| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-21 | Fountain | Co | Rice & Rice Inc | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Sudden start or stop, nonroadway |
| An employee was using a construction vehicle to push a scraper in front of him to align it. He engaged his push block, and it went over the push bumper. When the scraper came off, the force thrashed him around inside his cab. The control arm/joystick punctured his abdomen. | |||||
| 2021-07-15 | Princeton | Mo | Smithfield Hog Production - Missouri | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was starting a pit scraper machine. The employee's right middle finger was caught in the machine's belt and pulley system. The fingertip was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2021-06-24 | Dansville | Ny | LMC Industrial Contractors, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was deburring a metal beam with a hand scraper. During the de-burring process, the steel beam material was advanced by the CNC machine, pinching the employee's left ring finger between the bottom of the beam and the top of a roller. The employee suffered a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2021-02-18 | Washington | Ga | Yancey Bros. Co. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a chisel and hammer to separate and remove a bearing in the axle of a road scraper machine. One of the tools struck his left thumb, resulting in the partial amputation of the thumb tip at the end of the nail. | |||||
| 2021-02-15 | Braintree | Ma | FireKing Baking Company, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working at the production area on the dough forming line. The employee was waiting for the next batch of dough to be run and went to scrape the excess dough. The employee dropped his dough scraper into the hopper. While trying to get the scraper, his right hand was severely lacerated and crushed by the rotating star cutters. | |||||
| 2020-10-20 | Russellville | Al | B&B Roadway and Security Solutions, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was using a scraper or a hand-grinder to clean weld splatter on a stanchion from a towable gate. A steel part fell and broke the employee's lower left leg. | |||||
| 2020-09-21 | Scotia | Ny | Codino's Food, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| While cleaning a conveyor belt an employee was removing a piece of product and his finger was caught between the moving conveyor belt and scraper. The pad of the fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-06-04 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Philly Pretzel Factory | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was using a scraper to clean the inside of a pretzel auger machine. Her hand was caught and injured by the auger's spinning coil. | |||||
| 2020-05-07 | Buford | Georgia | CYCLONE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating a scraper when the cushion hitch closed, restricting the shock-absorbing capabilities of the scraper loaded with soil. The employee hit an obscure bump on the haul road and as a result experienced a back injury that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2020-02-01 | Rochelle | Illinois | ROCHELLE FOODS, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On February 1, 2020, a maintenance employee was cleaning the roller of a bacon transfer conveyor also known as the precook bacon machine. The employee was scraping a rotating roller with a 2x4 (approximately) scraper while working inside the Ready to Eat (RTE) room. While cleaning, the scraper slipped and the employee's left index fingertip was caught and amputated between the moving roller and a metal bar. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2020-01-31 | Bloomfield | Missouri | PRECISION TERMINAL LOGISTICS | Thoracic region | Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway |
| An employee was loading his machine (scraper) on a clay slope at approximately 5:10 AM. The scraper hit an uneven surface and jostled the employee in the seat. The employee immediately felt a sharp pain in their back and was hospitalized for a T12 fracture. | |||||
| 2020-01-06 | Gassaway | West Virgini | Waste Management of West Virginia, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was dumping an 8-yard rear-load container. A piece of furniture was caught between the scraper blade and the hopper seal. When the blade came down, it kicked the container off the truck and into the employee, who suffered bruising to the kidney, spleen, and liver, as well as possible fractures to ribs and/or vertebrae. | |||||
| 2019-07-26 | Smyrna | Georgia | Wastebuilt Environmental Solutions | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was prepping a truck for painting when a paint scraper grazed the employee's left hand, injuring the middle finger. | |||||
| 2019-06-24 | New York | New York | Ralph Lauren Corporation | Hand(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| On 6/24/2019, an employee was using a 4-inch blade scraper to remove vinyl from a store fixture when the scraper cut the employee's left hand, causing tendon, nerve, and artery damage that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2019-06-06 | Bowling Green | Ohio | Mid-Wood, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level |
| On June 6, 2019, a grain elevator operator was cleaning out a grain bin using a long scraper to scrape the residual grain from the edges while standing on a ladder. The ladder cannot be opened in the area due to the conveyor belt running down the middle. The employee leaned the ladder up against the wall and climbed up to perform the scraping duties. The employee's foot hit the moving conveyor causing the ladder and the employee to fall over. The employee landed on the conveyor and was dragged u | |||||
| 2019-05-13 | Pocatello | Idaho | Western Construction, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was using a scraper to clean debris from an asphalt paver when his safety vest became caught on the paver and he was pulled in toward the auger. He was hospitalized with second and third degree burns from the mid-torso to the armpit. The paver was running at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2019-03-18 | Brownsville | Texas | Rich Products Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was cleaning the scraper bar on a freezer belt exit. The employee's right ring finger was caught between the scraper and the belt; the top knuckle (right under the nailbed) and finger pad were amputated. | |||||
| 2019-01-10 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | ESAB Group, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was performing a cleaning task at the start of a product change-over on the production line. The machine includes a free-floating pan and scraper drum. The employee's left arm became trapped between the pan and drum causing a laceration and fracture. | |||||
