| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-12 | Port Wentworth | Ga | Anatolia Tile + Stone | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| A warehouse coordinator was receiving skids of product (tiles) while a forklift operator was putting the skids back into the staging lanes. While placing the skids of tile, the skids fell on top of the warehouse coordinator who suffered a broken pelvis and five broken ribs. | |||||
| 2021-04-29 | Pell City | Al | GORBEL, INC., ALABAMA DIVISION | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was assisting a shipper with preparing a workstation crane and its components for shipment. The crane measured 390 inches long and 12 inches high. The employee was helping the shipper manually turn a bridge on skids from a vertical position to a horizontal position when the bridge struck the tip of their left middle finger, pinching it between the skid and the bridge. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation without bone loss. | |||||
| 2021-04-27 | Broadview | Il | Chase Products Co. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion involving outside sources |
| An employee was loading skids with product and began to experience chest pains. | |||||
| 2021-04-25 | Pine Bluff | Ar | Calpine Corporation | Multiple body parts | Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids |
| On April 25, 2021, at 8:56 AM, natural gas pressure increased at the fuel skids which activated one of the pressure safety valves. An employee was dispatched to shut off the gas supply remotely. Natural gas discharged from the PSV and accumulated in four adjacent enclosures that house operating equipment. The gas vapors ignited and an explosion occurred. The employee was burned on both arms and hands, their face, and lower torso. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-02-03 | Sidney | Oh | Playtex Manufacturing, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was moving skids using a pallet jack. The employee tripped over the pallet jack and fell to the floor. The employee sustained fractures to his left leg. | |||||
| 2020-08-24 | New Castle | De | SUMMIT STEEL | Heel(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was placing steel angles on skids. Multiple steel angles fell off a skid, dislocating and fracturing the employee's heels. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-03-02 | Ault | Colorado | Huwa Enterprises | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was placing wood skids, setting a cradle for 36-inch steel pipe while the operator turned it to set it in place. A skid fell and smashed the employee's right hand against a piece of pipe. The employee's thumb was partially amputated. | |||||
| 2019-08-30 | El Paso | Texas | Focus Logistics Inc. | Brain | Ran off driving surface, nonroadway |
| An employee was loading skids on a trailer with a forklift. The trailer truck moved away from the dock door and the forklift fell 4 feet to the ground. The employee suffered back and neck injuries and a concussion. | |||||
| 2019-08-09 | York | Pennsylvania | Adept Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cutting a wooden board with a saw to make skids when the board kicked back and the sawblade hit his left thumb, resulting in a thumb amputation. | |||||
| 2019-07-01 | Melbourne | Florida | IH Services | Upper and lower limb(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| While taking recycling debris to a dumpster, an employee tripped on wooden skids in the path. She fell to the concrete and injured her knees, hand, and elbow. She was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-04-26 | York | Pennsylvania | Kloeckner Metals - York | Brain | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee was inspecting the bottom part of a stack of skids when a powered industrial truck's forks struck the employee in the back of the head/neck, causing a possible concussion. | |||||
| 2018-07-30 | North Little Rock | Arkansas | HALL TANK COMPANY LLC | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| A temporary employee (from Hughes Agency) was using an overhead crane to lift skids for a fuel tank. The rigging slipped, causing the metal frame to tip over onto the employee. The employee sustained a fracture to the left lower leg and was hospitalized after surgery. | |||||
| 2018-07-06 | Solon | Ohio | Royal Appliance Mfg. Co. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| On July 6, 2018, a temporary employee was scanning skids for order picking. A stand-up picker turned, and its load of double-stacked product pallets fell off its forks. A pallet fell onto the employee's lower left leg and fractured a bone. | |||||
| 2018-05-21 | New Berlin | Wisconsin | KS Energy Services | Thigh(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was placing skids for pipes that needed to be unloaded when a mechanical lifting device failed, allowing a steel pipe to hit the employee's right leg. The employee sustained a broken right femur. | |||||
| 2018-01-12 | Snyder | Texas | DXP Enterprises, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was moving a metal skid that was leaned up against a wall. When he moved the skid, two or three skids behind it shifted forward, causing the skid to fall on top of him. He then fell and struck his head on the ground, fracturing his skull and his femur. | |||||
| 2017-06-20 | Beallsville | Ohio | Michels Pipeline Construction | Foot (feet) | Fall, slip, trip |
| On June 20, 2017, an employee was working on a pipe while standing on skids stacked on the pipeline. The employee was closing the valve on the pipe so it could be tested for leaks when the skids shifted and the employee fell. The flange of the pipeline hit the employee's right foot, amputating it from the ball of the foot forward. | |||||
| 2017-03-23 | Elk Grove Village | Illinois | Geodis USA, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
| On March 23, 2017, an employee was using a forklift to unload skids in a trailer when a box fell from a pallet. The employee stopped the forklift and applied the emergency brakes. While he was bending over to pick up the box, the forklift rolled and the forks ran into his ankle, pinning him against the skid in the trailer. His left ankle was fractured. | |||||
| 2017-03-13 | Binghamton | New York | SODEXO DINING SERVICES | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell off a loading dock while cleaning it and moving skids, sustaining skull and rib fractures. | |||||
| 2017-02-22 | Chambersburg | Pennsylvania | Hobby Lobby | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| The employee was unloading skids from a truck when his right index finger was caught under the skid, cutting the ligament. | |||||
| 2016-10-11 | Saint Augustine | Florida | Owen Electric Company, Inc. | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee and a coworker strapped an industrial site plan printer onto a forklift's long skid to take it to the second floor. The employee was on the forklift's skids when he fell 10 feet to the first floor of the warehouse, suffering lower back injuries that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-06-28 | Birmingham | Alabama | Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle |
| An employee was operating a forklift to transport wooden skids/pallets when the forklift struck a concrete post in the warehouse. The employee was hospitalized with possible back and leg injuries. | |||||
| 2016-01-06 | East Rutherford | New Jersey | Allied Building Products, Corp. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was working on the bed of a truck and was attempting to position a V-Board. The employee stepped over shingle skids to strap the load down and fell sideways off the truck, fracturing ribs. | |||||
| 2015-10-28 | Tampa | Florida | Architectural Testing, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was in the warehouse area attaching extension bars to the forklift. The extension bars are for longer skids. The extension bar slid off his hand and his right hand got caught between the extension bar and the fork causing the partial amputation of his ring finger. | |||||
| 2015-06-06 | Platteville | Wisconsin | Blain Supply, Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee's hand was crushed by a skidsteer rock bucket as it was being taken off of a pallet. | |||||
| 2015-05-11 | Barnesville | Ohio | Pipeline Energy Group Dba Carl Smith Pipeline | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee delivering and removing skids was injured while unloading 12-inch clamps from the flatbed of the truck. The clamps got caught on the employee's clothing and pulled him off of the truck, injuring his lower back. | |||||