Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-15	Canyon	Tx	Panhandle Foundation Repair	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was cleaning up a dig site and fell 3 feet into an uncovered pier hole, resulting in a broken right femur.
2021-09-04	Easton	Pa	MINZNER & COMPANY	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was operating a table saw. The wood kicked and a shard of it pierced the employee's abdomen.
2021-08-17	Austin	Tx	Toshiba Business Solutions, Inc.	Thoracic region	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee and a co-worker were delivering a copier to a client. While using the stairs and a stair climber device for copiers, the machine fell and landed on the employee, who then fell down the stairwell. The employee suffered multilevel spinous process fractures from the T4-T10 levels that required hospitalization.
2021-08-10	Sapulpa	Ok	Manhattan Construction Company	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
An employee was putting a bridge beam in place. When the beam struck the pier, the employee who was holding a 4 x 4 to cushion the beam was knocked off the pier and fell over 40 feet to the ground, resulting in two broken arms and a fractured back that left the employee paralyzed from the waist down. The employee's harness was not connected at the time.
2021-06-26	Lakeland	Fl	Robert Binns Roofing, Inc.	Buttock(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was heading to the ground from a 10-foot-high awning using a 28-foot extension ladder that was tied to the building. When the employee was about 8 feet from the ground, they fell off the ladder and landed on top of shrubs. A piece of branch from the shrubs pierced the employee's buttocks, resulting in hospitalization.
2021-04-21	Fort Lauderdale	Fl	CROWLEY LINER SERVICES INC.	Head	Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
An employee was loosening a twist-lock on a container on a vessel. A piece of metal from the ship's crane fell onto his head, piercing his hard hat and lacerating his head. He was hospitalized.
2021-03-31	Ogden	Ut	Internal Revenue Service (IRS)	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was attempting to remove a jammed piece of paper from the copier when they lost balance and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a dislocated right shoulder and a broken right hip.
2021-03-05	Port Canaveral	Fl	GT USA LLC	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
A longshoring employee was removing strapping from a bundle of lumber at pierside. The employee's leg was entangled in the rigging sling a forklift had used to move the bundle of lumber. The employee suffered leg and ankle injuries and was hospitalized.
2021-03-03	Sinton	Tx	Associated Brigham Contractors Inc.	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee had been setting up braces for piers on a three-foot foundation. His foot slipped off the edge of the pier, causing him to lose balance. He fell backward to the ground, landing on his back and his head struck a hard clump of dirt. The employee was hospitalized with seizures.
2021-02-12	Bremerton	Wa	Huntington Ingalls Industries Technical Solutions Division	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on ice on a shipyard pier and fell, suffering a broken leg.
2021-02-06	Boston	Ma	BOSTON LINE & SERVICE CO., INCORPORATED	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was waiting for a boat to arrive and fell off the dock onto a wood float below the pier. The employee sustained fractures to a rib and leg.
2020-10-09	Portland	Me	Maine Fisheries, LLC	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was working near the edge of a pier and fell off the pier approximately 20 feet into the water. During the fall, the employee struck a barrier in the water. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis, a fractured right middle finger, fractured ribs, and a punctured lung.
2020-09-01	Topeka	Ks	Reece Construction Co., Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was on an H-pile in the center span of a bridge, walking towards the pier cap to retrieve his water bottle. The employee went to step up and stumbled onto rebar which impaled him.
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.
2020-06-22	Birmingham	Alabama	Harcon, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
An employee was gathering stacked building materials at the perimeter of the job site. When the employee picked up a piece of lumber, a raccoon jumped out from underneath the pile and bit the employee's right hand. The bite pierced the employee's glove. The employee was hospitalized due to rabies.
2020-06-15	Saint Louis	Missouri	Dominium	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was fixing a hydraulic hose on an industrial trash compactor. While his right hand was holding the hose that goes to the ram of the compactor, the compactor actuated. Up to 6500 PSI of hydraulic fluid shot out of a small hole in the hose and pierced a hole in the pad of the employee’s right index finger.
2020-04-21	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	DHL Supply Chain	Leg(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
Two employees were unloading a truck at a dock; one was driving a standup forklift and the other was driving a high reach forklift. While the standup forklift was backing up, its operator's leg was pierced by the high reach forklift's forks.
