| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-10-02 | Canonsburg | Pa | Steel Core Construction | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was snipping a piece of wire off of a horizontal, temporary, piece of rebar. The rebar fell and struck the employee's thumb resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2020-07-20 | Cottonton | Alabama | WESTROCK COATED BOARD, LLC | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| A forklift operator had just placed a 3-high stack of bundled lumber on the ground. He then backed the forks out from underneath the bundles and exited the forklift. He used a pair of snips to cut the nylon banding off the top bundle. The top bundle moved and the bottom board fell to the ground. As the employee moved away from the stacked bundles, he tripped over the forks and fell to the concrete ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the right ilium and femur. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2019-02-05 | San Antonio | Texas | American Abatement LLC | Elbow(s) and arms(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was working from a ladder to remove ductwork from the ceiling. He snipped a hanger on one end at the joint and the duct joint gave way, causing the ductwork to drop at one end and swing back, striking the ladder at the base. This knocked the ladder out from under him, and he fell to the floor, landing on his hands and knees at an angle. He broke his arm, fractured his elbow, and hurt his knee. | |||||
| 2018-08-03 | North Haven | Connecticut | Ulbrich Shape Wire | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was setting up a rolling mill. Once he properly sized the wire, he went to cut the nonconforming wire off. At this point, the machine was stopped and he released the tension. He held the loose material in his left hand and went to reach for his snips. As he was holding the material, tension was engaged, he felt a pinch of his left ring finger and instinctively pulled his hand away. As he did so he sustained a partial amputation to his left ring finger. | |||||
| 2017-07-13 | Centre Hall | Pennsylvania | Hanover Foods Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was rebuilding a snipper drum that was elevated. When the employee released the drum, it fell and pinched his right middle finger, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-06-08 | Bloomingdale | Illinois | S & S Hinge Company* | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee snipped a metal band that restrains a steel coil from unwinding to remove it from the coil. The employee experienced some resistance and pulled the metal band to free it. The metal band held firm and sliced through the employee's protective glove and into his hand, lacerating it. | |||||
| 2015-11-23 | Cambridge | Ohio | Shelly and Sands | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. |
| An employee was measuring plywood with a coworker when the coworker stepped on the plywood. The injured employee's finger got caught between two sheets of plywood and the left ring fingertip was snipped off. The employee required surgical amputation down to the first joint. | |||||
| 2015-06-15 | Fort Worth | Texas | Bicks Construction, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was changing the tracks on a John Deere bobcat. As he turned the wheel, his finger got caught in the wrong place, snipping off the end of the left index finger. | |||||
| 2015-06-08 | Fruitland Park | Florida | Gingerich Construction Co | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell while walking in stilts and carrying snips that punctured the employee's abdomen. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||