Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-16 | Pascagoula | Ms | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Foot (feet) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was inspecting a crane when his right foot became lodged between the crane's wire rope and the drum structure for the rope. The foot was amputated. | |||||
2021-11-16 | De Forest | Wi | ABS Global Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was moving livestock off a trailer. An animal was on a rope and pulled back, which pulled the employee's left hand into the side of the trailer. The employee suffered an injury to their middle finger that required amputation. | |||||
2021-11-11 | South Euclid | Oh | Aero Controlex Group | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
On November 11, 2021, an employee was performing die setup on a hydraulic press. The employee loaded dies into the press and actuated it to verify proper die alignment. The upper and lower dies made contact resulting in die failure. Fragments of the die struck the employee's hand causing a severe laceration and fracture to their index finger. In addition, fragments of metal were embedded into both hands of the employee's hands. There was no machine guarding in place and energy control was not pe | |||||
2021-11-05 | Peyton | Co | Towers Northwest | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was pulling a cable up a communication tower using a capstan winch. His left arm contacted the winch line and became entangled under the rope and drum. He suffered three broken arm bones, constriction wounds, and lacerations to the arm. His middle and ring fingers were medically amputated. | |||||
2021-11-03 | Bedford Hills | Ny | SavATree LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee and co-workers were doing core aerations when one of the machines got stuck in a slightly sloped area of the property. The employee attempted to put a strap on his machine to pull the other machine out. As he searched for a place to hook the strap to, he put his hand under a plate on the machine when his middle and ring fingers contacted a pulley underneath, resulting in 1/8 inch fingertip amputations. | |||||
2021-11-02 | Decatur | Al | Ascend Performance Materials | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
Employees were unloading material from a barge to a storage tank. A logistics employee was lowering the unloading arm at the barge dock. The employee provided the barge operator the rope used to guide the unloading arm from the dock down to the barge. The logistics employee pulled both pins that secure the counter weight when not in use. The logistics employee then grabbed the back of the counter weight handle and pulled the counter weight toward themself. As the logistics employee was guiding t | |||||
2021-10-27 | Thorsby | Al | Faithway Alliance | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee was dropping a docking plate onto a trailer and it did not drop properly. While raising the dock plate to drop it a second time, the plate fell backward and pinched the employee's right little finger, resulting in amputation at the first joint. | |||||
2021-10-26 | Vero Beach | Fl | Ridgeline Roofing | Arm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a side saw to remove rotten siding from a residential property when the saw blade bound and kicked back, hitting him in the left arm and causing lacerations. | |||||
2021-10-19 | Lima | Oh | Industrial Resourcing Group | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was guiding a 10-inch diameter pipe section 3-4 feet long and weighing 200-300 pounds as a co-worker lowered it using a rope. The rope broke while the pipe was being lowered, hitting the employee in the back and resulting in pneumothorax of the left lung. | |||||
2021-10-10 | Camden | Nj | Covanta Camden | Head and neck | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was checking the water levels in an ash discharger. When the employee opened the discharger's viewing door, hot ash and gas were propelled outward. The employee suffered second-degree burns on the face and neck, as well as first-degree burns on the forearms. | |||||
2021-10-06 | Opa Locka | Fl | Bryant Electrical, LLC | Multiple face locations | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was pulling wire with equipment and a 5/8-inch rope attachment. The rope snapped and struck him, causing bruises to the face and eye. | |||||
2021-10-05 | Conyers | Ga | Diversitech, LLC. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was cutting a wire rope on a plastic bale. The bale uncompressed and fell over onto the employee's left leg and ankle. The employee suffered a broken tibia and a left ankle dislocation. | |||||
2021-10-05 | Fairfield | Al | United States Steel Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
An employee was using a remote controlled overhead crane to position a steel chock measuring 3 feet by 2 feet onto a roll. The employee handled the crane remote with his right hand and the wire rope with his left hand when the wire rope caught his left thumb, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2021-10-02 | Ardmore | Ok | Michelin North America, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating the tire building machine at the first stage of the cycle. The employee was holding a wire bead rope material utilized in the manufacturing process. The material became caught in the machine and pulled the employee's left hand into the machine while his foot was stuck in the operation pedal. The employee suffered amputation of the left middle finger at the middle knuckle and a left ankle dislocation with a fracture. | |||||
