Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-12	Fort Morgan	Co	Cargill Meat Solutions	Jaw, chin	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was attempting to pick up a hide from the ground while holding a skinning knife in one hand and lacerated his chin.
2021-11-10	Cape Coral	Fl	Facility Gateway Corporation	Hand(s)	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was connecting batteries to an uninterruptible power supply system. A few batteries shorted out, causing second-degree burns to his hands. He was hospitalized, requiring skin grafts.
2021-11-01	Philadelphia	Pa	Samuels and Son Seafood Co.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a fish skinning machine. The machine caught the employee's left hand, causing ligament damage and partial degloving.
2021-10-22	Kings Bay	Ga	Crown Corr, Inc.	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was removing old sheet metal panels from a roof when he fell 15 feet to the ground, resulting in a skull fracture, 11 broken ribs, and skin lacerations to his arm and back of the neck.
2021-10-12	Russells Point	Oh	HONDA TRANSMISSION MANUFACTURING	Multiple head locations	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On October 12, 2021, an employee was reaching to retrieve a dropped bolt starter, which had landed in a tray under the rollers on an assembly line. The rollers caught the employee's bangs and removed skin from the employee's hair line to below the nose.
2021-09-20	Conneautville	Pa	J N Pallet Company, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
The injured employee had been placing pallet stringers (rough cut wood) into the hoppers for a nailing machine. The injured employee was removing a jammed piece of wood from a hopper while the operator of the nailing machine was also trying to unjam the wood. A metal bar moved and pinched the injured employee's finger against the jammed wood causing an avulsion injury to the fingernail and skin of the fingertip. The employee's finger required surgery that involved trimming the bone of the finger
2021-09-15	Sheridan	Ar	Signode Multi-wall Division	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was trying to remove excess glue from a roller on the top of a compression belt on a panel line. Her left hand was pulled into the machine, which pulled back the skin on the back of her hand.
2021-09-07	Bryan	Tx	Sanderson Farms. Inc.	Forearm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was using a spray hose to clean conveyors when her forearm became caught in a conveyor belt. Skin was removed from the forearm.
2021-09-03	Batesville	Ms	Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was troubleshooting an applicator roller on a can printer. The roller activated and pulled in the employee's right hand. The skin was torn off the hand and palm and the little finger was crushed.
2021-08-25	Oakwood	Ga	PRIMEX PLASTICS CORPORATION	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
On August 25, 2021, an employee was standing on a platform next to an extruding line when hot plastic was expelled from the line during startup. It landed on the employee's cheek, ear, and forearm, burning the skin.
2021-08-03	Yonges Island	Sc	Stevens Towing Co.,Inc.	Multiple body parts	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was water blasting when the water stream struck the employee in the left ribs, bicep, and wrist, resulting in water under the skin that required hospitalization and surgery.
2021-07-13	Eastaboga	Al	Kronospan LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was greasing a bearing with a grease gun when grease punctured the skin on his left middle finger, requiring surgery.
2021-07-07	Youngstown	Oh	National Heat Exchange	Nonclassifiable	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was using a pressure washer when the fitting came off, causing the water to be injected under his skin.
2021-07-06	Boyce	La	Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was cleaning the shower. She bent down to wipe the floors and her hand was caught in the towel rack. Skin was removed from her finger and she was hospitalized for surgery.
2021-07-06	Macon	Ms	Noxubee County Producers, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was skinning fish using a skinning machine when her glove was caught and skin was removed from her right index finger.
2021-07-04	Newark	Nj	Allied Extruders, Inc.	Hand(s) and finger(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was feeding film into a separator machine when their hand got caught in the rollers, resulting in the removal of skin from their fingers and hand.
2021-07-01	Russellville	Al	Pilgrim's Pride Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was washing the shoulder skin machine and was removing a piece of meat stuck in the roller. Her left little finger was caught in the rotating roller and amputated.
2021-06-26	Wichita	Ks	Textron Aviation	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was working to remove product from an 800-ton skin stretch. The employee lost his footing and fell approximately 15 feet from a platform into a safety net in the pit under the stretch operating area. The employee sustained a fracture to the C-7 vertebra.
2021-06-22	Waukegan	Il	American Blending and Filling Company	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was operating a filler machine when she noticed a jam and went to unclog it. The employee's right hand contacted the machine between the labeler guards/track and the machine dial, resulting in the amputation of skin on her middle fingertip.
