| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-29 | Sarasota | Fl | Publix Super Markets, Inc. | Head and trunk | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was plugging in a floor scrubber for charging when he tripped over the cord and fell to the ground, resulting in injuries to his left ear and hip. | |||||
| 2021-05-24 | Holdrege | Ne | ABM Janitorial Service - North Central Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped and fell over a floor scrubber in a janitorial closet. The employee suffered a hip contusion. | |||||
| 2021-05-12 | Perrysburg | Oh | Costco Wholesale | Leg(s) | Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating an electric pallet jack and pinned their left leg between the pallet jack and a floor scrubber. The employee's leg was fractured. | |||||
| 2020-09-17 | Newark | Oh | Tamarack Farms Dairy | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was using a walk-behind floor foamer/scrubber when the employee slipped and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken left femur. | |||||
| 2020-09-07 | Big Spring | Tx | Targa WesTex LLC | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was draining gas from a scrubber when a fire erupted and burned the employee's face and hands. | |||||
| 2020-03-05 | Jacksonville | Florida | Sunbelt Rentals, Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| On March 5, 2020, an employee was using a pressure washer to clean a scrubber. When the washer was activated, the wand jumped away from the hose and lacerated his left hand with water (pressurized at 3,500 psi). He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-02-10 | Kingfisher | Oklahoma | Encana Oil and Gas USA | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| At about 8:30 AM, an employee was opening a scrubber pot. Flammable gasses escaped from the pot and ignited. The employee sustained burns to the hands and face and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-09-12 | Longwood | Florida | Publix Super Markets, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking down a hallway when a scrubber machine struck her, causing her to fall over a pallet and break both ankles. | |||||
| 2019-08-13 | Monroe Township | New Jersey | COSTCO | Lower leg(s) | Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating an electric pallet jack behind a floor scrubber when the scrubber stopped and the employee collided with the scrubber's back bumper bar. The employee sustained a fibular fracture to the lower left leg and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-05-08 | Carlisle | Pennsylvania | Allen Distribution | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was running the floor scrubber while other employees were cleaning up glass bottles. One glass bottle was put in the hopper and shattered. A glass fragment hit an employee's head and went into the employee's left eye causing a laceration to the cornea. | |||||
| 2019-04-11 | Valdosta | Georgia | Lowe's Home Centers, LLC | Hand(s) | Contact with cold objects or substances |
| An employee was connecting a propane tank to a sweeper/scrubber machine. The tank began to leak and the employee's right hand was frostbitten by the gas. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-03-13 | Burlington | New Jersey | Milk Industry Management Corp. | Elbow(s) | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| An employee was moving the floor scrubber to an area of the warehouse to drain the water reservoir. He opened the door and proceeded to move the floor scrubber towards the door. The scrubber fell out of the door and the employee jumped off of the scrubber and landed on his right elbow and side causing a right elbow fracture and bruising on the right side of his body. | |||||
| 2019-03-10 | Brooklyn | New York | Maimonides Medical Center | Elbow(s) | Overexertion involving outside sources |
| An employee was helping put a scrubber machine away when he felt a strain and pain in his elbow. | |||||
| 2018-06-13 | Toledo | Ohio | Compass Group | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was scrubbing the floor with a ride along industrial scrubber. The employee stepped off of the scrubber, slipped, and extended her leg. | |||||
| 2018-02-13 | Auburn University | Alabama | Sodexo, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee was operating a vacuum/scrubber machine in the cafeteria when he fell and landed on his left arm resulting in a fracture to the left wrist that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2018-01-12 | Alexander | North Dakota | Zavanna, LLC | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was troubleshooting the natural gas supply for a freshwater heater. The employee opened a valve on a scrubber that released gas and it ignited, burning the employee's legs, hands, and face. | |||||
| 2018-01-11 | Delran | New Jersey | Bowen Engineering Corporation | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was helping to remove a scrubber from a tank and operating a chain fall attached to the scrubber when the chain fall failed, causing the scrubber to fall on his leg. His lower right leg broke, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2017-05-31 | Bedford Heights | Ohio | Majestic Steel USA Inc | Lower leg(s) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
| An employee was operating a floor scrubber when it ran over his right leg, fracturing his fibula. | |||||
| 2017-02-15 | Dahlonega | Georgia | Healthcare Services Group, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was operating a floor scrubber when she slipped, fell, and suffered a hip fracture. | |||||
| 2016-08-01 | Augusta | Georgia | FPL FOOD, LLC | Arm(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was turning on the switch to a scrubber fan pump when the fan pump's pipe burst, causing the chemical inside the pipe to splash on and burn the employee's right arm. | |||||
| 2016-02-26 | Madisonville | Texas | A & P Oil And Gas Company, Llc | Forearm(s) | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| On February 26, 2016, an employee had unloaded a load of salt water from the trailer before bringing it to the shop to help a mechanic remove bolts from the lid on the first hatch to replace the scrubber ball. They tried using vice grips and wrenches, but were unsuccessful. The employee proceeded to use a metal die grinder to attempt to remove the bolts while the mechanic walked to the tool room. Both the employee and the mechanic reported that they heard a whistling sound. At some point the vap | |||||
| 2016-02-09 | Belmont | West Virgini | Avalotis Corporation | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion involving outside sources, n.e.c. |
| On February 9, 2016, at approximately 10:30 PM, an employee was pressure-washing the inside of a scrubber unit and felt a pain in his back. He was hospitalized overnight with a strained back. | |||||
| 2015-12-02 | Warminster | Pennsylvania | Costco, Store #1103 | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee traveling on a forklift stopped quickly when a scrubber cut in front of his machine. The machine's load shifted, so the employee exited the vehicle. He slipped and broke his right leg. | |||||
| 2015-08-27 | Cumming | Georgia | BJ'S Wholesale Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee operating a walk behind floor scrubber suffered a right middle fingertip amputation when he reached under the floor scrubber to unclog it and his finger was caught in the rotating fan. The floor scrubber was running at the time. | |||||
| 2015-08-12 | Worcester | Massachusett | A. SCHULMAN CUSTOM COMPOUNDING NE, INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee received an electric shock while working on an air scrubber also known as a "smog hog." The employee was hospitalized for a night and received medical treatment. | |||||
| 2015-06-20 | Norco | Louisiana | R&H Quality Refractory Services, Inc | Nonclassifiable | Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment |
| Employees were dismantling a scaffolding stairway to make entry into the pro scrubber. The scaffold collapsed when the scaffold cross brace was taken off and the cross brace struck two employees. | |||||
| 2015-05-21 | Waxahachie | Texas | CARDINAL GLASS | Hip(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
| An employee was cleaning out the floor scrubber using a water hose. He went to turn off the fountain and slipped, injuring his left hip. | |||||
| 2015-04-28 | Sheridan | Arkansas | Kohler Company Inc | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
| A maintenance associate was on top of the scrubber unit on the mezzanine level. The guard rails had been removed to allow access for replacement units. The employee walked backwards off the mezzanine to the floor below. | |||||
| 2015-04-08 | Peoria | Illinois | Bodine Services of Peoria, LLC | Forearm(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was jetting tubes for the scrubber cooler tube sheet at ADM. He suffered a laceration when a high-pressure lance grazed his left arm below the elbow. | |||||