Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-12	Perryville	Mo	TG Missouri	Ankle(s)	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was using a stand-up tugger to move materials when a dry erase board on the front of the tugger came loose. The employee attempted to pick up the board and place it in a box behind him on the tugger. While the employee was turned, the tugger drove across a slope, which caused the employee to lose his balance and fall off the tugger. The employee sustained a broken left ankle.
2021-11-05	Gardendale	Al	Republic Services	Multiple body parts	Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
An employee was using a hydroseeding machine, attached to a bulldozer, to plant grass on a slope at a landfill. The hitch connecting the hydroseeding machine to the bulldozer broke, and the hydroseeding machine rolled down the slope with the employee on it. The employee suffered broken and bruised ribs, a broken shoulder, and a cut on the ear.
2021-11-03	Bedford Hills	Ny	SavATree LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee and co-workers were doing core aerations when one of the machines got stuck in a slightly sloped area of the property. The employee attempted to put a strap on his machine to pull the other machine out. As he searched for a place to hook the strap to, he put his hand under a plate on the machine when his middle and ring fingers contacted a pulley underneath, resulting in 1/8 inch fingertip amputations.
2021-09-09	Hummelstown	Pa	The Exterior Company	Brain	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was inspecting a one-story residential roof. He fell down the roof slope and off the edge to the ground, suffering broken facial bones, lost teeth, a broken ankle, and brain bruising.
2021-08-17	Austin	Tx	Adk Environmental Inc	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was mowing on a slope around a pond. The mower lost traction, flipped over once, and landed back upright. The employee was hospitalized with broken ribs.
2021-08-06	Bloomingdale	Il	TruGreen Lawn Care	Leg(s)	Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway
An employee was operating a ride-on fertilizer spreader on a slight slope. The spreader hit a small rabbit hole and seemed like it was about to tip over. The employee's right leg was broken as he stuck his foot out to brace himself.
2021-06-25	Cleveland	Oh	HX5 Sierra, LLC	Wrist(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was performing a facility pre-run (test) check sheet in the propulsion systems laboratory when he lost his balance and fell on an sloped walkway. The employee sustained a fracture to his left wrist.
2021-06-23	Ashford	Wa	National Park Service Mt Rainier National Park	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was searching for a fox den. As the employee climbed up a slope a boulder dislodged, causing the employee fall 10-15 feet. The boulder then pinned the employee to the ground. The employee suffered multiple fractures to the right side of the torso, the collarbone, and the right arm, as well as a laceration to the back of the head.
2021-06-08	Jacksonville	Fl	Dothan Security, Inc.	Hip(s) and leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
On June 8, 2021, an employee was walking toward a gate when she slipped and fell down a slope. She suffered a dislocated hip and a broken leg and was hospitalized.
2021-04-29	Williamson	Ny	K.M. Davies Co., Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
An employee was standing at a loading dock next to his forklift. Another forklift, parked nearby, experienced a brake failure and rolled down a slope toward the employee. The employee was caught between the two forklifts and suffered a pelvic fracture and internal bleeding.
2021-04-27	Colorado Springs	Co	Nelson Pipeline	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
As an employee was exiting a trench on a ladder, an excavator bucket became detached from its boom, slid down the slope of the trench, and struck the employee. The employee suffered a lacerated liver and damage to the diaphragm.
2021-04-03	Neihart	Mt	Showdown Montana	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was riding a ski lift to the top of the slope. The employee fell while exiting the lift and sustained broken ribs and loss of oxygen.
2021-03-15	Round Rock	Tx	Ferguson Plumbing Supply	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was unloading a concrete mop sink from the back of a truck with a dolly. The slope of the ramp caused the sink to slide down the dolly and crush the employee's right thumb. The employee suffered a fracture and dislocation to the thumb.
2021-02-22	Coudersport	Pa	MORGAN AM&T	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was stepping from a metal grating onto a sloped metal ramp, 2 inches high by 6 inches wide. He slipped on residual graphite dust and fell backwards. The back of his head struck the metal grating and he suffered lacerations and a brain bleed. He was hospitalized.
