Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-10-10 | West Islip | Ny | Kiska Construction, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee was sandblasting at a bridge when the nozzle and blast tip of the line unthreaded. The employee fell backward injuring his back and metallic grit (sandblasting material) caused an abrasion to his arm. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-04-16 | Bossier City | Louisiana | WILHITE ELECTRIC CO | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a ladder installing an electric metallic tube. While attaching the tubing, the employee was startled by a shock and slipped off the ladder, falling to the ground and breaking his wrist. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-04-22 | Miami | Florida | Falcon Farms, Inc | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a metallic ladder pulling a box from a shelf when he fell and struck his head. | |||||
2018-02-14 | Milton | Pennsylvania | Weis Markets, Incorporated | Head and trunk | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee operating a stand-up forklift struck a metallic rack guard with a fork and was ejected from the machine. The employee suffered head and back injuries after striking the concrete floor. The employee was admitted to the hospital. | |||||
2017-09-01 | Topeka | Kansas | NPL Construction Company | Multiple face locations | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was using a portable grinder with a wire brush wheel to clean a metallic natural gas pipe in preparation for welding. The flow of natural gas had been stopped with a metallic stopper pin. As the employee was using the grinder, the stopper pin became dislodged from a seated position, resulting in a brief ignition of the natural gas. The employee suffered first and second degree burns to the right side of his face and nose. | |||||
2016-09-21 | Denver | Colorado | Weifield Group Contracting, LLC | Lumbar region | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode |
An employee was bending over to pick up a 10-foot stick of 3/4" electrical metallic tube (EMT) when he felt and heard a pop in his back and experienced a sharp lower back pain. He was hospitalized with a compressed back disc. |