Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-28	San Antonio	Tx	Costa Solutions, LLC.	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was walking into work from his vehicle when he was hit by a semi-truck in a loading/unloading zone. He suffered broken bones.
2021-10-27	Armorel	Ar	Paco Steel of Arkansas	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was using an overhead crane to load a steel coil onto a semi-truck when the employee's left little finger was caught between the coil and the crane's C-hook, resulting in a partial amputation.
2021-10-21	Avon	Oh	K.M.U. Trucking & Excavating, LLC	Arm(s)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
On October 21, 2021, an employee exited a semi-truck to begin cleaning out its trailer after dumping dirt. The semi-truck and trailer began rolling backward and struck the employee, who fell to the ground. The trailer tires rolled over the employee's right arm, causing fractures and a degloving injury. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-10-04	Nixon	Tx	Holmes Foods, Inc.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was exiting the cab of a semi-truck when he fell and landed on his hip, resulting in a hip fracture.
2021-09-23	Newburg	Nd	Border Ag & Energy Shop	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was climbing out of a semi-truck when the door handle broke and the employee fell 4 feet to the ground, resulting in a broken right leg.
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.
2021-07-24	Helena	Mt	Big Sky Trucking	Multiple body parts	Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
Two employees were washing a semi-truck on a wash pad in a yard. Near the end of the job, the truck was moved ahead about 30 feet while one of the employees was still on it. The employee fell from the catwalk on the back of the tractor trailer and was run over. The employee suffered a broken pelvis, a broken right femur, and a degloved left thigh. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-07-06	Highlands	Tx	SER Infrastructure Services	Lower leg(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
On July 6, 2021, at approximately 8:30 AM a semi-truck was delivering rebar to the site. As an employee went to the rear of the truck to help guide it, a loader grabbed one side of the rebar and caused the other side to bounce and strike the employee on his left leg. The employee suffered fractures to his tibia and fibula.
2021-06-30	Alexander	Ar	Midwest Truck & Trailer, Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was repairing a semi-truck that was on a jack. The jack shot out from under the truck and struck the employee in the leg, fracturing it.
2021-06-24	Cleveland	Oh	American Marine Express Inc	Fingertip(s)	Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was trying to access the back panel of a semi-truck from the outside. He lost his footing on the catwalk and grabbed the metal edge of the outer frame panel and amputated a fingertip.
2021-04-30	Lubbock	Tx	Anthony Mechanical Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was assisting two co-workers with unloading an air handler from a semi-truck using a forklift and a crane. The equipment fell from the crane while being unloaded from the forklift, hitting the employee and resulting in a fractured right leg.
2021-01-05	Watertown	Sd	Fedex Freight	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee exited their semi-truck in order to chock the tires. The employee slipped on ice directly alongside the driver side door and fell, resulting in a leg injury.
2020-10-13	Boise	Id	Multiquip Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was on a buggy in a driveway, moving trailers to storage and was struck by a semi-truck. The employee sustained contusions to the right side of the body requiring hospitalization.
2020-09-26	Hinton	Ok	Love's Travel Stops	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
While removing a tire from the wheel of a semi-truck, an employee's left ring finger was caught between a tool and the wheel. The finger was partially amputated.
2020-09-17	Clayton	Oh	Twin Rivers Construction, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway
On September 17, 2020, at 1:00 AM, two employees were working in a lift painting a bridge on an interstate overpass when the lift malfunctioned. They were attempting to exit the lift when a semi-truck struck them. They were both hospitalized with broken bones.
2020-08-19	Clinton	Ms	Werner Enterprises, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was standing on the ladder/steps of a semi-truck. While swatting at a bug, the employee fell to the ground and fractured the left tibia.
2020-08-11	Oklahoma City	Ok	TA Operating LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
An employee was working on the driveline of a semi-truck when the driveline shaft fell onto their fingers. Two fingers were amputated.
