| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-02-04 | Fort Lauderdale | Fl | FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was in the rear of the property looking for an electric service handhole. The employee stepped onto a plastic stool bench in order to see over the fence. The employee lost his balance and suffered a puncture injury underneath the armpit from climbing spikes protruding from a communications pole. | |||||
| 2020-10-15 | Bridger | Mt | Mortenson Construction | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was connecting the tower to the spike when his finger was caught between the two. The employee's right index finger was amputated at the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2020-02-18 | La Grange | Illinois | Edward D. Jones & Co., LP | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to traumatic or stressful event, n.e.c. |
| An employee was verbally harassed by a client and experienced extreme heart palpitations and a spike in blood pressure, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2019-07-10 | Ithaca | New York | NYSEG | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Slip without fall, n.e.c. |
| An employee was learning to climb a utility pole using a climbing strap and spikes. As he was descending, he lost balance and his weight shifted. His climbing spike became stuck in the pole, causing his knee to buckle. This resulted in a dislocated knee and fractured tibia. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2018-03-19 | Elysburg | Pennsylvania | Toy Factory TX, LLC | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to clear a jam in a 2,000-pound polyester fluff separating drum when the employee's left arm became entangled in the drum's spikes. The employee's entire left arm was amputated. The drum was moving at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2018-02-28 | Moscow | Kansas | NORTHWEST COTTON GROWERS CO-OP INC. | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell from a ladder while attempting to remove a spike cylinder that needed repair. The employee was hospitalized for a head injury with internal bleeding and a fracture of the C7 vertebra. | |||||
| 2017-07-21 | Slippery Rock | Pennsylvania | Fiber & Cable Specialists, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was connecting a fiber optic cable on a utility pole when his spike kicked out and he fell approximately 15 feet to the ground, breaking his leg and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2017-03-17 | Paragould | Arkansas | Gerdau Ameristeel | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a rail spike machine and noticed that a steel bar was not feeding properly into the pinch wheel. The employee used his hand to manipulate the bar to feed properly and caught his right middle finger in a pinch point resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2016-08-23 | Eastlake | Ohio | Conn-Selmer, Inc | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| Excess sodium hypochlorite was added to a treatment tank causing the pH of an adjacent tank to spike. Sulfuric acid was added to the adjacent tank in hopes of lowering the pH. Eight employees were taken to local hospitals for exposure to chlorine gas. Two were hospitalized for respiratory irritation. | |||||
| 2016-05-04 | Odessa | Texas | Weatherford USLP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was on the forks of a forklift installing anti-pigeon spikes on the ceiling when his finger was crushed between the forklift and a beam. | |||||
| 2015-08-13 | Vineland | New Jersey | Compass Wire Cloth and Industrial Supply Corp. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| Note to user: This record contains two separate events that were reported simultaneously to OSHA by the employer. These events are captured as one report. 1) An employee was smoothing a screen under a heat bar as it descended. The bar came down on his hands and trapped them. He was able to free his left hand, but had to rip his right hand from his glove, amputating his middle fingertip and exposing the bone. 2) An employee was hitting a spike with a hammer. The employee was holding the spike | |||||
| 2015-02-27 | Dalton | Massachusett | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| Mail carrier slipped on ice and fell breaking her left ankle. She was wearing spiked shoes at the time of the incident | |||||