Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-15 | Sinton | Tx | Adelphi Construction LC | Multiple body parts | Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system |
An employee was inside an aerial lift basket approximately 140 feet above ground level prepping for installation of an intake hood. The employee was connecting a welding lead to the welding machine. An overhead bridge crane struck the aerial lift. The boom of the aerial lift collapsed and the employee was catapulted out of the basket falling 34 feet onto the top section of the crane. The employee remained attached to the basket with the lanyard he utilized. The aerial lift basket then landed on | |||||
2021-11-11 | Brecksville | Oh | JONES LANG LASALLE AMERICAS INC | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was inspecting overhead HVAC equipment from an 8-foot A-frame ladder. The employee fell, hitting the ground and a white board and suffering head injuries. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-11-11 | Pitts | Ga | Pitts Gin Co Inc | Head and trunk | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was cleaning up cotton from around a conveyor belt. He fell onto the belt, passed under an auger that was over the belt, and hit a metal support beam with his head. He continued down the conveyor and a piece of metal overhead struck his left eye. He suffered trauma to the eye, as well as chest fractures. | |||||
2021-11-10 | Quincy | Il | Michelmann Steel Construction Company | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
On November 10, 2021, an employee was moving a 15-foot steel beam with an overhead crane. The beam begun to swing, fell, and struck the employee. The employee suffered chin and shoulder lacerations and a broken collarbone and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-11-10 | Manchester | Nh | Northstar Steel & Aluminum, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was moving steel plates from a rack to a pallet for shipping. A set of three steel plates came unclamped from the overhead crane and crushed the employee's foot, resulting in multiple fractures and lacerations. | |||||
2021-11-08 | Jacksonville | Fl | Canam Steel Corporation | Thigh(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
On November 8, 2021, an employee had finished dipping a bundle of steel joists in a paint tank and had set it to dry on top of a stack of bundles using a 10-ton overhead crane. While the employee was walking to get the overhead crane's hook to move the next bundle, the bundle he had just moved fell, causing him to become caught between the bundle and the paint tank. The employee suffered a broken left femur and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-11-03 | Milton | Wv | Asplundh Tree Expert | Nonclassifiable | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
The boom on a lift truck contacted an overhead power line. An employee was next to the truck, touching it, and was shocked and burned. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-11-03 | Westerville | Oh | Feldkamp Enterprises, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee stepped into a water-filled plumbing pit while looking at an overhead HVAC duct. The employee was hospitalized, suffering from back pain. | |||||
2021-11-03 | Bedford Park | Il | M. D. Metals, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was adjusting the hook and scale on an overhead crane when their thumb was crushed. | |||||
2021-11-01 | Fort Worth | Tx | Thornton Steel Company, LLC | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level |
The injured employee was helping to unload metal tubes from a trailer. A co-worker was operating an overhead crane to lift a bundle of tubes. The load started to go sideways instead of in a straight line. As a result, the injured employee took a step backward and fell to the ground, sustaining two fractured ribs, a fractured right cheekbone, and a concussion. | |||||
2021-11-01 | Dayton | Tx | Freedom Solar Power | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
A box truck was being backed into a customer's driveway. The truck's ladder became entangled with overhead powerlines. An employee climbed on top of the vehicle and tried to untangle the lines using PVC pipe. His head contacted the energized line and he was thrown off the vehicle to the ground. He lost consciousness, having suffered a shock and electrical burns. | |||||
2021-10-28 | Lubbock | Tx | SIMFLO, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
At about 3:00 p.m. on October 28, 2021, an employee was on a work platform, which had been raised by a forklift 8-10 feet off the floor so he could access the control box for an overhead door that had stopped working. A door on the platform swung open and the employee fell backward to the floor, landing on the back left side of his body. He suffered six broken ribs on the left side and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-10-27 | Armorel | Ar | Paco Steel of Arkansas | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was using an overhead crane to load a steel coil onto a semi-truck when the employee's left little finger was caught between the coil and the crane's C-hook, resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
2021-10-20 | Fort Worth | Tx | Lockheed Martin Corporation | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, n.e.c. |