2020-10-15	Salem	Wv	Octane Environmenal, LLC.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
The injured employee was working on a slip repair. He was standing on a sloped surface to spot for the articulating dump truck. A dozer was pushing dirt above and away from where the employee was spotting. A large dirt clod rolled from the dozer and struck the injured employee who slid down the sloped area approximately 15 feet and then fell over a benching of the hill that dropped approximately 5 feet onto the ground below. The employee suffered a fractured collarbone, hip, and pelvis and was h
2020-08-05	Brooklyn	Ny	Brightview Landscape Services	Lower leg(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
On August 5, 2020, a cemetery landscaper was mowing a slope when the mower got out of control and the employee let go. The mower slid down the hill, struck a headstone, and bounced toward the employee, landing on his leg and causing two factures in his tibia.
2020-07-20	Talking Rock	Georgia	Townsend Tree Service	Nonclassifiable	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was driving a utility vehicle (UTV) on sloped terrain on the side of the road, off the public way. The vehicle rolled several times, hitting the driver. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-07-08	Pueblo	Colorado	Prime Industrial Access	Head	Fall on water vehicle
Employees were erecting scaffolding inside a vessel. An employee climbed up from near the bottom to the top of the vessel (at ground level). As he was walking up a sloped duct, he lost his balance and fell, sliding about 15 feet down. He suffered a head contusion and an injury to the side.
2020-07-03	Avon	Colorado	Vail Resorts	Head and trunk	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was operating a mower on a sloped hill of a golf course. The employee sustained a head injury and broken ribs after the mower tipped over and pinned the employee to the ground.
2020-06-30	Osseo	Wisconsin	Bertrang Roofing, LLC	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
On June 30, 2020, an employee was installing sheathing on a low slope roof of a residential structure. The employee fell about 4 feet onto a self-supported scaffold system below the work area; a vertical scaffold post struck the employee's right armpit, causing a laceration/avulsion and severe bleeding to the armpit.
2020-06-24	Littlestown	Pennsylvania	HOFFMAN HOMES, INCORPORATED	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level
An employee was walking down a grassy slope. She became unsteady or slipped. At that point her right knee locked in place, her leg bent the wrong way, and she fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right tibia.
2020-05-25	Rivesville	West Virgini	G.W. Ridge LLC	Ankle(s)	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
On May 24, 2020,at approximately 11:30 a.m., an employee was operating a side-by-side UTV downhill when he realized the slope was too steep to negotiate. He attempted to reverse the UTV, and it flipped and rolled to the bottom of the slope. The employee suffered a fractured ankle.
2020-05-06	Oakbrook Terrace	Illinois	COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY	Knee(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell as he was descending a wet grassy slope, resulting in bilateral knee injuries requiring surgery.
2020-05-05	Fort Riley	Kansas	Julius Kaaz Construction Company, Inc.	Arm(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up on side of road
A truck driver had just dumped dirt from his truck on a shoulder. A skid steer loader began moving the dirt from the shoulder to grade out the slope. The skid steer was backing up to the slope to get its second load of dirt when the truck driver's right arm was caught between the back of the skid steer and the back of the truck. The driver's radial artery and radial nerve were severed and the driver was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
2020-04-09	Ponte Vedra Beach	Florida	PGA Tour	Thigh(s)	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
On April 9, 2020, an employee was operating a pesticide sprayer on a slope at a golf course. The sprayer rolled over and broke his right thigh.
2020-02-18	Fort Benning	Georgia	Department of Defense Education Activity	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was walking from her personal vehicle back into the school by going down an embankment that was 18 feet long and had a slope of approximately 70 degrees. While walking down the embankment, she fell and broke her left leg (fibula and tibia).
2020-02-02	Snowshoe	West Virgini	Snowshoe Mountain, Inc	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c.
An employee was snowboarding down a ski slope. The employee collided with a guest who had come to a sudden stop, and a two-way radio punctured the employee's abdomen and caused trauma to the spleen.
2020-01-31	Snowmass	Colorado	Aspen Skiing Company LLC	Thigh(s)	Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c.
An employee was skiing and practicing G-turns when a guest skier traversing a slope struck the employee. The employee sustained a fractured femur.
