Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-17 | Euharlee | Ga | International Fire Protection, Inc | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
A forklift came around a corner and ran over an employee who was hydrotesting fire hoses. The employee suffered a collapsed lung, broken ribs, a possible broken arm, and a possible spine fracture. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-11-16 | Colorado Springs | Co | Tri Star Masonry | Multiple body parts | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was tendering the grout pipe line to the wall of structure. He jumped from a higher level down onto the planks of the scaffold on a lower level, collapsing the planks and falling 17 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a compound fracture on the lower left leg and a fractured spine. | |||||
2021-10-13 | Monahans | Tx | Complete Energy Solutions | Nonclassifiable | Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway |
An employee was driving a water truck along a lease road when he hit a pothole and the vehicle dropped, jarring the employee's spine and resulting in fractured vertebrae. | |||||
2021-10-08 | San Diego | Ca | Facilities Maintenance Division - MCRD | Head and trunk | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was working on an HVAC unit on a roof. The employee fell backward through a skylight, landing 20 feet below and suffering head and spine trauma. | |||||
2021-09-08 | Wilmington | De | Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was in a tree, cutting off the top. The tree shook and the employee's safety line hopped over where the cut was made. The employee fell to the ground, suffering pelvis and rib fractures and a spine injury. | |||||
2021-09-08 | Birmingham | Al | Drummond Company, Inc. | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was mudding the door on an oven. The employee fell approximately 15 feet from the mud cart to the concrete floor on the next lower level. The employee sustained fractured ribs, thoracic spine, and teeth. | |||||
2021-08-09 | Loxahatchee | Fl | HCA Palms West Hospital | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was weighing linen carts on a scale on a loading dock. She lost her footing while walking backward and fell to the concrete floor, landing on both hands and suffering fractures to both wrists and a lower spine injury. She was hospitalized, undergoing surgery. | |||||
2021-08-07 | Round Rock | Tx | TDIndustries, Inc | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
Three employees were installing a no-hub band over a 12-inch cast iron 90-degree elbow and a stub that went to a roof drain. The no-hub band broke during installation, and they descended in a lift to get a new one. The elbow fell down on one of the employees from about 20 feet above. It struck his head, which caused him to fall and hit his head on the toe board of the scissor lift. The employee sustained injuries to the head, neck/spine, and shoulder. | |||||
2021-08-05 | Brooklyn | Ny | Castle Sanitation Corp. | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was using a ladder to perform an estimation in a cellar when the ladder slipped and the employee fell 10 feet, resulting in a fractured rib, a head contusion, and a lumbar spine injury. | |||||
2021-07-28 | Point Comfort | Tx | Bilfinger, Inc | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was removing a 1-inch tube from a furnace undergoing routine maintenance. The 40-foot long tube shattered and fell, hitting the employee on the back. The employee suffered multiple spine fractures and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-07-20 | Dallas | Tx | DFA Dairy Brands Fluid, LLC | Multiple body parts | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee used a safety cage with a gangway stair that is attached to an overhead catwalk and lowered onto the tanker truck to disconnect a hose on top of the tanker and close the tanker. The truck started moving back while the employee was on top of the truck and her legs were caught between the tanker trailer and the lowered gangway stair. The employee suffered two broken bones in the right leg, a fractured left leg, and a fractured spine. | |||||
2021-07-17 | Andrews | Tx | CNA Electric Services | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was on a ladder replacing a fan on an inverter and was shocked. The employee fell off the ladder approximately 2-3 feet to the ground. The employee sustained an electrical burn to the right hand and a fractured spine. | |||||
2021-06-07 | Windsor | Ct | Silktown Roofing, INC | Wrist(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
On June 7, 2021, an employee stepped back onto roofing material that covered an opening in the roof and fell 15 to 20 feet through the opening onto the concrete floor below. The employee suffered a broken wrist and contusions to the pelvis and spine. | |||||
2021-05-21 | Medford | Wi | Weather Shield Mfg., Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
At about 10:25 a.m. on May 21, 2021, an employee was moving stored pedestal fans from an overhead balcony onto an adjacent elevated forklift platform. As the employee stepped off the balcony and onto the forklift platform, the platform became unstable and tipped off the forks. The employee fell to the concrete floor about 10 feet below, suffering a back/spine injury. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-05-17 | Knox City | Tx | Windstream Communications, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was climbing a ladder. The ladder twisted and the employee fell about 12-15 feet, suffering a rib injury, a spine injury, and a bruised lung. | |||||