2021-06-16	Miami	Fl	Car Wash & Quick Oil Change Inc	Hand(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was cleaning cars when a door shut on his index finger, resulting in the loss of skin near his finger that required hospitalization.
2021-06-05	Sarasota	Fl	MGM Investment Properties, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee sat on a bucket, which had potassium hydroxide on the lid. The employee suffered a chemical burn and was hospitalized, requiring a skin graft.
2021-06-04	Florence	Al	Thacker Casket Manufacturing, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was changing out floor paper under a chain conveyor inside a topcoat cure oven. His left middle finger was pulled into a pinch point between the conveyor's chain and a gear. The skin of the fingertip was degloved, and the fingertip was medically amputated at the first joint.
2021-06-03	Norman	Ok	Sprouts Farmers Market; Store 803	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was removing a 30-pound tray of salmon from a rolling tray rack when the tray became jammed in the rack. When it came unjammed, it impacted the employee's left middle finger, just after the nail bed, up to the first knuckle. The employee suffered a crush injury with the loss of skin.
2021-06-03	Green Bay	Wi	Little Rapids Corp.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was standing on a stool/ladder to reach a nip point on an unused portion of a printing press, about 10 feet off the floor. The employee was caught between a press nip roll and an idler roller, suffering contusions and damage to skin on both arms.
2021-06-02	Wilmington	Nc	Logan Marine, LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
An employee was standing on the deck of a barge after helping set a 60-foot wooden post in a pile driver mounted on an excavator. The post snapped in two and one section swung back and struck the employee in the back, knocking him to the deck of the barge. The employee suffered skin abrasions and fractured bones in his back and ribs.
2021-06-02	Portage	Wi	Portage Plastics Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was fixing a grinder. The space was limited and he could not open the grinder electrical door all the way. After checking voltage and replacing a fuse, he stood up to shut the main disconnect off and the cabinet door shut slowly, pushing his hand inside and shocking him. He was then held to the grinder. He was shocked, resulting in the amputation of his left pinky and ring fingers, as well as a thumb injury that required a skin graft.
2021-05-10	West Point	Ny	Island Pump & Tank Corp.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was operating a skid steer loaded with a jackhammer attachment. He had lifted the attachment up over the seat when it broke off from the loader and fell on his leg. His right leg was broken below the knee, and the skin was punctured.
2021-05-09	Inola	Ok	Sofidel America Corp.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was clearing a paper wrap in the upper embosser roller and lower pressure roll on the rewinder section of a line. The machine was jogged and the employee's left hand was caught in the point of operation. The employee suffered amputations to the ring and middle fingertips, losing skin, the middle fingernail, and the fingertip pads. There was no bone loss.
2021-05-07	Oklahoma City	Ok	Clements Foods Co.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Two employees were operating a label machine when a label got stuck on a paddle. While removing the stuck label, the machine was turned on and pulled an employee's right arm into the point of operation. The employee sustained a crushing injury, loss of skin tissue, and may have tendon damage.
2021-05-04	Kankakee	Il	Del Monte Fresh Produce Company	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
A temporary employee was removing pineapple skins that were stuck in the pineapple corer machine. When the skins were removed, the machine started up and pulled the employee's right index finger into the gears, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-04-10	Humble	Tx	Mac Pizza Management, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Intentional injury by other person, n.e.c.
An employee was delivering an order to a customer. When he left his car to make the delivery, he was carjacked and then run over by his car. He suffered skin abrasions and a spinal injury.
2021-03-19	Mechanicsburg	Pa	Keystone Petroleum Equipment, LTD.	Multiple body parts	Small-scale (limited) fire
Two employees were replacing the threads on a 4-inch riser tube on an underground storage tank. The tank flashed over and blew the manway off. One of the employees suffered third-degree burns on 50 percent of their skin surface.
2021-03-09	Mcdonough	Ga	Autosales, Incorporated	Leg(s)	Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
An employee was riding on a motorized pallet jack. The pallet jack hit him, causing a fracture and a skin tear in his leg. He was hospitalized.
2021-03-03	Columbus	Oh	International Technical Coatings, Inc.	Multiple lower extremities locations	Other fall to lower level
An employee was working inside a paint line washer. The employee was walking on a walkway when he slipped and his left leg fell into a wash tank containing 160-degree water. He suffered a third-degree burn from the knee down and was hospitalized, requiring skin graft surgery.
2021-03-01	Eden	Tx	RES AMERICA CONSTRUCTION INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was adjusting one of the beams in a forklift when their left thumb became caught between the two support beams, resulting in bone fractures and a skin laceration.