2020-01-31	Bloomfield	Missouri	PRECISION TERMINAL LOGISTICS	Thoracic region	Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway
An employee was loading his machine (scraper) on a clay slope at approximately 5:10 AM. The scraper hit an uneven surface and jostled the employee in the seat. The employee immediately felt a sharp pain in their back and was hospitalized for a T12 fracture.
2019-09-10	Giddings	Texas	Altman Specialty Plants, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was walking up a sloped gravel hill when he tripped and fell to the ground, resulting in a fracture to the right ankle.
2019-09-06	Bedford Park	Illinois	Cintas	Lower leg(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
An employee was pushing a cart full of garments through a doorway. The employee then transitioned to the front of the cart to continue pulling it. As the walkway began to slope downwards, the cart caught the employee’s leg against a pallet of quick-dry cement. The employee was hospitalized with a broken tibia and fibula.
2019-08-26	Quincy	California	US Forest Service	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
Two employees were exploring an area within the forest and conducting a field botanical survey. The area included steep, rocky ground and talus slopes. One employee slipped/fell on the rocks of a slope and tumbled 45 feet toward a creek bed. The employee sustained head lacerations, fractures to the C-4 and C-5 vertebrae, and body bruising.
2019-04-03	Tallahassee	Florida	John Hurst Outdoor Services LLC	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was operating a ride-on zero-turn mower in a sloped residential yard. The mower slid off course and the employee landed on its blade, suffering amputations to the right first and second toes.
2019-03-14	Durango	Colorado	Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory	Arm(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking down a slope when he hit ice, fell to the concrete, and broke his right arm in seven places. He was hospitalized.
2019-03-13	Huntsville	Texas	Condie Construction Company Inc.	Leg(s)	Other jump to lower level
An employee was walking along the slope of a trench and jumped towards a ladder causing fractures on right leg.
2019-03-03	Big Sky	Montana	BOYNE USA, BIG SKY RESORT	Thigh(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was snowboarding down a slope. The employee's backpack caught on a tree, causing the employee to run into another tree and suffer a broken femur.
2019-02-14	Miami	Florida	Florida Mytech Roofing, Inc.	Thoracic region	Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
On February 14, 2019, at approximately 3:00 p.m., an employee was stepping off a ladder onto a low slope roof approximately 10 feet in height. He stepped onto a section of rotten plywood covered with asphalt shingles which gave way and he fell to the ground below. The employee injured his upper back and was hospitalized.
2019-02-13	Mount Dora	Florida	Mount Dora Christian Academy	Brain	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was moving a floor pallet jack down a sloped sidewalk from one building to another. The employee fell, striking his head on a pole. He was hospitalized.
2018-09-20	Clearwater	Florida	Archer Western - De Moya JV II	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was operating a roller/compactor when he went down an uneven slope and jumped out of the vehicle. He stepped into a rut in the side of the slope and fractured his lower right leg/ankle.
2018-09-06	Mckinney	Texas	TPC Craig Ranch	Foot (feet)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a push mower to mow a sloped portion of grass when he slipped and his left foot slid under the mower. The rotating plastic blades then lacerated his foot, and he was hospitalized.
2018-09-04	Moundsville	West Virgini	Mott MacDonald, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee began experiencing cramps and trouble walking while surveying on a steep slope. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration and heat-related illness.
2018-07-24	Oswego	Illinois	Western Dupage Services, Inc.	Hand(s) and wrist(s)	Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was cutting grass on a low sloped area using a riding lawn mower. The mower slipped on wet grass, but did not overturn. The employee jumped off the mower and landed near the discharge chute. The mower blade caused a laceration to the employee's right hand and wrist.
2018-06-06	Fort Myers	Florida	Triple J. Grassing, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was driving a forklift down a steep slope when it overturned. The employee sustained cuts to the head and arms as well as fractured ribs.
2018-05-04	Sioux Falls	South Dakota	Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits of South Dakota, LLC	Foot (feet) and ankle(s)	Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
An employee was operating a motorized pallet jack near the dock door. The employee had stopped the jack on the dock slope, then drove down the dock slope to turn around in the parking lot and go back up the dock. During the turn, the employee lost control of the motorized pallet jack and stepped off of it, planting the left foot on the pavement while continuing to hold onto the jack. The employee's foot then twisted, breaking the ankle and the top of the foot.
