Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-15	Sheboygan	Wi	Torginol, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a paint conveyor belt when they were pulled into the conveyor belt and 20-inch rollers. The employee was hospitalized with 11 broken ribs.
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.
2021-11-06	Monroe City	Mo	TODD CREASON CONSTRUCTION, INC.	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
On November 6, 2021, an employee was spray painting a petroleum pipeline for rust prevention. The pipeline is supported by wood log cribbing and subject to move when the temperature rises. The pipeline fell and pinned the employee down in the excavation. The employee sustained several broken ribs, breathing obstruction, contusion, and loss of consciousness. He was hospitalized.
2021-10-25	Dallas	Tx	Exquisite Finishes	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level
An employee was painting windows on a residential house. The extension ladder was placed on top of plastic material and slipped. The employee fell from the ladder and suffered lower back injuries.
2021-10-25	San Diego	Ca	FLEET READINESS CENTER SOUTH WEST	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
An employee was painting markings on an aircraft while standing on a pair of stands, 8-9 feet from the ground. He stepped into a gap between the stands and fell about 3 feet, his foot hitting a stand brace. He suffered a twisted left knee and a shoulder separation.
2021-10-15	Grove City	Oh	HORTON EMERGENCY VEHICLES	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was using an air powered spray gun to apply peelable paint to a unit when they dropped the spray gun. The employee tried to catch the spray gun and hit the trigger, causing it to spray through their glove and into their right thumb.
2021-10-14	Houston	Tx	Milam & Co. Painting, Inc.	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was working from an extension ladder to paint under a window, about 10 feet high. The ladder slipped and the employee fell to the ground, suffering lower back, pelvic, and hip injuries.
2021-10-13	Warrensville Heights	Oh	Sherwin Williams	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was lifting up buckets in a spray paint booth. The employee lost balance when they stood up and fell to the floor resulting in a broken femur.
2021-10-11	Brandon	Sd	Midwest Railcar Repair, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
At about 10:00 p.m. on October 11, 2021, an employee was cleaning a pressurized paint gun. The gun activated while his left ring ringer was in front of the paint nozzle, which injected paint and solvent into the finger.
2021-10-06	Northbrook	Il	Chicagoland Management & Associates, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was peeling paint off trim on a garage. He fell from the edge of the roof to the ground about 8 feet below, suffering a spinal injury that required surgery.
2021-10-03	Amarillo	Tx	GRI Towers Texas, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was changing the butterfly end on a pneumatic, handheld paint gun containing a hazardous chemical when the trigger went off, resulting in a puncture wound on the employee's left index finger.
2021-10-02	Cortlandt Manor	Ny	Safety Marking Inc	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
While securing tank caps, an employee fell from the side of a paint truck when their pipe wrench came loose. They landed on the asphalt surface of a parking lot. The employee suffered a collapsed left lung, contusions to the hands and face, neck pain, and was hospitalized.
2021-09-20	Grove City	Oh	Sherwin Williams	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was operating a paint extruder machine when It began to gum up. Half an inch of his left thumb was amputated in an opening on the machine.
2021-09-13	Homosassa	Fl	C&C PAINTING CONTRACTORS INC.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
On 9/13/2021, at 8:00 AM, an employee was doing surface preparation for painting, which included rigging the straps of steel joists to expose the unfinished side. The straps were attached to forks and rotated. The rigging came loose and hit the employee in both legs breaking both tibias. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
2021-09-07	Sulphur Springs	Tx	Load Trail	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was investigating a possible malfunction in a vacuum cleaner system for removing powder paint from paint booths. While his right hand was in the discharge outlet of a rotary airlock valve on a dust collector, the blade inside the valve caught his glove and pulled his hand further in. He suffered partial amputations to two fingers, losing half of each one.
2021-09-03	Miami	Fl	Holiday Inn Port of Miami	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
At about 10:00 p.m. on September 3, 2021, an employee was climbing down an approximately 6-foot A-frame ladder after painting air conditioning vents on a ceiling. One of his feet got caught and the other left the ladder at the third or fourth rung, resulting in a compound fracture to the left ankle.
2021-08-29	Arcadia	Fl	A+ ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, LLC	Leg(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee was painting the top of a roof when he fell through a skylight into the machine shop below. He landed on the roof of a truck, then fell to the concrete floor. He suffered leg injuries.
