Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-04-07 | White Sands Missile Range | Nm | U.S. Border Patrol - El Paso Sector | Nonclassifiable | Nonclassifiable |
An employee was moving sandbags when they became dizzy. | |||||
2021-02-15 | Kingwood | Tx | Kingwood Emergency Hospital | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was taking sandbags to an emergency room ambulance bay. He slipped on ice and fell, breaking his left arm. | |||||
2020-07-19 | Joint Base Lewis Mcchord | Washington | Brice Civil Constructors | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Employees were setting large sandbags along the edge of a retaining wall using an excavator to lift the bags into place. An employee was attaching the hook when his right index finger was caught between the hook and the nylon strap. When the load was lifted, the finger was amputated at the first knuckle. | |||||
2019-04-30 | Latham | New York | Lancaster Development, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was attaching sandbag straps to a lifting chain hook in preparation for lifting a bag when the employee's right thumb was pinched between the strap and chain hook. The tip of the thumb was amputated. | |||||
2017-08-31 | Jacksonville | Florida | Progressive Environmental Services, Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level |
An employee was carrying a sandbag when the employee lost their footing and fell to the same level, suffering neck pain and a shoulder sprain/strain. |