2018-01-17	Fargo	North Dakota	Magnum Contracting, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was operating a rough terrain forklift when the lift went across a slope that tilted the mast and forks down, causing the forklift cage to fall from the forks. An employee then fell approximately 12 feet from the cage, suffering fractured ribs.
2018-01-17	Sugar Land	Texas	Mac Pizza Management	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was delivering an order when he slipped on an ice slope and struck the back of his head on the concrete ground.
2018-01-11	Alvin	Texas	BrandSafway Solutions	Ankle(s)	Other exertions or bodily reactions
An employee was installing a metal jacket onto a 12" plumbing line. He was on a slope, lost his footing and rolled his right ankle. This resulted in a dislocated and fractured ankle.
2017-10-12	Streamwood	Illinois	Aftermath Services LLC	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on a step ladder while arranging a plywood covering to protect the asphalt shingles of a townhouse roof. The plywood slid down the slope of the roof and struck the employee, knocking the employee off the step ladder to the concrete ground. The employee suffered a head injury, concussion, and brain hemorrhage, requiring hospitalization.
2017-09-21	Bayfield	Colorado	SEMA CONSTRUCTION, INC.	Head and trunk	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was operating a lift with a man basket to install a drainage pipe underneath a bridge when the lift started to slide down a slope. The employee was then ejected from the man basket and fell approximately 20 feet to the ground, suffering abdominal and facial injuries.
2017-09-07	Conyers	Georgia	Sun Trust Banks, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee was knocked to the ground by a parked car that rolled down a sloped area, suffering a vertebral fracture, herniated disc, and bruised tailbone.
2017-07-24	Erie	Pennsylvania	Gerlach's Property Maintenance, LLC	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was mowing a lawn on a slope using a push mower when it slipped and went over the employee's right foot. The mower blades went through the employee's steel-toed boot and cut the middle toe on the employee's right foot. The tip of the employee's middle toe was amputated at the hospital.
2017-07-24	Queen Creek	Arizona	Honeywell International Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck bump, hole, or rough terrain in road surface
An employee was driving a front-load/bucket tractor on an unpaved roadway. While surveying conditions, the employee stopped the tractor and positioned the front load bucket to approximately 18 inches above the ground to take pictures/video of a water-filled ravine that crossed the main roadway. The employee was then driving forward when the front wheels rolled down a slight sloped wash. The bucket embedded in the dirt, causing the tractor to stop. The employee's abdomen was injured from the abru
2017-06-21	Mc Donald	Pennsylvania	JOSEPH B. FAY COMPANY	Multiple body parts	Excavation or trenching cave-in
An employee was inside an excavation that only had one side sloped to grade and the other side was 9 to 10 feet high. Part of the excavation's high wall collapsed and struck the employee. The employee sustained a broken left metatarsal, humerus, and vertebrae.
2017-06-01	Centennial	Colorado	International Jet Aviation Services, Inc.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
While mowing the lawn on a slope, an employee lost their footing. The employee's right foot went under the lawn mower, which cut a toe.
2017-05-09	Austin	Texas	Lanehart Electric Inc.	Ankle(s)	Slip or trip without fall
An employee was walking up a slope carrying a ladder when he rolled his foot and broke his ankle, requiring overnight hospitalization and surgery.
2017-04-21	Burnet	Texas	Camp Longhorn Inks Lake	Upper and lower limb(s)	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was performing maintenance on a climbing wall from an aerial lift. The lift tipped over after going over a slope. The employee fell to the grass and fractured his upper leg and arm.
2017-02-17	Somerset	New Jersey	All Chemical Transportation Corp	Head and neck	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was attempting to offload liquid, caustic soda from a trailer. The trailer was parked on a downward slope which allowed the chemical product to enter the dome area and contact/burn the employee's face and neck.
2017-01-31	Hockessin	Delaware	WALLWORKS, INC	Brain	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee had been working on a lower-sloped porch roof and was preparing to get off the roof to have lunch when he noticed a four-foot level was getting close to the edge of the roof. The employee reached for the level and slipped on snow or ice or some other moisture and then fell off the roof approximately ten feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a head injury.
