Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-09-24	Portsmouth	Va	CP & O LLC	Face	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was unhooking a shackle and wire from a ship-to-shore crane spreader bar on a dock. The spreader bar flipper guide dropped down and struck the employee in the head. He suffered broken facial bones and was hospitalized.
2021-09-24	Burgettstown	Pa	Union Electric Steel Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was preparing to lift a 25,000-pound forging with an overhead crane using a spreader bar and a set of chains. The chains on one side of the forging snagged on set downs and would not slide into position. The employee used his right hand to position the chains to the center of the load when the crane began to lift the forging. The employee's right middle finger was caught between the chain and the forging, resulting in amputation to the first knuckle.
2021-09-15	Dayton	Oh	Dayton Bag & Burlap Co	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a spreader machine when a chain caught his right hand and pulled it into the machine, resulting in amputations to his index, middle, and ring fingers.
2021-09-04	New Carlisle	Oh	Green Velvet Sod Farms, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
The employee was helping load seed into a seed spreader. The employee was injured when they stepped on a tire that moved, which caused them to fall.
2021-08-23	Kingfisher	Ok	Power Rig LLC	Foot (feet)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was helping rig up a drilling rig. While he was driving a securement pin on an upper spreader beam, another spreader beam (stacked on the first one) slid over and struck his left foot. The foot was broken.
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.
2021-07-20	Omaha	Ne	Patriot Crane & Rigging	Fingertip(s)	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
Employees were adjusting the length of a spreader bar on rigging. The spreader collapsed and the injured employee's left middle finger was pulled into the spreader, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-07-14	Alliance	Oh	Canton Erectors Inc.	Heel(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
After moving machinery from a tractor trailer using a crane, employees were disassembling and stowing the crane. A steel spreader bar, used as rigging, was placed on the ground while the employees were stowing the crane. The spreader bar tipped over on uneven ground and struck an employee in the heel and fractured it.
2021-06-28	Westerly	Ri	FERREIRA CONSTRUCTION CO.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was hand digging in a trench 4 feet deep. As the employee was about to exit the trench using a ladder, he tripped on a pipe and fell against a spreader bar with a locking pin sticking out. The employee's lower torso impacted the locking pin when he fell, resulting in a severe bruise and contusion.
2021-06-04	Richland Hills	Tx	Hamilton Form Co Ltd	Brain	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
Employees were loading a flatbed trailer with deck slab forms using a 15-ton crane. After the last form was loaded onto the flatbed, two employees climbed on top of the form to unhook the rigging between the form and spreader bar. The spreader bar was hoisted up and the crane began to move toward the east end of the building. The crane boom struck the employee, who was knocked to the ground (about 13 feet below) and suffered a head injury. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-05-19	Auburn	Nh	United Rentals, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was assembling a trench shield. Two of the employee's fingertips were caught and amputated between the spreader and the collar.
2021-04-29	York Springs	Pa	ECI Construction	Jaw, chin	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee had just loaded a 24-foot spreader bar onto a trailer. The employee was moving the bar when it fell from the trailer, knocking the employee off the trailer. The employee suffered several contusions and a broken jaw.
2021-03-12	Bay Harbor Islands	Fl	Rizzani de Eccher USA Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was attempting to move a steel form panel with a crane when the spreader beam became tangled with a rebar cage. As the load began lifting, the tension from the chains making contact with the rebar cage allowed the load to swing toward the employee, trapping him between the steel form and a solid staircasing and resulting in an injury to his left leg.
2021-02-27	Miami	Fl	CAPFORM, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was signaling a crane operator to hoist a form. As the crane lifted the load, the spreader bar chain pinched the employee's left middle finger. The finger was amputated.
2021-02-22	Rockford	Il	Tarara AA Concrete Work, Inc.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was emptying a salt spreader attached to a truck. The employee became entangled in the auger and suffered an amputation to the right arm.
2021-02-08	Hanover	Pa	Sun Coach Lines	Head	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from the back of a pickup truck while working on a salt spreader, resulting in a bruise to their temple.
2021-02-01	Denver	Co	FIORE & SONS, INC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was assisting with assembling a trench box. A forklift was used to carry a 150-lb. steel spreader tube which was to be placed between the trench box sheets. The forklift tipped forward, causing the spreader tube to roll off the forks. The tube struck the ground and pivoted in a "baseball bat swing" movement, striking the employee on the left side of his torso below the armpit and also on the outside of his lower left leg. The employee sustained a broken rib, internal bleeding, bruisi
2021-01-30	Chicago	Il	G. E. Mathis Company	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
On 1/30/2021, at 6:00 AM, an employee was operating an overhead crane to move steel plate material in the horizontal position. The crane was equipped with lifting devices including a spreader bar, chains, and plate clamps. The rigging failed and the steel plate fell on the employee's right ankle resulting in lower leg fractures.
