Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
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.
2021-09-13	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.
2021-09-03	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.
2021-08-16	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.
2021-08-05	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	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.
2021-07-09	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.
2021-07-04	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.
2021-06-11	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.
2021-06-05	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.
2021-04-26	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.
2021-04-12	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.
2021-02-09	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.
2021-01-29	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.
2020-09-17	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	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.
2020-08-24	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.
2020-08-10	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.
2020-07-21	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.
2020-07-10	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.
2020-07-01	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.
2020-06-19	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.
2020-05-27	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.
2020-04-07	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.
2020-03-18	Amelia	Louisiana	Bollinger Shipyards	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level
While painting the hull of a ship, a painter fell to the ground from a scaffold. He was hospitalized with lacerations to his arm, a skull fracture, lumbar fracture, and a pulmonary contusion.
2020-03-13	O Fallon	Missouri	RAINBOW PAINTING COMPANY INC.	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
On March 13, 2020, an employee was overcome by gasoline motor fumes while spray-painting inside a home being built. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-03-06	Saraland	Alabama	Allied Steel Corporation, Inc.	Multiple face locations	Struck by discharged object or substance
A temporary employee was using a sandblaster to prepare steel product for painting. The employee lost control of the sandblaster and sandblasting material struck the employee's face and eyes. The employee sustained abrasions to the left side of the face (cheek and forehead).
2020-02-26	Delcambre	Louisiana	Bagwell Energy Services	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was blowing excess sand off a pneumatic trash compactor skid that had recently been sandblasted prior to painting. While repositioning himself onto the platform, the weight shifted to one side, forcing the equipment to tip and pin him to the ground. The employee's right fibula and tibia were broken.
2020-02-25	Madison	Alabama	Campers Inn RV of Madison, Inc.	Head	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was on an 8-foot step ladder taping a camper to prepare for painting. When he descended the ladder, he missed the last rung and fell backwards hitting his head on the concrete ground. The employee suffered a laceration and bruises to the head.
2020-02-11	Temple	Texas	Materials Transportation Company	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee had just finished painting a metal carriage for battery handling. The employee was pulling the carriage out of a paint booth to put it in a blast oven when it slipped out of the employee's hand and the momentum from pulling it caused the employee to fall to the ground. The employee broke the left hip and was hospitalized.
2020-02-11	Alexandria	Louisiana	UTLX Manufacturing, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was painting a tank car when his left hand came in contact with the spray from the paint sprayer, puncturing his left index finger. He was hospitalized and required surgery.
2020-01-28	Leona	Texas	Efficient Installation System	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was painting from a scissor lift with a sprayer gun when he fell between 15 and 16 feet from the lift. Fall protection was not worn and the lift's end door was not closed at the time of the incident.
2020-01-24	North Lawrence	Ohio	Countryside Body & Welding, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was painting the dump door of a dump truck. The door fell shut, amputating the employee's left index fingertip.
2020-01-07	Hunlock Creek	Pennsylvania	UGI Energy Services	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was painting on a ladder in a stairwell. The employee reached to paint a pipe and the ladder gave way. The employee fell approximately 5 feet and struck the stair railing on the way down, sustaining a fractured wrist and cuts to the front and back of the head.
2019-09-18	Columbus	Ohio	Cahill Construction, Inc.	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was working from a ladder painting the inside of an apartment room. The employee opened the lid of a paint remover and inhaled the vapors, causing a burning sensation to the employee's throat.
2019-09-18	Orlando	Florida	Impact Paint, LLC	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was working on a ladder painting the exterior of a building when the ladder slid out and the employee fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left leg.
2019-09-04	El Paso	Texas	H & R Landscaping & Maintenance, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee suffered a cut finger while cleaning painting equipment.
2019-08-20	Atlanta	Georgia	Amniac Sound Productions INC	Nonclassifiable	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was painting when the employee slipped and fell.
2019-08-20	West Seneca	New York	Ebenezer Railcar Services, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was painting three links on a railcar's hand brake chain when his right-hand fingers were caught in the chain and pulled into the brake housing. He suffered partial amputations to the index and middle fingers.
2019-08-19	Providence	Rhode Island	Prospect Charter Care, Roger Williams Medical Center	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was painting while standing on the second rung of a ladder. He leaned over to move a pole that was holding up a plastic barrier and lost his balance, falling to the floor and fracturing his right hip.
2019-08-15	Burnt Hills	New York	Morris Ford	Nonclassifiable	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
At 1:45 p.m. on August 15, 2019, an employee was working in a paint booth, preparing a jacked-up car for painting. The car rolled backwards and hit the employee. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-08-03	Holden	Massachusett	Atsalis Brothers Painting Co.	Shoulder(s) and back	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was painting touch-up areas while on a suspended work platform. The employee fell 12 feet off the platform, landing on a hard surface and suffering a back/shoulder injury. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-07-26	Clodine	Texas	Reez Home Health Services	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was working in her office when she fainted due to fumes from painting in the area. She was hospitalized.
