| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-01 | Tampa | Florida | TKO Contractors, LLC | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| Employee was on a section of 7-foot scaffold doing propeller repair. The scaffold shifted causing the employee to fall to the ground and fracture the left arm. | |||||
| 2019-02-21 | Hartford | Illinois | NATIONAL MAINTENANCE & REPAIR, INC. | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| On 2/21/2019, two employees were working to repair/resurface a 120-inch, five blade, four-ton wheel propeller inside the propeller repair shop at a shipyard repair facility. The propeller was just removed from the straightening press and the employees were in the process of moving it over to a floor stand so they could weld it, grind it and apply cosmetic treatment to it. They used an under the hook hoist system to move the propeller over to the floor stand. Once in position, they attempted to p | |||||
| 2017-08-10 | Portsmouth | Virginia | Walashek Industrial Marine, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment |
| An employee was cutting a propeller blade from a propeller when the propeller gave way. The employee was then caught between the propeller blades, suffering a broken pelvis, ruptured colon and bladder, and internal bleeding. | |||||
| 2016-10-13 | Nebraska City | Nebraska | Cargill, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cleaning a jam in the cryo-vac machine and caught the left index fingertip on the propeller resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2016-09-18 | Mobile | Alabama | Seabulk Towing, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was working around a chain lift hoist that held a propeller when a link in the chain failed. The employee was then pinned between the propeller and nozzle, suffering internal injuries and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-05-19 | Howard | Ohio | Apple Vly Property Owners Assn | Foot (feet) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was de-winterizing a boat to prepare it for launching when his foot was lacerated by the engine propeller, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-03-24 | Riverhead | New York | ADCHEM CORP. | Wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee fractured the right wrist while operating a mixer used for mixing adhesive(s). The employee's glove got caught on the mixer blade/propeller. | |||||