| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-19 | Guymon | Ok | Seaboard Foods, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure through medical injection |
| An employee was preparing to vaccinate sows using a needle-free injection gun. The gun engaged and injected the employee's left palm. The employee experienced an allergic reaction. | |||||
| 2021-07-07 | Princeton | Nj | Princeton University | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking from their personal vehicle to the work location. While going down a grassy hill, the employee slipped on pine needles and sustained a fractured ankle. | |||||
| 2021-04-28 | Rush Springs | Ok | Oil States Energy Services, LLC | Leg(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was swapping out sides of a choke manifold during drill out operations when the threaded end of a 10K needle valve parted from the end cap and struck the employee causing a laceration to the right leg. | |||||
| 2021-03-31 | Bridgeton | Mo | Midwest Block and Brick | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was using needle-nose pliers to remove shrink wrap from conveyor sprockets when the machine cycled and pinched his finger in the chain and sprocket. The employee's middle fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-01-15 | Norwalk | Oh | Borgers Ohio, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On January 15, 2021, an employee was pushing a bed plate (for a textile production line's needle loom) into place. The bed slid in quickly, and his finger was caught in a shear point between it and a mounting bracket. He suffered a partial amputation to the finger. | |||||
| 2020-08-26 | Pflugerville | Tx | Emancipet Pflugerville Clinic | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| A veterinarian was drawing blood from a patient for a test when the dog pulled her arm and jerked it back. The needle went into the veterinarian's thumb about an inch. Her hand started swelling in the evening. She later went to the hospital for an infection. | |||||
| 2019-06-20 | West Chicago | Illinois | Papillon & Byrne, Inc. | Eye(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was installing an air conditioner at a customer's home. He was using a set of needle-nose pliers. The pliers slipped off from the object they were grasping and the employee's fist hit his left eye. He sustained a laceration to the globe of the left eye. | |||||
| 2019-05-08 | Sarasota | Florida | Sun Hydraulics, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| A maintenance technician was changing a light fixture inside a CNC machine. When the employee was taking his hands out the machine, he was punctured by one of the machine's drill bits. The drill bits are sharp, needle like. The drill bit broke off inside the employees left index finger, just above the knuckle and had to be removed surgically. | |||||
| 2019-04-08 | Danielsville | Georgia | Standard Poultry, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure through unintentional needlestick or sharp injury |
| An employee was administering shots to chickens with an avian vaccination needle containing Autogenous Orthoreovirus vaccine. The employee missed the chicken and stuck himself on the left hand resulting in an infection. | |||||
| 2019-01-17 | Kansas City | Kansas | VVF Kansas Services LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure through unintentional needlestick or sharp injury |
| An employee was working on the product fill line when the product injection needle injected into the employee's hand, wrist, and arm, requiring hospitalization. The injection needle was guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2018-08-06 | Smithtown | New York | Suffolk Oral Surgery Associates | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure through unintentional needlestick or sharp injury |
| An employee sustained an adverse reaction to prescribed medication after a needlestick. | |||||
| 2018-07-26 | Fort Worth | Texas | VCA Lakeside Animal Hospital | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Needlestick without exposure to harmful substance |
| An employee was drawing meloxicam out of a bottle and poked her thumb with the needle. The employee woke up the next day and her hand was swollen. She was hospitalized for infection and surgery. | |||||
| 2018-07-25 | Bridgeport | Connecticut | We Transport LLC | Eye(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was working on the brakes of a school bus using needle nose pliers. The plier slipped and impaled the employee's right eye. | |||||
| 2018-05-30 | Scarborough | Maine | MaineHealth Systems | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure through unintentional needlestick or sharp injury |
| An employee suffered a needlestick on her left index finger while using a syringe to subculture a pathogenic culture. The wound required surgical debridement. | |||||
| 2018-05-05 | Bellaire | Texas | Firestone Complete Auto Care | Hand(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cleaning a vehicle's valve cover gasket with a needle tool when it stabbed his left hand. | |||||
| 2018-04-16 | Oxford | Mississippi | Olin Corporation Winchester | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Explosion, n.e.c. |