2021-09-30 | Atlanta | Ga | Robur Capital LLC dba Monster Tree service of NE Atlanta | Thigh(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was working ropes with one climber in a tree and three people on the ground. A rope and a pulley was connected to a branch to be cut. As the branch came down, the employee holding the rope was pushed forward and hit by the branch, resulting in a femur fracture. | |||||
2021-09-25 | Newport News | Va | MID ATLANTIC COATINGS, INC. | Knee(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was inspecting a blast gun to ensure it was working properly. High-pressure water from the gun struck the employee, resulting in a severe laceration on their left knee. | |||||
2021-09-22 | Media | Pa | Asplundh Tree Experts, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was trimming a tree. When a tree branch was removed, the employee's left index finger was caught under a rope and amputated. | |||||
2021-09-16 | Duncanville | Tx | Life Storage 265 | Upper and lower limb(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee went to get merchandise out of a unit when her foot was caught in a door rope and she tripped and fell hitting her right knee and left shoulder. The employee sustained a broken kneecap and a dislocated shoulder. | |||||
2021-09-15 | Houston | Tx | City Wide Building Services, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee set up a ladder on a roof against a 12-foot parapet wall to pull up ropes. The ladder slipped on the wet roofing surface and the employee fell from the ladder. The employee sustained six rib fractures and a punctured right lung. | |||||
2021-09-15 | Amesbury | Ma | NATIONAL GRID USA | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was marking up an area for digging on a residential property. The employee fell over a two-foot wall and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a broken leg. | |||||
2021-09-09 | Hinsdale | Nh | Continental Cable, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was working with a 50-ton swage machine pressing metal beads onto wire rope. The employee was using an Allen wrench to position the part between the dies when the machine closed on their right index finger resulting in a fingertip amputation to the first knuckle. | |||||
2021-09-02 | Washington | Dc | Clark Concrete, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was hoisting an 18-inch, 6-foot wooden work platform from the ground to a height of 12 feet. The cleat used to secure the rope failed causing the platform to fall 2-3 feet. The employee sustained fractured vertebrae. | |||||
2021-08-21 | Galena Park | Tx | Southeast Texas Industry Services | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was preparing a skid for transportation. The handrails had been removed, and the employee was tying them down, when a rope broke. The employee fell backward to the ground about 6 feet below, suffering broken ribs. | |||||
2021-08-13 | Greenfield | Ok | M. Wright Services, LLC | Leg(s) | Pedestrian vehicular incident |
An employee was removing protective ropes from pipes when they were struck by a semi-truck that was backing up. The employee's left leg became crushed between the beveled end of a pipe and the semi-truck's rear bumper, resulting in a broken left leg. | |||||
2021-08-12 | Wichita | Ks | ASPLUNDH TREE EXPERT, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was climbing a tree with a rope and saddle when a knot tied to a carabiner slipped out and the employee fell approximately 16 feet to the ground, resulting in possible rib and vertebrae fractures. | |||||
2021-08-06 | Augusta | Ga | Davey Tree Expert Co Inc | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was climbing a tree to trim branches from it. A rope that had been secured to a branch broke and the employee fell approximately 20 feet to the ground below. The employee suffered spinal fractures, a lost tooth, and kidney lacerations. | |||||
2021-08-06 | Belle Chasse | La | Associated Grain Terminals | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Transportation incident |
An employee was disconnecting a rope from a barge. The employee's middle, ring, and little fingers were crushed between two barges. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-08-04 | Groton | Ct | GENERAL DYNAMICS, ELECTRIC BOAT DIVISION | Leg(s) | Pedal cycle collision in roadway |
An employee was using a company bicycle to travel to a company property when they were struck by a vehicle that was backing out of a driveway, resulting in a fractured leg. | |||||
2021-08-04 | Geismar | La | Mammoet USA South | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity |
Two employees were transporting a cold box with a self-propelled modular transporter. As the load passed a power pole with a distribution transformer, the transformer arced onto a chain securing the load. The current traveled through the equipment and shocked both employees. | |||||
2021-08-03 | Miami | Ok | Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was doing preventive maintenance on a mold on a work table. One of the pin actuators on the mold was not functioning properly. The employee was using a handheld air hose with a rubber nozzle tip attachment to actuate the pin in and out. The pin would actuate in but not out; while the employee was trying to manually slide the pin, the air hose attachment activated. The pin caught the employee's left middle finger, partially amputating it. | |||||
