| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-12 | Crystal Lake | Il | WALMART INC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was stocking produce when she tripped over plastic wrap hanging from a pallet and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized for a broken hip. | |||||
| 2021-07-13 | Lima | Oh | FedEx Freight | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was preparing to load a pallet on the dock and was checking the label on the pallet. The employee stepped on the edge of the skid and got caught on a piece of plastic wrap or tape and fell to the concrete floor. The employee sustained injuries to the right hip and leg. | |||||
| 2020-04-27 | Ozark | Missouri | RPCS INC | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking in a warehouse when her leg was caught in plastic wrap. She fell and fractured her tibia. | |||||
| 2020-03-13 | Hudson | New York | CVS | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| At 4:30 p.m. on March 11, 2020, an employee was moving plastic-wrapped pallets. The employee tripped over plastic wrap and fell to the concrete floor, suffering a broken hip. | |||||
| 2020-03-02 | San Antonio | Texas | Hallmark Marketing | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| While working in the backroom, an employee's foot/feet got tangled in plastic wrap that was on a pallet. This caused her to fall and strike both the floor and a wooden pallet. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture below the knee. | |||||
| 2019-09-05 | Odessa | Texas | Snelling Employment, LLC | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee had a spool of wire on a spooling machine. The spool was wrapped with plastic wrap and the employee was taping it as it was spinning. While holding the tape with his left hand, he went to cut the tape but it didn't break off. The machine then pulled the employee, flipped him over the machine, and wrapped his arm around the machine. The employee sustained multiple fractures to their arm. | |||||
| 2019-08-21 | Schaumburg | Illinois | Nation Pizza Products, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On August 21, 2019, a temporary employee was applying grated cheese to a pizza crust moving on a conveyor line to a plastic wrapping system. He was attempting to grab grated cheese that drops into a catch bin under the conveyor when his finger was caught in the chain and sprocket system, resulting in a finger amputation on his right hand. | |||||
| 2019-07-12 | Cleveland | Ohio | Cleveland Clinic - Main Campus | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee walking through the loading dock area became entangled in discarded plastic wrapping. The employee fell to the floor, sustained a fractured left femur, and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-07-09 | Williston | Florida | Sleepy Creek Lands, LLC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| On July 9, 2019, a maintenance technician was replacing the plastic wrap at the pin and arm of a baler machine when the arm moved toward him causing him to be caught between the arm and door of the baler. He sustained two rib fractures and a contusion to the kidney and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-05-22 | Hillsdale | New Jersey | Kings Supermarket | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee stepped onto a wooden pallet, then onto a box to reach a box of vinyl gloves that were on a storage rack. She was approximately 12 inches off the floor when she stepped down, tripped on plastic wrap, and fell to the floor, landing on her left side. She broke her left hip and required surgery. | |||||
| 2019-03-29 | Fort Myers | Florida | Publix Super Markets, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was unstacking a pallet when her foot got caught in plastic wrap. She fell to the floor, breaking her left leg. | |||||
| 2019-03-24 | Whitewater | Wisconsin | The Martin-Brower Company, L.L.C. | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was cutting plastic wrap. The tip of the employee's utility knife broke off and struck the employee's eye, causing an eye injury requiring stitches; the employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-03-21 | Celina | Ohio | Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped over a piece of plastic wrap attached to a pallet. The employee fell to the ground, suffering a hip fracture. | |||||
| 2019-01-14 | Joplin | Missouri | Williams Food Works | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was unloading a semi-truck into a route truck when the employee's feet became tangled in plastic wrap. The employee tripped and fell off the truck to the ground, suffering a concussion. | |||||
| 2018-06-08 | Douglas | Georgia | Pilgrims Pride Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person |
| The injured employee was attempting to move a rack of chicken product when the roller that held a roll of plastic wrap fell catching the employee's right index finger between the roller and the frame. A second employee attempted to assist the injured employee and lifted the roller off the employee's hand. The employee shifted their hand and the roller fell a second time. The roller landed on the injured employee's hand causing their right index finger to be caught in the frame resulting in a fin | |||||
| 2018-03-02 | Jamaica | New York | CHEMCLEAN CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
| An employee was using a forklift to transfer boxes from one building to another. Strong gusts of wind blew the boxes over, and the employee reached to grab the plastic wrapping that held the boxes together. The wind continued to pull the boxes and twisted the wrapping around his index fingertip, severing it. | |||||
| 2018-01-08 | Chicago | Illinois | El Milagro, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, n.e.c. |
| An employee was pulling a pallet of product with a hand jack. The pallet was stuck to another pallet due to the plastic wrap. His right foot was then crushed by the wheel of the hand jack. | |||||
| 2017-08-09 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Klement's Sausage Co., Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was removing a plastic wrap jam from a packaging machine when the guillotine blade came down and amputated the employee's left index fingertip. The machine was not guarded or locked/tagged out at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2017-07-14 | Jamaica | New York | World Wide Flight Services, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was shrink wrapping a pallet and had mounted a box to reach the plastic wrap when the employee fell to floor, suffering a fracture. | |||||
| 2017-06-30 | Chandler | Arizona | Superlite an Oldcastle company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was tucking in a plastic wrap tail on a pallet that was on a conveyor belt when another pallet came down the conveyor and smashed his right index finger between the two pallets, amputating his finger just above the nailbed. | |||||
| 2017-05-19 | Orleans | Massachusett | Nauset Marine Incorporated | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee fell 8 to 10 feet from a boat deck while removing plastic wrap, suffering leg and hip injuries. | |||||
| 2017-03-17 | Denver | Colorado | The Ziegenfelder Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| The employee was operating the wrapper knife machine which cuts plastic wrap that is used to package ice pops. The plastic wrap jammed underneath the guard. When the employee attempted to clear the jam, his left thumb was severely lacerated requiring surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-06-23 | Brooklyn | New York | Purchasers Estimators & Design Inc. | Heel(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was on top of crates, helping to rig them to a boom lift, when he stepped into a hollow area in a crate that was covered by plastic wrapping and fell approximately 10 feet to the ground. He suffered multiple right-heel fractures. | |||||
| 2016-05-04 | Chicago | Illinois | Primrose Candy Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On May 4, 2016, at approximately 1:30 p.m., an employee sustained an amputation injury to the left hand index finger when the employee reached into the candy wrapping machine to clear out a loose piece of plastic wrap. | |||||
| 2016-02-12 | Sylvania | Ohio | WenOhio, LLc | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| On February 12, 2016, an employee was preparing food on the fry line when she slipped on a plastic wrapped plastic spoon and injured her hip. She underwent hip replacement surgery. | |||||
| 2016-02-11 | New Britain | Connecticut | Michael's Stores, Inc./Store #6762 | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| While walking by truck pallets, an employee tripped over plastic wrap and fell to the floor. The employee suffered a broken hip from impact with the floor. | |||||
| 2015-10-04 | Southampton | Pennsylvania | Giant Food Store | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| While unwrapping a shrink-wrapped produce pallet, an employee became tangled in plastic wrap. He lost his footing, fell, and broke his left hip. | |||||
| 2015-08-18 | Vernon Hills | Illinois | U.S. Postal Service | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was distributing mail from a pallet to mail routes. He tripped over plastic wrapping and struck his head on a desk, suffering a laceration and head trauma and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-03-31 | Mentor | Ohio | Half Priced Books, Records, Magazines, Inc. | Multiple leg locations | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a retractable-type box cutter to cut plastic wrap material for a display case/stand. While cutting the plastic wrap, the employee lacerated his left leg and thigh with the box cutter. He was hospitalized. | |||||