2021-08-26	Macon	Ga	Irving Consumer Products, Inc.	Wrist(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was stepping around caution tape surrounding a newly painted floor when she slipped and fell. While attempting to stop the fall, the employee fell on her right hand, resulting in a broken wrist that required surgery and hospitalization.
2021-08-26	Lawrenceville	Ga	RICOH ELECTRONICS, INC.	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on yellow paint on the floor and fell, suffering a head injury.
2021-08-16	Utica	Ny	Central New York Construction, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was painting a steel fence in a rain garden/courtyard area. A vehicle backed uncontrollably from the street, jumped two curbs, pinned the employee between the car and the fence, and continued, striking a building. The employee suffered fractures to the collarbone, ribs, and a leg.
2021-08-09	Brillion	Wi	Ariens Company	Wrist(s)	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was moving a scissor lift through the paint line to change an air hoist. As the lift moved down the spur, a hook caught on it and pulled it over. The employee fell out of the lift, and a frame fell off the line and struck the employee. The employee suffered a broken right wrist and was hospitalized.
2021-08-05	Auburn	Al	GNC Painting, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
Two employees were working from an aerial lift, preparing the outside of a building for painting. Another lift struck the aerial lift and both employees were ejected falling approximately 30 feet to the ground. Both employees were hospitalized for fractures and contusions. Safety harnesses were worn, but were not attached to the lift by a lanyard/lifeline at the time of the incident.
2021-07-28	Fort Atkinson	Wi	Spacesaver Corporation	Knee(s)	Trip over an object without fall
An employee was unloading parts from the paint line when their heel caught on a cart near the work area, resulting in a hyperextended knee.
2021-07-28	Jacksonville	Fl	Jaguar Drywall of Ponte Vedra Beach Inc	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
On July 28, 2021, an employee was painting corbels on the roof of a house when he slipped and fell to the grass below. He suffered three broken ribs and was hospitalized.
2021-07-26	Kingsbury	Tx	Meridian Construction	Wrist(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
An employee was spray-painting a square iron beam when it rolled onto the employee's right wrist, causing a severe cut to the wrist.
2021-07-26	Covington	Ky	North Star Painting Company, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was cleaning a paint spray gun. The gun activated and injected paint thinner into the employee's left little finger.
2021-07-26	Hot Springs	Ar	Aluma-Weld, Inc. Xpress Boating	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
On July 26, 2021, an employee became ill after a hot, humid day spent preparing aluminum fishing boats to be painted. She was hospitalized, suffering from dehydration.
2021-07-09	Griffin	Ga	Orellana's Quality Painting, LLC	Head and trunk	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was in a scissor lift painting a ceiling. A wheel on the lift went into a depression on the concrete floor causing it to fall over. The employee suffered head and back injuries.
2021-07-07	Berwyn	Il	CALIBER HOLDINGS CORPORATION	Eye(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
On July 7, 2021, a painter was attempting to remove residual material while using a portable pneumatic powered abrasive wheel. The organic rubber wheel broke apart and debris struck the employee's eye. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-07-04	Pendergrass	Ga	TenCate Geosynthetics Americas	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was painting outside a building from an articulating boom lift about 25 feet off the ground. The lift ran out of gas and stopped working. While trying to reach the ground, the employee fell about 9 feet onto gravel and suffered a compound fracture to the right tibia and fibula.
2021-06-22	Monument	Co	RockSol Consulting Group Inc	Multiple body parts	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee working on a bridge was going to check paint levels in a paving striper when he fell through a 24-inch gap between two bridges, resulting in a dislocated shoulder, three to four dislocated ribs, a fractured pelvis, and head contusions and lacerations.
2021-06-11	Hinckley	Oh	FRANK NOVAK & SONS INC.	Hand(s) and wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was painting a wall from a ladder. The employee fell to the floor and suffered a separated wrist and three broken fingers in his left hand.
2021-06-10	Nanticoke	Pa	Fabcon Precast, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was cleaning a spray paint hopper bucket with a pressure washer. The employee reached down to adjust the position of the bucket with his left hand when his left index finger contacted the water from the pressure washer, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization.
