Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-28	Cincinnati	Oh	American Scaffolding, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was unloading 12 scaffolding frames for a client. The frames were standing upright against the back window of a pickup truck and were strapped in. The pickup was on a street with a slight incline. The employee unsecured the frames, took one section off, and moved to the tailgate area of the truck to hand the frame to the client on the ground. As the employee's back was turned, the frames started falling toward him and he tried to jump out of the back of the truck, but the frames caug
2021-10-11	Hamilton	Oh	The Hydaker-Wheatlake Company	Fingertip(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway
An employee was guiding the bucket of a backyard machine as it was being offloaded from the trailer on a residential street. The bucket caught the trailer as it was unloaded, causing the bucket to rotate and create a pinch point between the bucket mount (a steel bracket) and a hydraulic strut. The employee's left hand was caught between the top of the bucket and the hydraulic strut, and his index fingertip was amputated.
2021-09-07	Longboat Key	Fl	Brightview Landscaping Services, Inc.	Upper and lower limb(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway
An employee was standing in a bike lane, using a backpack leaf blower to blow grass off a street onto the sidewalk. A passing car struck the employee, who suffered a broken left arm and left foot.
2021-08-18	Mandan	Nd	Edling Electric, Inc.	Thigh(s)	Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was grinding bolts on the base of a street light. The grinder bound up and spun out of his hands, causing a 2-inch cut on his upper left leg.
2021-08-16	Utica	Ny	Central New York Construction, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was painting a steel fence in a rain garden/courtyard area. A vehicle backed uncontrollably from the street, jumped two curbs, pinned the employee between the car and the fence, and continued, striking a building. The employee suffered fractures to the collarbone, ribs, and a leg.
2021-08-14	Joliet	Il	United States Postal Service	Arm(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
An employee was delivering mail when a dog ran across the street and bit her arm, resulting in cuts that required hospitalization.
2021-06-09	Long Island City	Ny	Kiewit Infrastructure Company	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in roadway
An employee was crossing a street when a vehicle struck him, causing multiple fractures to his left leg/ankle. He was hospitalized.
2021-05-27	Boca Raton	Fl	Waterfield Florida Staffing, LLC	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway
A vehicle struck a school crossing guard in the street. The guard suffered fractures to the right kneecap, sacrum, and right-side pelvis.
2021-05-19	Hoover	Al	BFI Waste Services, LLC	Brain	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
While out on assignment the employee's vehicle stopped working and needed to be towed for repair. The employee stepped out onto the foot hold on his vehicle at the same time the tow truck driver was trying to hook up the boom from the tow truck. The boom device struck the vehicle and the employee slipped from the foot hold and fell onto the street. The employee was hospitalized for a head injury.
2021-05-11	Baytown	Tx	LC Personnel	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was helping to pick up trash from the side of the street. Their right index finger was fractured by the lifting mechanism on the trash truck. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
2021-04-08	Miami	Fl	Kendall Car Wash, Inc.	Brain	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee was about to move a vehicle that was exiting the car wash for drying and detailing. When the vehicle was started, it raced forward, crossing the property and then six lanes of traffic, and crashed into a structure across the street. The employee suffered a head injury and concussion when the air bags deployed.
2021-03-20	Far Rockaway	Ny	Bestcare Inc.	Arm(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee became dizzy and fainted in the street while returning to a patient's home from a store. The employee landed on the ground and suffered a broken left arm.
2021-02-18	Houston	Tx	Mesa Line Services LLC	Tooth (teeth)	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was driving an easement machine between two houses to reach the back yard. As the machine moved from concrete to grass, it tipped over to the left, catching the employee's left hand against a street light. The employee suffered lacerations to the hand. As well, the employee's face struck the controls, causing a partial loss of front teeth. The employee was hospitalized and underwent mouth surgery.