2019-07-26	Smyrna	Georgia	Wastebuilt Environmental Solutions	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was prepping a truck for painting when a paint scraper grazed the employee's left hand, injuring the middle finger.
2019-07-08	Delray Beach	Florida	Hardrives of Delray, Inc.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was painting equipment from a platform approximately 30 inches high when he lost his balance and fell to the ground, fracturing his right hip and requiring surgery.
2019-06-24	Portland	Maine	BENCHMARK	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
An employee fell approximately 30 to 40 feet out of a scissor lift while painting, hitting the ground and suffering broken bones.
2019-06-17	Vandalia	Ohio	Dematic Corp.	Face	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
On June 17, 2019, an employee was painting on an elevated platform when the power went out. The employee fell 10 feet 6 inches to the floor and was injured. The employee was hospitalized for facial fractures.
2019-06-07	Pound Ridge	New York	Sayayin Painting	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was painting the dormer of a house when the employee fell approximately 9 feet from the roof onto the ground and broke the right wrist.
2019-05-08	Garland	Texas	Qualtex Industries, Inc.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
An employee was painting from a scissor lift and fell 30 feet between the platform and the middle guardrail to the ground below. The employee sustained a fractured hip. The employee's harness was not tied off to the equipment at the time of the incident.
2019-05-04	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Naval Facilities Engineering Command	Brain	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was painting a window frame when a window frame that was above the employee fell and struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a head injury and a blood blister.
2019-05-01	Muscoda	Wisconsin	Nelson Forest Industries Inc.	Face	Other fall to lower level
An employee had been painting the steps on a log truck loader from the loader's ladder. The employee fell from the ladder to the ground, landing on his face and shoulder. He sustained a facial fracture requiring hospitalization.
2019-04-18	Eagle	Idaho	Xaviera Painting, LLC	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a roof, painting the exterior of a garage. He fell to the ground and suffered a broken hip.
2019-04-15	Neosho	Missouri	Rick Enterprises	Elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was taping a wall for painting when plastic became tangled in his stilts. He fell, suffering two broken elbows.
2019-04-11	Frisco	Texas	Straight Line Painting	BODY SYSTEMS	Ingestion of harmful substance
An employee was performing putty work and final painting work when he reached for a water bottle. After drinking from the water bottle he began to vomit. The employee had ingested paint thinner and was hospitalized.
2019-04-10	Hornell	New York	John H. Cook Jr. Painting, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was painting from a baker scaffold. He fell from the scaffold to the floor 1.5 feet below, suffering a tibia/fibula fracture and a fractured ankle.
2019-03-28	University Heights	Ohio	TRAFFTECH, INC	Brain	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
Two employees were painting street lines in a middle lane work zone when they were struck by a vehicle, suffering head injuries.
2019-03-23	Harvard	Massachusett	Olive Avenue Productions, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on the fifth step of an 8-foot A-frame ladder, painting a set piece. He lost his balance and fell to the floor, breaking his right tibia.
2019-03-14	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	DraxxHall Management Corporation	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was painting from a small scaffold, about 5 feet high. The employee fell off the scaffold, suffering broken ribs and a broken clavicle.
2019-02-27	Venice	Florida	DELICATE PAINTING CORPORATION	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from an extension ladder while painting. He suffered wrist and face injuries and was hospitalized.
2019-02-25	Stuart	Florida	New Heights Painting Inc.	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was painting from a bakers scaffold. The scaffold shifted and the employee fell approximately 6 feet to the floor below fracturing their lower back.
2019-02-13	San Antonio	Texas	Villages at Lost Creek Apartments	Multiple trunk locations	Pedestrian vehicular incident
An maintenance employee was painting the curbs at an apartment complex and was struck by a car. The employee suffered a broken hip and pelvic bone.
2019-02-08	Canaveral Air Station	Florida	U.S. Air Force	Foot (feet) and ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was painting a trailer from an A-frame ladder. The ladder shifted and the employee fell to the ground, suffering a broken left ankle and right heel. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-02-06	Chillicothe	Illinois	Chillicothe Metal Co., Inc.	Heel(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
At about 6:50 p.m. on February 6, 2019, an employee was on top of a generator enclosure, getting ready to clean it in preparation for painting. He fell through a 4-foot by 7-foot opening whose plywood cover slid, landing on the concrete floor about 12 feet below and fracturing both heels. He was hospitalized.
2018-09-27	Fort Myers	Florida	Service Contracting Solutions	BODY SYSTEMS	Ingestion of harmful substance
While painting, an employee went to drink water out of a plastic bottle, but the bottle contained a chemical called xylene. The employee ingested the chemical and was hospitalized.
2018-09-24	East Moline	Illinois	John Deere Harvester Works	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was painting a shear rack that was sitting on wheeled dollies. The rack shifted, causing the amputation of the employee's left middle fingertip in the pinch point between the rack and the dolly.
2018-09-18	Middletown	New York	FLEURCHEM INC	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was on a 5-foot tall scaffold painting above pipes while holding onto another pipe when the pipe broke and the employee lost his footing, falling to the concrete floor. He hit his head and landed on his shoulder, suffering a scalp hematoma, fractured shoulder, and fractured vertebra. The scaffold was unguarded at the time of the incident.