2021-06-07	Fort Pierce	Fl	Four Seasons Environmental Inc	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
Employee was carrying paint up a ladder. When he reached the top, the ladder slipped out from under him and he fell to the ground. He suffered a left ankle injury, and his jaw struck a bollard on the way down.
2021-06-05	Rochester	Ny	UPSTATE ROOFING INC	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was spray-painting a ceiling from an elevated mezzanine area. He got entangled in the spray hose and fell to the floor about 8 feet below. He suffered a compression fracture to a back vertebra, as well as four broken ribs.
2021-06-02	Deer Park	Tx	TAM Services	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee suffered a puncture wound to the left index finger while using spray paint equipment. He was hospitalized.
2021-05-25	Horn Lake	Ms	Rite Hite Products Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was pulling a dock leveler into a paint booth. The employee's left pinky finger was caught between the riser and a conveyor roller, causing the amputation of the fingertip just past the nail.
2021-05-21	White Sulphur Springs	Wv	Greenbrier Resort	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was preparing to repaint the indoor pool. The pool had been drained and a scaffold was erected inside of the pool. The employee leaned over the railing to drop a broom down to another employee working below when the midrail on the scaffold failed causing the employee to fall 12 feet before striking cross bracing and then fall another three feet to the bottom of the pool. The employee was hospitalized for a broken wrist and internal abdominal injuries.
2021-05-18	Coshocton	Oh	McWane Ductile	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
An employee was rolling 12" pipe from the exit of the large line paint booth to a transfer car. He rolled two pipes by hand onto the transfer car and then rolled the third pipe toward the transfer car. He turned and reached for the fourth pipe when the third pipe began to roll away from the transfer car and pinched his right middle and ring fingers between the two pipes resulting in a partial amputation of the ring finger.
2021-05-05	Berwyn	Pa	Pohlig Homes, LLC	Knee(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was preparing a wall for paint. The employee leaned on a guardrail, then fell, landing on the concrete floor about 11 feet below and suffering knee injuries.
2021-05-04	Henderson	Co	FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was attempting to lift a 5-gallon bucket of paint and sustained a partially collapsed lung. Dried paint had caused the bucket to be stuck to the floor.
2021-04-26	Franklin	Oh	Modula Inc - Ohio	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
While painting was being done by a contractor, an employee working in the assembly area had an allergic reaction to the latex floor paint. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-04-24	Santa Rosa Beach	Fl	Cedillo's Professional Painting, LLC.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was standing on a ladder, preparing the outside of a house for painting. The ladder slipped and the employee fell to the ground about 15 feet below. He suffered broken ribs, a broken leg, and a cracked skull and was hospitalized.
2021-04-21	Lake City	Fl	Townhomes, LLC	Hand(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
On April 21, 2021, an employee was using a paint gun. As he tried to tighten or clear the nozzle, the gun sprayed his right hand, lacerating it. He was hospitalized.
2021-04-20	Denton	Tx	Peterbilt Motor Company	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
On April 20, 2021, an employee was exposed to a chemical, possibly carbon monoxide, in a paint booth. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-04-12	Plano	Tx	ATI Restoration, LLC	Heel(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was painting on top of mobile scaffold when they fell six feet, resulting in broken heels.
2021-04-06	El Paso	Tx	Mata's Fruit Store	Brain	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was painting from a 10-foot ladder that was leaning against a wall. The ladder slipped out from the employee and he fell from the third rung, striking his head on the ground and suffering a head injury.
2021-03-30	Naples	Fl	NORSEMEN LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning after painting outside.
2021-03-29	Montgomery	Tx	Ariel Lopez	Brain	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was painting from a scaffold when they fell approximately 5 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a head injury.
2021-03-03	Columbus	Oh	International Technical Coatings, Inc.	Multiple lower extremities locations	Other fall to lower level
An employee was working inside a paint line washer. The employee was walking on a walkway when he slipped and his left leg fell into a wash tank containing 160-degree water. He suffered a third-degree burn from the knee down and was hospitalized, requiring skin graft surgery.
2021-02-09	Austin	Tx	SLATER PAINTING COMPANY	Arm(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
A Slater Painting employee was working from a scaffold inside an elevator shaft between the first and second floor and was struck by a hammer drill dropped by an employee of another company that was working on the 15th floor. The employee sustained a broken arm.