2021-02-02	Port Washington	Oh	NPL Construction Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was standing on the ground reaching over the rear passenger side wheel well directly adjacent to an affixed catwalk on the rear of a water supply truck. While the employee was operating a drain valve located on the rear of the tank, the employee slipped on snow and ice building up on the street surface. As the employee slipped and fell, they grabbed the catwalk guard railing and their left ring finger caught on the railing corner gusset support, resulting in a partial amputation down
2021-01-29	Effingham	Il	C.E.F.S. Economic Opportunity Corporation	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking across the street/parking lot, slipped on ice and fell. The employee's head struck the pavement/curb. The employee was hospitalized with intracranial bleeding and a right wrist sprain. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-01-26	Cape Girardeau	Mo	KIEFNER BROTHERS INC.	Hip(s)	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was driving a concrete cart. As the cart turned from a street into a parking lot, it hit the concrete lip at the drive entrance. The handlebars jarred, hitting the employee in the side and causing him to fall off the cart. He landed on the concrete and suffered a broken left hip.
2020-10-19	Franklin	Wi	R.A. Smith, Inc.	Pelvic region	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in work zone
A road was being prepared for new asphalt. Another contractor was milling down existing asphalt and then running a sweeper machine to push the loose asphalt to the middle of the road so it could be picked up. An employee was inspecting the work by measuring the depth of the milling operation when the street sweeper backed up and struck him. The employee sustained injuries to the pelvic area.
2020-10-01	Tampa	Fl	The Fishel Company	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was working on a streetlight fixture to be installed on a pole. The employee was caught between the lower boom of a bucket truck and a tool box, mounted on the bed of the truck. The employee suffered broken ribs and a collapsed lung and was hospitalized.
2020-09-28	Louisville	Ky	U. S. Census Bureau	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway
A census taker was hit by a vehicle while crossing the street, and suffered multiple broken bones.
2020-09-24	Houston	Tx	Grant Sheet Metal, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone
Two employees were working as flaggers for a construction site and were assisting a truck driver back out of the site. As the truck was backing out onto the service road, a motorist struck one of the flaggers who was in the street. The employee received head and bodily injuries. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.
2020-09-11	Cusseta	Ga	Mark Dunning Industries	Head and trunk	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway
While collecting garbage, an employee stepped off the garbage truck and was crossing the street when a pickup truck struck the employee. The employee suffered head and hip injuries.
2020-06-30	New Brunswick	New Jersey	Jam - N Cable	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
Employees were pulling cable strands with a rating of 5000 pounds. While they were tightening the cable on the right side of the street, there was some slack in the cable on the left side of the street. A tractor trailer pulled out of an industrial park and snapped the cable. The cable swung towards the bucket truck causing employee 1, who was wearing a harness, to jump out of the bucket truck to avoid being hit by the cable. Employee 1 sustained a fractured rib and a back injury. The cable then
2020-05-20	Edmond	Oklahoma	Insight Pest Solution Oklahoma LLC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Shooting by other person-intentional
A sales person was walking down a city street while coming from or going to a customer's business/home when a man robbed and shot the employee in the stomach. The employee required surgery.
2020-05-13	Macedon	New York	K & D Disposal, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway
An employee was struck by a car while crossing the street to retrieve a trash tote. The employee was hospitalized with a head/brain injury; a broken back, leg, ankle, knee, and forearm; and broken ribs.
2020-05-06	Roslyn	New York	Verizon	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was installing a telephone pole. He backed up from the sidewalk and was stepping off the curb when he lost his balance. He tried to turn his body to catch himself when he landed face first on his side on the street. He suffered two fractured ribs and a bruised spleen.
2020-04-14	Carver	Massachusett	Eversource	Ankle(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone
An Eversource employee was recovering downed power lines in a street. A vehicle entered the work zone and struck the employee, running over and breaking the employee's ankle as well as striking the employee with its side view mirror.
2020-03-30	Kaneohe	Hawaii	United States Postal Service	Brain	Pedestrian struck by vehicle propelled by another vehicle on side of road
A postal carrier was leaving his postal vehicle to walk his delivery route. An SUV rear-ended the postal vehicle and catapulted the carrier 17 feet into the street. The carrier injured his head on the road surface and was hospitalized.