A walking tug operator was helping move an aircraft from a test facility turntable. The handle on the tug struck him in the abdomen, pushed him backward into a large external overhead door, and pinned him against it. He suffered broken ribs, a liver laceration, and a broken back vertebra. | |||||
2021-10-17 | Leetsdale | Pa | Libertas Copper, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was attaching a C-hook to a smaller scale hook attached to an overhead crane. The C-hook was resting on top of a coil. The smaller scale hook was not fitting into the C-hook and the C-hook slid off of the coil, striking the employee's left shin and causing a laceration. | |||||
2021-10-15 | Corpus Christi | Tx | Northstar Energy Solutions LLC | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity |
A crew was changing out a transformer. The transformer had been disconnected from the conductor. When the hardware affixing the transformer to the pole was loosened, the pin insulator on the overhead conductor broke and the conductor contacted the transformer, which then became energized. An employee who was working on the pole suffered burns and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-10-14 | Penfield | Ny | Birchcrest Tree and Landscape, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was trimming branches and removing a cut limb. When the employee rotated the limb to send it to the ground, the limb made contact with the overhead 12 kV line and the employee was shocked. | |||||
2021-10-13 | Dallas | Tx | Gary L. Gann, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was moving an elevated platform lift when it contacted an overhead power line. The employee was shocked. | |||||
2021-10-11 | Saint Louis | Mo | Cauttrell Enterprises, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was standing beside a stack of steel beams that had been lifted with an overhead crane. After trying to move the chain with the hook away from under the stack, the employee raised the crane. The chain hooked back onto the beams, causing them to fall onto the employee and to fracture both legs. | |||||
2021-10-10 | Mckinney | Tx | Encore Wire Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was driving a forklift when it collided with a steel storage rack system. His right hand was pinned between the shelves and the forklift's overhead guard, and he suffered fingertip amputations. | |||||
2021-10-07 | Houston | Tx | Crane Worldwide Logistics | Nonclassifiable | Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached |
An employee was using a forklift to extract a pallet from an overhead rack. The truck's forks fell onto the employee. | |||||
2021-10-05 | Fairfield | Al | United States Steel Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
An employee was using a remote controlled overhead crane to position a steel chock measuring 3 feet by 2 feet onto a roll. The employee handled the crane remote with his right hand and the wire rope with his left hand when the wire rope caught his left thumb, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2021-10-04 | Minocqua | Wi | Nimsgern Steel Corp. | Lower leg(s) | Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment |
An employee was unloading steel I-beams from a drill machine using an overhead crane when a stack of seven I-beams tipped over onto the employee, resulting in two broken legs below the knee that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-10-01 | Miami | Fl | Covanta Dade Renewable Energy, LLC | Leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
A crane operator was resetting a limit switch on an overhead crane. A cable and/or drum caught the operator's left leg, causing the operator to fall about 10 feet from the crane bridge. The employee's leg got entangled in the crane cables resulting in amputation of their left leg at the thigh. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-09-29 | Naples | Fl | Sprinklermatic Fire Protection Systems, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was installing an overhead groove coupling while on the fourth rung of a 6-foot step ladder when he fell off the ladder onto a 6-inch piece of pipe that was on the ground, resulting in broken ribs and a punctured lung. | |||||
2021-09-27 | Birmingham | Al | O'Neal Steel, LLC | Multiple face locations | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was lifting steel plates with an overhead crane. The steel plates struck the employee in the face resulting in a broken jaw and fractured teeth. | |||||
2021-09-24 | Burgettstown | Pa | Union Electric Steel Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was preparing to lift a 25,000-pound forging with an overhead crane using a spreader bar and a set of chains. The chains on one side of the forging snagged on set downs and would not slide into position. The employee used his right hand to position the chains to the center of the load when the crane began to lift the forging. The employee's right middle finger was caught between the chain and the forging, resulting in amputation to the first knuckle. | |||||
2021-09-20 | Austinburg | Oh | Delta Railroad Construction Inc | Foot (feet) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was hooking up a metal buggy to an overhead crane. The metal buggy fell and crushed the employee's foot. The employee's was hospitalized, undergoing surgery. | |||||