2021-01-18	De Pere	Wi	Builders First Source	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Employees were stacking two different types of trusses in a yard. One employee was lifting one end of a truss with a forklift while another inserted a spreader block. The load shifted, and the second employee's left ring finger was pinched between the block and the trusses. The finger was amputated.
2021-01-08	Wilmington	De	GT USA Wilmington LLC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Nonclassifiable
An employee was helping to unload lumber from a vessel. A spreader bar struck and injured her stomach.
2020-10-15	Lake Buena Vista	Fl	Century Golf Partners Management, LP	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was removing a jack stand from a fertilizer spreader that is pulled by a tractor. The jack stand fell onto his left thumb crushing it between the jack stand and the fertilizer spreader. The thumb was fractured.
2020-10-14	Ringgold	Ga	Talley Construction Company, Inc.	Lumbar region	Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
An employee was operating a chip spreader machine down a hill. The spreader began to skid when he applied the brake. The wheels locked and the spreader continued to slide down the hill. The spreader impacted a ditch and spun 180 degrees. The operator was thrown off the machine and landed on the bank of the ditch causing injury to his lower back.
2020-09-30	Pearl City	Il	Pearl City Elevator, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was working from an 8-foot stepladder, preparing a piece of plastic conduit to be glued. The spreader brace bowed, causing a rivet to fall. The employee fell to the ground and suffered a broken left tibia.
2020-08-20	Salina	Ks	Valmont Industries	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
A crane operator was moving a high-tension power pole. The top/spreader bar on a foundry hook made contact with the pole, causing slack in the crane cable. It disconnected, fell about 3 feet, and struck the employee's shoulder.
2020-06-26	Marshfield	Wisconsin	Masonite Architectural	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
A machine operator was cleaning glue from a glue spreader's rollers. Two rollers pulled in the employee's left hand, degloving the thumb. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-06-17	Swainsboro	Georgia	Nutrien Ag Solutions, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was using a cutting torch to remove rusted bolts off a spreader buggy when his hand slipped and the torch flame made contact with his left hand. He sustained burn injures to his left thumb and index finger.
2020-06-09	Elba	Alabama	Coffee County Farmers Cooperative	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Two employees were trying to fix a bar on a spreader truck. One of them was holding the bar when it snapped into place and pinched his gloved left hand, injuring the left little finger. The finger was surgically amputated.
2020-03-23	Lufkin	Texas	Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
During rig down, an employee was attempting to move a hose supported on a spreader bar. The hose came free from the spreader bar and swung into a machine, and the employee's left little finger was caught between the hose and the machine. The distal phalanx of the left pinky finger had to be medically amputated.
2020-02-20	Elizabeth	New Jersey	Maher Terminals	Arm(s)	Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
An employee was standing on a hatch cover, removing twist locks on the forward end of a container. A container attached to a crane spreader struck and pushed the employee, breaking the employee's right arm.
2020-02-19	Columbia Station	Ohio	Southwest Landscape Management, Inc.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On February 19, 2020, an employee was working to clean a salt spreader on a landscaping truck when the employee's right arm was caught in an auger, crushing and breaking bones in the arm.
2020-02-07	Daytona Beach	Florida	Carter Electric Company, Inc.	Elbow(s)	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet
On February 7, 2020, an employee was running an overhead conduit pipe from a 6-foot A-frame ladder when the ladder's spreader bar came off, causing him to fall about 4 to 5 feet to the ground. He fractured his right elbow and was hospitalized.
2020-01-27	Ozona	Texas	Reece Albert Inc.	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was attempting to get on a moving aggregate spreader when the employee slipped and the tire ran over the employee's right foot. The employee's right foot was injured and required surgery.
2019-09-16	St Croix	Virgin Islan	O'Neale's Transport, Inc.	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was standing on top of a container while a spreader bar was being lowered. The bar swung forward, causing the employee to step back and fall approximately 9 feet off of the container and onto the dock. He broke his wrist and suffered a damaged vertebra.
2019-08-07	The Colony	Texas	Vilhauer Enterprises LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee's finger was mashed between a trench box spreader and the shackle of an excavator, resulting in a fracture and laceration to the left ring finger.