2020-03-23	Princess Anne	Maryland	U. S. Postal Service	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on wet pavement and fell to the street, suffering a broken leg.
2020-02-07	Boston	Massachusett	VPNE Parking Solutions, Inc.	Head	Shooting by other person-unintentional
An employee was standing on a sidewalk in front of the building when he was hit by a stray bullet during a police chase of a suspect who was running down the street. He suffered a head injury and was hospitalized.
2020-01-28	Jamestown	North Dakota	Builders First Source	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was stepping out of his delivery truck onto the street when he slipped on an ice buildup, injuring his hip.
2020-01-21	Houston	Texas	Keystone Concrete Placement	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a 16-pound sledgehammer to set formwork for concrete along the side of the street when the hammer struck his right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2020-01-20	Lebanon	Pennsylvania	Consolidated Scrap Resources, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
While going to get salt to treat ice on a city road that runs between the building and the yard, an employee slipped and fell on ice on the street, breaking the left hip and requiring hospitalization for surgery.
2019-08-23	Maywood	Illinois	Loyola University Medical Center	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was crossing a street on campus when the employee tripped over the base of a pedestrian crossing sign and broke a leg on the ground.
2019-08-13	Downingtown	Pennsylvania	Eagle Disposal of PA, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Vehicle struck object or animal on side of roadway
An employee was riding on the rear driver side step of a rear load trash truck. The truck was reversing onto a no-outlet street when it backed into a roll-off container on the side of the street. The employee was crushed between the truck and the container.
2019-08-08	Boston	Massachusett	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Knee(s) and leg(s)	Fall on same level
An employee was walking up a ramp from the street to the building when he fell on the ramp. His leg hit the ramp floor, injuring his left knee/thigh and causing a hematoma.
2019-08-01	Frisco	Texas	Nortex Landscape Management, LLC	Brain	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway
An employee was in the street, using a blower to blow cut grass. A passing car struck the employee, causing a traumatic brain injury, a broken jaw and femur, skin abrasions, and an eye injury requiring surgery.
2019-07-31	Pasadena	Texas	SER CONSTRUCTION PARTNERS, LTD	Head and trunk	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway
An employee was in the center of the street applying marks to the pavement for placement of reflective buttons to mark the lanes. An SUV turned onto the street at a high rate of speed. It dragged the employee before running them over with the front and rear tires. The employee sustained injuries including: an open fracture to the left pelvis; fractured right pelvis; bilateral hip fractures; fractured bones near the eye and cheek bone areas; fractured nose; bruised right lung; bruised liver; and
2019-07-25	West Point	New York	USMA WEST POINT	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee sustained an amputation to the tip of his left thumb while lifting a street grate.
2019-07-22	Salina	Kansas	Great Plains	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
A truck driver was opening up the back gate of his trailer when a forklift that was pulling a trailer down the street struck the truck driver. The truck driver sustained lacerations to the right side of the stomach and two broken ribs.
2019-07-19	Dequincy	Louisiana	Waste Management of Lake Charles	Lower extremities	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in roadway
A driver was backing a refuse truck down a dead-end street. Another employee attempted to mount the riding step on the left rear side of the truck while it was in motion. The employee slipped and was struck by the rear tandem wheels of the truck. The employee sustained fractures to the lower left ankle/foot that required surgical amputation and also sustained multiple fractures to the right leg.
2019-07-03	Orange Park	Florida	Advanced Disposal	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in roadway
A temporary employee had been picking up trash cans and dumping them in the rear loader of a garbage truck. At the time of the incident, he was helping the truck driver back up in the street. As the driver was backing up, the employee's right hand (finger) was caught between the rear loader and a 4 x 4 piece of wood, resulting in a finger amputation.
2019-06-27	Miami	Florida	Southern Electric Corporation of Mississippi	Multiple body parts	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was preparing to pull in new electrical power lines with a rope when the rope became entangled in the base of a street sign, causing the sign to become loose and strike the employee in the back. The employee was hospitalized with a bruised left lung, cracked ribs, and bruised vertebrae.
