| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-03 | Marietta | Oh | Mondo Polymer Technologies, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was operating a machine that dumps bales of plastic into a shredder. The platform was in the dump position when the employee noticed there was plastic about to discharge and was concerned it wouldn't enter into the shredder. He climbed up the side of the bale dumper to manually push the plastic towards the hopper and placed his left hand on the upright box tubing frame, which houses the guide wheels. There are two access holes approximately two inches in diameter, which maintenance u | |||||
| 2021-10-30 | Lamesa | Tx | US Agricultural Marketing Service | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a shredder. The vacuum on the shredder sucked the employee's finger into the blades, which amputated the tip of the employee's right middle finger. | |||||
| 2021-08-21 | Mobile | Al | SA Recycling LLC | Multiple face locations | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was walking across a yard. A piece of metal from a shredder struck the employee in the face, causing a laceration and fractures to the face and jaw. | |||||
| 2021-07-23 | Birmingham | Al | SA Recycling LLC | Pelvis | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| A temporary employee was standing on a conveyor when an alarm went off, signaling that a shredder was about to start up. The employee, startled, rolled off the conveyor and fell to the ground about 8-10 feet below. He suffered a broken pelvis and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-07-16 | Austin | Tx | R2 Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was shredding plastic material when their middle finger was pulled into the shredder, resulting in amputation. | |||||
| 2021-02-11 | Milwaukee | Wi | Palermo Villa, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| While operating a cheese shredder in auto production mode, an employee's right index finger was crushed by the pusher arm. | |||||
| 2021-01-06 | Longview | Tx | Thirteen-Two Hospitality, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was placing chicken into a shredder and amputated their right middle finger. | |||||
| 2020-10-13 | Hebron | Oh | Unipac, Inc. | Multiple arm locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was feeding scrap into a shredder and caught his left arm in the conveyor. The employee was hospitalized for injuries to his left bicep and forearm. | |||||
| 2020-09-18 | West Palm Beach | Fl | Covanta Palm Beach Resource Recovery, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was servicing shredder equipment that was jammed and began to have leg cramps. The employee was hospitalized for heat exhaustion. | |||||
| 2020-09-16 | Chicago Heights | Il | Applied Acoustics International | Lumbar region | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
| An employee was using a push aid to unjam shredder output when he felt a pain in his lower back and leg. He was hospitalized for a lower back strain. | |||||
| 2020-08-13 | Fayetteville | Ar | AAF International | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| A temporary employee was attempting to place an empty bin under a shredder. The bin was not in alignment so two co-workers pushed the bin forward while the injured employee guided it through. The injured employee's right thumb was pinched between the bin and the shredder frame. The employee was hospitalized for an open fracture of the right thumb. | |||||
| 2020-06-11 | San Antonio | Texas | Manchester, Inc. | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was removing a lug on a cylinder mount. He fell from the railing, outside the shredder, approximately 12 feet onto concrete and scrap metal. The employee was unconscious and sustained internal bleeding and head injuries. | |||||
| 2019-09-20 | Kansas City | Missouri | MIDWEST SCRAP MANAGEMENT | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was clearing the conveyor belt that fed an auto shredder. A piece of rebar stuck in the conveyor struck the employee's lower left leg, breaking it. | |||||
| 2019-08-26 | Fort Collins | Colorado | Organic Alternatives, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was grinding spent marijuana using a shredder/mulcher. As the employee tried to clear a jam, the grinder blade amputated the employee's left index finger. | |||||
| 2019-07-10 | Concordia | Kansas | Champlin Tire Recycling, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee operating a tire shredder was using a pry bar to free a jammed tire from the tire shredder's conveyor guard. The employee's hands became caught between the pry bar and the guard. The employee sustained four fractured metacarpal bones in the left hand and the right thumb was amputated and later reattached. | |||||
| 2019-04-12 | Burnet | Texas | Reliable Tire Disposal, LLC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee bent down near a conveyor to inspect a jammed tire shredder. The conveyor caught the tail of his jacket, pulling him into the machine and causing broken ribs and lacerations to his right arm. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-03-03 | Boss | Missouri | The Buick Resource Recycling Facility | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was emptying large battery cells into the vibrating pan that feeds a battery shredder. When the cells dumped into the pan they fell against the splash door, pushing the door against his right hand and severing the tips of his middle and ring fingers. | |||||
