Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-04-29 | Zephyrhills | Fl | Reliable Constructors Inc. | Multiple body parts | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was operating a backhoe to move tooling when it overturned onto its left side, catching the employee between the rollover protection and the ground. The employee suffered a fractured pelvis and leg. | |||||
2020-06-01 | Pryor | Oklahoma | American Casting | Leg(s) | Nonclassifiable |
An employee broke a leg in two places while crossing over a rollover draw machine. | |||||
2019-04-19 | Lawrence | Massachusett | WES Construction Corp | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was operating a skid steer loader, which struck the leftover stub of a basketball pole. The employee was jolted forward and struck his head on a rollover protection bar. He suffered a broken neck and a cut forehead and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-02-05 | Savanna | Illinois | METFORM L.L.C. | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
The employee was assisting to load parts onto a sorting table. An attachment to the forklift tub is filled with parts that are dumped on the sorting table. The forklift operator had just rolled over half a tub onto the sorting table. When the employee was removing a rollover bar from the bin, it broke free and came out of the bin. The tub shifted on the forklift forks and fell over landing on the employee's shoulder, ribs and hip area. The employee sustained three broken ribs and a lumbar hernia | |||||
2018-09-19 | East Point | Georgia | JEROME BRADFORD ENTERPRISES, INC. | Lower extremities | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was operating a compactor truck in a parking lot. The compactor tipped over; the employee was thrown out, then its rollover protection system struck his right leg, causing an amputation injury. A seat belt was not being worn at the time of the incident. | |||||
2018-08-07 | Glenville | West Virgini | U.S. Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons FCI Gilmore | Fingertip(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, roadway |
An employee was operating a lawn tractor up a paved roadway when the tractor went into neutral and started rolling backward down the hill. The employee turned the wheel and the tractor flipped onto its side. The vehicle was equipped with a rollover protection system and the employee was wearing his seatbelt. When the tractor flipped on its side, the employee's fingertips were pinched between the ground and the tractor, resulting in a left middle fingertip amputation. | |||||
2016-08-05 | Saukville | Wisconsin | Engineered Exhaust Systems / B-T, Inc.. | Leg(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was operating a forklift when the forklift tipped over. The employee's leg was crushed under the rollover protection cage. The employee was hospitalized with a broken leg and other bodily injuries. | |||||
2016-06-30 | Bushkill | Pennsylvania | Primrose Landscaping LLC | Hand(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was operating a commercial grass mower on an incline when the mower began to roll over. To prevent a rollover, he placed his hand onto the mower deck. During the machine's movement, his hand entered the rotating mower blades under the deck, severely lacerating and injuring his right hand. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-10-20 | Champaign | Illinois | Wirco Foundary Division, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was removing mold using a rollover machine when a box pattern fell on his left hand, amputating two fingers. | |||||
2015-05-31 | Watkins | Colorado | Furniture Row | Knee(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was hospitalized after being involved in a rollover accident while riding as a passenger in an ATV. He injured his right knee and required surgery. | |||||
2015-03-25 | Eustis | Nebraska | All Points Cooperative | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee operating a Wrangler (front-end loader) to unload the pebble line backed into an open area. The rollover cage struck a doorway where a door swings up into the dry fertilizer area. The door came off of the latches that were holding it up and struck him in the back. |