2019-06-15	East Setauket	New York	US Postal Service	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was getting out of a vehicle and stepped onto a branch, causing her to slip on mud on the street. She fell and injured her left hip.
2019-05-10	Chicago	Illinois	Aunt Martha's	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway
An employee was crossing the street with a client when a vehicle struck the employee. The employee sprained the bi-lateral knee, neck, and left and right shoulders.
2019-04-29	Belleville	Illinois	HANK'S EXCAVATING & LANDSCAPING, INC.	Cheek(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
On 4/29/2019, an employee was conducting landscaping operations at a street corner. He pushed a tree branch out of his way, and it snapped back and struck his face. A splinter pierced the left upper cheek just below the eye. Safety glasses were worn at the time.
2019-04-24	Salt Lake City	Utah	Hill Air Force Base	Arm(s)	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
An employee was walking to a conference and crossing the street when the employee tripped on a curb and fell to the concrete, breaking the left arm. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-04-23	Brunswick	Georgia	Doug Coffey Electric, Inc.	Head and trunk	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was working inside a single-phase pad-mounted transformer, pulling wires to energize street lights. A cordless drill that was being used to tighten a lug created a phase-to-phase contact inside the transformer, resulting in an arc flash. The employee suffered second-degree burns to the face and torso.
2019-04-12	Houston	Texas	Professional Traffic Control	Brain	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, roadway
Several employees were riding in a flatbed truck. The truck had to swerve to avoid a barrel in the road and an employee fell out onto the street. The employee suffered a laceration to the right ear, a broken bone in the right ear area, and lost consciousness. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-04-11	Bryan	Texas	Doggett Heavy Machinery Services	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was climbing down from a street sweeper when he fell about 3 feet to the ground, breaking his right leg.
2019-04-11	Brandon	Mississippi	Waste Management of Jackson, MS.	Thigh(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway
An employee was crossing the street when a passing car struck him, breaking his femur. He was hospitalized.
2019-04-11	Norcross	Georgia	WASTE PRO OF GEORGIA, INC.	Head	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway
A subcontractor employee was working on a residential trash collection route. As he crossed the street to get to a customer's residence, a passing vehicle struck him. He suffered head fractures and trauma.
2019-03-28	University Heights	Ohio	TRAFFTECH, INC	Brain	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
Two employees were painting street lines in a middle lane work zone when they were struck by a vehicle, suffering head injuries.
2019-03-22	Dallas	Texas	United States Postal Service	Knee(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell from the curb while crossing the street and hit their knee on the ground. The employee suffered a dislocated right knee.
2019-03-20	Sanford	Florida	WHARTON-SMITH, INC	Multiple upper extremities locations	Roadway incident involving motorized land vehicle
An employee was operating an ATV down a closed street on the jobsite and crashed. The employee suffered a dislocated shoulder and broken bones in the elbow and thumb requiring surgery.
2019-03-01	Orlando	Florida	Orlando Health	Elbow(s)	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
An employee tripped on the curb and fell while crossing the street and sustained a broken elbow.
2019-01-25	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Halley Engineering Contractors, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
An employee working inside the street barriers on the shoulder of an on-ramp was struck by a vehicle that swerved into the jobsite. The employee was hospitalized due to a fractured pelvis and internal injuries.
2019-01-23	Conyers	Georgia	Southeast Connections, LLC (North Carolina)	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway
An employee was struck by a car while crossing the street after verifying the depth of a fire hydrant's water valve. Both of the employee's legs were broken.
2019-01-15	Peoria	Illinois	Professional Therapy Services, Inc.	Skull	Fall on same level due to slipping
On January 15, 2019, at 8:45 a.m., an employee was walking into work from where she parked on the street when she slipped and fell, striking her head on the icy sidewalk. She was hospitalized with a fractured occipital bone.
2018-09-12	Flushing	New York	Verizon NY	Fingertip(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
Employees were using a machine to remove a phone pole on the street. After the pole was pulled from the ground, an employee's left middle finger was crushed between the pole and the concrete. The fingertip was amputated.