2021-09-17 | Madison | Al | Griffin Industrial Contracting Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was working on an overhead screen guard and leaning over to check jig alignment on the line. The employee had cut the welds loose on a check gig and held it up with a come-along to relocate it. The remaining single bead broke loose, causing the check gig to catch the employee's left-hand fingers against the column for the top of the check gig. The little finger was crushed and lacerated and the ring finger was partially amputated at the nailbed. | |||||
2021-09-16 | Lock Haven | Pa | First Quality Tissue, LLC | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell on a wet spot of the floor created by condensation on overhead ductwork. The employee suffered a broken right patella and was admitted into the hospital. | |||||
2021-09-14 | Houma | La | Stabil Drill Specialties, LLC | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
Employees were at the facility to perform hurricane cleanup and repair. The frame of a pull-down overhead door had been blown out during the hurricane. An employee was mounting a board to a bracket of the frame to then install a temporary vinyl curtain. The employee was standing on a pallet that was attached to a forklift and was approximately 8-10 feet above the gravel ground. When the employee struck the overhead door, it came loose and struck him, causing him to fall from the pallet to the gr | |||||
2021-08-31 | Medina | Oh | Armstrong Utilities | Upper extremities | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
While working from the bucket of a bucket truck to replace residential telecommunication lines, an employee contacted energized 720V overhead power lines. The employee received electric shock injuries including burns and an amputation to the left arm. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-08-26 | Elmore | Oh | Materion Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
A hoisted metal cover, about 3 feet by 3 feet, fell off the hook of an overhead crane that had been used to lift it. It landed on the left hand of an employee who was cleaning under it, and he suffered fractures and a partial amputation (below the nail) to the left middle finger. | |||||
2021-08-20 | Dallas | Tx | Betsy Ross Flag Girl, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was positioning a pole to be raised up. The pole hit an overhead power line and the employee was shocked. | |||||
2021-08-19 | Carrollton | Tx | Western Extrusions Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was moving metal billets onto a load table with an overhead crane. The employee's fingers were caught between two billets, causing the amputation of the right fourth and fifth fingers. | |||||
2021-08-14 | Canton | Oh | Fresh Mark Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee had just checked the temperature of some product on a trolley and was trying to pull the trolley back into a chiller. The trolley instead followed the overhead rail system to a different chiller, hit the rail stop mechanism there, derailed, and fell to the ground. The employee was pinned under it and suffered a broken left tibia. | |||||
2021-08-13 | Palm Springs | Fl | Edison Power Constructors, Inc. | Arm(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was working on a cut-out when their shoulder contacted an overhead powerline, resulting in second and third degree burns to their left arm. | |||||
2021-08-13 | S Coffeyville | Ok | Star Pipe USA LLC | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was in the crow's nest of a charge deck operating an overhead crane to break foundry returns in a return pit. A section of gating exited the return pit and struck the employee's lower left leg, resulting in a compound fracture. | |||||
2021-08-09 | Winsted | Ct | Affordable Tree Service of Ct | Upper and lower limb(s) | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was in a tree, trying to attach a crane cable to it. When he reached for the crane cable, he was shocked, because the crane boom had come into contact with overhead power lines. He suffered burns to the left hand and left foot and lost consciousness for about 30 seconds. | |||||
2021-08-05 | Schiller Park | Il | E.J. Basler Co. | Foot (feet) | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely |
An employee was moving a bundle of solid brass rods with an overhead crane. After being set on the floor, the bundle separated; rods rolled onto the employee's feet, crushing them. | |||||
2021-08-05 | Ferguson | Mo | Permalok Corporation | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was moving an aerial lift over a gantry crane track using an overhead crane. The employee was standing between a 74-inch steel pipe and the boom of the aerial lift when the final wheel of the lift cleared the gantry track and the boom swung over and pushed the employee into the pipe, resulting in fractured ribs and contusions on the left lung. | |||||
2021-08-02 | Cross Plains | Wi | Plastic Ingenuity, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was backing a forklift out of a racking storage area. The employee's left arm was caught between the forklift's overhead cage and the racking system. The forearm was broken. | |||||
2021-07-26 | Scottdale | Pa | Duraloy Technologies, Inc. | Arm(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was using an overhead crane when its hook got caught on the bed of a hydraulic press. When the crane was being lowered, the hook slipped, struck the employee's left arm, and broke it. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
