| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-21 | Pueblo | Co | Russ Davis Wholesale, Inc. | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped and fell on a slippery production floor. The employee landed on their right knee, suffering a broken kneecap that required surgery. | |||||
| 2021-03-05 | Manitowoc | Wi | Cher-Make Sausage Company | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| On March 5, 2021, an employee was engaged in the task of adding backstops to the highest shelf of a storage racking system in the pre-blend department. The employee used an extension ladder to access the highest shelf. The employee attempted to step from the ladder onto the shelf when the bottom of the ladder slid out due to a slippery floor. The employee fell approximately 20 feet to the concrete floor and suffered fractured vertebrae. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-07-28 | Kingston | Massachusett | Monro Auto Service and Tire Centers | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee had left the store to get supplies for the shop from a business next door. On his way back to the bay area of the store in a heavy rain, the employee lost his footing on the wet and slippery ground and fell. The right side of the employee's head hit the ground and he was unconscious for about a minute. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-07-16 | Miami | Florida | Worldwide Flight Services, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee fell on a slippery belt loader that was wet due to rain and broke the right ankle. | |||||
| 2020-06-19 | Haines | Alaska | Haines Packing CO | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was walking across wet slippery totes that were on top of a flatbed truck when he slipped and fell approximately 20 feet to a floating concrete dock below. He suffered a broken pelvis, a broken elbow, and broken bones in his face. | |||||
| 2019-07-18 | King Of Prussia | Pennsylvania | CBRE/GSK Account | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
| As an employee exited the lab, he lost footing on a slippery floor. His left pinky finger got caught in the door jam as the door closed and his finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2019-07-14 | Manitowoc | Wisconsin | Cher-Make Sausage Company | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| While checking product temperatures in a smokehouse, an employee got something slippery on his boots and then slipped on the floor outside of the smokehouse. The employee's left kneecap made contact with the floor and was displaced. | |||||
| 2019-05-03 | Paris | Illinois | THOMPSON THRIFT CONSTRUCTION, INC. | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| On May 3, 2019, at 5:15 p.m., an employee had finished working for the day and began walking up a slippery grassy incline to his truck. He slipped and fell fracturing the right ankle. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-03-06 | Stuart | Nebraska | Parkside Manor | Upper and lower limb(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was preparing some food in a nursing facility's kitchen. The employee fell on a slippery surface, landing on the floor and suffering a broken right shoulder, right arm, right foot, and left knee. | |||||
| 2019-02-22 | Blossburg | Pennsylvania | Schlumberger Technology Corporation | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was performing rigging operations at a well pad. He was walking on a containment pad walkway that was slippery from a recent rain/snow event. He slipped and fell. He attempted to catch himself during the fall and fractured his left wrist. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-08-11 | Melville | New York | United States Post Office | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
| An employee was delivering mail at a resident's house. He was walking on the driveway, which had cracks and was slippery from rain, when he slipped/tripped and fell onto the pavement, breaking his left ankle. | |||||
| 2018-02-18 | Toledo | Ohio | Ohio Pickling and Processing | Face | Other fall to lower level |
| On February 18, 2018, an employee was working from a portable extension ladder that was staged on a slippery surface. The ladder became displaced and the employee fell, resulting in facial fractures. | |||||
| 2017-10-11 | Orlando | Florida | Ramm Paint & Drywall Inc | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was working on 46-inch high stilts inside a building. The floor was slippery and dirty, and the employee slipped and fell. He injured his right hip and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-06-01 | Pennsboro | West Virgini | Pro Oil and Gas Services LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| On June 1, 2017, at approximately 4:00 a.m., an employee was about to perform maintenance on an oil and gas down-hole mechanical setting tool. The employee picked up the 70 lb. setting tool to bump it on the ground and release the pressure. The tool was slippery from being covered with honey oil, and the employee's grip slipped. His right middle finger was then crushed and amputated by the setting tool. | |||||
| 2017-04-18 | Hallsville | Texas | Sky Power Turbine Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee, who was observing a boring operation taking place inside a turbine shell, was sitting on planks (located on the horizontal joints of the turbine) and repositioning in order to stand inside the turbine where it would not be slippery when the boring bar caught and crushed the employee's right thumb. | |||||
| 2017-03-13 | Brooklyn | New York | Sunrise Transport Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was operating an electric pallet jack and moved it onto the lift gate. The lift gate was wet and slippery from running a previous pallet that contained product packed in ice. The jack starting sliding toward the curbside of the platform. As the pallet was sliding to the edge, the associate tried to keep the pallet level by placing his arm on the pallet, to keep it from falling. The pallet jack continued to slide and as the employee attempted to get out of the way, his finger slid | |||||
| 2016-08-16 | Wadsworth | Ohio | Rohrer Corporation | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was re-entering the building when he fell on a wet, slippery surface. He fractured his hip and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-01-25 | Robesonia | Pennsylvania | Reading Alloys, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was shoveling snow on the loading dock when he slipped and fell on slippery concrete. He fractured his right femur in three places. | |||||
| 2015-09-12 | Lima | Ohio | Process Service Specialists, LLC | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was descending a caged ladder. Due to earlier rain, the ladder rungs were slippery. The employee's foot slipped off a ladder rung and the employee fell an estimated 20 feet breaking the right ankle. | |||||
| 2015-07-29 | Branson | Missouri | MASTERCORP INC. | Arm(s) | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| Two employees were traveling between buildings in a golf cart. Road conditions were wet and slippery from recent rainfall. The golf cart was traveling downhill, and the driver slammed on the brakes to stop the cart. The golf cart overturned, throwing the injured employee out. The cart landed partially on the employee, fracturing his left arm and injuring his shoulder. He was hospitalized for treatment. The injured employee was not wearing a seatbelt at the time. | |||||
| 2015-04-02 | Gregory | Texas | EnviroCore | Arm(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
| An employee was attempting to connect a drill stem to a drill rod inside a bore hole. He was straightening the rod in the hole with his right hand and was using his other hand to run the controls. The cable was still connected at this time. He lowered the drill rod and used his hand to connect the slipper or hoisting cable from the drill rod in the hole. The cable and the drill rod started to spin around, pulling in and causing an amputation to his right hand and arm. | |||||
| 2015-01-30 | Cleveland | Ohio | Envoy Air, Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee, who was walking down the jet bridge, fell and injured her right shoulder, requiring surgery. The jet bridge was slippery from inclement weather. | |||||