2021-08-02 | Spicewood | Tx | Jordan Reid, LLC | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was surveying a rural property along the fence line when they were struck by a driver who left the roadway, resulting in a broken right arm, a damaged artery in the right arm, a fractured C1 vertebrae, a broken left ankle, and possible nerve damage to the right arm. The employee required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-07-19 | Wauchula | Fl | Georgia Right-of-Way Company | Leg(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
A employee had pulled a rope out of a chipper. He laid the rope on the ground and then picked up a pile to place in the chipper. The rope also went into the chipper, while wrapped around the employee's leg. As the rope was pulled into the chipper, the employee sustained rope burns and bruising. | |||||
2021-07-10 | Roswell | Ga | Michael Peeples | Multiple head locations | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was directing the track loader as it backed up. A half-inch double-braided polyester rope that being used to remove tree trunks broke and struck the employee resulting in a traumatic head injury and the loss of their left eye. | |||||
2021-07-09 | Youngstown | Oh | Heart Reach Neighborhood Ministries | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a ladder that was leaning against a flag pole. As the employee was changing the rope on the flag pole, the pole shifted and the employee fell to the concrete below, resulting in a broken ankle, a fractured wrist, a knee injury, and a lower back injury. | |||||
2021-07-09 | Carol Stream | Il | Jetco, Ltd | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
The injured employee was descending a fixed ladder in the base cone of a spheroidal design water tower. Another employee above him was lowering a plastic, 5-gallon bucket full of tools with a rope. The handle on the bucket broke and the bucket and its contents fell on the injured employee causing him to let go of the ladder and fall approximately 10-12 feet to the lower level. The injured employee sustained fractured vertebrae, a concussion, and lacerations to the face and head. | |||||
2021-07-09 | Shawnee On Delaware | Pa | Miller Bros. | Multiple body parts | Roadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. |
An employee was driving a rear-property machine across a bridge over a river when the bridge collapsed and the machine and the employee fell 16 feet into the river below. The employee suffered a broken ankle and broken ribs. | |||||
2021-06-30 | Red Bay | Al | Gates Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
A 3/16" nylon rope was being pulled through the employee's left hand as it was being applied to a rotating mandrel. A knot in the rope caught the employee's left pinky finger and amputated the distal and middle portion. | |||||
2021-06-15 | Edwards Afb | Ca | Pacific Gold Marketing, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was using an industrial drill, drilling holes for footings. The kelly cable drive was not retracting properly on the machine's drum, so the employee tried to disconnect the cable to re-spool the drum. He backed out the threaded pin from the kelly drive clevis that was holding the cable drive end. As he tried to push the pin through, his right middle finger was pinched in the clevis and cable. The finger was amputated at the first joint. | |||||
2021-06-14 | Miami Beach | Fl | Weller Workforce LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee was checking why a fire exit door was not closing properly. When he moved a protruding piece of metal hardware, the door closed on his right thumb and amputated the tip at the nail. | |||||
2021-05-27 | Meridian | Ms | WOODALL ELECTRIC, INC. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was in a bucket truck attempting to lift a light pole using a rope and a winch. The rope broke causing the employee to fall from the bucket onto the truck. The employee sustained a fractured C-5 vertebra and a fractured shoulder blade. | |||||
2021-05-26 | Garland | Tx | INTERCERAMIC INC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a dryer kiln when an alarm went off indicating that one of the two limit switches of the centering device control was not functioning properly. In order to reach the centering device control limit switch, the employee used a rod and kneeled down stretching his body/hand forward between the dryer exit and a column of an unloader machine. The employee's body was caught between the exiting tile cart and the column of the unloader machine resulting in fractured ribs. | |||||
2021-05-18 | Cranston | Ri | NORTH-EASTERN TREE SERVICES INC. | Arm(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
An employee was removing a tree limb. When the limb came free, a tag line that was wrapped around the employee's right arm caused serious rope burns and possible tissue damage to his forearm. | |||||
2021-05-18 | Beloit | Wi | Rock Road Companies, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was connecting a wire rope choker to a section of 36-inch concrete sewer pipe. After connecting the choker, a backhoe lifted the section of pipe. As the pipe section was being lifted it began to spin and struck the employee pinning his right leg against a section of stationary pipe. The employee sustained a fractured right femur and lacerations. | |||||