2019-07-22	Miramar	Florida	REYNOLDS CONSTRUCTION OF FLORIDA, LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was pinned between the spreader bar of a trench box and an excavator bucket during a sewer main installation. The employee sustained lower lumbar and thoracic compression fractures, a bruised liver, and dislocated ribs.
2019-07-12	Blytheville	Arkansas	Nucor Steel Arkansas	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was working to de-chock a set of four high work rolls which were being removed from the roll mill for maintenance. While he was removing the spreader bar, he was caught in a pinch point between the spreader bar and a roll resulting in amputation of the right pinky fingertip.
2019-07-01	Cincinnati	Ohio	Smith & Brown Contractors, Inc.	Brain	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
An employee working inside a trench box located in a 9' deep excavation slipped and fell, hitting his head on the trench box spreader bar and suffering a head injury.
2019-06-14	Mitchell	South Dakota	NORFOLK IRON & METAL, LLC	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was using a pry bar to unload steel from the back of a semi-trailer for a customer when he slipped and fell, hitting his head on a spreader bar. He lost consciousness and suffered blunt trauma to the head, requiring hospitalization.
2019-05-31	Paris	Illinois	Ben Tire Distributors, Ltd.	Lumbar region	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
An employee was changing a tire on a spreader at a farm. The employee removed the right, rear tire and was rolling it to the front of the spreader. The tire kicked out and as the employee tried to get away from the tire, he slipped on loose gravel and fell to his knees. The tire landed across his back and pinned him to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for three fractured lumbar vertebrae.
2019-05-22	Dallas	Texas	Coreslab Structures Texas, Inc.	Upper arm(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on top of a tractor trailer to secure dunnage and a spreader bar at the front of the trailer. He stepped backwards and fell off of the trailer, suffering a laceration to his right arm above the elbow that required hospitalization.
2019-05-21	Calera	Alabama	TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
A temporary employee was attaching a dump door pan to a spreader bar using a hydraulic fastening gun. The employee's right index finger was caught and crushed between the spreader bar and the trigger of the gun. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-04-01	Tuscumbia	Alabama	Tri-Cities Manufacturing, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was preparing a crane to load a sheet of metal on a plasma table. The employee straddled the spreader bar to unhook it from the crane, attached a plate clamp, and then stepped over the spreader bar while raising the clamp. The clamp snagged on the lip of the spreader bar, which tipped over. The bar struck the employee's lower left leg, breaking it.
2019-04-01	Fairburn	Georgia	Danko Concrete Construction	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Two employees were using a telehandler forklift with an adjustable spreader bar to transport rebar at a construction site. When the load was lifted off the ground the spreader bar beam slipped off the forks and struck the employee on the right leg fracturing it.
2019-02-21	Gurnee	Illinois	Carey Electric Contracting, Inc.	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on an 8-foot stepladder when one of the spreader bars broke causing the ladder to twist and turn throwing the employee off the ladder. The employee suffered a broken right arm.
2019-02-19	La Porte	Texas	Stronghold Ltd	Foot (feet)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was moving material using a forklift. A spreader bar (being used to carry the material) fell on his right foot, causing a dislocation. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2019-02-01	Great Bend	Kansas	The Great Bend Cooperative Inc.	Cheek(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell off an application spreader rig while washing a window and struck the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured cheek bone.
2019-01-21	Zolfo Springs	Florida	HANCOCK CITRUS, INC.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level
A tractor operator fell backwards while getting out of the spreader. He was hospitalized with back pain.
2018-09-17	Sioux Falls	South Dakota	Journey Group Companies	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A spreader chain was holding a tailgate open. The employee pulled the chain out while the employee's finger was between a box and the gate. The tailgate then smashed and severed the employee's right ring fingernail and index finger at the distal joint.
2018-04-25	San Antonio	Texas	Steves and Sons	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a glue spreader roller when the rag he was using was pulled into the roller, catching and injuring his thumb.
2018-04-03	Antioch	Illinois	Union Corrugating Company	Head	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was unloading steel roofing panels at a construction site using a forklift with a spreader bar. The mast was fully extended when the forklift tipped forward. The employee's head struck the steel cage, suffering lacerations and a possible orbital fracture.
2018-03-30	Midland	Texas	Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A crew was in the process of putting a sub-spreader beam in place so that they could raise the rig floor. An employee's hand was resting on the spreader beam when the derrick hand pulled the beam from its stowed position. The employee's small finger was then caught between the spreader beam and the sub leg, amputating his fingertip.
2018-03-08	Baileyville	Illinois	Pearl City Elevator	Skull	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was inserting a power spreader beneath a feed truck while replacing the crossbar of the vehicle. As he attempted to place the tool in the proper position, the coupler on the tool failed and discharged the adapter, striking him in the face. He sustained a laceration on his face and a skull fracture, requiring hospitalization.