| 2019-03-01 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | Consolidated Scrap Resources, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working at a shredder. The employee's hand/right arm was wrapped around a conveyor's tail pulley; the employee suffered a broken right wrist and skin damage on the underside of the upper right arm. The employee was hospitalized. The pulley was guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2018-07-19 | Rogers | Arkansas | TRG Rogers, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was cleaning pieces of metal from a catwalk and stairs into an automobile shredder when they began to feel ill and vomited. The employee was hospitalized for heat stress. | |||||
| 2018-04-11 | Arlington | Texas | Packaging Corporation of America | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| A temporary employee was stacking material when the punching equipment line was stopped by other employees so they could address the recycling baler. The temporary employee went to the area around the shredder and was attempting to pull some material from underneath a conveyor when the employee's left hand was caught between the roller and the belt of the conveyor. The employee suffered a crushed left hand, fractured left thumb, and skin removal from the back of the left hand. | |||||
| 2018-03-27 | Chicago | Illinois | Flex-O-Glass, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee walking in the receptionist area tripped over the electrical cord of a paper shredder and fractured her left hip. | |||||
| 2018-03-22 | Hanover Township | Pennsylvania | Nardone Brothers Baking Co. Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was operating cheese shredder when the unit malfunctioned. The employee was troubleshooting the machine when it automatically activated and amputated several of his fingers. | |||||
| 2017-09-20 | Medford | Wisconsin | Marathon Cheese Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On September 20, 2017, at approximately 9:00 p.m., an employee was applying anti-caking material to an in-feed incline belt (inside a shredder feed on a conveyor belt) when the employee's left ring finger was caught between the metal idler pulley and the conveyor, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-09-12 | Cincinnati | Ohio | Cleanlites Recycling, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| A temporary worker amputated four fingers while removing an energized fan situated on top of a dust receptacle bag that collected dust from an attached industrial shredder. The fan was not locked out at the time. | |||||
| 2016-10-04 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | Yaffe Metals | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was working on a shredder. He was pulling a pin with a pin puller when his finger was smashed between two pieces of metal. His finger had to be amputated. | |||||
| 2015-10-30 | Channelview | Texas | Tex Trude, LP | Lower leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On October 30, 2015 at approximately 7:45 PM, an employee was feeding material into the conveyor belt assembly that carries the material to the shredder. The shredder jammed. The employee's leg got caught in the shredder as he pushed material into the shredder. The shredder tore part of his left lower calf and bone. | |||||
| 2015-10-27 | Foley | Alabama | Gilmore Moving & Storage, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was shredding paper at an onsite shredding truck. He climbed up the bin tunnel of the shredding truck and his foot was struck by the shredder ram resulting in crushing injuries. | |||||
| 2015-10-23 | Waxahachie | Texas | West Rock | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee got a finger caught in the shredder machine while unjamming it. | |||||
| 2015-09-04 | Nampa | Idaho | Packaging Corporation of America | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cleaning the shredder with an air wand when the air wand swung back and struck the employee. The employee sustained a laceration from the throat to the ear and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-06-26 | Premont | Texas | Howell Cattle Company, L.P. | Pelvis | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee tried to start a tractor from the outside. The tractor had not been checked to see if it was in gear at the time and it moved forward. The employee got caught by the shredder and was knocked down. The tractor ran over his legs. He was hospitalized with a pelvis broken in two areas. | |||||
| 2015-04-14 | Humble | Texas | Walmart Store 744 | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee attempted to unjam a paper shredder in the pharmacy department. Her left middle finger was pulled in, causing a partial amputation. She was hospitalized and required skin graft surgeries. | |||||
| 2015-03-16 | Burnet | Texas | Reliable Tire Disposal | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee reached into a recycling shredder conveyor to clear tire shred when his arm was pulled into the machine, which was running at the time. | |||||