2020-07-26	Spearfish	South Dakota	KNECHT, LLC	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was conducting a safety inspection of a semi-truck when he missed a step and fell off the truck, hitting his head on the floor.
2020-03-15	Naples	Florida	Quality Enterprises USA, Inc.	Brain	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was entering the cab of a semi-truck when he slipped from the handle and step of the truck. The employee fell backwards and struck his head on the ground. He was unconscious for a few seconds and was bleeding from the nose and ears.
2020-01-20	Huntley	Illinois	R&R Truck Repairs	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by other falling powered vehicle
On January 20, 2020, an employee was working under a semi-truck that was on a jack. The employee was changing tires and doing an oil change when the truck slipped from the jack and crushed the employee's chest.
2019-08-31	Watford City	North Dakota	Blackduck Power Equipment, Inc	Arm(s)	Vehicle or machinery fire
An employee was cleaning a semi-truck engine when his right arm caught on fire, sustaining second or third degree burns.
2019-08-21	Boise	Idaho	Pacific Hide & Fur Depot, Inc	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was run over by a semi-truck while directing traffic in the recycle yard, suffering full-body, right-side injuries.
2019-05-31	Cameron	Missouri	UPS Freight	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Shooting by other person-intentional
An employee driving his scheduled route in a semi-truck was shot in the left shoulder, in a random act of violence, and was hospitalized.
2019-05-20	Northwood	Ohio	Jam Tire, Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
On May 20, 2019, an employee was pushing a semi-truck to be placed onto a jack stand and slipped. The truck rolled over his left leg and fractured it. The employee also sustained a bruised right leg.
2019-05-08	Baileyton	Alabama	Tyson Foods, Inc.	Brain	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
A truck driver was climbing into the cab of his semi-truck when he lost his footing and fell backwards to the ground and struck his head.
2019-04-16	Selah	Washington	Quest Global, Inc.	Hip(s)	Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee jumped down from his semi-truck, lost balance, and fell to the ground, fracturing his hip.
2019-02-22	Media	Pennsylvania	WAWA	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
A driver was exiting his semi-truck, missed the last step and fell to the ground fracturing a hip.
2019-01-14	Joplin	Missouri	Williams Food Works	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was unloading a semi-truck into a route truck when the employee's feet became tangled in plastic wrap. The employee tripped and fell off the truck to the ground, suffering a concussion.
2018-08-08	Obetz	Ohio	Ryder Integrated Logistics	Lower leg(s)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee was using a forklift to load a semi-truck trailer. The employee set the forklift brake, got off of the forklift, and walked to the front of the forks. The forklift moved forward and pinched the employee's left calf between the double forks of a slip sheet attachment. The employee suffered a left calf laceration and was hospitalized.
2018-05-03	Tampa	Florida	Frank Gutierrez Trucking	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was climbing up a step to access the cab of a semi-truck when the employee slipped and fell to the ground, suffering three broken ribs and a partially deflated lung.
2018-02-28	Pueblo	Colorado	Cardinal Logistics Management Corp	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was unloading a flatbed trailer attached to a semi-truck. The employee was on the load while a PIT operator was trying to adjust the load that had shifted. A steel plate broke from its binding and sliced into the employee's left leg just above the ankle, resulting in hospitalization.
2018-02-27	Mitchell	South Dakota	Trail-Eze, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was hooking up the hydraulic and electrical lines from a trailer to a semi-truck when the employee lost balance on the semi sidestep and fell face-first to the ground. The employee suffered internal bleeding and was hospitalized.
2018-01-04	Big Spring	Texas	KHP Global, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Struck by other falling powered vehicle
An employee had jacked the cab of a semi-truck up to get underneath it and perform maintenance when it slipped off the jack and struck the employee.
2017-10-07	Douglas	Georgia	Premium Peanut, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c.
An employee was standing next to a semi-truck and trailer when the employee's clothing became caught in the trailer. The truck pulled away, and the employee was crushed between the trailer and the ground, and then between the trailer and a guardrail. The employee suffered a broken tibia and fibula.