2020-04-02	Fort Worth	Texas	MiTek USA Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a self-piercing rivet machine when it struck her left middle finger, lacerating and crushing the fingertip resulting in amputation.
2020-03-16	Chicago	Illinois	Fidelitone	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee pushing a copier machine slipped and fell. The employee sustained a spine injury.
2020-02-11	Blair	Nebraska	C&W Faciltiy Mainteance LLC	Hand(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was water jetting a clogged section of pipe when the employee lost their grip and the water jet line forced itself back out of the pipe due to the pressure. The water jet pierced the employee's left glove and punctured the left hand as it came out of the pipe.
2020-01-20	Brooklyn	New York	Benson Metal Corp	Brain	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was operating an excavator to sort scrap metals when a pipe flew off from being sheared by another excavator and pierced through his operator cab's glass. The metal pipe them struck him, causing a head concussion.
2020-01-16	Luck	Wisconsin	MACDONALD & OWEN VENEER AND LUMBER CO., INC.	Hand(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
On January 16, 2020, at approximately 7:15 a.m., an employee was loading surfaced hardwood onto a cart when a wood splinter punctured the glove on the employee's left hand and pierced the skin between the index and middle finger. The employee was hospitalized the next day.
2019-08-29	Mobile	Alabama	Genesis Industrial Staffing Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
A forklift operator was loading chicken products onto a crane going to a vessel's freezer area when he struck an employee who was on the dry dock. The forklift's fork punctured the injured employee's right calf and pinned the employee between the forklift and a wood pier piling on the dock.
2019-08-19	Orlando	Florida	Shelby Erectors, Inc.	Leg(s)	Explosion, n.e.c.
An employee was setting a pier column and needed to cut a piece of rebar with a gas-powered saw. When the employee started the saw to cut the rebar, it exploded and his pant leg caught on fire, burning the back of his left leg.
2019-08-15	Brooklyn	New York	Jen-Mar Electric Service Corp.	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a 10-foot A-frame ladder, cutting steel brackets that held a wooden dock to a cement pier. One of the brackets hit the ladder and the employee fell, suffering a broken wrist.
2019-07-31	Austin	Texas	Keystone Concrete	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was helping a carpenter place handrail/guardrail material around pier holes, as well as moving lumber from material storage to the work area. He began to sweat excessively, then felt cramps down both legs, his arms, and his abdomen as well as nausea. He was hospitalized, suffering from heat-related dehydration.
2019-07-26	Marysville	Ohio	MPW Industrial Services Incorporated	Foot (feet)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was operating water-jetting equipment when it got plugged. He reported the issue and stepped back while another employee started troubleshooting. After steps were taken to continue working, the second employee restarted the equipment. The equipment stopped working again and quickly turned sideways under pressure. Pressurized water struck and penetrated the first employee's blast boot, piercing the skin on his right foot.
2019-07-25	Galveston	Texas	SSC Service Solutions	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was repairing a water leak on a pier and fell approximately 15 inches to the ground, suffering a broken femur.
2019-04-29	Belleville	Illinois	HANK'S EXCAVATING & LANDSCAPING, INC.	Cheek(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
On 4/29/2019, an employee was conducting landscaping operations at a street corner. He pushed a tree branch out of his way, and it snapped back and struck his face. A splinter pierced the left upper cheek just below the eye. Safety glasses were worn at the time.
2019-01-16	Riverside	Rhode Island	Athena Orchard View LLC	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee opened the top of the copier, which contacted a fire extinguisher on the wall. The fire extinguisher fell onto the employee's left foot. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the middle toe.
2018-07-17	Hershey	Pennsylvania	THE MILTON S. HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level
An employee was walking from a desk to a copier when she fell to the floor, suffering a broken rib, torn liver, and facial bruising. She was hospitalized.
2018-06-27	Linesville	Pennsylvania	The Davey Tree Expert Company	Forearm(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was ascending a tree while carrying a pruner tool to prune around utility lines. He reached his area and hung the pruner on a limb above his position. The limb broke and the pruner fell, striking and piercing his left forearm. He was hospitalized.