2021-04-06 | New Straitsville | Oh | Vickroy's Disposal Inc. | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian vehicular incident |
An employee was loading trash bags into the back of a garbage truck. The truck backed over him. He suffered eight cracked ribs, a collapsed lung, a lacerated liver, a broken knee, a broken ankle, a gash in the lower right leg, and spine injuries. | |||||
2021-04-06 | Aspen | Co | PINNACLE CONSTRUCTORS AND SPECIALTIES INC | Head and trunk | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was positioning a sheet of steel decking when they fell approximately 15 feet through a hole to the lower level. The employee sustained fractures to the head and spine. | |||||
2021-04-06 | Kutztown | Pa | H&K Group, Inc. | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
An employee was descending from a catwalk when they missed the step onto the ladder and fell approximately 21 feet to the ground, sustaining a fractured pelvis, a chipped spine, a concussion, and a laceration to the face. | |||||
2021-03-24 | Boise | Id | D6 Construction, LLC | Thoracic region | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
A crew was lifting a wooden framed wall when the wall slipped and fell on an employee resulting in fractures to his thoracic spine. | |||||
2021-03-01 | Carteret | Nj | UPS Freight Service Center | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was unloading a truck when he slipped inside the trailer and fell, resulting in head and spine injuries. | |||||
2021-02-15 | Sidney | Oh | Auria Solutions | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
An employee tripped and fell over a pothole in the parking lot, resulting in a ruptured spine and a fractured right arm. | |||||
2021-01-07 | Florida City | Fl | USPS POST OFFICE | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
On January 7, 2021, an employee fell while trying to stop a rolling vehicle. She landed on the ground and the vehicle rolled over her. She suffered a lip injury requiring stitches, abrasions on her arm, and a fractured spine. | |||||
2020-10-15 | Marlborough | Ma | Skinner Inc | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was caught under partitions when they let go of the tie that was holding the partitions together. The employee was hospitalized with broken ribs, cracks to his spine, a punctured lung, and a minor neck injury. | |||||
2020-09-30 | Lebanon | Pa | Treesmiths Inc | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet |
An employee fell while climbing a poplar tree, landing on the ground about 30 feet below and suffering a broken femur, ankle, wrist, and pelvis, as well as minor compression fractures in his spine. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery to the femur. | |||||
2020-09-25 | San Angelo | Tx | Cal's Convenience, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was removing the trailer hitch from a customer's vehicle at the carwash. A second carwash customer pulled up behind the employee and pinned him between the two vehicles. The employee sustained a fractured spine and lacerated liver. | |||||
2020-08-25 | Atlanta | Ga | PRECISION STONE SETTING CO. | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was climbing an extension ladder. The ladder slid and the employee fell to the ground 4-5 feet below, suffering broken ribs and a closed fracture of the spine. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-08-20 | Horace | Nd | Dirt Dynamics, LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An outrigger on a concrete truck shifted, causing the truck boom to strike an employee. The employee suffered a bruised spine and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-08-20 | Marion | Oh | Poet Biorefinery-Marion, LLC | Head and trunk | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was inspecting bearings on equipment while walking around the equipment. He stepped through an open hatchway and fell eight feet to the level below landing on grating. The employee sustained a fractured spine and a concussion. | |||||
2020-08-14 | Chicago | Il | Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Thoracic region | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking to a nurse's station when she slipped on a cotton bandage and fell. She suffered a thoracic spine injury. | |||||
2020-08-10 | Berryville | Ar | Carroll Electric Cooperative Corporation | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
Two employees were felling a de-limbed, live tree. They attached a rope to the tree to help control the direction of fall and ensure nothing fell toward the road. As the tree was falling, it went off course and the two employees went separate ways. One of the employees went into the path of the falling tree, which hit the left side of his back and hip area. He broke his left femur, lumbar spine, left hip, and left leg. | |||||
2020-08-05 | Corpus Christi | Tx | H & H Iron and Metal, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by falling object or equipment |
Employees were cutting and torching metal scraps. A metal object fell onto an employee causing multiple fractures to the ribs and spine. | |||||
2020-07-29 | Bozeman | Montana | E A Renfroe Company | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing from a ladder onto a residential roof to inspect it when he slipped off the roof and fell to the ground below. The employee's spine was broken. | |||||
2020-07-21 | Mcdonough | Georgia | United Rack Installers, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was helping to set the pick on the anchors. The approximately 15-foot rail fell and hit the employee. The employee sustained an injury to the legs or spine, and a fractured foot. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery. | |||||