2017-08-11	Jackson	Mississippi	LKQ Heavy Truck Jackson	Face	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was cutting a radiator from a semi-truck using a cutting torch when he cut a Freon line. The Freon ignited, causing second and third degree burns to his face.
2017-08-05	Omaha	Nebraska	Ford Storage & Moving Company	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was stepping out of a semi-truck when he slipped on a wet step and struck the ground, straining his right knee and spraining his left wrist.
2017-05-23	Kansas City	Kansas	American Red Cross	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was clipped by a semi-truck while driving a company bus. The employee was taking photos of the damage when the semi attempted to flee the scene and struck the employee, chipping a bone in the employee's neck.
2017-05-02	Clermont	Florida	A1 Concrete Services, LLC.	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
An employee was dismounting a vehicle at a highway construction site when a semi-truck veered into the construction zone and struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized with cuts and lacerations.
2017-03-15	Parker	Colorado	Rio Grande Co.	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on the bed of the semi-truck throwing bundles of rebar onto the ground. When the employee went to throw a bundle of rebar onto the ground, the end of the rebar caught his glove dislodging him from the semi-truck onto a concrete sidewalk resulting in a head injury.
2017-03-08	Houston	Texas	Preferred Freezer Services of Houston Express, LLC	Head and trunk	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was preparing a trailer for a semi-truck to hook up to it. When the semi-truck backed up to connect to the trailer, the employee was struck and pushed under the trailer. The employee was hospitalized for injuries to his upper torso and jaw.
2017-01-30	Woodland Park	Colorado	Pinnacle Constructors & Spc	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on top of the semi-truck unloading steel joists when the load shifted and struck the employee. The employee fell and hit his head on a concrete block.
2016-10-12	Desoto	Texas	Marten Transport Ltd.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee missed a step and fell from a stationary semi-truck injuring their back.
2016-08-29	Oakley	Kansas	Pioneer Feed Yard	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee slipped and fell 2.5 feet off the semi-truck. The employee was hospitalized for broken ribs and a punctured lung.
2016-07-19	Plumerville	Arkansas	Rains Trucking, Inc.	Multiple pelvic region locations	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c.
One of the wheels of a semi-truck was trapped in a hole. The truck's driver asked an on-site employee to hook the truck to a yard dog so they could pull the truck's wheel out of the hole. The on-site employee hooked the truck to the yard dog and then boarded and operated the yard dog. As the yard dog began pulling, the brakes on the yard dog malfunctioned, causing it to move backwards. The driver of the semi-truck was standing between the semi-truck and the yard dog, and was crushed between the
2016-07-08	Rogerson	Idaho	JR Simplot Company	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was crushed between hay bales being loaded into a semi-truck trailer, rupturing his small intestine and crushing his pelvis and shoulder.
2016-06-06	San Marcos	Texas	El Milagro of Texas, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was picking up sample bags of corn from shelves adjacent to a semi-truck. The semi-truck moved forward and struck the employee's ankle resulting in an injury that required surgery.
2016-03-26	Edwardsville	Illinois	Swift Transportation	Arm(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
On 03/26/2016, at 6:00 p.m., an employee exited a semi-truck and trailer and was providing backing directions to a driver who was reversing a second semi-truck and trailer. The driver did not see the stop signal and continued backing the truck into the injured employee's truck and trailer. The employee's right arm was caught between the two trailers. The employee was hospitalized with a broken right arm.
2016-03-24	Springdale	Arkansas	Sharum's Garden Center NWA, Inc.	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Sudden start or stop, nonroadway
An employee was unloading a pallet of pavers from a semi-truck with a tractor. The pallet of pavers shifted forward and fell off the tractor, causing it to jerk backward. The jerking of the tractor caused the neck of the employee to whip back, fracturing his C5 vertebrae. He experienced numbness in both arms and was hospitalized.