2016-09-19	Medford	Oregon	BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, MEDFORD DISTRICT OFFICE	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall, slip, trip
While walking down a steep slope in the woods and crossing a gully on a log, an employee fell and landed on their back, suffering a ruptured spinal column and requiring hospitalization.
2016-08-13	Pompano Beach	Florida	Carpenter Contractors of America Inc	Lower leg(s)	Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee operating a forklift was lifting a small dumpster on a 1- to 2-degree slope when the forklift tipped over. The employee jumped out of the forklift during the descent and was struck on the right calf by the overhead bars, suffering tissue and ligament damage.
2016-07-26	Idaho Falls	Idaho	Franklin Building Supply, Inc	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
An employee was delivering a pallet of roof shingles to a low-sloped roof using a boom truck with a fork attachment. The pallet of roof shingles slipped off of the forks and crashed through the roof to the interior of the home. The employee was knocked/dragged into the hole along with the pallet. He fell approximately 20 feet to the lower surface and was hospitalized with two broken ribs.
2016-07-19	Lancaster	Pennsylvania	Wickersham Construction	Brain	Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
An employee stepped on a metal grate that had a weak corner from where a pipe was penetrating through the grate, lost his balance, and fell 10-16 feet into a sloped pit. The employee sustained a soft tissue injury to his left leg and ankle and a mild concussion.
2016-06-24	Calera	Alabama	Broadband Technical Resources, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was operating a mini excavator on a slope when the excavator tipped over and rolled over the employee's ankle, breaking it and requiring hospitalization.
2016-06-17	Tulsa	Oklahoma	WFF Facility Services	Foot (feet)	Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was mowing along a steep, sloped edge when the mower started to slide. He dismounted from the mower and it followed him downhill, pinning his left foot underneath. He sustained multiple fractures to the left foot.
2016-06-17	Alexandria	Virginia	US Department of Defense	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking down a sloped paved path in the downhill direction when she tripped and fell, fracturing her left hip. The path was littered with many small pine cones.
2016-05-13	Frankfort	South Dakota	South Dakota Wheat Growers	Hip(s)	Overexertion and bodily reaction
An employee was working on commodity parts inside a seeder tank on sloped side walls when he dislocated his hip, requiring hospitalization.
2016-05-11	Fredericksburg	Texas	Payton Construction, Inc.	Hip(s)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee was preparing a trailer to load a roller that was on a slope. A coworker was in control of the roller and left it unattended. The coworker set the emergency brake, but the emergency brake was not working properly. The roller then began to roll slowly and struck the employee, who suffered a leg/hip dislocation.
2016-02-15	Tequesta	Florida	Michael Kevin Walsh Roofing Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was clearing debris from a sloped roof. The employee slipped on a piece of plywood and fell 18 feet to the ground resulting in a broken back.
2016-02-15	Buckhannon	West Virgini	Asplundh Tree Expert Company	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
On February 5, 2016, at approximately 11:30am, an employee was delimbing a felled tree on sloped ground using a chainsaw. As the last limb was being cut, the tree began sliding on the snow and the employee's right leg was pinned by the limb resulting in fractures to the tibia and fibula and hospitalization.
2016-02-09	Pembroke Pines	Florida	BONNESS, INC.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
While an employee was laying pipe, a piece of 36" concrete pipe became disconnected from an excavator. The pipe rolled down the slope of the excavation and up against the employee, striking and breaking his lower left leg bones.
2016-01-27	Manheim	Pennsylvania	Noah W. Kreider and Sons, LLP	Brain	Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
An employee was shoveling snow from a low-slope roof when he fell through a skylight approximately 15 feet to the floor below. He was hospitalized with a severe concussion, head laceration, fractured skull, broken ribs, broken pelvic bone, broken left femur, and broken left eye socket.
2015-12-17	Beallsville	Ohio	Stingray Energy	Buttock(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on a sloped hill at the worksite and fell onto a protruding sapling suffering a puncture wound to his right backside. The employee was hospitalized.