2021-05-18 | Wallingford | Ct | Masonicare Health Center | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee was pulling down a garage-style overhead door. The employee's right hand became tangled in the rope tied to the door handle. The metal door track then lacerated the employee's middle finger, causing a partial fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-05-14 | Tampa | Fl | Certified Slings, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Contact with hot objects or substances |
The injured employee was training another employee and they were heating and pouring zinc into wire rope sockets (spelter sockets). The injured worker stepped backward, lost his footing, and fell into the hot kettle, knocking it over. The employee sustained a third degree burn on his back that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2021-05-13 | Mena | Ar | Nidec Motor Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Employees were removing dies from a press. The injured employee was guiding a suspended die set by hand to ensure proper placement on the skid when the employee's gloved fingertips were pinched between the upper and lower dies of the blanket die set as it was lowered by a hoist onto a skid. The employee's left middle and ring fingertips were amputated. | |||||
2021-05-11 | Palm Harbor | Fl | Five Star Quality Care-FL, LLC | Multiple body parts | Pedal cycle collision in nonroadway area |
An employee was riding a bicycle. While still on the property at a crossroad, she was struck by a car. The employee sustained fractured ribs, a fractured clavicle, a fractured nose, and bleeding in the brain. | |||||
2021-05-06 | New York | Ny | Woodridge Productions | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
A stunt performer was performing a fast rope descent sequence. He fell, landing on a rooftop 8-10 feet below and suffering a broken lower-back vertebra. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
2021-05-04 | Palmyra | Pa | U.S. Postal Service | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
A mail carrier stepped over a railing between two properties that was 26 inches high. The employee's foot became caught in the railing and they fell to the ground, resulting in a broken rib. | |||||
2021-04-29 | Rockwall | Tx | Ramon-Franklin, LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was installing wood blocking on a south elevation parapet wall. While completing the task, the employee climbed through a guardrail system to access the security fencing area on a roof at an inmate recreation yard. The employee fell through the fencing, and the employee's fall protection rope snapped/tore. The employee landed on the concrete floor about 14 feet below, suffering a broken rib and a fractured hip. | |||||
2021-04-23 | Lincoln | Ne | Burger King | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was checking the hood motor on the roof for proper function. While climbing the outside roof access ladder, the employee fell and sustained a broken pelvis, bleeding in her spleen, and a head laceration. | |||||
2021-04-08 | Miami | Fl | Kendall Car Wash, Inc. | Brain | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was about to move a vehicle that was exiting the car wash for drying and detailing. When the vehicle was started, it raced forward, crossing the property and then six lanes of traffic, and crashed into a structure across the street. The employee suffered a head injury and concussion when the air bags deployed. | |||||
2021-03-25 | Saint Petersburg | Fl | FIRSTSERVICE RESIDENTIAL, INC | Forearm(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was using a pressure washer to wash the walkways of a property. When he pulled the hose, the wand slipped and water flow hit his right forearm, resulting in a severe laceration. | |||||
2021-03-22 | Pflugerville | Tx | Shambaugh & Son, L.P. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was descending a concrete stairway with wire rope guardrails. He began to fall and grabbed the guardrail, which gave way. He fell to the concrete floor about 15 feet below, suffering a left-side impact that caused an eye socket fracture and other fractures. He was hospitalized, requiring treatment including a rod in his back. | |||||
2021-03-11 | North Kansas City | Mo | Fujifilm | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was standing next to a closed roll up door. When the door opened, the manual pull-down rope caught the employee's feet, and the employee fell to the ground sustaining broken ribs and a punctured lung. | |||||
2021-03-08 | Imperial | Pa | Fabcon Precast, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was rigging a precast concrete panel to a crane when their left index finger became caught between the wire rope sling and the crane hook, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2021-03-03 | Brookwood | Al | Pike Electric LLC | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was straightening a hand line (rope used to move material) with an attached pulley that was stretched between the bucket truck and the skid steer. The rope snapped under pressure, striking the employee and causing a fracture to the left hand and lacerations on the right hand. | |||||
2021-03-01 | Townsend | Ga | Phillip's Seafood, Inc. | Hand(s) | Fall on water vehicle |
