken bones. | |||||
| 2019-06-13 | Davie | Florida | Wilber Funeral Services, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was cutting a metal pipe. The pipe struck the employee's left foot, causing a contusion. | |||||
| 2019-06-05 | Sparta | Illinois | KORTE & LUITJOHAN CONTRACTORS, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was positioning a metal pipe to make a connection. He was holding on to one end of the pipe when a coworker went to move the pipe into place on the other end. The employee's left hand was caught between the pipe and a rock resulting in amputation of the index fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-02-20 | Hamburg | Pennsylvania | JOE JURGIELEWICZ & SON LTD. | Multiple body parts | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was using a metal pipe with 1/2-inch tines to scrape the feathers off the side of a dryer. The force of the spinning dryer caught the pipe, which impaled the employee in the upper chest and passed through his shoulder. The force then pulled out the pipe and knocked off the lid of the dryer, sending the employee to the floor. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-01-14 | Hammond | Wisconsin | Guy Metals Inc | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was loading a metal pipe on a flatbed semi-trailer when the employee fell off the side of the flatbed semi-trailer. After the employee fell off the trailer, the pipe shifted position, rolled off the trailer, and landed on the employee's left leg. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured lower left leg. | |||||
| 2019-01-11 | Jourdanton | Texas | Xtreme Coil Services, A Schlumberger | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee was cleaning up the shop area with a co-worker. There was a plunger on an I-beam. The employee picked up the plunger, then dropped it. The employee tried to catch it, and his right hand was caught between the plunger and a metal pipe stand. The employee sustained a laceration, torn tendon, and fracture to the middle finger. | |||||
| 2018-09-18 | Canton | Ohio | Republic Steel | Brain | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| A maintenance employee was releasing pressure off a valve in the melt shop when a pipe failed and ruptured. The metal pipe, under pressure, struck the employee in the head and face, causing an injury that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-08-01 | Crowley | Texas | R & T Concrete Pumping Inc. | Leg(s) | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
| A ready mix truck rolled backward, pinning an employee's right leg between it and the metal pipe of a pumping truck. The employee's leg was broken. | |||||
| 2018-07-24 | Beaumont | Texas | Williams Brothers Construction Co., Inc | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was helping a crew lift a welded steel beam that came apart and fell. The beam hit a metal pipe that then hit the employee's lower leg, fracturing and lacerating it. | |||||
| 2018-07-10 | Houston | Texas | Energy Alloys, LLC | Foot (feet) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was rolling a metal pipe to the end of a pipe rack so he could pick it up with a forklift when the pipe rolled over the pipe rack chock and landed on his left foot, breaking bones. He was hospitalized and required surgery. | |||||
| 2018-04-02 | Pompano Beach | Florida | WC Staffing Solutions | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was sorting debris from a conveyor line when his left index finger was caught and lacerated between the belt and a piece of metal pipe. | |||||
| 2018-03-10 | New Orleans | Louisiana | Feel Good Films, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee was de-rigging a metal pipe while standing on a roof when the pipe touched an overhead power line. The employee then suffered serious electrical burns. | |||||
| 2018-02-08 | Northbrook | Illinois | UL LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was using a crane to lift a filtration tank filled with sand to the main level of a hydro lab when the tank fell. The employee was struck by the falling tank, an electrical conduit, and a metal pipe, suffering multiple broken ribs, swelling to the right leg, and a crushing injury. | |||||
| 2018-01-12 | Fargo | North Dakota | McNeilus Steel, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was banding bar stock (three metal pipes) with a pneumatic bander when his right glove and thumb were pulled into a pinch point in the bar stock. His right thumb was partially amputated. | |||||
| 2018-01-05 | Tampa | Florida | B & I Contractors | Foot (feet) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| A metal pipe fell off a forklift and struck a nearby employee, breaking his foot. He required surgery. | |||||
| 2017-10-03 | Corpus Christi | Texas | American Steel & Supply, Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was moving a 500-pound metal pipe when it fell and struck the employee's hand, breaking it. | |||||
| 2017-07-18 | Dallas | Texas | Cesar Painting | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet |
| An employee was on a ladder and grabbing onto a metal pipe when he suffered an electric shock. He then fell approximately 27 feet from the ladder. | |||||
| 2017-06-07 | Roxana | Illinois | General Electric Water and Processing Technology | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee and a coworker were working on a reverse osmosis system, removing membranes from inside a metal pipe that was removed from the processing equipment. The coworker was pushing the membranes while the employee was attempting to catch them as they exited from the opposite end of the pipe. The employee's finger was then pinched and a portion was amputated between the outside surface of the membrane and the inside of a metal tube. | |||||
| 2017-05-24 | Alice | Texas | Dixie Iron Works, LTD. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was moving metal pipes by hand when the piping moved and created a pinch point. The employee's hand was caught in the pinch point between two pipes, amputating a fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-05-15 | Fort Lauderdale | Florida | Let's Work USA Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c. |
| An employee was sorting metal pipes on a recycling line. When he discarded a section of pipe into a bunker, the pipe rebounded and struck his left index finger, resulting in a severe laceration. | |||||
| 2017-01-17 | Center | Texas | Tyson Foods, Inc./Tyson Foods | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was using a band saw to cut metal pipe. The pipe slipped and the employee's right thumb was amputated. | |||||
| 2016-10-14 | Atlanta | Georgia | Capital Materials Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| The employee had just completed a drywall delivery and was walking down the entrance ramp to clean the area when his feet got caught in the green strapping material. The employee fell onto a piece of metal pipe and broke his lower right leg. | |||||