2015-12-01	Auberry	California	USDA Forest Service	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
On December 1, 2015, an employee and a coworker had cut down three trees. While they were cutting up the trees that lay on the ground, the employee's chain saw blade got pinched in a tree. The coworker, who was located upslope from the tree, made a cut in it to relieve the pinch pressure on the saw blade. When the cut was completed, the tree rolled down the slope and over the employee. He suffered bruises and abrasions to his face and head, as well as broken ribs.
2015-10-29	Chesterfield	Missouri	Forest Hills Country Club	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was raking a bunker (sand trap) with a mechanical rake (unit is ridden by the operator). There are three individual bunkers at the #11 Green, which are above a retaining wall approximately 90 feet high. The employee was riding the rake on the slope towards the retaining wall and felt the machine slipping. He disembarked from the rake on to the cart path below the wall and fell fracturing ribs on his left side.
2015-09-30	Knoxville	Tennessee	U. S. Census Bureau	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
On or about 9/30/2015, an employee slipped and fell after stepping into spilled/leaking water on a sloped walkway next to a fountain/garden. The employee fractured a kneecap.
2015-07-16	Austin	Texas	Top Gun Equipment Rentals Inc.	Multiple body parts	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
An employee was pushing a piece of 750-pound equipment up a 30- to 40-degree slope. The equipment rolled back onto him, fracturing his ribs, collarbone, and left femur. He was hospitalized.
2015-07-01	Rock Island	Illinois	Rock Island Integrated Services	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle
An employee suffered a fracture in his back when the mower he was operating slid down the slope on the east side of Building 157.
2015-06-23	Chesterfield	Missouri	ALLIANCE CUSTOM INTERIORS	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was installing drywall from a 2-foot scaffold. There was a 5-by-5 foot opening adjacent to the scaffold. The scaffold was on an incline and rolled down the slope into the hole. Once the scaffold hit the hole, the employee flew from the scaffold and made contact with the concrete, breaking three ribs, bruising the right shoulder, and cutting the forehead.
2015-05-21	Fort Myers	Florida	DBI Services	Leg(s)	Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was cutting grass on the north side of Interstate 75 where the ground sloped. The riding mower started to slide; the employee removed his seat belt to get off of the mower. He slipped and his right leg got caught under the mower.
2015-05-11	Cragford	Alabama	Burford's Tree, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Jack-knifed or overturned, roadway
While entering the right of way, an employee operating a tractor lost sight of the ground where there was a slope; when he turned the wheels to the right, the tractor tipped over. The employee remained in the cab and received multiple fractures.
2015-04-30	Fayetteville	Georgia	Brent Scarbrough & Company, Inc	Leg(s)	Excavation or trenching cave-in
An employee was hospitalized after being struck by soil/dirt while working within a sloped trench that was approximately 9-feet deep. The employee injured the right leg.
2015-04-16	Atlanta	Georgia	Keystone Concrete Foundations, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee went under an F-350 truck to repair a locked transmission with the engine turned off. He disconnected the transmission cable and the vehicle moved in reverse naturally due to a slope in the terrain. The left front wheel ran over the employee from the shoulder to the abdomen.
2015-04-14	Saint Louis	Missouri	Missouri American Water	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Sudden start or stop, nonroadway
An employee operating a tractor was travelling down a steep slope into a water basin when the tractor sped up and travelled down at a high rate of speed. When he reached the bottom, the tractor bounced and jarred him, causing a back injury that required hospitalization.
2015-02-28	Clymer	New York	Peek n Peak LLC	Nonclassifiable	Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c.
An employee was conducting a snowboarding class lesson on the ski slope when a customer on a snowboard collided with him, causing serious injuries.
2015-01-27	Beaver Creek	Colorado	Vail Resorts	Multiple body parts	Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c.
An employee suffered a broken clavicle and a concussion when he collided with another employee while setting up a portion of the downhill ski slope at the Red Tail Finish Line in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Specifically, the employee was working at the bottom of a jump, while another employee pulling a toboggan failed to see him in time and collided with him.
2015-01-05	Sun Valley	Idaho	Sun Valley Resort	Hip(s)	Fall on same level
Snow sport ski instructor was skiing with a guest on the Roundhouse Slope when the employee fell breaking a hip.