An employee was on a clam boat trying to tie a rope to a disabled oyster boat. A wave hit the clam boat and the employee lost his balance and fell. His right hand and thumb were caught and lacerated between the two boats. | |||||
2021-02-26 | Cincinnati | Oh | Shawnee Tree, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a stand-up skid steer pulling a grounded tree with an attached rope and pulley. Another employee was assisting by pulling on the attached rope when his right ring and pinky finger slid into the pulley sheave area between the rope and the pulley, resulting in a degloving injury. | |||||
2021-02-24 | Mobile | Al | CSA Equipment Company, LLC | Leg(s) | Fall or jump from water vehicle |
An employee was stepping off a gangway and tripped on a piece of rope that is attached to the safety net. This caused him to fall to the dock and then he rolled underneath the passenger side of a pickup truck that was parked about 3 to 4 feet from the gangway. When the pickup truck pulled away, it ran over the employee's left leg and fractured it. | |||||
2021-02-23 | Southlake | Tx | Bartlett Tree Experts | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee had been pruning a tree using an arborist rope saddle and climbing equipment. While descending to the ground, the knot securing his rope to the harness became untied. The employee fell 15 feet onto a landscaped area of the property. The employee was hospitalized with possible broken ribs and shoulder and lower back injuries. | |||||
2021-02-20 | San Antonio | Tx | Dynamic Systems, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was installing a metal air handler hood. It would not fit properly, so he wedged a 2-inch by 4-inch piece of wood in. As he was about to press it with a scissor lift, the wedge slipped out and the hood caught his left middle finger amputating it at the knuckle. | |||||
2021-02-10 | Caruthersville | Mo | Arcosa Marine Products, Inc | Forearm(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was inspecting the ropes and winches for a work barge. The employee released a winch so a rope could be loosened, and the winch arm struck and fractured his right forearm. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-02-09 | Richmond | Tx | Ridgeline Contractors, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
A contractor was installing shingles on the roof of a one-story residential property that was under construction when they fell off the roof to the ground, resulting in a fractured back and hospitalization. | |||||
2021-02-04 | Fort Lauderdale | Fl | FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was in the rear of the property looking for an electric service handhole. The employee stepped onto a plastic stool bench in order to see over the fence. The employee lost his balance and suffered a puncture injury underneath the armpit from climbing spikes protruding from a communications pole. | |||||
2021-02-02 | New Rochelle | Ny | Samson Management Payroll Service Corp. | Heart | Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources |
An employee was removing snow at a property. He was using the company plow truck, shovels, and a snow blower. The employee experienced shortness of breath, chest pain, and fatigue. He was later hospitalized for a heart attack. | |||||
2021-02-01 | Bronx | Ny | Empire City Subway | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Sudden start or stop, nonroadway |
An employee was driving a backhoe to remove snow when the front loader arm got caught on an elevated sewer casting that was covered in snow, causing the backhoe to stop abruptly. The employee was propelled forward, impacting his chest on the steering wheel. The employee sustained a fractured sternum and a contusion to his chest. | |||||
2021-01-28 | Commerce | Ga | SFA Engineering Corp. | Ankle(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was inspecting the upper level of a conveyor system. The upper section was not properly assembled and fell onto the employee from a 4-foot height, resulting in a fracture to their right ankle. | |||||
2021-01-25 | Americus | Ga | Nutrien | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was trying to place a chute into a hopper under a conveyor through a side opening in the hopper. A rope, used to secure the chute in place under the upper conveyor, got caught in a conveyor drum at the bottom of the hopper. The employee was holding the rope in his hands at the time, and the conveyor pulled the rope and the employee's right hand down into the rotating drum. The hand was torn open and the top part of the index finger was medically amputated. | |||||
2021-01-21 | Merritt Island | Fl | Sauer Mechanical, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On January 21, 2021, an apprentice pipe fitter was making sure that the facing machine's blades were set properly when a clamp on the machine loosened, pinching the employee's right thumb and resulting in an amputation to the tip of his thumb without bone loss. | |||||
2021-01-18 | Buchanan | Ga | Carroll EMC | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was tending to an electrical pole when slack in the rope caused the pole to fall to the ground, bounce, and strike the employee in his left leg, resulting in a fracture. | |||||
2021-01-07 | Bridgeview | Il | USF Holland LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
At 2:00 p.m. on January 7, 2021, an employee was at a dock, making a delivery. The employee began to close the dock's overhead door, which was closed using a hanging rope. As the heavy door came down, the rope tightened around the employee's left index finger and caused an amputation above the first knuckle, just below the fingernail. | |||||