2021-02-06	Orlando	Fl	TAW, Inc.- Technical Field Services	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Direct exposure to electricity
On February 6, 2021, an employee was performing switchgear preventive maintenance and removing a panel when a live electrical component came into contact with their skin, creating an arc flash that resulted in second degree burns to their right hand and forearm.
2021-02-03	Mountain View	Ar	FIBER ENERGY PRODUCTS AR LLC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
On 2/3/21 at 2:21 p.m., an employee was setting the rolls in a pellet mill using wrenches and an air blower to blow off the dust that accumulates. The employee's glove became caught in the roll, pulling his left hand in and amputating his ring and middle fingers. The nail and skin was removed from his index finger.
2021-01-29	Jonestown	Pa	SUPREME MID-ATLANTIC CORPORATION	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was preparing to install the horizontal track for an overhead door inside a refrigerated truck while working from a 4-foot platform ladder. The safety screw that maintains the pre-spring-loaded overhead door in the down position had been removed and the door was ejected from the vertical door track. As the door moved upward, the employee's left index finger was caught between two panel sections resulting in the removed of skin from the fingertip.
2021-01-16	Guymon	Ok	Seaboard Foods	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Two employees were performing maintenance on a jammed manual lift elevator door. The door dislodged and an employee's hand was pulled into the spring bindings connected to the door. Skin was amputated from the employee's left index finger.
2021-01-15	New Salem	Pa	Nelson Wire & Steel	Nonclassifiable	Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
An employee was using an acetylene/oxygen torch to cut bad wire off a spool when sparks from the process ignited the employee's shirt, resulting in burns to the employee's skin that required hospitalization.
2021-01-11	Harbeson	De	Allen Harim Foods, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was washing equipment with a water hose. The employee's right hand was caught in a chicken neck de-skinning machine, and the machine's rollers and blades amputated the employee's right middle, ring, and little fingers.
2021-01-06	Thorsby	Al	Franklin Iron Works, Inc.	Lumbar region	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was burning cardboard in a 55-gallon drum. Grease on the employee's coat caught fire, causing burns to the employee's lower back that required a skin graft.
2020-10-19	Cumberland	Wi	SENECA FOODS CORPORATION - VEGETABLE DIVISION	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
A conveyor belt on the green bean line was slipping due to some icing on the drive motor. An employee went over to start it manually. While tugging on the belt, the employee's hand got pulled into the underside of the conveyor. The employee sustained third degree burns on his left arm and hand requiring skin grafts.
2020-10-13	Columbus	Oh	Forjak Industrial	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee had been media blasting for about an hour. Due to a clog, the employee lost control of the blasting nozzle. The employee's left hand slid in front of the blasting nozzle and the garnet sand used for media blasting went into the employee's hand. The employee was hospitalized and their left thumb required a skin graft.
2020-09-29	Satanta	Ks	Desert Cattle Feeders LLC	Fingertip(s)	Entangled in other object or equipment
An employee was attempting to load a heifer into a trailer and placed a rope around the saddle horn to pull the heifer into the trailer. The rope slipped off the saddle horn and the loop in the rope quickly tightened around the employee's right middle and ring fingers due to the calf pulling back on the rope. The fingernail and skin was removed from the tip of his right middle finger and the right ring finger was fractured.
2020-09-28	Billings	Mt	Paints Well with Colors	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a ladder masking an area to paint. The beam the ladder was leaning on dislodged, causing the ladder to tip over and the employee to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a broken pelvis and was hospitalized.
2020-09-20	Meeker	Co	U.S. Department of Commerce	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
An employee parked her truck but it started rolling. She tried to get back in the truck and then tried to get out again before the truck rolled into a river. She got caught between a tree and the truck door. The employee sustained multiple rib fractures and an abrasion to her shin that required a skin graft.
2020-09-08	Grand Island	Ne	OVERHEAD DOOR CORPORATION	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was troubleshooting a leak from a hydraulic line when high pressure hydraulic fluid penetrated the skin on the employee's finger. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-09-07	Lima	Oh	Lima Convalescent Home Foundation, Inc.	Brain	Fall on same level due to tripping
At about 5:45 a.m. on September 7, 2020, an employee tripped and fell in a hallway, striking her head on the floor. She suffered a head injury, a bruise to the right elbow, and a skin tear on the finger. She was hospitalized.
2020-08-31	Providence	Ri	Rhode Island School of Design	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against object or equipment
An employee was cleaning a meat slicer in the kitchen area that was powered off when his left middle finger struck the blade, resulting in a partial finger amputation (skin only).