2020-07-10 | Atlanta | Georgia | Sandy Springs Health and Rehabilitation Center | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on a wet floor, fell to the floor, and suffered spine disc damage. | |||||
2020-05-28 | Mabelvale | Arkansas | Purcell Tire & Rubber Company | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was rotating tires on a customer's vehicle. While carrying the tires from the rear to the front of the vehicle, the employee tripped over an air hose and fell. The employee's head struck a four-post lift, and the employee suffered a spine injury. | |||||
2020-05-22 | Wichita Falls | Texas | Vitro Architectural Glass | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was walking near a steel platform performing maintenance when the wire ropes holding the platform snapped, causing the platform to strike the employee. The employee was hospitalized with two fractured ribs, a punctured lung, and a slight fracture to the spine. | |||||
2020-05-13 | Watertown | Massachusett | TMC Transportation, Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a flatbed trailer, suffering right facial fractures, a cervical spine fracture, a right cheek abrasion, a forehead laceration, and paralysis. | |||||
2020-05-13 | Schuyler | Nebraska | White Castle Roofing | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was doing roof work. The employee fell from a ladder to the ground, suffering a broken collarbone, a broken sternum, a fractured spine, and slight amnesia. | |||||
2020-05-06 | Kermit | Texas | Skye Blue Services, LLC | Head and trunk | Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids |
Three employees were cleaning a heater treater when a gas build-up caused an explosion in the building. Two of the employees received minor injuries; the third was hospitalized, having suffered a severe laceration across the forehead, burns to the face and neck, and a fractured spine. | |||||
2020-04-22 | Freehold | New Jersey | Staples | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was taking down or placing chairs in storage while standing on the top platform of a rolling stair ladder when he fainted and fell to the concrete floor. He was hospitalized with a fractured skull, fractured spine, and a broken rib. | |||||
2020-03-30 | Wilmington | Delaware | GT USA Wilmington LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Fall on water vehicle |
An employee was on a container ship's catwalk, lashing containers to secure them. The employee fell to a deck about 15 feet below and suffered spine fractures, lacerations to the liver, and a head injury that required stitching. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-03-27 | Cuyahoga Falls | Ohio | Davey Tree Expert Compnay | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
An employee was working on a tree about 25 feet up from ground level. He fell, suffering fractures to his left shoulder, wrist, collarbone, and spine. | |||||
2020-03-17 | Aurora | Colorado | FURNITURE ROW | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was using a man-up forklift to pick an order from the warehouse racking and fell 17-18 feet to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with spine and skull fractures. | |||||
2020-03-16 | Chicago | Illinois | Fidelitone | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee pushing a copier machine slipped and fell. The employee sustained a spine injury. | |||||
2020-03-12 | Stockbridge | Georgia | Reyes General Construction, LLC | Thoracic region | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was retrieving a window from a trash box attached to an aerial lift. When setting the window, the trash box tipped over and the employee fell 17 feet. The employee sustained a compression fracture to the spine. | |||||
2020-02-24 | Candia | New Hampshir | M&S Logistics, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was securing a load on a flatbed trailer and fell off the trailer onto the ground. The employee sustained broken ribs, swelling around the spine, and an abrasion above an eye. | |||||
2020-02-14 | Wichita | Kansas | TECT HYPERVELOCITY INC. | Multiple trunk locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
A maintenance employee was troubleshooting a tool-changer on a horizontal mill. The tool changer cycled while the employee was inside the machine, striking the employee in the chest. The employee suffered a fractured sternum, two fractured ribs, and small fractures to two bones on the spine. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-01-29 | Hazleton | Pennsylvania | Karchner Logistics & Distribution Services | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was using a 10-foot extension ladder to hang a sign in the warehouse. The ladder slipped out from under the employee, who fell to the ground and suffered from a partial fracture to the spine. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-01-24 | Jackson | Mississippi | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE | Head | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was standing inside a building between two loading docks at the steps leading to a lower level. A package fell off a belt and hit the employee. The employee lost his balance and fell down the steps. He suffered a head laceration and limited movement in his arms and legs due to pressure on his spine. | |||||
2020-01-21 | Lynn | Arkansas | JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was attempting to loosen a strap that was on a trailer loaded with PVC pipe. As he began to loosen the fourth strap, a bundle of PVC pipes fell and struck him on the head, rendering him unconscious. He sustained multiple fractures to the cervical spine. | |||||