2021-01-06 | Southington | Ct | Eversource Energy | Ankle(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
A crew was replacing a utility pole when the rope holding communications cable to the pole was cut, causing the pole to fall and strike an employee in the ankle. The employee suffered a fracture to their right ankle. | |||||
2021-01-05 | New Windsor | Ny | United Rentals, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was assisting another employee with adjusting the wire ropes in the main boom tube on a boom lift. While checking the tension on the wire ropes inside the boom tube, the boom retracted, resulting in amputation of two fingers on the employee's left hand. | |||||
2021-01-05 | Lighthouse Point | Fl | FirstService Residential, Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was on a ladder removing Christmas lights from the trees on the property and fell approximately six feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured neck, chipped teeth, and a forehead laceration. | |||||
2021-01-02 | Scott | Ar | Bearskin Grains | Wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was preparing to clean the bottom of a grain bin of soy beans when his safety rope became entangled in the auger below the floor. He wrapped the rope around his wrist to try and free it and was pulled down to the floor, resulting in a broken left wrist. | |||||
2020-10-11 | Stratford | Ct | SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION | Multiple body parts | Fall from pedal cycle |
On October 11, 2020, an employee was commuting to work on his bike. The employee rode over a speed bump on the company property and fell off his bike, sustaining a rib fracture, a scapula fracture, and a spinal compression fracture. | |||||
2020-10-05 | Chippewa Falls | Wi | Berry Global Inc. | Brain | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
On October 5, 2020, at approximately 8:13 a.m., an employee was preparing to string a cast extrusion line. When the employee ducked under the winder to grab the rope used to string, the carriage moved forward and struck the employee in the face. The employee fell to the floor and struck their head on the floor resulting in a severe head injury. | |||||
2020-09-30 | Decatur | Il | ADM Bio Products | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On September 30, 2020, an employee had just replaced a motor and belts for an aspirator fan blower motor. After tensioning the belt, the employee was rotating the assembly sheave to confirm the belt was properly seated. The employee's right index finger was caught between the belt and the sheave and the fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2020-09-29 | Satanta | Ks | Desert Cattle Feeders LLC | Fingertip(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
An employee was attempting to load a heifer into a trailer and placed a rope around the saddle horn to pull the heifer into the trailer. The rope slipped off the saddle horn and the loop in the rope quickly tightened around the employee's right middle and ring fingers due to the calf pulling back on the rope. The fingernail and skin was removed from the tip of his right middle finger and the right ring finger was fractured. | |||||
2020-09-29 | Erie | Pa | Wabtec U.S. Rail, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was working with a crane operator to load an auxiliary cab onto a platform. The employee used a pipe to ensure proper spacing between the cab and the other equipment previously installed on the platform. When the cab was lowered, the employee's right middle finger was pinched between the cab and the platform. The employee suffered an amputation to the finger. | |||||
2020-09-28 | Garden City | Ks | Irsik & Doll Feed Services Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was using a rope to move a sick cow out of a pen. The cow suddenly moved and the employee's fingers were caught between the rope and a saddle horn. His right index, middle, ring, and little fingers were amputated. | |||||
2020-09-19 | Athens | Ga | SAC WIRELESS LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a capstan hoist when two fingers on his right hand were caught between the rope and the drum of the hoist resulting in amputation of the distal phalanges. | |||||
2020-09-16 | Washington | Dc | Excelon | Face | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was operating a cable pully machine (a winch) when the nylon rope that was attached to a cable he was pulling through an underground electrical installation broke and struck him in the head and face. The employee sustained a head laceration and bruises to their face. | |||||
2020-09-16 | Morgantown | Wv | Black Diamond Equipment Rental | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was winding synthetic rope onto the hoist of a chipper machine when his thumb was pinched by the rope. The employee's left thumb was amputated at the first digit. | |||||
2020-09-11 | Oviedo | Fl | PERFORMANCE AIR MECHANICAL INC. | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment |
An employee was climbing an outside mounted ladder to access the roof on a commercial property. The ladder detached from the building and the employee fell to the ground, suffering leg and foot injuries. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery. | |||||