2021-02-03	Sandwich	Ma	R.J. FORBES PAINTING CONTRACTOR, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cleaning a spray paint gun when he received a laceration to his finger, requiring hospitalization.
2021-02-01	Wichita	Ks	Tramco Inc	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was unloading the paint line. Metal panel 1 was on a cart. Metal panel 2 was being lowered to release the hooks between the panels. The hooks twisted, became locked, and did not release, pushing panel 2 up and off the paint line hook. Panel 2 fell approximately 5 inches, amputating the employee's right-hand pinky fingertip.
2021-02-01	Boston	Ma	BOSTON UNIVERSITY	Pelvis	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was carrying a shelf unit from the carpentry shop across the hall to the paint shop when he tripped on a painter's tripod and fell, resulting in a cracked pelvis on his left side.
2021-02-01	Altamont	Il	Irwin Seating Company	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was hospitalized due to carbon monoxide poisoning at or around the paint line oven.
2021-01-29	Edinburg	Tx	Metro Electric, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
On January 29, 2021, at approximately 3:00 PM, an employee was spray painting a conduit pipe while on an A-frame ladder. He fell from the fifth rung of the ladder to the concrete floor and sustained a fractured right ankle.
2021-01-08	Jacksonville	Fl	Jaguar Drywall of Ponte Vedra Beach Inc	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level
On January 8, 2021, an employee was working from an extension ladder painting corbels at the second floor of a roof. A gust of wind caused him to slip and fall onto the second roof, where he broke his left wrist. He was hospitalized.
2021-01-07	Ballston Lake	Ny	C.B.M. Fabrications, Inc.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Two employees were moving a 2 ft. x 20 ft. heavy metal railing on a mobile cart into a paint booth for painting. As the employees were positioning the metal beam it became unstable and the end the injured employee was holding fell off the cart to the floor and crushed his right foot. Three toes were amputated.
2020-10-17	Mckinney	Tx	IDG Services	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell off a ladder while spraying ceilings with paint. The employee suffered a broken left arm.
2020-10-03	Lamesa	Tx	Dean Hagler Ltd	Multiple body parts	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was operating a buffer inside the electrical room to buff paint thinner onto the floor. The resulting vapor found an ignition source and an explosion occurred. The employee sustained burns to 43% of his body.
2020-10-02	Saint Louis	Mo	MCCONNELL AND ASSOCIATES	Hand(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was opening bags and mixing sand in a paint mixer. His left hand was struck by the agitator and fractured.
2020-10-01	Jamestown	Oh	Guess Brothers AG., Inc.	Multiple body parts	Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was cleaning out the warehouse and burning cardboard boxes in a burn pile. A box had a paint can inside which exploded onto the employee causing burns to the face and hands.
2020-09-28	Billings	Mt	Paints Well with Colors	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a ladder masking an area to paint. The beam the ladder was leaning on dislodged, causing the ladder to tip over and the employee to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a broken pelvis and was hospitalized.
2020-09-25	Harrison	Oh	Cincinnati Incorporated	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was collapsing a portable paint booth when the booth tipped forward and landed on them. The employee sustained fractured ribs.
2020-09-17	Clayton	Oh	Twin Rivers Construction, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway
On September 17, 2020, at 1:00 AM, two employees were working in a lift painting a bridge on an interstate overpass when the lift malfunctioned. They were attempting to exit the lift when a semi-truck struck them. They were both hospitalized with broken bones.
2020-09-10	Kaukauna	Wi	Omni Glass & Paint, LLC	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee climbed up a stepladder to paint when the stepladder moved/shifted and the employee fell 4 to 6 feet onto a steel surface. The employee was hospitalized with a broken shoulder, broken pelvis, and bruised spleen.
2020-09-10	Pinellas Park	Fl	Contech Engineered Solutions LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was painting an 18-inch detention system manifold supported on a metal sawhorse. When the employee rolled the part from vertical to horizontal, the pipe side of the manifold slipped off his hand. His left ring finger was pinched between the pipe and the sawhorse and the fingertip was amputated.
2020-08-27	Tyler	Tx	Hillman Group	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee received an amputation while removing paint buildup from inside a powder coating machine.
