| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-12 | Tampa | Fl | ATI RESTORATION LLC | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was removing mirrors from a wall. The mirror broke diagonally and swung out, and the employee sustained neck lacerations. | |||||
| 2021-08-24 | Winter Haven | Fl | AgroTurf | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle on side of road |
| An employee was placing sod alongside a roadway. After being hit by a car mirror, the employee jumped back and fell into the path of a skid steer that was backing up. The skid steer ran over his legs, breaking both of them. | |||||
| 2021-06-30 | Nashua | Nh | UPS | Eye(s) | Vehicle struck by falling or flying object-roadway |
| An employee was driving a vehicle down a dirt road when a windstorm caused tree branches to come down all over the road. A branch struck a mirror bracket and glass broke. A piece of glass got into the employee's eye and lacerated the retina. | |||||
| 2021-06-19 | Macon | Ga | Goodwill Industries of Middle Georgia and the CSRA | Elbow(s) | Injured by object breaking in hand |
| Two employees were putting an unframed glass mirror into a trash gaylord. The mirror broke and lacerated an employee's inner right elbow. | |||||
| 2021-03-19 | Hanover Township | Pa | Jacobson Warehouse Company | Eye(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
| An employee was operating a forklift when it struck a structural pole in a building. The employee's head struck a side view mirror on the forklift, causing an eye contusion. | |||||
| 2021-02-11 | Valdosta | Ga | American Glass and Mirror Company of Valdosta, Inc. | Pelvis | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was on a ladder, helping install a mirror. The employee fell off the steps of the ladder, landing about 6 feet below and suffering a broken pelvis. | |||||
| 2020-10-09 | Rayland | Oh | Lindy Paving | Multiple body parts | Roadway collision-moving in same direction |
| An employee was operating a paver when the mirror of a passing dump truck caught the seat of the paver as it drove by. The seat twisted and pinned the employee against the control panel, resulting in fractures to the ribs and sternum and a dislocated clavicle. | |||||
| 2020-09-01 | Elwood | Il | Help at Home LLC. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
| While standing on a step stool to clean a mirror, an employee fell backward onto a hard surface and suffered a back injury. | |||||
| 2020-07-06 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Waste Management of Pennsylvania, Inc. | Upper arm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was collecting trash in a residential neighborhood. The employee was placing a 3 x 3 foot mirror into the front-loading garbage truck when the mirror broke. The employee sustained a laceration to their left bicep. | |||||
| 2020-06-12 | Woodstock | Alabama | Chilton Contractors Inc | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone |
| An employee flagging traffic was hit by a vehicle's passenger side fender and side mirror. The employee sustained contusions. | |||||
| 2020-05-05 | Houston | Texas | Fashion Glass & Mirror | Face | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was preparing to pull mirrors from a rack to get at a particular mirror. The stack of glass hit the left side of the employee's face, causing a severe cut. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-04-14 | Carver | Massachusett | Eversource | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone |
| An Eversource employee was recovering downed power lines in a street. A vehicle entered the work zone and struck the employee, running over and breaking the employee's ankle as well as striking the employee with its side view mirror. | |||||
| 2020-03-11 | Washington | District Of | Capitol Paving of DC Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone |
| While picking up traffic cones, an employee was struck by a vehicle mirror. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-02-05 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Bristol Environmental, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was attempting to remove a mirror off a wall from a 6-foot ladder when the mirror fell and struck the ladder, causing the employee to fall from the ladder to the ground. He suffered a right femur fracture. | |||||
| 2019-07-22 | Covington | Georgia | Construction Resources, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was installing a mirror in a home under construction. The mirror broke and fell on their forearm causing a laceration that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2019-06-30 | New York | New York | U.S. Postal Service | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle on side of road |
| An employee was moving a mobile unit postal vehicle. He parked the vehicle and proceeded to dismount it. After exiting the vehicle, he turned to face the vehicle to push in the side mirror and was struck by a customer's car. He sustained lacerations to his head and pelvic region, an abrasion to his right elbow, and pain in his right leg. | |||||
| 2019-06-15 | Lawton | Oklahoma | Billingsley Hyundai of Lawton, L.L.C. | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was using a 6-foot step ladder to clean a convex mirror when she fell from the ladder, striking her head on the concrete floor. She suffered a fracture of the skull at the base of the head, a broken right shoulder blade, and two brain bleeds in the front of her head. | |||||
| 2019-05-16 | Winter Garden | Florida | Robins & Morton | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
| An employee was driving a utility terrain vehicle (UTV) and struck some 4-inch PVC pipes laying on the ground. The employee lost control of UTV and as he was about to be ejected he grabbed the rear view mirror causing it to break and lacerate his left index and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2018-09-12 | Fort Collins | Colorado | Mountain Temp Services, LLC | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
| A flagger was trying to instruct a passenger vehicle to stop when the vehicle's side mirror struck her. She fell to the ground and the truck ran her over, breaking her leg and hip. She was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-09-08 | Orla | Texas | C & C Oilfield Services, LLC | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| The injured employee was helping a welder while a nearby trackhoe operator had a 4' pipe joint hooked up to the trackhoe with a strap. The operator leaned forward to adjust his side mirror and as he sat back down, his shirt was caught on the joystick, which caused the machine to move the 4' pipe forward. It struck the 6' main line pipe, which in turn fell off the cones and landed on the injured employee's legs. Both legs were broken and she was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-08-23 | Folsom | Pennsylvania | C. H. & D. Enterprises | Fingertip(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| While backing up an excavator, an employee reached out to pull in a mirror to avoid striking a telephone pole. The employee's hand was caught between the mirror and pole, resulting in fingertip amputations. | |||||