2020-08-18	Springfield	Or	U.S. Census Bureau	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Gored or rammed by animal
A census worker was on a house porch, asking the homeowner questions. A dog ran out of the house and knocked her off the porch to the ground. She suffered broken ribs and a twisted knee.
2020-08-13	Madison	Ne	Tyson Fresh Meats	Fingertip(s)	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was taking a piece of product off the skinner and stumbled forward. The employee's fourth finger on the right hand contacted the skinner's blade and the fingertip was amputated.
2020-07-29	Sunbury	Pennsylvania	Weis Markets, Incorporated	Hand(s), except finger(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was lubricating the lift cylinder of a powered industrial truck. When grease lubricant was injected, it came out of a crack in the truck's grease hose and perforated the skin of the employee's right palm. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-07-22	Omaha	Nebraska	Quality Pork International, Inc	Forearm(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
When an employee reached for a falling ham both of the employee's forearms came in contact with the skinner machine and were lacerated.
2020-06-19	Hereford	Texas	Caviness Beef Packers	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was skinning and pushing meat with their hands when the meat skinner amputated the employee's left pinky finger. A hook was not used at the time of the incident.
2020-06-19	Westwood	Massachusett	Target Corporation	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On 06/19/2020, an employee tripped over a clothing rack and fell, cutting the back of her right leg when she hit the ground. The employee required a skin graft for her laceration.
2020-06-12	Rotan	Texas	Rogers Premier Enterprises, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee was applying edge protectors on top of a load of drywall on a flatbed truck. He fell to the ground, suffering broken vertebrae and bleeding under the skin.
2020-06-12	Bay Lake	Florida	CCK Construction Services, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A carpenter was stripping column forms when his right middle fingertip was pinched between the brackets on the hinge side. The fingernail and skin on the fingertip were removed and the bone was fractured.
2020-06-10	Kittery	Maine	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard	Leg(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
While sandblasting, an employee lost his grip on the sand blasting nozzle. The nozzle recoiled back at the employee's leg and blast grit embedded into the skin on his leg. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-05-25	Mcgehee	Arkansas	Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
An employee was on the roof of a fertilizer storage building, shoveling fertilizer that had spilled out through the hole in the roof. He slipped and fell down 20 feet of roof, then dropped 12 feet straight onto a trolley rail, then fell from the rail to the ground 18 inches below. The employee suffered three brain bleeds, a broken fractured left wrist, stomach injury, a kidney injury, a fractured eye socket, a pelvis fracture, a gash in the forehead (requiring stitches), and a cut that left skin
2020-05-21	Knott	Texas	Hatchett Roustabout, Inc.	Knee(s) and leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning up trash around a pumpjack unit. The unit turned on, caught the employee's shirt, and pinned the employee against the unit's fence enclosure. The employee lost some skin on the left leg, as well as torn ligaments in the left knee.
2020-05-20	Sayre	Oklahoma	Pilot Company	Knee(s) and leg(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was power-washing a concrete drive. Water from the high-pressure power washer tore through his clothes and cut deeply into the skin, muscle, and ligaments of his leg and knee. He was hospitalized.
2020-05-18	Sullivan	Missouri	MIDWEST MANUFACTURING CO	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning material off a concrete block push-off machine. The pusher cycled and crushed his right arm against the guide, removing skin.
2020-05-05	Benton	Arkansas	J.A. RIGGS TRACTOR COMPANY	Thigh(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was washing off the machine wash rack area using a spray wand. He then started washing down the wash rack floor, stepping backwards while continuing to wash in a side to side motion. The pressure washer wand went across his left knee area; the water punctured his jeans and his skin just above the left knee. He was hospitalized.
2020-04-07	Beloit	Wisconsin	Fairbanks Morse Engine	Elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was sitting on a large engine, masking an electrical system off for painting. The employee moved to step onto a lift and fell to the ground, suffering a broken elbow.
2020-04-01	Millsap	Texas	ACME BRICK	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was attempting to align a brick in a strapping machine when the employee's fingers were caught in the machine, resulting in the removal of skin from two fingers.
2020-03-31	Calvert	Alabama	Steel Warehouse of Alabama	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a slitter machine when the employee's hand was caught in the rollers, removing skin from the hand. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-03-11	Manhattan	Kansas	Berry Companies Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was removing and repairing a hydraulic lift cylinder on a piece of equipment. The employee loosened a connection and pressurized hydraulic fluid burst out, hitting the employee's hand. Hydraulic fluid penetrated into the skin tissue and muscle of the thumb on the palm side of the hand.