2020-08-24	Binghamton	Ny	Lupini Construction, Inc.	Forearm(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was applying brush-on paint stripper to a concrete wall. Paint stripper ran into his glove and contacted his forearm. The employee was hospitalized with chemical burns to the forearm.
2020-08-24	Kodiak	Ak	Bering Industries Incorporated	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c.
A crew of five employees used two forklifts along with a telehandler to load and carry pipe that had been cut into 125-foot sections from the fuel pier to the parking lot for painting. The injured employee was guiding the pipe while it was being moved by the forklift. The pipe struck a bush and began swaying and the injured employee's hand was caught between the pipe and the building next to it. The employee's right ring and pinky fingers were amputated.
2020-08-19	Waveland	Ms	Lowes Home Centers, LLC	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee had been retrieving a one-gallon pail of paint from a shelf. While descending a three-step step ladder, the employee fell from the second step to the floor and sustained a broken hip.
2020-08-10	Chicago Heights	Il	Cosmos Manufacturing, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was spray-painting the ceiling and upper walls of a dock area. He was working from a heavy-duty plastic utility storage bin/box placed on the forks of a forklift. The box shifted, tossing him to the concrete floor about 9 feet below. He suffered broken ribs.
2020-08-07	Baytown	Tx	Cemex Construction Materials Houston, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was painting parking lot lines and became dehydrated. The employee was later hospitalized with a heat-related illness.
2020-08-06	Orlando	Fl	Pinnacle Property Management Services, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Nonclassifiable
An employee became faint and dizzy while painting in an apartment. He was hospitalized.
2020-08-03	Hornell	Ny	Fox Coatings & Waterproofing Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
A painter was picking up an airless spray gun and suffered an injection wound to the left index finger.
2020-07-21	Dallas	Texas	Cherry Coatings Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
The injured employee was painting while another subcontractor on the same floor was using a generator to conduct welding. Carbon monoxide from the generator accumulated and overcame the injured employee.
2020-07-13	Loveland	Colorado	5 Star Home Improvement, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was doing a final inspection to verify that all contracted work had been completed. While retrieving a paint tray that was left on the roof, he fell approximately 8 to 10 feet from the roof to a bed of rocks and a concrete sidewalk. He was hospitalized with a fractured vertebra, a fractured toe, a broken wrist, a cut on his forehead that required stitches, and a bump on the forehead.
2020-07-10	Middleton	Wisconsin	Madison Gas and Electric Company	Multiple body parts	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee had just finished spray painting the floor of a generator enclosure. The spray paint can was knocked over and ruptured, and the escaping paint vapors ignited. The employee suffered serious burns to the face, neck, hand, and arm.
2020-07-06	Thendara	New York	Helmer's Fuel & Trucking Inc.	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level
An employee was preparing to paint a bulk propane storage tank while on a 16' ladder. The employee fell from the ladder onto the ground and sustained a broken pelvis, hip joint, and two ribs.
2020-07-01	Boise	Idaho	Roe Painting, Inc.	Elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a ladder painting the exterior of a house. The ladder was set on decorative rock that shifted and caused the ladder to slip. The employee fell five feet from the ladder onto the ground and rocks, sustaining a left elbow injury that required surgery.
2020-06-30	Buford	Georgia	Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall, slip, trip
A maintenance employee was painting the trim inside a resident's bathroom when he lost his balance and fell, fracturing some ribs.
2020-06-30	Kaukauna	Wisconsin	Team Industries, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was using a paint brush to touch the side of a spool that another employee was loading onto a trailer using an overhead crane when the spool (12 feet long with a 12-inch diameter) caught another spool on the trailer. This caused the other spool, to fall off the trailer and strike the employee's left foot, fracturing it.
2020-06-29	Riverview	Florida	The Alley at Southshore, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee was climbing a ladder to paint a wall. The employee fell to the ground, suffering a fracture.
2020-06-19	Wickliffe	Ohio	IWI Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was prepping an overhead crane for painting. The crane slipped off the 2-foot tall stands it was sitting on and landed on the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture below the clavicle.
2020-06-15	Dripping Springs	Texas	MFE Rentals, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was painting the exterior of a home from a 12-foot ladder. The employee fell from the ladder and landed on a patio, suffering multiple broken ribs and a large gash on the head. He was hospitalized.