2021-07-23 | Mc Calla | Al | Publix Distribution Center | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift. As it turned, his left middle finger was caught between the upright to its overhead guard and a pallet on a rack. The finger was amputated. | |||||
2021-07-21 | Henderson | Co | Liberty Oilfield Services | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
A mechanic was on top of the HHP in Bay 1 drilling out broken bolts. Another operator was running the overhead crane using a handheld remote, moving it from the south side of the HHP to the north side to pick up a fluid end. As the crane moved over the top of the HHP, it struck the mechanic, knocking him off the HHP onto the cement floor of the shop 13 feet below. The injured employee was hospitalized for broken ribs, a sprained wrist and stitches to the face. | |||||
2021-07-20 | Dallas | Tx | DFA Dairy Brands Fluid, LLC | Multiple body parts | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee used a safety cage with a gangway stair that is attached to an overhead catwalk and lowered onto the tanker truck to disconnect a hose on top of the tanker and close the tanker. The truck started moving back while the employee was on top of the truck and her legs were caught between the tanker trailer and the lowered gangway stair. The employee suffered two broken bones in the right leg, a fractured left leg, and a fractured spine. | |||||
2021-07-18 | Wausau | Wi | O'Brien Steel Service Co. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee slipped a separator over the end of the beam and was using a 10-ton overhead crane to lift the beam. As the employee was placing a wood block in place, the separator slipped off the end of the beam, and the beam fell onto the employee's left index finger. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2021-07-16 | Washington | Dc | Engie Georgetown University | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was climbing down a ladder when it shifted, pinching the employee's little finger against the overhead water pipes and steel support braces. The finger was severely lacerated, resulting in an amputation below the knuckle. | |||||
2021-07-16 | Edinburg | Pa | Armormax Refractories, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was assisting co-workers with re-lining a steel ladle cover for a ladle that was approximately 12 feet by 14 feet. The ladle was attached to an overhead double girder bridge crane and was suspended off the floor. The ladle lid moved off the crane and landed on the employee's foot, resulting in broken bones. | |||||
2021-07-14 | Caldwell | Tx | Non-Ferrous Extrusion | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was hanging overhead water lines while inside a forklift box attachment approximately 14 feet off the ground. The box attachment fell to the ground and the employee suffered broken ribs. | |||||
2021-07-12 | Aurora | Mo | KAY CONCRETE MATERIALS | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was unloading concrete from a ready-mix truck. The employee was leaning on the truck's fender and had a remote control for the truck in his hand. The pumper that he was feeding into made contact with an overhead power line; the employee suffered a whole-body shock. | |||||
2021-07-09 | Midland | Tx | Sand Revolution II | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
On July 9, 2021, employees were operating a mobile conveyor belt to load sand into a silo. The conveyor was experiencing belt issues and was being replaced with a new conveyor. The injured employee was operating the conveyor to fold it up so that it could be transported when the conveyor struck an overhead electrical line. The resulting arc flash burned the employee's left hand fingers. | |||||
2021-07-07 | West Melbourne | Fl | Peays Electric II, Inc | Ankle(s) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet |
On July 7, 2021, an employee was using a wooden platform that was about 10 to 12 feet high to install the overhead can lights on a new two-story home. The wooden platform gave way causing the employee to fall on his feet. He was hospitalized for a broken right ankle. | |||||
2021-07-06 | Coshocton | Oh | New River Electrical Corporation | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was standing next to a truck and trailer while poles were being loaded onto the trailer. The equipment struck an overhead powerline and electricity traveled through the equipment and through the employee, resulting in burns to his right thigh and both feet. | |||||
2021-06-30 | Seabrook | Nh | Will-Mor Manufacturing, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was setting up a CNC machine for machining metal, using an overhead crane to lower a template (angle iron) onto the machine table. As the employee was lowering the template, he noticed metal shavings on the table. He rested the edge of the template on the table while he cleaned it. When he started to lower the template again, his left hand was on the top of the template to guide it. The template slipped and swung forward catching his left hand between the edge of the machine and the | |||||
2021-06-30 | Seguin | Tx | Caterpillar Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was using an overhead grid crane when their right middle finger was pinched between the engine head assembly and the transport rack resulting in amputation of the fingertip just below the nail bed. | |||||
