| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-17 | Springfield | Mo | French's Mustard Plant | Upper extremities | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a jam on an onion line when a screw driver they were holding got caught in the diverter, resulting in an injury and subsequent amputation. | |||||
| 2019-02-11 | Fort Myers | Florida | Conditioned Air Company of Naples, LLC | Eye(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was breaking loose a sheet metal duct connection that was sealed with pure duct seal using a flat head screw driver. The screwdriver slipped and struck his left eye. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-06-04 | Cincinnati | Ohio | Monarch Construction Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was changing a screw driver drill bit while holding a hammer and small pry bar under one arm. The drill activated and caught the employee's glove and the pry bar resulting in amputation of the right index finger at the third knuckle. | |||||
| 2016-04-26 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | FLUIDICS, INC. | Knee(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| On Tuesday 4/26/16, at about 1 PM, an employee was installing a control panel on a cooling tower. The employee dropped his screw driver and it rolled under the cooling tower. When the employee knelt down to retrieve the screw driver, his knee landed on some wire debris. He required surgery to remove the wire debris. | |||||
| 2016-02-29 | Sulphur | Oklahoma | MAHARD EGG FARM | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
| The employee jump started a farm tractor with a screw driver. The tractor was in gear and the throttle advanced. The tractor started and ran over the employee resulting in multiple fractures. | |||||
| 2015-09-25 | Denver City | Texas | Northern Natural Gas Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was repairing a cooling fan and replacing the fan belt. The employee was using a screw driver to put the belt on when it slipped, catching the employee's finger between the pulley and fan belt. The employee's left fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2015-03-09 | Van Buren | Arkansas | TYSON FOODS, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to clean residue off of the trim take-away conveyor motor with a screw driver. The employee's right index fingertip was amputated. | |||||