2018-06-13	Grand Prairie	Texas	Standard Utility Construction, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was standing at the rear of a digger derrick truck loading it. The employee's finger was caught between a railing and a concrete pier as it was being loaded into the truck. The left index fingertip was amputated.
2018-05-04	San Diego	California	Delphinus Engineering Inc	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Water vehicle incident
An employee was walking on the gangway from a ship to a pier when he tripped and fell, bruising and potentially cracking his ribs. He was hospitalized.
2018-03-28	Midland	Texas	Forum Energy Technologies	Eye(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was using a hammer on a stuck valve when the hammer broke. A metal shard from the hammer pierced the employee's eye.
2018-03-16	Boston	Massachusett	D.W. WHITE CONSTRUCTION, INC.	Leg(s)	Nonclassifiable
While shoveling concrete debris into the bucket of a mini-excavator, an employee was pinned between the bucket and an existing pier face. The employee sustained a leg injury with lacerations and possibly broken bone(s).
2018-01-23	Gainesville	Georgia	Morningside of Gainesville	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee's foot became caught on a desk and she fell between the desk and a copier machine, breaking her right hip.
2018-01-18	Westminster	Colorado	Rod Martin's Complete Basement Systems	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was installing a bracket on top of a pier in a basement. As the top of the bracket was adjusted onto the pier, it bent and slipped off the pier, hitting and injuring the employee's chest.
2017-09-22	Houston	Texas	BMC, LLC	Forearm(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
On September 22, 2017, at approximately 2:15 PM, an employee was helping a coworker drive nails into a wood door using a nail gun when the door moved. The employee was then shot by the nail gun. The nail pierced the employee's left forearm to the bone.
2017-09-18	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	FleetPride #410	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by other falling powered vehicle
An employee was replacing a tie bolt on a vehicle's leaf spring when the vehicle slipped off the portable hydraulic jack and landed on the employee's left hand. His left hand was crushed, and the bolt pierced his left pinky finger, which required surgical amputation.
2017-08-23	Houston	Texas	Richard Stevedoring & Logistics	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
Two employees were working on a barge near a dock. They were receiving steel plates from the pier using a shore crane when they were struck by lightning. Both were hospitalized.
2017-07-21	Stow	Ohio	National Machine Group	Elbow(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee's right elbow was pierced by a metal chip. He was hospitalized when his elbow became swollen and infected.
2017-07-09	Maple Heights	Ohio	Sherwood Food Distributors, LLC	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
While driving a standup forklift, an employee collided with a second forklift. The forks pierced through the employee's shoe and contacted the left foot. The employee's left pinky toe was amputated.
2017-06-29	Houston	Texas	Comerica Bank	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was walking toward a copier when she stubbed her toe and fell. She hit her head, cut her right finger, fractured her left wrist, suffered a hairline fracture to her hip, and fractured her shoulder.
2017-06-23	Hebron	Ohio	OHIO METAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
On June 23, 2017, an employee was attempting to adjust the rails on a paint line when a robotic gantry loading mechanism struck him in the back and bent him over the machine, where a static centering handle pierced his upper right chest.
2017-04-04	Atlanta	Georgia	Delta Air Lines, Inc	Knee(s)	Overexertion involving outside sources
An employee was taking bags off a pier and loading them onto a cart when the employee dislocated their right knee.
2017-03-03	Reading	Pennsylvania	Rent-A-Center East, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Shooting by other person-intentional
On March 3, 2017, at 11:00 a.m., an employee was completing a merchandise delivery when a male on a bicycle rode up to the delivery box truck and fired 8 rounds at the truck, three of which pierced the employee in the arm and pelvic area. He was hospitalized.
2017-02-09	Panama City	Florida	ERMC Property Management Company of Illinois, LLC.	Head and trunk	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was driving a utility cart to a cafe to pick up garbage when she overcorrected her steering to miss a parking lot island pier and flipped over. She was pinned underneath the utility cart and sustained a head injury, a fractured clavicle and pelvis, broken ribs, and a punctured lung. She was hospitalized.
2017-02-03	Bridgeville	Delaware	Stephen Enterprises Inc	Eye(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was repairing a pallet with a nail gun when a nail ricocheted and went under his face shield, piercing his left eye.
