Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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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. |