| 2018-07-26 | Rapid City | South Dakota | L & L Insulation, Inc | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| A floor scraper's blade cut the palm of an employee's right hand. | |||||
| 2018-05-04 | Rome | Georgia | Kellogg | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was cleaning the crimper edges on a crimper machine with a scraper when the lid of the machine came down on her right middle finger, causing an amputation. | |||||
| 2018-01-19 | Mason | Ohio | De Am-Ron Buildings Systems, LLC | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet |
| While cleaning a concrete deck with a hand scraper, an employee stepped on a covered opening and fell approximately 10 feet to the ground below, fracturing both wrists and three back vertebrae. | |||||
| 2017-09-17 | Vineland | New Jersey | ADM COMPANY | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was manually putting product into the emulsifying machine. The plastic scraper fell inside the unguarded point of operation and the employee tried to retrieve it. The auger located at the point of operation caused multiple injuries to the employee's right arm. | |||||
| 2017-08-25 | Martins Ferry | Ohio | NICKLES BAKERY, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was scraping the top of a machine with a small handheld scraper when the scraper fell into the machine. As the employee was trying to retrieve it, the machine's moving parts amputated the employee's right middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-03-31 | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was using a scraper to remove and clean dough off a mixer and caught a finger in the spinning chain and sprocket severing the fingertip. The mixer was not locked out at the time. | |||||
| 2017-01-26 | Alliance | Ohio | Winkle Industries | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was dismantling a furnace scraper when a part of the scraper weighing approximately 40,000 lbs. fell on his right foot amputating multiple toes. | |||||
| 2017-01-09 | Vail | Colorado | Hotel Talisa | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was outside a parking booth, using an ice scraper/breaker to break up ice on the ground, when ice/snow slid off the roof/side of the parking garage and struck her in the neck and head. She suffered a neck sprain/strain and required surgery. | |||||
| 2016-10-17 | New Johnsonville | Tennessee | AECOM | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was removing spoils from the tailgate of a dump truck using a scraper (flat shovel). While maneuvering near the tailgate, he tripped over a dirt clod roughly the size of a basketball and fell on the ground. He got up and fell again, breaking his left ankle, tibia, and fibula and requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2016-09-26 | Valdosta | Georgia | Alpha ProTech Engineered Products, Inc | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a moving printer roller with a paint scraper while holding a rag in his left hand. The rag became caught inside the printer roller and anilox roller gears, pulling his left hand in and causing an amputation. | |||||
| 2016-09-08 | Penfield | Pennsylvania | Glenn O Hawbaker, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was cleaning asphalt material from the back of a truck with a scraper when the truck's tailgate moved and trapped his right pinky finger in a pinch point, amputating it to the second joint. | |||||
| 2016-07-19 | Booneville | Mississippi | ACCO Brands Corporation | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| At 4:15 p.m. on 7/18, an employee was cleaning a hot polymer glue press-pot using a scraper. The scraper broke, which caused both hands and her left forearm to come into contact with the hot glue. She sustained second degree burns to the palms and fingers of both hands and to the left forearm. | |||||
| 2016-06-21 | Palmerton | Pennsylvania | Horsehead Corporation | Lower leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a scraper on a moving belt conveyor when the tail pulley severely lacerated the employee's left calf muscle. The employee was hospitalized overnight. | |||||
| 2015-11-25 | Chicago | Illinois | THE LUSE COMPANIES, INC. | Wrist(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| On November 25, 2015, an employee was removing floor tiles with a razor scraper hand tool. While he attempted to replace a blade on the razor scraper, the blade contacted and deeply lacerated his wrist, possibly damaging tendons. | |||||
| 2015-10-30 | Fort Smith | Arkansas | Twin Rivers Foods Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was cleaning the scraper belt and lacerated his left thumb when his glove was caught between the scraper belt and the freezer line. | |||||
| 2015-09-24 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Insulation Coating and Consultants, LLC | Arm(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was using a scraping pole to scrape spray foam from studs while standing on the floor. He moved to work on a lift and when he finished the work from the lift, he came down and made contact with the pole scraper blade, lacerating his right arm. | |||||
| 2015-09-17 | Pompano Beach | Florida | Publix Super Markets, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was setting up scrapers to clean the floor. The scrapers were in a cart and when one of them was falling off the cart, the employee tried to catch it and lacerated his right thumb. | |||||
| 2015-08-17 | Luther | Oklahoma | Manhattan Road and Bridge | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
| An employee had finished repairing the scraper and was pulling in the outriggers on his work truck. As he pulled up the outriggers, the truck rolled backwards and pinned him between the scraper and truck, breaking his back. | |||||
| 2015-05-18 | Boulder | Colorado | Boulder Brands | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was injured when he fell/slipped while performing clean up/janitorial services. He was cleaning equipment with a dough scraper, water bucket, and towel. He was attempting to retrieve a tool when he slipped and fell, pinning his right arm under his body and breaking his right arm. | |||||
| 2015-03-11 | Alton | Illinois | Azcon Corporation | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a shovel to clear the conveyor. The shovel got caught in the scraper, which pulled both the shovel and employee's hand into it. | |||||
| 2015-01-23 | Winnsboro | Texas | Key Energy Services Incorporated | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| A crew of employees was performing workover services. The crew was attempting to break out a crossover sub, on top of the casing scraper, using tongs. The employee was using a 36-inch wrench on top of the tongs. The tong operator engaged the tong before the employee removed his hand. The tong pinched the employee's finger between the tong and the wrench. The employee lost the fingertip of his right middle finger. | |||||