2018-02-24	Kings Bay	Georgia	Trident Refit Facility	Foot (feet)	Struck by object or equipment
A 5,000-pound spreader bar rolled from its position on top of a pad eye and landed on an employee's right foot, crushing it.
2018-01-23	Starke	Florida	Anderson Columbia Co., Inc.	Foot (feet)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was working near a shoulder spreader when it was loaded onto his foot, breaking it and requiring hospitalization.
2017-08-29	El Paso	Texas	Abrams-Kiewit Joint Venture	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object or equipment
A crew was offloading T-wall panels using a spreader bar and a loader. Two employees were assisting with the rigging while the loader operator positioned the loader. While the employees were connecting the second piece of rigging, the tension from the rigging attachment gave way, causing the spreader bar to strike the injured employee's hands, fracturing the left index and middle fingers and dislocating the right thumb.
2017-08-23	Richmond	Texas	Gregory-Edwards, Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was operating a spreader bar while installing an HVAC unit on a rooftop. A load was being lowered while the injured employee got into position. The load came down too fast for the employee to move out of the way and the spreader bar slammed into his steel toe boot. His hand was caught between the load and the bar, amputating two fingers.
2017-06-11	New Albany	Pennsylvania	Extreme Plastics Plus, LLC.	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
A skid steer operator detached a spreader bar from the skid steer because the bar would not sit flat on the ground. The injured employee started to push the bar when it fell and struck his leg, breaking it.
2017-06-01	Weyauwega	Wisconsin	Agropur, Inc	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was picking up a cart with an overhead hoist. While he was rigging it up, a piece of the spreader bar shifted and his left ring fingertip was caught and amputated between the hook and eyelet.
2017-04-28	Akron	New York	TruGreen	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was operating a spreader/sprayer machine to apply fertilizers and herbicides to turf. He was attempting to repair/replace a belt in the machine when his right hand was caught and pulled into its pulley system, amputating his index fingertip. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time.
2017-02-27	Valhalla	New York	Sentrale Construction Corp.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was assembling a trench box when his finger was caught in a pinch point between the spreader and another trench box shield, resulting in the amputation of two fingers.
2017-02-23	Bishop	Texas	Renewable Energy System Americas, Inc.	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
An employee was standing near a flat bed trailer while conductor reels were loaded onto the flat bed. A reel came off the spreader beam, dropped and rolled onto the employee's legs. The reel was removed from his legs with a fork lift. The employee suffered lacerations and a fractured leg and ankle.
2017-01-08	Freeport	Texas	Cere Gulf, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was attempting to load a gearbox onto a container vessel. His hand was between the gantry crane spreader bar and the box when the crane lowered, catching and amputating the employee's left middle fingertip.
2016-09-29	Luxemburg	Wisconsin	D & S Machine Service, Inc.	Face	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was struck in the face by a tool and a spreader bar while trying to open "ears" on a machined part.
2016-09-09	Pryor	Oklahoma	Worldwide Steel Works, Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was using a double spreader chain with hooks to hoist a steel plate weighing approximately 1,200 pounds. The hook came loose from the plate and struck the employee's right leg, breaking it. The employee was hospitalized.
2016-09-01	Jacksonville	Florida	Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC.	Foot (feet)	Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
An employee was walking across the barge deck when a rigging spreader bar fell over onto the employee's foot and broke bones in the foot.
2016-08-14	Port Arthur	Texas	SSA Gulf, Inc.	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
While hooking up cargo (wood pulp) in a vessel, an employee walked into one of the landing gear legs of the spreader bar, knocking his hard hat off and causing his head to go backwards. His neck and right arm became numb and he could not move his right-hand fingers.
2016-08-09	Miami	Florida	PLUMBERS ENTERPRISE CORPORATION	Thigh(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
On or about 8/09/2016, an employee was guiding an operator who was lowering a concrete mat. The spreader bar came loose and hit the employee in the lower back, fracturing his right femur.
2016-05-10	Jacksonville	Florida	Trapac Jacksonville, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee's hand was on top of a gear box when the spreader of a crane smashed his left fingers, amputating his left index finger and fracturing his left middle finger. He was hospitalized.
2016-03-22	Brook Park	Ohio	National Payroll Group	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was troubleshooting the CNC line glue spreader and was attempting to push and pull a board through the spreader. When the employee pulled the wood through, the wood came down and crushed his finger, which was on a guide, between the guide and wood. His right middle fingertip was amputated.