2020-01-20 | Momence | Illinois | Van Drunen Farms | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on a patch of ice while walking into work, impacting the ground and suffering a compression fracture to the spine. | |||||
2020-01-14 | West Memphis | Arkansas | Dollar Tree, Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was struck by a falling pallet of cat food that a forklift operator pushed off an overhead rack. The employee suffered a fractured C7 vertebra in the spine. | |||||
2020-01-02 | Jeannette | Pennsylvania | Dominion Energy Transmissin, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was felling dead ash trees when an adjacent ash tree fell and struck his head. He was hospitalized with a fractured spine. | |||||
2019-09-04 | Malcolm | Nebraska | White Castle Roofing | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was climbing down a ladder he had been working from. He fell to the ground about 7 or 8 feet below, suffering a compression fracture to the spine. | |||||
2019-08-19 | Champaign | Illinois | Wright Tree Service Inc | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
On August 19, 2019, an employee was preparing to trim a tree. The employee climbed a ladder and buckled into a tree limb when the limb snapped, causing the employee to fall approximately 15 feet to the ground below. The employee was hospitalized with broken ribs and a fractured spine. | |||||
2019-08-18 | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | MERCY HOSPITAL | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was cleaning a restroom. He discovered water spots on the floor in one of the stalls and placed a caution sign on the floor. As he was about to get a mop, he tripped over the sign and fell to the floor, suffering facial contusions and neck strain. He was hospitalized, undergoing spine surgery. | |||||
2019-08-16 | Silverthorne | Colorado | Peak Materials, LLC | Thoracic region | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was operating a conveyor system for concrete work. The conveyor system dislodged and pinned the employee to the ground, causing a thoracic compression fracture of the spine. | |||||
2019-07-14 | Oxford | Pennsylvania | C.P. Yeatman & Sons, Inc. | Lumbar region | Fall to lower level |
An employee was walking on the second level of a mushroom house. The employee fell to the first level due to an unsecured walk board. The employee sustained three fractured transverse processes in the lower spine and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-07-02 | Jacksonville | Florida | Townsend Roofing and Construction Services, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was working on a residential roof when she went to get additional screws. As she was walking, she stepped on an ISO board that was hanging off of the roof and fell down to the surface below, fracturing her ankle and the base of her spine. Fall protection was not worn at the time of the incident. | |||||
2019-06-25 | Atlanta | Georgia | MACY'S | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was going up an escalator from the second floor to the third floor when she lost her balance and fell backwards to the second floor level. She was hospitalized with a fractured spine and arm scrapes. | |||||
2019-04-30 | Yantis | Texas | Eastham Enterprises Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was installing cable. A saddle fell and hit him knocking him backwards. He landed on a rock on his back and suffered a spine injury. | |||||
2019-04-06 | Aurora | Colorado | Ames Construction, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a dumpster rail to the ground, suffering a head laceration and fractures to the shoulders, breast plate, and spine. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-03-25 | Bryan | Texas | JT Framing | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
An employee was installing balcony railings and fell from the second floor to the ground resulting in a fractures to his spine. | |||||
2019-02-21 | Rosenberg | Texas | ACR HVAC Mechanical, Inc. | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was working from a 10-foot ladder, cutting into a copper line. A blast of pressurized air was released from the line and the employee fell, landing on the concrete floor 8 feet below. He suffered injuries to the head, back, and spine. | |||||
2019-02-19 | Albany | New York | SARK WIRE CORPORATION | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
At 1:37 p.m. on February 19, 2019, a temporary employee was taking an empty 280-pound steel wire reel off a machine when he suddenly felt pain in his neck and back and fell to the floor. He was hospitalized, having suffered sprains/strains of ligaments of the cervical spine and a contusion of the left shoulder. | |||||
2019-02-18 | Katy | Texas | Academy Sports and Outdoor Stores | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee collapsed after lifting a boat and was hospitalized with a cervical spine injury. | |||||
2019-02-01 | Ranger | Texas | Freddy's Auto Parts, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was working underneath a motor home installing a steering control when the motor home fell on him, crushing his pelvis, spine, and tailbone. | |||||
2019-01-03 | York | Pennsylvania | St Moritz Security | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee attempted to sit on a table and fell to the floor, suffering a fractured back/spine. | |||||
2018-09-26 | Chaffee | New York | WILLIAM C. ROTT & SON, INC. | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
An employee fell from a roof to the ground, about two stories below. The employee suffered a fractured pelvis and sacrum, as well as a compressed spine. | |||||