2018-09-11	Saint Joseph	Missouri	IDEKER INC.	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
An employee was crossing the street while a crew was paving a section of road. He was within the work zone when he was struck by another passing car that was in the wrong temporary lane of traffic. He flew over the car and landed on the ground behind it. He was hospitalized with a broken ankle, two fractured/chipped vertebrae, minor cuts to his head, loss of skin from the back of one hand, and a small brain bleed.
2018-09-10	Atlanta	Georgia	Allied University Security Services	Hip(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway
An employee was walking across the street when he was struck by a pedestrian driving a vehicle, injuring his hip.
2018-08-30	Anniston	Alabama	Anniston Army Depot	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway
An employee was hit by a contractor's truck while crossing the street, breaking both of her legs.
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.
2018-08-17	Brooklyn	New York	E-J ELECTRIC INSTALLATION CO.	Hand(s)	Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
An employee was installing street lamps from an aerial lift bucket when a car struck the aerial lift's control panel. His right hand was then crushed between the bucket and structural steel, requiring hospitalization.
2018-08-03	Flushing	New York	Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was cutting and racking in a street utility service box when a cap came off a cut live cable and contacted the employee, causing an electrocution and burns.
2018-07-02	Orange Park	Florida	Jr. Davis Construction Company, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
A construction worker assisting with street construction in a new residential community began experiencing symptoms of heat related illness and was hospitalized for heat stroke.
2018-06-26	Cincinnati	Ohio	AMS Construction, Inc.	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
An employee was digging a pole hole inside a construction work zone on a city street when a motorist who had fallen asleep at the wheel drove their car into the work zone and struck the employee. The employee suffered a right leg fracture.
2018-06-01	Von Ormy	Texas	Charter Communications	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
An employee was on a ladder installing a new aerial cable on a utility pole at a height of 15 to 20 feet when a car caught the aerial cable with its bumper and began pulling it down the street. The employee was pulled from the pole and fell, striking a chain link fence before landing on his left side and also hitting a log that was on the ground. He suffered contusions.
2018-05-15	Coral Gables	Florida	Hire Quest LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
While sweeping the street, a temporary employee attempted to adjust a water filled barricade. When he pushed the barricade, the chain link fence portion shifted and severed his left index fingertip between the nail bed and the first digit.
2018-05-14	Jacksonville	Florida	B & M Equipment Rental & Sales, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
An employee was using a boom lift to unload equipment from a flatbed truck when the turntable of the boom turned around 180 degrees with the bucket remaining on the trailer. He drove the boom toward the end of the trailer and before he could stop, the front wheels went off the back of the trailer. He was thrown off the lift and landed on the street, fracturing his right wrist and right hip. He also sustained a laceration to the right side of his face.
2018-04-13	Long Beach	New York	Elecnor Hawkeye, LLC	Foot (feet)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was installing an electric cable below street level when his foot was caught and lacerated between two metal plates.
2018-04-13	Buffalo	New York	US Foods - Buffalo Division	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was working in the back of his delivery vehicle (a tractor trailer) pulling a pallet of food products onto the lift gate of his trailer. As he pulled the pallet to the liftgate, he fell approximately 4 feet from the lift gate to the blacktop street below.
2018-03-05	Cincinnati	Ohio	Gateway Distribution, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was moving a cart full of streetlight poles and got his finger pinned between the poles resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2018-02-15	Columbus	Ohio	Helping Hands Center	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was running after a child that was running towards a street and slipped in a grassy, muddy area. As she tried to catch herself on a chain link fence, the ring on her left ring finger was caught in the fence resulting in a degloving injury.
2018-01-24	Lebanon	New Hampshir	DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway
An employee was crossing the street in the crosswalk to another office building when he was struck by a car, suffering a head injury, fractured ribs, and lacerations.
2018-01-24	Bryceville	Florida	Advance Disposal Waste Services	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway
An employee was collecting garbage and crossing the street to retrieve another garbage container when a vehicle hit him, fracturing his right tibia. He was hospitalized.