2016-03-11	Norfolk	Virginia	CERES MARINE TERMINALS INC	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
An employee was operating a straddle carrier when a crane's spreader bar struck the carrier during ship loading operations. The employee was ejected and fell approximately 25 feet, landing on top of a container. The employee suffered a broken right femur that had to be surgically amputated.
2016-03-09	Cleveland	Ohio	The Worthington Steel Company, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was moving a spreader bar into position when it slipped and caught his thumb between the bar and the wall. He was hospitalized to have his thumb reattached.
2016-02-16	Coaldale	Pennsylvania	Peter J. Radocha & Sons Inc.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On Tuesday, February 16, 2017, at approximately 12:30PM, an employee was in the process of washing out the salt spreader on the rear of a truck. The employee sustained fractures to his right arm and was hospitalized when his hand was caught in the moving spreader mechanism.
2016-01-24	West Chester	Ohio	Jamie's Mulch & Topsoil, Inc.	Forearm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On or about 1/24/16, an employee's arm was pulled into the auger of a salt spreader while cleaning it. The employee's lower left arm broke.
2015-12-05	Fort Pierce	Florida	EAST COAST PACKERS, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On Saturday, December 5, 2015, at about 9:25 AM, an employee processing fruit on a conveyor belt attempted to remove a grapefruit. His finger got stuck in the roller spreader and the end joint of his right-hand middle finger was amputated.
2015-11-06	Johnstown	Pennsylvania	Johnstown Wire Technologies	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was working on a crane that was out of service. He went and got a ladder and put the ladder on the spreader bar of the crane. He climbed about 8 to 10 feet up the ladder when it slipped out from under him. He fell and broke his right shoulder.
2015-08-25	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	JH STEVEDORING	Fingernail(s), nailbed(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On August 25, 2015 at approximately 11:25am, an employee was attaching slings to a spreader. When the vessel moved, the sling hit his right middle finger and tore the nail bed off. The employee was treated and released from the hospital on the same day.
2015-06-14	Houston	Texas	Cooper T. Smith	Brain	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was disconnecting a set of spreader bars from a crane while working on the dock. During the process, an extension bar gained momentum and struck the employee, knocking the employee to the ground. The employee suffered a head injury and was hospitalized for testing, with results of intracranial bleeding.
2015-06-10	Decatur	Illinois	R & R General Contractors, Inc.	Thigh(s)	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment
An employee suffered a fractured femur when he fell from a scaffold after the spreader beam that he had tied his fall protection to fell to the ground.
2015-04-30	Toccoa	Georgia	Caterpillar, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee working on a core machine in the core room had the right pinkie finger amputated as a result of injury. The spreader box stopped indexing across the carrier. The employee went around to the back side of the core machine and noticed that the dowel pin had broke and the back spreader box support wheel was dislodged from the rail and appeared stuck. The employee pushed on the bracket just behind the wheel to try to get the spreader box back on rails and the wheel shattered. The pressu
2015-03-11	North Anson	Maine	COUSINEAU WOOD PRODUCTS, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee amputated two fingers on a glue spreader.
2015-02-02	Hudson	New Hampshir	Preferred Transportation, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell from the salt spreader of his plow truck and broke four ribs, one of which punctured a lung.
2015-01-30	Huron	South Dakota	South Dakota Wheat Growers	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
The injured employee was working on the spreader applying dry fertilizer to the field. He was performing maintenance. He went up the ladder/staircase to the operator's cab to get the owner's manual. He lost his balance and fell to the ground. He was then hospitalized.
2015-01-16	Goddard	Kansas	NOWAK CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
Worker was in a trench and was injured when an operator moved the trench box. The spreader bar on the trench box struck the worker in the back, cracking his vertebra. The worker was hospitalized one night.
2015-01-14	Ulster	Pennsylvania	D.C. Rauscher Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was unjamming a stuck granulated salt spreader used on the back of a truck to salt roads. The employee reached into the impeller and chain components while the machine was running and something grabbed his right hand and amputated his right index finger past the nail bed, but before the first joint.
2015-01-13	Cleveland	Wisconsin	Maple Leaf Dairy	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee oiling a chain on a manure spreader had his glove caught in a pinch point. The employee suffered an amputation to the right index and middle fingers at the middle knuckle.
2015-01-05	San Antonio	Texas	Steves & Sons	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Employee was using her gloved hands to clean the glue-spreader machine while it was operational. The doctor rollers were not open, and the employee's glove got caught between the rollers, pulling her hand inside. Her right-hand ring and middle fingers were crushed.