2021-06-29 | Hominy | Ok | MidCon Energy | Nonclassifiable | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
A three-person crew was unloading pipe. Two crew members were outside of the truck handling the pipe on the rack. They loaded the three joints of pipe and moved to load the polish rod. One end of the rod was stuck into the ground so they picked up the opposite end and stood the 22' rod into the air to lay it down. The rod contacted a live, overhead electrical line and the two employees were electrocuted. Both employees also sustained electrical burns. | |||||
2021-06-29 | Jacksonville | Fl | Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On June 29, 2021, an employee was unloading materials from a flat bed truck using an overhead crane and a nylon sling. While positioning the nylon sling to hoist a stack of 6"x12' aluminum round bars that was on top of 5"x12' rectangular flat bars, the round bars shifted, rolled back, and pinned the employee's left middle finger between a round bar and a flat bar, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-06-25 | Madison | Wi | Hooper Corporation | Foot(feet) and knee(s) | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was directing the operator of a digger derrick in placing a wooden utility pole in the ground when the insulated boom of the digger derrick contacted an overhead powerline and the employee's leg contacted the energized utility pole, resulting in third degree burns to his knee and foot. | |||||
2021-06-25 | Dickinson | Tx | Gulf Coast Pipeline Services | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was using a 15-ton overhead crane to move a large metal table weighing approximately 2,300 pounds. The table fell on his right leg resulting in a fractured lower leg. | |||||
2021-06-23 | Madison | Wi | William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was changing out an overhead coffee filter on an industrial coffee maker when hot water poured down on the employee, resulting in burns to their shoulder, chest, and arm. | |||||
2021-06-17 | Grand Prairie | Tx | East Fork Services LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was removing a small section of existing vertical steel attached to an overhead doorway. After almost cutting the steel all the way through with a power tool, the employee began to manually move it with his hand. When the steel came loose, it fell and caught his left index finger between the falling piece of steel and another piece of steel below, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-06-11 | Shawnee | Ks | Bratton Brothers Contracting Inc | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was installing flashing above an overhead door while on a scaffold when he lost his balance and fell to the concrete driveway below, resulting in a compound wrist fracture, a fractured heel, and a head laceration. | |||||
2021-06-09 | White Castle | La | Alder Vegetation Group | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was working in an aerial bucket lift when his left shoulder contacted an energized overhead wire. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery to the shoulder. | |||||
2021-06-08 | Delta | Oh | North Star Bluescope Steel, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
On June 8, 2021, after operating a remote-control overhead crane in a steel-making plant, an employee became ill, suffering from leg cramps. The employee was hospitalized, suffering from possible heat stress. | |||||
2021-06-01 | Broadview Heights | Oh | Ck Electrical Service Llc | Lower leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet |
While measuring with a tape measure, an employee bumped their hard hat on something overhead and then stepped backward into a 3-foot deep conveyor tunnel, falling and sustaining a fractured right tibia. | |||||
2021-05-26 | Mckinney | Tx | Rudy Mora LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was performing masonry work on a residential home while working on a scaffold near an overhead powerline. The employee was electrocuted by the powerline and suffered injuries that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-05-21 | Martinsburg | Wv | Concrete Pipe & Precast | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On May 21, 2021, an employee was using an overhead crane to lift a cured precast concrete piece. The employee had connected the crane's lifting hook to the lifting hook on the concrete piece. As the piece was lifted, the chain tightened and pinched the employee's right index fingertip. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2021-05-21 | Medford | Wi | Weather Shield Mfg., Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
At about 10:25 a.m. on May 21, 2021, an employee was moving stored pedestal fans from an overhead balcony onto an adjacent elevated forklift platform. As the employee stepped off the balcony and onto the forklift platform, the platform became unstable and tipped off the forks. The employee fell to the concrete floor about 10 feet below, suffering a back/spine injury. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-05-18 | Wallingford | Ct | Masonicare Health Center | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee was pulling down a garage-style overhead door. The employee's right hand became tangled in the rope tied to the door handle. The metal door track then lacerated the employee's middle finger, causing a partial fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-05-14 | Cleveland | Oh | Progress Rail - Cleveland Track Materials, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