2016-10-19	Broomfield	Colorado	Park Range Construction	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Employees were installing helical piers at a residential location when an employee was struck by the torque arm of the hydraulic power head. The employee sustained three broken ribs and a punctured lung.
2016-08-19	Honolulu	Hawaii	Aloha Marine Lines, Inc.	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was driving a golf cart on the pier when she was hit by another vehicle, causing her to fall out and fracture her neck. She was hospitalized.
2016-08-04	Norristown	Pennsylvania	Ricoh USA, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was making copies when he tripped and fell against another copier, breaking his hip.
2016-07-15	Ashland	Ohio	Midwest Conveyor Products, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On July, 15, 2016, an employee suffered an amputation of three fingers on their left hand when their hand was crushed between the die and steel rail while operating the rail pierce machine to punch holes in a steel rail.
2016-07-13	Randolph	Ohio	East Manufacturing Corporation	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
The employee was attempting to remove a pin from a tube that is part of a dump truck's lifting mechanism with an air chisel. The pin shot out at him, striking him in the stomach area. The pin is approximately 2 inches in diameter. It did not pierce the skin, but caused bruising/internal injury.
2016-06-08	Greensburg	Pennsylvania	Route 21 Homes LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was installing concrete blocks onto a modular home's concrete piers to level a double-wide trailer. A block fell onto his left middle finger and fractured it.
2016-04-25	Hastings	Nebraska	Hydro-Klean, LLC	Forearm(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
While an employee was cleaning a facility, a high-pressure water lance was accidentally activated. The lance shot forward and pierced through the flesh of his right forearm.
2016-02-03	Grand Island	Nebraska	Hornady Manufacturing	Whole body	Explosion, n.e.c.
An employee was operating the Pierce and Prime Line. A primer got jammed in the line and the employee used a tool to try and unjam the line. The tool set off the primer and the adjacent primers causing a minor explosion. The employee was hospitalized with abrasions and lacerations to their face and body.
2016-01-04	Wyandotte	Oklahoma	LD Kerns Contractors	Skull	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee delivered plywood to a project site and was walking away on the opposite side of panels boards being installed when he fell to the ground unresponsive. He was hospitalized with external and internal head trauma from a bullet-nail, which pierced his skull and was embedded in his head. A ricochet may have occurred through the panel boards being installed, causing the nail to strike the employee.
2015-09-28	Fort Worth	Texas	Dillard's	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was sorting papers on the floor of her cubicle. She went to the copier and when she returned, she stepped on a pile of the papers and slipped and fell, fracturing her left ankle.
2015-08-18	Belle Vernon	Pennsylvania	GREGORI CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING, INC	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was assembling overhead jacks for an upper forming system when he fell approximately 20 feet off of the pier of the bridge. He broke his leg and ankle, requiring surgery.
2015-05-20	Anacortes	Washington	Dakota Creek Industries	Knee(s)	Kneeling, kneeling down-repetitive or prolonged
An employee was preparing paint in the stern thruster room of a vessel tied up to the pier. He had to kneel and crawl on steel surfaces. He wore knee pads, but not all of the time. His left knee became sore, and he was diagnosed with bursitis with a possible infection.
2015-05-19	Alexander	North Dakota	Emerald Oil, Inc.	Hand(s)	Nonclassifiable
An employee suffered a hand injury while performing routine maintenance on a pump jack at or near Pierre Creek Nelson 44-23 HR in McKenzie County, North Dakota.
2015-04-23	Washington	District Of	Cianbro Corp.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects
An employee grabbed the outside, top edge of the skiff's bulwark when stepping off of the pier and onto the skiff. A wave hit the side of the skiff, causing the employee to lose his balance. His finger got caught between the pier and bulwark, amputating his ring fingertip.
2015-03-20	Greenleaf	Wisconsin	Keller, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
On or about March 20, 2015, at 3:30 p.m., an employee was placing/helping to place a structural tube on a concrete pier foundation at the jobsite. While the tube was being set, the bottom of the column slipped off of the pier and hit the employee on the ankle. The structural tube pier weighed approximately 250 pounds and was approximately 14 to 16 feet long. This structural tube would be used as a vertical support tube.