2018-09-12 | Beaumont | Texas | Primoris Field Services | Multiple trunk locations | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee was performing abrasive blasting when a pipe made contact with his blasting hood and slid down his chest and waist area, knocking him to the ground. He suffered fractures on his spine and pelvic area. | |||||
2018-08-24 | Mill Hall | Pennsylvania | Croda, Inc. | Multiple face locations | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
On August 24, 2018, an employee was bleeding out a line carrying cetyl 16-18 fatty alcohol. The material was frozen in the line; when the employee opened the bleeder valve, the hose blew off and struck him in the face. He suffered fractures of the hard palate and nasal spine and a lacerated gumline that required stitches. | |||||
2018-08-20 | Morrison | Colorado | MB Roofing, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
At approximately 3:45 p.m., on 8/20/18, an employee was changing roof anchors when he fell approximately 10 feet from the roof to the ground, spraining his ankle and fracturing his spine. He was hospitalized. The employee's fall protection was disengaged at the time of the incident. | |||||
2018-08-17 | Sarasota | Florida | Pruitt Construction and Excavation LLC | Head and neck | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was in a scissor lift setting a truss for a T-hangar when the truss hit the scissor lift after becoming bound up on a column. The employee was ejected from the scissor lift to the floor as the lift overturned. The scissor lift then landed on the employee's face. The employee suffered multiple facial bone fractures; lacerations on the forehead, back of the head, nose, and face; a small brain bleed; a small fracture on the spine (C6); and a broken upper jaw. | |||||
2018-08-15 | Corpus Christi | Texas | AEP Texas Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was transitioning from an electrical pole to a ladder when he fell 20 feet to the ground, injuring his spine. | |||||
2018-08-14 | Sandwich | Massachusett | Allied Waste Services of Massachusetts, LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
On August 14, 2018, around 10 a.m., an employee fell to the ground while attempting to climb the side of a disposal truck and fractured his spine. | |||||
2018-07-31 | Wooster | Ohio | The Davey Tree Expert Company | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was in a bucket trimming the branch of a cherry tree when an adjacent ash tree fell and struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized with C6 and C7 vertebrae fractures and a bruised spine. | |||||
2018-07-26 | Livingston | Wisconsin | Biddick, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was working from a step ladder to repair a hole on a shipping container. While climbing down the 8-foot step ladder to retrieve a new battery for the grinder, the ladder and the employee fell to the ground below. The employee sustained a concussion and fracture of the spine. | |||||
2018-07-24 | Bartonsville | Pennsylvania | Epic Health Services, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was performing home health care services in a resident's private home when the employee fell down a set of wet stairs and experienced internal bleeding, contusions, and a bruised spine, hip, and buttocks. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-07-23 | Rochelle | Illinois | Pasquesi Farms, LLC | Head, neck, and trunk | Nonclassifiable |
A temporary employee was operating a powered industrial truck and went to dump garbage. After approximately 10 minutes, he was found on his back on the ground. He was hospitalized with skull, neck, and spine fractures. | |||||
2018-07-23 | Annandale | New Jersey | Furino & Sons, Inc | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was stripping concrete forms in a lube oil sump. The temporary 2x4 handrails failed, and the employee fell 12 feet to a lower level, fracturing ribs and injuring parts of his spine. | |||||
2018-07-20 | Cheshire | Connecticut | Bozzuto's | Multiple body parts | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a long fork when he struck a metal rack. He was caught between the long fork and the rack, fracturing his left femur and the base of his spine. | |||||
2018-07-01 | Buford | Georgia | AECOM Design Services INC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Roadway collision-moving and standing vehicle on side of roadway |
An employee was in a company vehicle on the side of the road when another vehicle struck the employee's vehicle. The employee sustained a bruised spine. | |||||
2018-06-29 | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Sanford Health | Head and trunk | Aircraft incident, n.e.c. |
An employee was providing care to a patient aboard a fixed wing aircraft in transport to the hospital. The aircraft encountered clear air turbulence and the employee struck the cabin ceiling causing brain and spine contusions. | |||||
2018-06-15 | Fenwick Island | Delaware | Peninsula Roofing Company, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet |
An employee with Peninsula Roofing Company, Inc., slipped and fell approximately 26' as he was transitioning from a ladder to a roof with his personal fall arrest system harness. He suffered fractured wrists, a broken heel and right foot, and a small fracture to the spine near the tailbone, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-06-12 | Statenville | Georgia | Alberto & Sons, LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee was loading squash onto a trailer when he lost balance and fell to the ground. The trailer was moving forward and rolled over the employee's torso. The employee sustained broken ribs and a fractured spine and hip. | |||||