| 2018-05-14 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | RACI Intermediate Holdings, LLC | Forearm(s) | Injured by object breaking in hand |
| An employee was moving a mirror when it cracked and lacerated his forearm, severing a tendon and causing nerve and arterial damage. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
| 2018-04-25 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Aloft Hotels | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was standing on a chair to access a circuit breaker panel when the employee fell from the chair and into a mirror. The mirror broke and a piece of glass from the mirror amputated the employee's left pinky finger. | |||||
| 2017-09-12 | Dallas | Texas | Munilla Construction Management Inc. | Thigh(s) | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| An employee was driving a bulldozer. When it drove on an unlevel surface (about 2 feet difference), his foot slipped off the gas pedal and he fell out of the cab hitting his mouth and nose on the side mirror. The employee fell on the tracks of the bulldozer and it ran over his arm and leg resulting in a fractured femur. | |||||
| 2017-08-17 | Fort A P Hill | Virginia | Fort A.P. Hill | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was standing on the running board of an Army M915 trailer looking into the side mirror. When he stepped down, his left ring finger was caught and de-gloved on the side mirror. | |||||
| 2017-06-29 | Ailey | Georgia | BMC East, LLC | Arm(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle |
| An employee was using a pallet jack to move a pallet of doors when he bumped into a stack of mirrors on a pallet. As he attempted to stop the mirrors from falling, his right arm was lacerated by the sharp edges of a mirror. | |||||
| 2017-06-16 | Overland Park | Kansas | Fountain Glass, Inc | Forearm(s) | Injured by object breaking in hand |
| An employee was carrying a mirror into an apartment building through an interior staircase. As the employee was entering the doorway, the mirror inadvertently hit the doorframe. This caused the mirror to break. A portion of the mirror fell and lacerated the employee's left forearm, severing arteries and cutting two nerves. | |||||
| 2017-06-14 | Hallandale Beach | Florida | TRI STATE ROOFING AND GENERAL CONTRACTORS LLC | Arm(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was attempting to remove a mirror from an apartment ceiling when the mirror fell on him and cut his arm, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-06-01 | Atlanta | Georgia | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Eye(s) | Vehicle struck object or animal on side of roadway |
| An employee was delivering mail when his vehicle struck a stone mailbox and shattered his right mirror. The mirror glass went into his right eye. | |||||
| 2017-05-10 | Plaquemine | Louisiana | Sunland Construction, Inc | Upper and lower limb(s) | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee was re-erecting goal posts below a power line when the stringer of flags on one end of the goal posts became hung up on the passenger-side rear-view mirror of a haul truck. The injured employee was attempting to free the stringer of flags when a coworker raised a PVC pipe to place it over a t-post. The top of the PVC pole, where the stringer of flags was tied, came into contact with the overhead power line. The employee sustained burns to his left arm, left hand, and right foot. He w | |||||
| 2017-04-06 | Morgantown | West Virgini | Tetra Technologies, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| On April 6, 2017, at approximately 3:10 p.m., an employee was spotting for a driver who was backing a 3/4 ton truck up to a trailer. The doors to the trailer were open for loading. Using the driver's side mirror, the driver backed toward the trailer. As the truck approached the trailer, the wind caused the door to the trailer to close. The employee moved between the truck and trailer to open the trailer door when his leg was pinched between the truck receiver and trailer bumper. He suffered a co | |||||
| 2016-08-18 | Leesburg | Florida | The Middlesex Corporation | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
| An employee was operating a paving machine and was backing up in a closed lane when a truck swerved into the closed lane. The truck's side mirror struck the employee knocking him to the ground. He struck his head on the pavement, and the truck ran over his right wrist fracturing it. | |||||
| 2016-08-09 | Arlington | Texas | Binswanger Enterprises, LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was installing a mirror when a piece of it broke off and impaled the employee in the chest, causing a laceration to the chest/abdomen. | |||||
| 2016-06-16 | Bonita Springs | Florida | Wildcat Renovation, LLC | Wrist(s) | Injured by object breaking in hand |
| An employee was carrying a mirror to the dumpster when it broke and cut his left wrist, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-05-31 | Port Charlotte | Florida | Wetherington Restoration and Remodeling | Wrist(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was moving a glass mirror when it fell and he was cut by the glass. The cut severed an artery and two tendons in the wrist requiring surgery to repair. | |||||
| 2015-11-20 | Elmhurst | Illinois | Rick's Trucking Service Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
| On Friday, November 20, 2015, two concrete truck drivers were washing their respective concrete trucks at the same time in the wash down area at the concrete mixing plant. Driver #1 finished washing his truck and started driving out of the wash down area. After pulling out some distance from the wash down area, Driver #1 looked in both mirrors and noticed Driver #2 laying on the ground. Driver #1 stopped to assist Driver #2 who stated that he was run over when Driver #1 pulled away. Driver #2 su | |||||
| 2015-05-05 | Valdosta | Georgia | FedEx Corporation | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle |
| An employee driving a jockey truck around the yard suffered a collapsed lung as a result of manually adjusting a side mirror. | |||||
| 2015-02-10 | Bartonville | Illinois | Dohrn Transfer Company LLC | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee in the yard at the Bartonville, Illinois, location was exposed to a fall from a stationary vehicle when cleaning a mirror on a semi-trailer truck. | |||||