Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-15	Debary	Fl	WHITE SIGN COMPANY, LLC	Brain	Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
At 12:30 p.m. on October 15, 2021, an employee was pulling wires through a conduit. The employee fell through a skylight, hitting a partition wall and then the ground 16 feet below. The employee suffered a head injury and brain bleed.
2021-07-19	Silsbee	Tx	Walmart, Inc.	Arm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped over a portable wall partition and fell to the ground, suffering a head injury and a broken arm that required hospitalization and surgery.
2021-07-14	Prattville	Al	Raul Jimenez	Knee(s)	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was taking down a partition wall. The wall fell on the employee, injuring the employee's left knee.
2021-05-20	Robbinsville	Nj	Amazon	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was closing room partitions and caught his finger between the partitions resulting in a partial amputation.
2020-10-15	Marlborough	Ma	Skinner Inc	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was caught under partitions when they let go of the tie that was holding the partitions together. The employee was hospitalized with broken ribs, cracks to his spine, a punctured lung, and a minor neck injury.
2020-06-08	Dorchester	Massachusett	Sullivan & McLaughlin Companies, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell off a ladder after receiving an electrical shock from a live conductor. He landed on an office partition and sustained broken ribs.
2019-06-09	Fremont	Ohio	Kroger	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On June 9, 2019, an employee tripped on the corner edge of a wall partition and fell to the floor, suffering a back fracture.
2018-06-11	Henderson	Colorado	Public Service Company of Colorado	Fingertip(s)	Struck against object or equipment while moving it
The employee was moving a wall partition and cut the end of his finger on the edge of the wall partition resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip.
2018-03-06	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	AMIkids Baton Rouge	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
After refueling and boarding a bus, an employee placed items into her purse, which was on top of the first seat of the bus, and decided to exit the bus to visually confirm that the fuel cap was secure. As she turned and made her way to the stairway, her right foot caught the corner of the cushioned partition that blocks the first seat from the stairway, causing her body to twist while simultaneously falling. She fractured her right ankle, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2018-02-16	Kalispell	Montana	Engineer Structures Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was cleaning around a 54-inch tall partition wall. The wall fell over and the employee was struck in the back of the leg. The employee sustained a fracture in the lower right leg, which required hospitalization.
2017-06-20	Kennesaw	Georgia	Impact Employment Solutions	Knee(s)	Other jump to lower level
On June 20, 2017, an employee was getting ready to unload a truck for recycling when a stack of partitions started to fall and was going to hit him. To avoid getting hit by the partition stack, he jumped off the truck and landed on a hospital table, breaking his left knee.
2017-03-08	Sarver	Pennsylvania	Holbein Inc.	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was assisting others to move a partition wall. The employee stepped backwards, tripped and fell. As the employee was falling, the employee twisted their body and landed on their shoulder. The employee sustained a broken right shoulder and was hospitalized for surgery to repair the fracture.
2016-06-09	Harrison	Arkansas	GOLD MECHANICAL	Hip(s)	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was shoveling gravel into a 1-foot trench by a partition wall. The site supervisor was operating a mini excavator near the partition wall while the employee was working on the opposite side. The mini excavator bumped into the wall, causing it to fall to pieces. Some of the pieces fell on and broke the employee's hip.
2016-01-19	Carrollton	Texas	Trillium Staffing, LLC	Eye(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was screwing a partition truck onto wood above his head. The screw gave way and bounced behind his safety glasses striking the left eye.
2015-11-06	Oberlin	Ohio	Oberlin College	Head	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was hospitalized after being struck in the head by an unsecured wall partition. The employee sustained a contusion.
2015-09-28	Paragould	Arkansas	AMERICAN RAILCAR INDUSTRIES	Fingertip(s)	Slip without fall, n.e.c.
An employee was manually pushing a center steel partition to align it in a railcar when his foot slipped. He reached up to the edge of the railcar to catch himself while the ram of the hydraulic radar pusher was coming down. The employee's middle and ring fingers on his right hand were caught in a pinch point, resulting in the amputation of his fingertips.
2015-01-20	Ellington	Connecticut	Merrill Industries	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee sustained an amputation injury to the tip of the middle finger on his left hand while clearing a jam on a Global Partition Slotter, which makes slots in corrugated cardboard. The employee reached into an area 3x4" wide, 2' long while the equipment was running. The equipment was not guarded at the time, nor was it shut down or locked out.