On May 13, 2021, an employee was operating an overhead crane to move a 2,980 lbs. chip hopper. The hopper was approximately one inch off the ground while moving it. The hopper rotated and caught the employee's foot against the hopper frame and concert ramp resulting in a fracture and laceration to the foot. | |||||
2021-05-11 | Boynton Beach | Fl | RJS Electric INC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was on a ladder wiring an overhead fan and fell 5 feet off the ladder onto the ground. The employee suffered pain in the back, neck, and right arm. | |||||
2021-05-10 | Fort Worth | Tx | Sema Construction Inc. | Multiple body parts | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was spotting a dump truck carrying fill material. The truck's bed was extended to its full height to dump the load. The truck then began to move forward, toward overhead electrical lines. The truck contacted the lines while the spotter was touching it. He was shocked and suffered burns to the arm and back. | |||||
2021-05-07 | Belleville | Il | Triple Sticks Foods, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
On 3/24/2021 at 4:01 p.m., an employee was on a ladder fixing an overhead condensing unit when the employee stepped onto a nearby stainless steel table and the table flipped over, causing the employee to fall 4 feet. The employee suffered injuries to their right rib area. On 5/7/21 at 8:59 p.m., an employee was checking sprocket teeth for the chain underneath a bread slicer. The employee lost their balance and the tip of their left index finger got caught between the chain and sprocket, resultin | |||||
2021-05-06 | Hazleton | Pa | Autozone, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was working from a scissor lift to lubricate the chain and sprocket on a overhead conveyor's motor. The employee observed a rag in the conveyor. As the employee retrieved the rag, his right pinky finger got caught in the conveyor chain/sprocket resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-05-05 | Sabina | Oh | Sabina Farmers Exchange | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell off a ladder while trying to repair a broken overhead garage door. The employee landed on the ground and suffered a broken wrist, a broken orbital bone, contusions, and scrapes. | |||||
2021-05-05 | Cincinnati | Oh | Xtek, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was lifting a 400-pound spindle with an overhead crane. The load shifted and fell on his right hand, causing a partial amputation to the ring finger. | |||||
2021-04-28 | Lynchburg | Va | BWXT, Inc. Nuclear Operations Group-Lynchburg | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was repositioning an 800-pound component on a transfer cart using an overhead crane when the component shifted and caught the employee's left thumb and index finger between the component and the transfer cart. The employee's left thumb and index finger were crushed. | |||||
2021-04-27 | Prague | Ok | C&R | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was doing metal roofing work. The employee contacted an overhead power line with metal and suffered electrical burns. | |||||
2021-04-23 | Brookville | Oh | Green Tokai Co. Ltd. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was using an overhead crane to move a metal coil of steel from a machine and place it on a skid. The coil shifted while being set down and pinched the employee's left ring finger amputating the fingertip just below the nail bed. | |||||
2021-04-22 | Ava | Mo | Southern Construction Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was installing a boom pin on an overhead tree trimmer. While the employee was holding a bushing in place, the crane holding the boom in place shifted and amputated part of the employee's left thumb. | |||||
2021-04-21 | Lockbourne | Oh | MTD PRODUCTS INC. | Head | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was driving a lift truck through a warehouse. The truck struck a vertical I-beam, and the employee's head was lacerated on the truck's overhead guard. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-04-20 | Tulsa | Ok | Anheuser-Busch, LLC | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was using an overhead gantry crane to change the battery in a forklift. The load tipped and the hook gave way, causing the battery to fall and strike the employee's left foot. The employee suffered a compound fracture to the big toe. | |||||
2021-04-19 | Tyngsboro | Ma | Geosearch, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Indirect exposure to electricity |
An employee was fueling a mobile drill rig. When lifted, the drill boom contacted an overhead powerline. The employee was shocked, suffering a small pinhole burn. | |||||
2021-04-12 | Martinsburg | Pa | Curry Supply Company | Fingertip(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was backing up a forklift. The employee's left thumb was caught between the forklift's overhead guard and a partially fabricated tank made of thin-gauge steel. The thumb tip was amputated. | |||||
2021-04-08 | Pompano Beach | Fl | La Rocca Construction Inc. | Multiple body parts | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was trying to rotate a section of aluminum screen enclosure from a balcony next to overhead power lines. The aluminum frame made contact with a power line, and the employee suffered second- and third-degree burns to the hands and chest. | |||||
