| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-16 | Leavenworth | Ks | Indiana Industrial Services | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was leveling and anchoring racking uprights using a plumb bob level (attached magnetically to the upright about 3 feet above the ground). The employee was down on the ground tapping the foot of an upright into place with a small sledgehammer when the plumb bob level detached from the upright and fell/slid down, amputating his left index fingertip just past the last knuckle. | |||||
| 2021-05-14 | Hialeah | Fl | G.B. Concrete Services , INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was hammering rebar using a sledgehammer in order to construct a sidewalk and struck his right index finger causing a fracture and contusion that required surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2021-03-18 | Tuscumbia | Al | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was helping replace a die on a pellet mill. A blow from a sledgehammer caused a small piece of metal to fly off and strike the employee in the abdomen. The employee was hospitalized, having suffered a ruptured spleen. | |||||
| 2021-02-11 | Cypress | Tx | R Construction Civil, LLC | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was using a sledgehammer to remove a keeper when a metal piece broke off and struck his right eye. | |||||
| 2020-09-22 | Westbrook | Me | Chadwick-BaRoss, Inc | Leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was using a sledgehammer to loosen dirt from the inside of an excavator bucket. A piece of the bucket tooth broke off, struck the employee's right leg, and lacerated it. | |||||
| 2020-09-11 | Gregory | Tx | Kiewit Corporation | Lower leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| The injured employee was aligning a crane girder at the gas compressor building using a 10-ton hydraulic ram and three steel wedges. The employee was removing the last wedge using an 8-pound sledgehammer as another employee stood on the concrete off to the left side holding a tool tether attached to the wedge with python tape. As the injured employee was backing out the last wedge from the right side via a sledgehammer, the wedge unexpectedly came out from in between the column and the shim, str | |||||
| 2020-05-22 | Worcester | Massachusett | Ultimate Abatement Company, Inc. | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| On 5/22/2020, an employee was breaking up a cast iron boiler with a sledgehammer when a metal fragment struck the employee in the eye, causing eye trauma that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2020-03-07 | Pearl Harbor | Hawaii | Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & IMF | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by handheld object or equipment |
| An employee was breaking down storage racks when their right pinky finger was struck by a long-handled sledgehammer. The finger was smashed between the rack and the hammer and required a partial amputation at the hospital. | |||||
| 2020-03-06 | Shorewood | Illinois | Caliber Holdings Corporation dba Caliber Collision | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was using a sledgehammer to straighten out a piece of metal on a vehicle when a piece of metal broke off and hit him in the eye. | |||||
| 2020-01-24 | Blytheville | Arkansas | Chris-Hill Construction Co., LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was attempting to help another employee remove a 70 lb. stop/guide pin from leads. The injured employee's left ring finger was between the leads and the pin when the other employee struck the pin with a sledgehammer to free it. As a result, his left ring fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-01-21 | Houston | Texas | Keystone Concrete Placement | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a 16-pound sledgehammer to set formwork for concrete along the side of the street when the hammer struck his right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2019-09-16 | Orlando | Florida | OLP CONSTRUCTION, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person |
| An employee was holding a stake to be driven into the ground by another employee when the employee was struck on the hand with a sledgehammer, suffering a fingertip laceration. | |||||
| 2019-09-11 | Nacogdoches | Texas | Longview Bridge and Road, Ltd. | Multiple body parts | Struck by object or equipment |
| Three employees were disassembling a lattice boom crane. One of the employees took a pin out of the crane by hitting it with a sledgehammer. A section of the boom then struck the employee on his right side, fracturing his clavicle, ribs, and femur. | |||||
| 2019-07-31 | Fort Sill | Oklahoma | Harper Mechanical Contractors LLC | Leg(s) | Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment |
| An employee was doing demolition work on a concrete masonry unit wall with a sledgehammer. Part of the wall gave way and fell onto the employee, breaking his right leg. | |||||
| 2019-07-25 | Medley | Florida | Flagship Tilt-Wall, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a sledgehammer to strike a stake into the ground when the sledgehammer struck and broke his right index finger. | |||||
| 2019-04-18 | Center | Texas | Progress Rail | Upper arm(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was using a sledgehammer to remove a bearing from a completed wheel set. A piece of metal broke off the sledgehammer and penetrated the employee's bicep. | |||||
| 2018-08-30 | San Antonio | Texas | Greenbrier Rail Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was attempting to install a roller set onto a track system for a rolling-style door on a box railcar. The door was raised and was being supported by a forklift. A sledgehammer was used to hammer the roller set onto the track assembly. The impact of the sledge caused the roller set to slide off the fork, dropping the door 3-4 inches back to its original height. The employee's left index finger was pinched between the fork and a vertical door support pole. The finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2018-08-30 | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Hancock Concrete Products Co., Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person |
| An employee's right middle finger was struck by a sledgehammer during precast concrete manufacturing. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2018-08-20 | Yorktown Heights | New York | Danella Construction Corporation of Connecticut | Lower leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was using a sledgehammer to drive an 8" railroad spike to secure a street road plate. As the employee struck the railroad spike into the asphalt, it ricocheted out and cut the employee's right shin. | |||||