2020-03-10	Theodore	Alabama	C&B Fabrication LLC	Upper arm(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was blasting a steel structure using black beauty/coal slag as the blast media. The employee lost control of the hose and blasting device and was struck in the upper right arm by the blast media sustaining a laceration and penetration of the skin.
2020-03-03	Stanton	Texas	Integrity Services, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
Employees were laying down an 8" drill collar from the catwalk using the main rig hoist. During this, the injured employee was placing a 3x6 wooden board under the collar. When the collar came in contact with the board, it caused the end of the board to rise up, partially degloving the employee's left shin that required a skin graft.
2020-02-27	Orlando	Florida	Fire Stop Systems, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was using a mortar mixer to mix fireproofing material. He was cleaning off the sides of the mixer drum when the mixing blade caught his fingers. His right index finger had skin removed, and his right middle fingertip was amputated.
2020-02-17	Crete	Nebraska	Smithfield Farmland	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a ham skinner. His right ring fingertip was caught and lacerated in the skinner.
2020-02-12	Aurora	Colorado	Morinda	Nonclassifiable	Contact with cold objects or substances
An employee was changing a tank on a forklift. The valve was faulty and sprayed the employee with propane. The employee sustained frozen/burned skin and required a skin graft.
2020-02-08	Grand Island	Nebraska	JBS Swift Beef	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was performing preventive maintenance on an overhead ground beef take-up conveyor and its motor/gearbox assembly. The employee's left arm was caught in the moving conveyor and skin was burned/removed.
2020-01-31	Monmouth	Illinois	Smithfield Foods	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
On January 31, 2020, at approximately 7:35 AM, the injured employee was inspecting carcasses for contamination on the pre-final rail while another employee was operating a handheld skinner on the opposite side of the carcass. The employee using the handheld skinner started to remove hair on the right side of the carcass at the same time that the injured employee reached to turn the carcass with the left hand. As the carcass was turned, the injured employee's left hand hit against the skinner, re
2020-01-29	Salt Point	New York	Harvey Bloch Ortiz Bailer	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Exposure through unintentional needlestick or sharp injury
An employee was removing nitrogen from a system when a tool malfunctioned and a Schrader pin hit the employee's hand and nitrogen gas got under the skin on the employee's left arm and hand.
2020-01-16	Luck	Wisconsin	MACDONALD & OWEN VENEER AND LUMBER CO., INC.	Hand(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
On January 16, 2020, at approximately 7:15 a.m., an employee was loading surfaced hardwood onto a cart when a wood splinter punctured the glove on the employee's left hand and pierced the skin between the index and middle finger. The employee was hospitalized the next day.
2020-01-03	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Thermo-Mechanical Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
A maintenance employee was moving boxes and items out of the way at a client's location to gain access to an air conditioning unit when a paper cutting machine with a swing blade attachment fell and cut the employee's right index finger. He was hospitalized and had skin graft surgery.
2019-09-07	Omaha	Nebraska	Greater Omaha Packing Company, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
While observing two other maintenance employees troubleshoot a skinning machine, the injured employee's hand was caught between the tooth rollers of the skinning machine. The injured employee sustained the amputation of four digits.
2019-09-06	Buffalo	New York	U. S. Postal Service	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
An employee pulled into a driveway to deliver parcels that would not fit into a mailbox. The employee got out of their vehicle to retrieve parcels out of the back. As her back was turned, a dog came from behind and bit her right forearm and hand, removing a section of skin from the forearm. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-08-25	Buffalo	New York	Delta Sonic Car Wash	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was repairing an aerial lift when a hydraulic hose leaked, causing high-pressure hydraulic fluid to come out and puncture the skin on the employee's left middle finger. The wound became infected and required hospitalization.
2019-08-23	Saint Joseph	Missouri	BlueScope Buildings, NA	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was using a jib crane with a magnetic attachment to lift a steel plate. While stabilizing the load with his left hand, the weight shifted and his left middle finger was pinched between the magnet and the hook partially amputating skin from the finger.
2019-08-22	Aliceville	Alabama	Buchanan Lumber Birmingham, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was operating a debarker. When he went to remove a log, a chain grabbed his left foot, tearing off the skin and breaking bones.