2016-03-22	Tinley Park	Illinois	ITS Technologies & Logistics, Inc.	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Nonclassifiable
An employee injured his foot and leg while inspecting a semi-truck in an icy parking lot.
2015-11-14	Foreman	Arkansas	Ruan Transportation Management Systems	Knee(s)	Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
An employee was getting out of his semi-truck after parking in the terminal yard. The ground location where the employee parked was an uneven surface. As he stepped out of the truck, he heard a snap in his leg. He was hospitalized for knee surgery.
2015-11-13	Von Ormy	Texas	Transport America	Pelvis	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
On 11/13/15, at 10:45 p.m., an employee was struck by a semi-truck in the parking lot. The employee suffered a broken pelvis.
2015-09-28	Waukesha	Wisconsin	Russel Metals Williams Bahcall Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was delivering metal product to a customer's facility by semi-truck. He hooked a load of material to the customer's overhead crane. In the process of moving the material from the truck, his finger got caught between the metal load, amputating his left fingertip up to the first knuckle.
2015-08-17	Marion	Ohio	Triad Transport, Inc.	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee stepped from a semi-truck onto a curb that was 7" high. His ankle gave out and he fell to the ground on his right hip. He sustained a compression fracture of the L2 vertebra.
2015-07-20	Brooksville	Florida	DAB CONSTRUCTORS	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
An employee was performing milling work, taking up asphalt. The employee was struck by a semi-truck making a right turn.
2015-07-07	Columbus	Ohio	Royal Paper Stock Company, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
On or about July 7, 2015, an employee, sweeping out a semi-truck trailer, was injured and hospitalized when he/she was caught between the wall of the trailer and a fork lift truck that was loading a bale of paper into the trailer.
2015-05-31	Tuttle	Oklahoma	W.H. Braum Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was struck by a semi-truck while walking to his vehicle in the parking lot.
2015-05-27	Cleveland	Ohio	CLEVELAND PETERBILT	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was sorting parts in the parking lot when a semi-truck owned and operated by the employer backed into him, causing a right leg laceration and fracture. The employee was taken to the hospital and admitted overnight for observation.
2015-05-07	Ennis	Texas	JB Hunt Transport	Thigh(s)	Jump to lower level
An employee was exiting his semi-truck when he noticed a puddle of water outside the driver's side door. To avoid getting his feet wet, he stepped between the cab of the truck and the trailer to get to the passenger side. He dismounted the truck from the passenger side and landed in an awkward position, breaking his right leg between the hip and the knee.
2015-04-07	Sturtevant	Wisconsin	Univeral Truckload Services, Inc.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was unhooking the air hoses and components of a tractor trailer so he could separate the trailer from the tractor semi-truck. As he stepped down from unhooking the components, he missed the second step and fell to the ground, breaking his left hip. The employee was hospitalized and underwent hip surgery.
2015-03-22	Salem	South Dakota	Matheson Postal	Brain	Fall on same level
An employee fell backwards and hit his/her head on the ground while approaching a semi-truck to open the door. The employee was hospitalized.
2015-03-18	Fort Worth	Texas	Fed-ex Freight, Inc	Foot (feet)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was closing a semi-truck trailer door when the cable to the door broke; the trailer door slammed onto his foot.
2015-02-06	Denison	Texas	Sunset Logistics	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
The employee was cleaning the windshield of a semi-truck with the hood of the truck open. He finished cleaning the windshield and went to step down when his wedding ring caught on the hood. The weight of the employee's body and the ring being caught on the hood caused the hood to cut the employee's finger. The finger was later amputated at the hospital.
2015-01-07	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Fed Ex Freight	Foot(feet) and knee(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
Employee sustained crushing foot and knee injuries when a 4' x 6' steel semi-truck loading dock plate fell on top of the employee. The event required hospitalization of employee who is currently undergoing knee surgery and estimates are he will be in the hospital for two to four days.