| 2018-04-19 | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Wheeler Tank Manufacturing, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was pounding a header onto a metal tank and struck his hand with a sledgehammer resulting in amputation of the left ring fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-03-23 | Lawrenceville | Illinois | HALVERSON CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. | Multiple face locations | Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c. |
| Two employees were sitting on a beam facing each other and protected from falling. They were working to drive barrel pins for a field splice. Employee 1 was using an 8 lb. sledgehammer to drive a pin, but missed the pin and hit a spud wrench that was sitting on the splice. The wrench was propelled upward and struck employee 2 in the face, causing nasal and facial fractures that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-03-22 | Bell City | Louisiana | Deep Well Energy Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was setting a pin in a boom to connect two sections. When the employee went to hit the pin with a sledgehammer, his hand slipped and the sledgehammer struck his hand, fracturing his finger and resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2017-07-29 | Ringgold | Louisiana | Reliance Well Service Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a sledgehammer to hit a piece of pipe. The hammer deflected and smashed his right pinky finger between the head of the hammer and the tubing tongs. The employee sustained a laceration and fracture to his right pinky finger resulting in hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-07-25 | Middletown | Pennsylvania | Zeager Brothers, Incorporated | Arm(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| Two employees were changing the grinding hammers on a tub grinder that is used to grind mulch. As one employee was using a sledgehammer to pound one of the grinding hammers, a piece of the sledgehammer chipped off and struck the second employee in the arm, cutting an artery and requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2017-07-13 | Maumelle | Arkansas | REDSTONE CONSTRUCTION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was driving nail spikes with a 6-pound sledgehammer when the hammer struck his right hand, fracturing his index finger. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-05-30 | Milliken | Colorado | Ranger Energy Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person |
| An employee and a coworker were attempting to loosen rusted bolts using a wrench and a sledgehammer. The employee was holding the wrench while the coworker struck the bolts with the sledgehammer. As the employee began to stand up, his coworker struck him with the sledgehammer, breaking his left middle finger. | |||||
| 2017-05-01 | San Angelo | Texas | Eldridge Electric Co. | Hand(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a sledgehammer to nail a stake into the ground. When he swung the hammer, it missed the stake and struck his hand, breaking it and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-04-05 | Ashtabula | Ohio | Union Industrial Contractors Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Overexertion involving outside sources |
| An employee was swinging a sledgehammer while removing tracks from the excavator and suffered chest pains. | |||||
| 2016-10-05 | Boss | Missouri | Doe Run | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| A maintenance employee was using a sledgehammer to drive a launder pin out when the sledgehammer struck his left pinky finger, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-08-17 | Fort Lauderdale | Florida | CCK Construction Services, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person |
| An employee was holding a stake in place while a coworker used a sledgehammer to strike it in place for forming. The employee lost his balance and held onto the stake at the same time that it was being struck by the sledgehammer. The sledgehammer struck and broke his left index finger. | |||||
| 2016-06-30 | New York | New York | New York Concrete | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person |
| An employee was doing concrete formwork when he turned into a coworker who was using a sledgehammer on a stake. The employee's left middle finger was caught and fractured between the sledgehammer and stake. | |||||
| 2016-02-29 | Fort Lauderdale | Florida | CCK Construction Services Inc | Hand(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person |
| An employee was holding a 2 x 4 stake while a coworker hit it with a sledgehammer. The coworker struck the employee's right index finger with the sledgehammer, breaking bones in the employee's right hand. | |||||
| 2016-02-01 | Austin | Texas | Keystone Concrete Placement | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person |
| An employee was holding a concrete form stake when a coworker struck and crushed the employee's right thumb with a sledgehammer. | |||||
| 2015-12-21 | Garland | Texas | Texas Eco Services, Inc. | Knee(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee using a sledgehammer to break up concrete struck his knee. The employee was later hospitalized for an infection. | |||||
| 2015-10-08 | Dacula | Georgia | YANCEY BROTHERS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by handheld object or equipment |
| An employee experienced a partial amputation of the left ring finger while working with another employee to knock out a pin with a sledgehammer. | |||||
| 2015-07-14 | Jacksonville | Florida | A.J.P. Contracting, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was demolishing a basement floor with a sledgehammer when a section of flooring gave way and the employee fell 10 feet to the subfloor below. The employee was hospitalized with head, neck, abdominal and back injuries. | |||||
| 2015-06-03 | Scottsboro | Alabama | Imperial Aluminum | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was swinging a sledgehammer to knock pins out of aluminum sows and smashed his left hand pointer finger in the process. The employee was taken to the hospital where it was determined that the finger needed to be amputated. | |||||
| 2015-04-01 | Houston | Texas | Patterson UTI | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person |
| An employee with a sledgehammer struck the injured employee's left middle finger while he was holding a board. The injured employee's fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2015-02-27 | Yulee | Florida | JB Coxwell Contracting, Inc. | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was helping to remove reflective pavement markers when debris caused by the sledgehammer hitting the marker struck the employee's eye. The injured employee was wearing safety glasses. | |||||