| 2016-09-27 | Grand Junction | Colorado | Spendrup Fan Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a lathe and sandpaper to sand a piece of metal pipe. As he was sanding the pipe, the sandpaper wrapped around the lathe and then wrapped itself around the second and third fingers of his right hand, partially amputating them. | |||||
| 2016-09-27 | Denver | Colorado | R&S STEEL | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was pulling metal pipes from a bundle of six. He was breaking the metal bands that were holding the bundle together to retrieve two of the six. As he was cutting the final band, two of the metal pipes fell from the bundle and struck his right leg, breaking it. | |||||
| 2016-08-13 | Fort Worth | Texas | Pratt Industries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was working at the baler/hogger shredding up corrugated boxes when a jam occurred. The employee used a metal pipe to try and clear/unjam the hogger when his right hand was pinned between the pipe and hogger's door frame, fracturing his third, fourth, and fifth fingers. | |||||
| 2016-06-07 | El Campo | Texas | El Campo Sheet Metal, LLC | Hand(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was cutting metal pipe on a band saw when the pipe or the band saw lacerated his hand, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-12-30 | Blytheville | Arkansas | D & L Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee placed a sheet metal pipe for an HVAC duct into a roll former. His left index finger was caught between the sheet metal pipe and the die when the roller's foot pedal was actuated. The employee's left index fingertip was partially amputated. | |||||
| 2015-12-16 | Aberdeen | Mississippi | Holley Performance Products, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee's hand was caught in a metal pipe bending machine resulting in a broken and dislocated left little finger. The left ring finger was crushed. | |||||
| 2015-11-18 | Victoria | Texas | Goodwin Personnel Consultants | Leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| The employee was weed trimming and another employee was mowing on a tractor. The tractor ran over a metal pipe. The metal pipe struck the employee who was trimming on the right leg. | |||||
| 2015-11-09 | London | Ohio | Stanley Electric | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was adjusting a band saw to cut metal pipe. The pipe lacerated and fractured the employee's right thumb. | |||||
| 2015-09-09 | Cardington | Ohio | Cardington Yutaka Technologies, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was operating a metal pipe bender in the bender work area. The employee was attempting to adjust the bender when a coworker cycled the machine. The employee's left-hand pinky and ring fingers were crushed, and the distal phalanx of the left-hand middle and ring fingers were surgically removed. | |||||
| 2015-08-20 | Odessa | Texas | Cook Compression | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was unloading pipes by cutting the metal band that held them all together. One of the metal pipes came loose and rolled over, falling on the employee's foot. The employee's right big toe was amputated. | |||||
| 2015-08-06 | Savannah | Georgia | EMD Chemicals, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A metal pipe line was plugged and the injured employee was attempting to remove the plug when the rotary valve positioned nearby was actuating and caught the air line the employee was holding pulling the gloves the employee was wearing into the actuating valve. The employee suffered a partial amputation (bone loss) of the right hand pointer finger up to the first joint. | |||||
| 2015-06-30 | Stephenville | Texas | FMC Technologies | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was in the process of clamping a metal pipe into a pistol clamp machine, when the part slipped off the fixture while his foot was on the foot pedal, pinning his left finger between the fixture and the part. | |||||
| 2015-06-24 | Oglethorpe | Georgia | Specialty Industries, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee and a coworker were rolling a cylindrical cyclone hopper down a passageway when the hopper became unbalanced and started to fall. As the employee attempted to catch and re-steady the hopper, his left pinky finger got caught between a metal flange on the hopper and a permanently fixed metal pipe of the building. The employee injured the left pinky finger; the fingertip was amputated at the hospital. | |||||
| 2015-06-17 | Boca Raton | Florida | PIKE ELECTRIC, INC. | Hand(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was observing a company called Alpha Omega in the process of using a Hydro-Vac Machine when a coupling came apart causing a piece of metal pipe to strike the employee on the right side of his face causing a laceration and then striking his right hand causing it to fracture. | |||||
| 2015-06-03 | Park Hills | Missouri | LEE MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| On 06/03/2015, around 2:00 P.M., an employee was wearing rubber gloves while handling adhesives in the facility. The employee finished handling the adhesives and went to cut metal pipe banding. As the metal banding was cut, it retracted to the floor and bounced up, cutting the employee at the knuckle on the right middle finger. Company-provided leather gloves were not worn at the time of the incident. The employee was later hospitalized for a possible infection and received antibiotics. | |||||
| 2015-05-13 | Alma | West Virgini | Precision Drilling | Jaw, chin | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| Employees were trying to maneuver a metal pipe into place using a hoist when the swivel released and caused the pipe to suddenly lift up about 6 inches and strike the injured employee in the jaw. | |||||
| 2015-03-30 | De Pere | Wisconsin | Jones Sign Company, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was moving a 60-inch-diamater pipe on a manual roller table. His right pinky fingertip was amputated in a pinch point created between the metal pipe and the roller. | |||||
| 2015-03-25 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | R.H. SHEPPARD COMPANY, INCORPORATED | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee cutting the end of a metal pipe amputated the left middle fingertip when a clamp loosened and struck the employee's fingers. | |||||
| 2015-02-19 | Houston | Texas | Cargoways Warehousing and Trucking Company Inc. | Leg(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Employee was standing on a pile of metal pipes. He was directing a forklift operator to remove one of the bars. As the forklift operator moved the bar, the employee's legs got caught under the load, injuring both. | |||||
| 2015-01-17 | San Antonio | Texas | Black Creek Well Services, L.P. | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| Employee was injured while performing a "cold cut" on a 6" metal pipe of a gathering system. Employee was burned on the face, both arms, and knees. Employee was using a striker from the welding equipment and possibly ignited natural gas. | |||||