| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-23 | Tucker | Ga | BRAND VAUGHN LUMBER CO. | Ankle(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was using industrial shears to cut bands from stacked lumber. The loose lumber then struck the employee's left leg and fractured his ankle. | |||||
| 2020-05-29 | Meeker | Colorado | ROCKY MOUNTAIN YOUTH CORPS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was moving a backpack with a pair of lopping shears attached to the side when the shears opened and amputated his right index finger. | |||||
| 2019-06-04 | Elizabeth | New Jersey | Jacobson & Company, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was confirming measurements on the fascia/soffits. While dismounting the ladder, he lost balance, caught his foot on the front rail of the ladder, and fell onto metal cutting shears that impaled his right side. He suffered injury to his kidney, liver and colon. | |||||
| 2019-02-05 | South Plainfield | New Jersey | Insulation Materials Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using shears when his hand got close to the shears, resulting in a finger amputation. | |||||
| 2018-07-05 | Houston | Texas | Recycling Technology Consultants, LLC | Thigh(s) | Struck, caught, or crushed in collapsing structure, equipment, or material, n.e.c. |
| An employee was tasked with cutting a bale that had a combination of plastic and cardboard. He was using a pair of shears to cut the wire banding when the bale collapsed onto his left leg, breaking his femur. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-06-05 | El Paso | Texas | Lopez Scrap Metal, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was segregating metal at the recycling shop when he cut his thumb with metal shears, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2017-05-31 | Lake Wales | Florida | General Engines Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using metal shears when the shear amputated his left fourth finger. | |||||
| 2016-09-03 | Sarasota | Florida | Brightview Landscape Services, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee became overheated and suffered heat stress/dehydration while using power shears. | |||||
| 2016-08-08 | Winter Garden | Florida | B&M Landscape Concepts, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was trimming shrubs with gas-powered shears when the shears amputated his right-hand index fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-12-03 | Hartford | South Dakota | Central States Manufacturing, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee attempted to retrieve a small strip of scrap metal behind the shears. The employee's foot actuated the machine via the treadle while the employee's fingers were in the point of operation, amputating the right middle fingertip. | |||||