2020-09-06 | Lake Village | Ar | Bertucci Contracting Corporation | Hand(s) | Fall or jump from water vehicle |
On 9/06/2020, a spud barge with an excavator was tied to a deck barge by two steel cables around timber heads, one forward and one aft. As the excavator was removing rock from the deck barge, the deck barge began to sway, creating more tension on the aft cable. At 1:00 PM, the cable slipped over a timber head on the spud barge, released, and struck an employee on the spud barge and propelled them overboard. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the left hand. | |||||
2020-08-29 | Orlando | Fl | ANDREW PEET, INC. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was working from a ladder as part of a crew who were tearing off an old roof on a residential property. The employee missed a rung as he was climbing down the ladder and fell to the ground, resulting in a broken right wrist. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-08-27 | Ravenswood | Wv | SDR Plastics & Star Plastics | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell from a chain used to rope off the dock and landed on the floor 4 feet below, suffering injuries to the ribs, collarbone, and face. | |||||
2020-08-26 | Belmont | Nh | On The Ball Cut-N-Haul | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
An employee was climbing a tree in order to cut it. His rope failed and he fell 45 feet to the ground, suffering a broken back. | |||||
2020-08-25 | Nottingham | Pa | JB Mushroom Service | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was handling rope attached to a machine. The machine was energized, drawing the rope across the employee's hand and amputating the tips of the index, middle, and ring fingers. | |||||
2020-08-21 | Chicago | Il | Offshore Entertainment Chicago LLC dba River North Boat Club | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
An employee suffered an amputated right index finger while tying a rope around a cleat on a dock to secure a boat. | |||||
2020-08-10 | Berryville | Ar | Carroll Electric Cooperative Corporation | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
Two employees were felling a de-limbed, live tree. They attached a rope to the tree to help control the direction of fall and ensure nothing fell toward the road. As the tree was falling, it went off course and the two employees went separate ways. One of the employees went into the path of the falling tree, which hit the left side of his back and hip area. He broke his left femur, lumbar spine, left hip, and left leg. | |||||
2020-08-07 | Denver | Co | Champion National Security | Multiple body parts | Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing |
On August 7, 2020, at approximately 2:38 AM, two security guards were conducting an exterior patrol of a bus station. The guards directed a person to leave the property for failing to provide a valid ticket. The person then stood up and hit one of the guards on the left side of the face/neck with a metal pole. An altercation ensued; the assailant then pulled out a knife and began striking the injured guard in the left forearm and right hand. The injured guard sustained lacerations to the arm, ha | |||||
2020-08-07 | Los Angeles | Ca | U.S. Postal Service | Nonclassifiable | Animal and insect related incidents |
An employee delivering mail on a route was attacked by a dog from the property. | |||||
2020-07-28 | Boerne | Texas | LineTec Services, LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely |
A crew was working on a single-phase re-conductor project. The digger truck, which was pulling the four-drum puller trailer, had been driven into position to start pulling ropes on a section of line. The puller was at a 90-degree angle to the digger truck to align the drums with the existing poles. The puller then needed to be repositioned. An employee used two safety chains to connect the puller to the winch line from the digger. He then winched up so he could disconnect the puller from the bac | |||||
2020-07-18 | Keystone | Colorado | Adventure Development Team, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
On 7/18/2020, at 1:30 PM, an employee fell from a ropes course while doing some maintenance work. The employee was hospitalized with a dislocated elbow and fractured pelvis. | |||||
2020-07-15 | Walden | Colorado | Silver Spur Operating Company, LLC | Pelvis | Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden |
An employee on a horse was pushing yearlings (cattle) out of the willows to the meadow. The employee was riding his horse over to rope a yearling when the yearling turned quickly, along with the horse. The horse slipped on wet grass and fell on top of the employee. His leg was caught between the horse and the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken pelvis. | |||||
2020-07-15 | Holbrook | New York | Charles M Dwyer Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was moving a generator at a storage yard. While re-adjusting the generator on a trailer, the rope snapped and the employee was ejected from the bucket truck. The employee fell to the ground, hitting the trailer on the way down. The employee sustained fractures to the ribs, hip, and left leg. | |||||
2020-07-14 | Windham | Maine | TLC Tree, LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was assisting with cutting a tree. A branch that was being cut spun on the rope and struck the employee. He was hospitalized with fractures to the ribs and pelvis. |