2019-08-21	New Braunfels	Texas	McCoy Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was assembling a pre-hung residential door and needed to add some wooden door jamb extension strips to achieve the proper dimensions for the opening size. He was ripping a board to the needed size on a table saw when the board kicked back. He pushed it back down and his finger came in contact with the blade, lacerating his left index fingertip. As a result, his skin had to be surgically trimmed.
2019-08-20	Brecksville	Ohio	Plant & Goodwin, Inc.	Head and trunk	Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
Two employees were capping off an old gas well when the pressure of the well reached a high level and the well head blew off. One employee sustained fractured facial bones, contusions and burns to the chest, and shrapnel in the skin of the lower and upper torso.
2019-08-19	Bethpage	New York	Pennsylvania Steel Company, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was feeding sheets of steel into a masking machine when the employee's left hand was caught and lacerated between two moving rollers.
2019-08-17	Rankin	Texas	Aries Well Service Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee of Aries Wells Service was visually and physically inspecting a tubing line. He glove got stuck on the line and his right index finger was pulled into the drum, which pinched it, removing skin. He was hospitalized and the finger was medically amputated.
2019-08-15	Salem	New Hampshir	LL&S Waste Wood	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was replacing a drive belt on a locked-out conveyor. The pulley was turned from the other side, and his thumb was caught between the pulley and the belt. He suffered a soft-tissue amputation (losing the skin and the nail) from his left thumb just below the thumbnail.
2019-08-09	Hunlock Creek	Pennsylvania	Wolyniec Construction, Inc.	Leg(s)	Pedestrian vehicular incident
An employee was run over by a dump truck while rolling up a hose, suffering severe skin abrasions to the legs.
2019-08-06	Liberty	Mississippi	Greentree Lumber Company, LLC	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was cleaning and sweeping around a conveyor when his left arm got caught in the conveyor belt, pulling him onto the conveyor. The employee was hospitalized with torn skin and muscle around the left arm at the shoulder.
2019-08-04	Holcomb	Kansas	Marel Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was doing maintenance on a skinner machine. His finger was caught in a belt and amputated above the first knuckle.
2019-08-01	Frisco	Texas	Nortex Landscape Management, LLC	Brain	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway
An employee was in the street, using a blower to blow cut grass. A passing car struck the employee, causing a traumatic brain injury, a broken jaw and femur, skin abrasions, and an eye injury requiring surgery.
2019-07-31	Gainesville	Texas	Basic Energy Services	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was moving hoses on a frac spread. He had the hoses over his shoulder when residual biocide from one of them flowed onto his shoulders and back. He later lost consciousness and was hospitalized to treat dehydration and skin rashes.
2019-07-26	Marysville	Ohio	MPW Industrial Services Incorporated	Foot (feet)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was operating water-jetting equipment when it got plugged. He reported the issue and stepped back while another employee started troubleshooting. After steps were taken to continue working, the second employee restarted the equipment. The equipment stopped working again and quickly turned sideways under pressure. Pressurized water struck and penetrated the first employee's blast boot, piercing the skin on his right foot.
2019-07-25	Christiana	Pennsylvania	Leacock Paving, LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was operating a plate compactor when a dump truck backed into him. The tire ran over his leg and pelvis. He was hospitalized with a broken pelvis and tailbone and required a skin graft on his leg.
2019-07-24	Arcadia	Louisiana	HOUSE OF RAEFORD	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was performing a mid-shift wash down in the evisceration department when she saw a chicken hanging in the neck skin cutter. She was trying to remove it when her fingers were caught in the cutter, resulting in a finger amputation.
2019-07-15	Aberdeen	South Dakota	Concord Grain, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was servicing a skid steer bucket from a quick attachment point when the spring holding the hydraulic cylinder gave way and crushed their finger. The employee sustained a broken index finger and lacerations to the skin that required surgery and stitches.
2019-07-09	Tulsa	Oklahoma	American Airlines	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was working on a door latch when it closed on his left ring finger. The skin beneath the fingernail was amputated.
2019-07-09	Togiak	Alaska	Federal Aviation Administration	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to other harmful substances
An employee was travelling in an ATV to the worksite. The ATV passed through tall grasses, fireweed, and cow parsnip. The employee had an allergic reaction to the local vegetation which affected the eyes, skin, and airway and required hospitalization.
2019-07-03	Magnolia	Texas	LINCOLN MANUFACTURING INC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
An employee was manually rolling pipe on a pipe rack when his right thumb was crushed between the pipe and rack, resulting in a partial amputation of the skin and a bone fracture on the top digit of his right thumb.