2018-08-30	Sebring	Florida	Lowe's Home Centers, LLC	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was standing on the second step of a stepladder painting a wall. As she went to step down, she missed the first step and fell to the floor, breaking her arm.
2018-08-29	Norristown	Pennsylvania	Swiss Farm Stores, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
An employee was on a scaffold, spray-painting the awning of a building. The scaffold began to roll; the employee fell from it to the sidewalk 8 feet below, landing on his back and suffering two broken wrist bones and a broken pelvis.
2018-08-23	Portsmouth	New Hampshir	Copia Specialty Contractors, Inc.	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was painting steel beams from an aerial lift. The lift basket got caught on a metal beam while the lift was moving and when it freed the employee was thrown against another beam. The employee sustained a fractured shoulder.
2018-07-19	Racine	Wisconsin	Jones Lang LaSalle	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level
An employee was painting a wall using a six-foot step ladder. The employee fell backwards off the ladder when the ladder wobbled and suffered a back injury.
2018-07-13	Fort Morgan	Colorado	Basic Energy Services	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
On 7/13/2018, an employee climbed an 8-foot A-frame ladder to tape an area for painting. The employee finished and was starting to descend when the employee missed one of the ladder rungs and fell to the ground. The employee suffered a head cut and broken right ankle, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2018-07-06	Double Springs	Alabama	Econoline Trailers, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was painting a 35-foot trailer from beneath. The trailer had been lifted on two forklifts, one at the front and one at the back. The tilt cylinder on one of the forklifts had a slow leak and tilted forward, causing the trailer to slide off the forks. The trailer struck the employee across the shoulder and upper back, knocking him to the ground. He suffered fractured vertebrae and three broken ribs.
2018-06-22	Bradenton	Florida	SKDI, Incorporated	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was painting about 8 feet off the ground on a metal walk board. He fell about 8 feet to the ground below, suffering head trauma and broken vertebrae.
2018-05-09	Oshkosh	Wisconsin	Quality Paints & Coatings	Forearm(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was prepping a part for painting with an abrasive blaster when he lost control of the blaster and the blasting media contacted his left forearm. Sand was used as the abrasive media.
2018-05-02	Gonzales	Texas	Kitchen Pride Mushroom Farms	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was standing on a 4-foot step ladder scraping the side of a tank to prepare for painting when he fell off the ladder to the ground, injuring his ribs and back.
2018-04-30	Missouri City	Texas	Ivan Robles	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was painting a wall from a 32-foot extension ladder when the ladder slipped out, causing the employee to fall 14 feet to the ground. The employee suffered hip, pelvic, and humerus fractures.
2018-04-30	Hialeah	Florida	Hialeah Housing Authority, Inc.	Cranial region	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee painting from an A-frame ladder fell approximately 3 to 4 feet to the ground below, injuring his lower back and sustaining a head laceration requiring staples. He was hospitalized.
2018-04-16	Melbourne	Florida	HZ Construction, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was painting from a mobile scaffold that was 6 feet by 3 feet and three frames high. The scaffold had railings on three sides and no railings at the wall side. The employee was cleaning his painting trail when other employees moved the scaffold about 2 to 3 feet from the wall. At that point, the employee lost his balance and fell about 16 feet to the concrete floor, fracturing both ankles. He was hospitalized and had surgery.
2018-04-13	Palmer	Texas	I-45 Truck & Trailer Repair, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was performing touch-up painting on a commercial truck when he fell off a ladder, suffering broken ribs and lung injuries.
2018-01-10	Reserve	Louisiana	DSC Dredge, LLC	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
A winch drum was sitting on top of a piece of angle iron to keep it elevated. An employee was laying beneath the angle iron, blowing sand off the drum to prep for painting. He then used the drum to pull himself up from the ground. One side of the drum shifted and fell on him, lacerating his left cheek, right thumb, and behind his right ear and breaking his jawbone and right thumb.
2018-01-02	Canton	Ohio	SRT LLC	Head	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was spray painting polyurethane onto a tank from an extension ladder. The ladder slipped on wet paint, causing the employee to fall approximately 5 to 6 feet onto the concrete below. He suffered a head laceration, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2017-09-27	Denton	Texas	Schmoldt Construction, Inc.	Brain	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
While doing touch-up painting on a roof, an employee slipped and fell approximately 15 feet to the concrete below, suffering a head injury.
2017-09-18	Goshen	New York	CILIA'S LLC	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a roof doing prep work for painting. The employee fell off the roof and sustained a broken arm.
2017-09-18	Saratoga Springs	New York	Belmonte Builders Inc.	Upper and lower limb(s)	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was in the basket of an aerial lift painting the exterior fascia in the front of a building. The lift moved and the employee contacted a 13.2 kV power line. The employee was shocked and received burns to the hands and head.
2017-09-15	Bellevue	Nebraska	Traco, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was painting the ceiling of an indoor gun range, stepped off the edge of the scaffold and fell 11 feet resulting in multiple fractures to the back, hip, legs, ankles and feet.