2021-04-06 | Pensacola | Fl | Bell Steel Company Inc. | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
A temporary employee was moving a 2' x 20' steel beam weighting between 2500 & 3000 lbs. using an overhead crane. The employee sat the steel beam on stands with chains and lifted one end of the beam with the crane when a chain caught and pulled the beam off the stands. One end of the beam landed on the employee's left foot and ankle causing crushing injuries including broken bones that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2021-04-05 | Houston | Tx | Powertherm Co., Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was operating an overhead crane from a scissor lift. He was holding the object being lifted when the lifting hook caught his glove, causing the employee to fall 10 feet from the scissor lift and suffer fractures to his shoulder, hips, and knee. | |||||
2021-03-31 | Middletown | Oh | Metal Matic, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
At about 9:00 a.m. on March 31, 2021, an employee was using an overhead crane to pick up steel tubing to put it into a tube cutter machine. As the employee reached to remove a tag affixed to the tubing, his left middle fingertip was amputated by the guide gate of the tube cutter. | |||||
2021-03-30 | Greenwood | Ar | Forsgren Inc | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity |
An employee was spotting a dump truck. The truck raised its bed into a high-voltage overhead powerline while the employee was touching a hopper connected to the truck. The employee was shocked. | |||||
2021-03-29 | Toccoa | Ga | Patterson Pump Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Employees were using an overhead crane to put a 500-pound water pump onto three V-shaped stands. The pump shifted, and an employee's right middle fingertip was amputated at the first knuckle by a hook from a strap on the pump and the stand. | |||||
2021-03-28 | Oglethorpe | Ga | Georgia Power Company | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
The injured employee was one of three workers on-site repairing a downed overhead conductor that had been damaged by a fallen tree. The injured employee began to measure the length of the jumper before the circuit was de-energized and grounded. He grabbed a de-energized conductor with one hand and touched an energized conductor with his other hand. The employee sustained electrical burns to both hands. | |||||
2021-03-24 | Hampton | Va | Virginia-Carolina Steel Inc | Hand(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
A temporary employee was on a step ladder adjusting an open-web bar joist in the overhead of a hanger bay. The joist slipped and as the employee grabbed the joist, it lacerated the palm of the employee's left hand. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-03-23 | Reedsville | Pa | Alltrista Plastics LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was separating an injection molding tool. The employee hooked up one of the mold's two sides to overhead hoists and began to separate the mold. The other side (weighing 500 pounds) fell over and crushed the employee's left ring finger against a work bench. | |||||
2021-03-23 | Franklin Park | Il | Nelsen Steel and Wire Company, Incorporated | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was using an overhead crane to load a bundle of hexagonal bars onto the conveyor belt of a die bench machine. When the employee unstrapped the bundle, a hexagonal bar moved and crushed the tip of his left thumb against another bar resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-03-22 | Dallas | Tx | Earle M Jorgensen Co. | Multiple body parts | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was using a stand-up forklift to pick up a metal bin. The mast of the forklift hit an overhead door, causing the forklift to tip over backwards. Inside the cab, the employee suffered seven broken ribs and a broken collarbone. | |||||
2021-03-22 | Milan | Il | JOHN DEERE COMPANY | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee parked a forklift on a ramp. When the employee got off the forklift to close an overhead door, the forklift started rolling. The employee got on to stop it; it hit a tier rack and the rack fell on the employee, catching his left foot and ankle. The employee developed a muscle injury that required surgery. | |||||
2021-03-16 | Lenexa | Ks | DH Pace | Heel(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was removing brackets from an overhead door while standing two rungs from the top of a 10 ft. ladder. When the employee removed the last bracket the overhead door shifted and the employee fell off the ladder to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to the heels of both feet. | |||||
2021-03-14 | Cullman | Al | Topre America Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was lifting a metal coil with an overhead crane. He noticed the chain sling was twisted and was trying to straighten it when his left index finger was pinched between the chain sling and the coil. The finger was broken. | |||||
2021-03-12 | Topeka | Ks | Reser's Fine Foods | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising |
An employee was repairing a belt on a conveyor. He turned and struck his head on an overhead beam and then fell back into the conveyor he was working on, sustaining a back injury. |