2020-06-13	Kaukauna	Wisconsin	Valley Management	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
On June 13, 2020, an employee was conducting touch-up paint work on traffic arrows on the asphalt parking lot. The employee had set up cones around the work area. The employee was struck by a customer's vehicle resulting in crushing injuries to the lower left leg.
2020-06-05	Social Circle	Georgia	Masterack, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was powder coating racks in a paint booth. The employee lost consciousness in the paint booth and was hospitalized for acute respiratory failure, heat stroke/malignant hyperthermia, acute renal failure and septic shock.
2020-06-04	Hot Springs	Arkansas	Craft Manufacturing & Tooling Inc.	Multiple body parts	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee opened a paint oven door to unload a cart of parts from the oven. As he was reaching into the oven, the door hit the left side of his forehead above the eye. He fell to the ground and the door of the oven broke loose from the chain, then fell onto him. He suffered a broken hip, a broken thumb, and a cracked heel bone and was hospitalized.
2020-06-03	Reading	Pennsylvania	Paul W. Essig Inc.	Head and neck	Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
An employee was inspecting the paint job on a roof when he fell through a plastic sunroof sheet to the ground about 12 feet below. He suffered neck and head injuries.
2020-05-28	Lithia Springs	Georgia	Walmart	Heart	Overexertion involving outside sources
An employee had been mopping and hand scrubbing spilled paint off the floor. The employee lost consciousness due to a possible heart attack. He fell and struck his head on a pallet jack.
2020-05-27	Sioux Falls	South Dakota	Maguire Iron, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
An employee was painting a water tower with a pneumatic paint sprayer. While on top of the water tower, the employee slipped and fell over the edge striking the catwalk and then the ground about 100 feet below. He was hospitalized for multiple fractures. The employee was wearing a harness with a lanyard attachment, but the lanyard was not attached to an anchor point.
2020-05-27	Mc Connellsburg	Pennsylvania	JLG Industries Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was standing on the floor inspecting parts for paint quality. When he was finished looking at a part, he starting walking backwards and tripped on a wooden pallet that was laying on the floor behind him. He fell to the concrete floor and fractured a hip.
2020-05-12	York	Pennsylvania	Power Component Systems, Inc.	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was working on a painter's scaffold, 4.5 feet off the floor, demolishing a wall made of steel and plaster. A wall part shifted and knocked him off the scaffold to the floor. He suffered fractures to a tibia and a small bone in the ankle.
2020-05-01	Mesquite	Texas	Benjamin Moore & Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was washing out a paint filling machine. The filler head's automated valve closed on his left middle fingertip. About an inch of the finger was amputated.
2020-04-28	San Angelo	Texas	Dean Hagler Ltd	Nonclassifiable	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was using a lift to paint a ceiling beam when he was caught between the lift and the beam, suffering crushing injuries.
2020-04-28	Arcadia	Florida	WELLPATH LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was using a paint scaffold to reach boxes on an industrial shelf about 6-feet 4-inches high. A metal frame caught his foot, causing him to trip and fall onto a pipe. He suffered a broken pelvis, broken ribs, and a collapsed lung.
2020-04-20	Orange Beach	Alabama	Brett/Robinson Gulf Corporation	Wrist(s) and arm(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a flat-bladed screwdriver to remove a screw out of a concrete wall in preparation to paint the wall. As he applied force to remove the screw, the screwdriver slipped and lacerated his left arm/wrist area, causing a vascular bleed that required surgery and hospitalization.
2020-04-16	Fernandina Beach	Florida	North Atlantic Painting Company	Hand(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
On April 16, 2020, an employee was on the roof of the first level of a 2-story split-level house caulking the dormers to be painted when he slipped and fell 12 feet to the ground, resulting in a broken right hand. He was hospitalized.
2020-04-07	Beloit	Wisconsin	Fairbanks Morse Engine	Elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was sitting on a large engine, masking an electrical system off for painting. The employee moved to step onto a lift and fell to the ground, suffering a broken elbow.
2020-03-26	Clearwater	Florida	Lowes Commercial Painting	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was spray painting a building from a ladder when the employee fell 8 feet to the ground, suffering multiple fractures to the back, knee, and ankle.