| An employee was using needle nose pliers to remove a rifle cartridge from an adhesive pot filled with hot glue when the heat from the glue ignited the propellant powder in the rifle cartridge and caused it to burst open. Hot glue then splashed onto the employee's left arm and left hand, causing burns that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-03-29 | Saint Louis | Missouri | JOHN VOLPI & COMPANY | Hand(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was separating meat from its casing using an air injecting needle when his hand slipped and the needle penetrated his cut-resistant glove. Air was injected into his hand, causing swelling. | |||||
| 2018-01-09 | Clarkesville | Georgia | Fieldale Farms Corporation | Nonclassifiable | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was attempting to vaccinate a chicken when the chicken got loose. The employee was scratched by the needle while trying to catch the chicken, suffering an infection that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-09-12 | Elmendorf | Texas | Weatherford International | Thigh(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was testing a 10,000 lb. frac valve. The quarter-inch needle valve came off and pressurized water shot through his left thigh. | |||||
| 2017-08-28 | Carpinteria | California | Pacific Operators Offshore | Trunk | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| Employees were conducting routine maintenance for corrosion control/rust prevention cleaning of a wellhead. They were needle gunning and removed the bolts on a clamp that keeps the wellhead and oil tree together. When they removed the bolts, it created a pressure gap that dislodged the oil tree. The 2,000-pound tree then fell on top of the injured employee, crushing the employee's torso. The employee experienced difficulty breathing and possible internal, minor bleeding and bruising. | |||||
| 2017-08-10 | Union | Mississippi | Peco Farms, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Needlestick without exposure to harmful substance |
| An employee was holding a pullet while a coworker performed a vaccination when the employee was accidentally stuck in the right index finger behind the first knuckle with a quarter-inch, 18-gauge needle that was being used to administer the vaccine. | |||||
| 2017-01-13 | Longview | Texas | Eastman Chemical Company | Face | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was adjusting a needle valve on the flow indicating rotameter. The needle valve disengaged from the rotameter and caustic solution was sprayed in the employee's face. The employee was hospitalized for treatment. | |||||
| 2016-09-19 | San Diego | California | BAE SYSTEMS SAN DIEGO SHIP REPAIR INC. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell from a stepladder after losing his balance while performing needle gun operations, suffering a contusion and a possible fracture to the right hip. | |||||
| 2016-08-23 | Conroe | Texas | CenturyLink | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| On August 23, 2016, at approximately 11:30 a.m., an employee was removing the sheath from a telecommunications cable using needle nose pliers. The pliers slipped and struck the employee's left hand between the index finger and thumb, causing a laceration/cut. | |||||
| 2016-07-25 | Sunflower | Mississippi | Thompson Machinery Commerce Corporation | Arm(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee was using needle-nose pliers to change a fuse in a switchgear panel when an arc blast/flash occurred, causing flash burns to his right arm. | |||||
| 2016-04-24 | New York | New York | New York University | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure through unintentional needlestick or sharp injury |
| An employee in the laboratory was stuck by a needle contaminated with a virus. | |||||
| 2016-01-27 | Lula | Georgia | MAR-JAC HATCHERY | Hand(s) | Exposure through unintentional needlestick or sharp injury |
| An employee was holding a chicken that was to be vaccinated when he was stuck in the right hand by the needle gun that administers the vaccination. He was hospitalized with an infection. | |||||
| 2015-12-05 | Brandon | Florida | Air Rescue Air Conditioning, Inc. | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was pulling a wire using needle nose pliers. The pliers slipped, and the wire struck and severely injured the employee's right eye. | |||||
| 2015-08-09 | Jacksonville | Florida | AVMAX Montana, Inc. | Multiple face locations | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was using needle nose pliers to close up the safety cable's compartment located underneath the right side of the aircraft by the aileron when he hurt the left side of his face and eye. The injured employee did not know what hit him. He was admitted to the hospital overnight for surgery. | |||||
| 2015-05-25 | Augusta | Georgia | THERMAL CERAMICS, INC. | Hand(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was changing out a needle board. The new one he was putting in fell and scratched his hand. An infection developed and the employee was later admitted to the hospital. | |||||
| 2015-04-07 | Columbus | Nebraska | Becton, Dickinson and Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting an assembly line in the needle assembly area. When he bent over to look at the bottom of the machine, he rested his hand on a guard on the belt assembly. His finger overlapped with the edge of the guard, tripping a motion sensor that activated the machine push bar. His right-hand middle finger got caught between the push bar and the machine. | |||||