2018-06-11 | Humble | Texas | Worldwide Flight Service | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was closing the front gate when it came off the track and fell on top of the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis, compression fractures to the spine and a right rib fracture. | |||||
2018-06-04 | King Of Prussia | Pennsylvania | Peirce-Phelps, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was delivering marble to a customer using a flat bed truck. The employee was standing on top of the truck and was about to dismount. The employee reached out for the door of the cab, which swung open, causing the employee to lose balance and fall off the trailer to the ground below. The employee sustained a fracture to the spine and injuries to the left arm and shoulder. | |||||
2018-04-24 | Fairless Hills | Pennsylvania | Comcast of Southeast Pennsylvania, LLC | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was in a bucket truck installing a temporary drop when the employee fell approximately 12 feet out of the bucket to the ground, fracturing the spine and ribs and suffering a broken blood vessel in the brain. | |||||
2018-04-21 | Sophia | West Virgini | Bizzack Construction | Multiple body parts | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was operating a fuel truck on a construction access road when it struck a berm and flipped. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the right shoulder, lumbar spine, left leg, right finger, and ribs. | |||||
2018-04-18 | Turners Falls | Massachusett | AUSTRALIS AQUACULTURE, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was removing a dead fish from a fish tank when the fish's spines stuck the employee's finger, resulting in an infection to the finger and arm. | |||||
2018-03-26 | Burkburnett | Texas | Helena Chemical | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was disconnecting a trailer and pulling on the release when he fell backwards and hit the ground, passing out and injuring his spine. | |||||
2018-03-25 | Savannah | Georgia | Seaonus Stevedoring-Savannah LLC | Lumbar region | Fall on water vehicle |
An employee was standing on coiled wire while removing strapping from other coiled wire inside the cargo hold of a vessel. As the employee was removing the strapping, he fell approximately 8 to 10 feet from the coiled wire he was standing on down onto the metal deck below. He sustained fractures to his lumbar spine. | |||||
2018-03-14 | Round Rock | Texas | Concrete Pumping Property Holdings, LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee finished using a vehicle-mounted boom arm/crane to load clean-out tubs and was retracting the stabilizers when he was caught between a stabilizer and the truck. The employee's spine, mid-torso, and abdomen were crushed, causing internal injuries that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2018-02-23 | Farmingdale | New York | PC Richard & Son | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee climbed onto a trailer to attempt to close the door. The door strap was wrapped on the handle. The employee slipped and fell off the trailer approximately four feet to the ground fracturing the lumbar spine, left arm and pelvis. | |||||
2018-02-05 | Newport | Rhode Island | J & S ROOFING COMPANY INC. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was climbing a ladder to put up scaffolding. He was being handed a scaffold plank when he slipped from the ladder and fell 18 feet to the ground below, injuring his spine, head, and face. | |||||
2017-10-16 | Sour Lake | Texas | Radco Management, LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
On October 16, 2017, at approximately 3:30 PM, a cat-line was attached to a cable to raise up a rig floor. An employee was attempting to un-pin the floor to remove it when the cable snapped and the floor fell on the employee, striking him in the back and pinning him for approximately 10 seconds. He fractured his spine. | |||||
2017-10-13 | Vance | Alabama | Schnellecke Logistics, LLC | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was operating a tugger to pick up racks in a main warehouse aisle when she slid into some parts containers. The containers fell on her resulting in a c-spine fracture. | |||||
2017-10-04 | Gettysburg | Pennsylvania | Donald B Smith Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall to lower level |
On October 4, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., an employee was using a tape measurer to measure a warehouse roof vent hole where the vent cover structure had been removed to place decking material. The tape measurer then fell onto the retrofitted drywall vent cover. The employee was trying to recover the tape measurer when the drywall collapsed and he fell 28 feet to the floor of the warehouse, fracturing his right hip, left foot, right cheek, and lumbar spine. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2017-09-27 | Miami | Florida | Above All Garage Door of South Florida, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was standing on the forks of a forklift approximately 4 feet above the ground looking into a refuse container when he fell off the forks to the ground, injuring his left-side ribs, knee, and hand, and suffering a possible fracture to his spine. | |||||
2017-09-14 | Jasper | Georgia | W.A. Kendall & Co., Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was cutting up a tree that had fallen across a power line. The power line was under the tree and was stretched taught. When the employee cut the final log, it broke suddenly and was flung into the air. The employee ran a few steps and the log hit him in the head and shoulder area. He suffered a fractured spine, crushed vertebrae, and facial lacerations. |