2018-01-23	Portsmouth	Virginia	General Dynamics I.T.	Leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was crossing the street when an unsecured load of pipe fell off a flatbed truck and struck him, fracturing his leg.
2018-01-21	Alma	West Virgini	DeepWell Energy Services, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was driving a street sweeper down a well pad access road when he applied the brakes, slid into a ditch, hit a mound, went airborne, and rolled two times. He suffered fractured ribs, a collapsed lung, and a fractured pelvis.
2018-01-17	Hammond	Louisiana	Southern Foods	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking across the street going toward the main entrance of the plant when he slipped and fell on the icy road, breaking his right ankle.
2017-10-04	Coleman	Texas	American Lighting & Signalization	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity
While performing diagnostics on a street light pole, an employee received an electrical shock and burns on both hands, the abdomen, and the shoulders.
2017-09-12	Pine Bluff	Arkansas	Evergreen Packaging	Multiple lower extremities locations	Contact with hot objects or substances
The employees were bringing the paper machine back online. The waste paper stock went into the overflow chest to be returned to pulp. An employee went out to observe the overflow from the chest in the street to make sure the sewer drain did not clog. As the employee was standing by the sewer drain, the condensate tank released to the same area. The condensate, mixed with the product from the overflow chest, caused the product level at the curb to rise over and into the employee's boots burning h
2017-09-10	South Daytona	Florida	Haugland Energy Group LLC.	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway
An employee was walking down the street wearing a reflective vest and hard hat while conducting a visual inspection of a repaired powerline when he was struck by a hit-and-run vehicle. He broke his right leg and was hospitalized.
2017-08-21	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	Marquette University	Trunk	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway
An employee was struck in the crosswalk of a city street by a motor vehicle, requiring hospitalization for a torso injury.
2017-08-16	San Antonio	Texas	Charter Communications	Multiple foot (feet) locations	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was servicing an aerial drop. He set up his ladder, ascended to about 18 feet, and secured himself to the strand using his body belt and safety strap. As he started working, his ladder began to slide to the right. He began descending the ladder to readjust it. As he was descending, the ladder slid again to the right, causing him to fall off the ladder from about 14 feet. He landed on his feet on the street and fell backwards, breaking his left heel and several bones in his right foot
2017-07-14	Chicago	Illinois	Addus Healthcare, Inc. dba Addus Homecare	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway
An employee was crossing the street when she was struck by a car, suffering a possible spinal cord injury.
2017-07-13	Jacksonville	Florida	American Lighting and Signalization, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was repairing an electrical meter for street lights when an electrical flash occurred, resulting in first and second degree burns on his arms and face. He was hospitalized.
2017-05-12	Dfw Airport	Texas	Alpha and Omega Industries	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was removing a street light when the base kicked back and struck the employee in the stomach area.
2017-05-09	Akron	New York	Adesa NY LLC	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was attempting to get into the driver's seat of a pickup truck that had a suspension lift kit installed on it. This kit raised the normal height of the doors above street level. The employee was holding onto the steering wheel to hoist himself up into the drivers' seat when he lost his grip on the steering wheel, fell backwards to the pavement, and landed on his back. He was hospitalized with a back injury and had surgery.
2017-04-27	Hartford	Connecticut	Block By Block	Skull	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
On April 27, 2017, an employee and a coworker were working on a street corner when two men assaulted them. The employee suffered a skull fracture and required hospitalization.
2017-04-08	Columbus	Ohio	U.S. Postal Service	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Gored or rammed by animal
On April 8, 2017, at approximately 2:00 PM, an employee was attacked by a dog while delivering mail. The force of the dog drove the employee backward to the curb, where the employee fell to the street and fractured the right shoulder. The employee was hospitalized.
2017-04-05	Blooming Grove	New York	RHP Staffing Company	Upper arm(s)	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, roadway
The injured employee was riding in a golf cart driven by another employee. The golf cart struck a bump in the road and the injured employee fell off the cart onto the street resulting in a broken humerus.
2017-03-16	Elmhurst	Illinois	Tri-Angle Environmental, Inc.	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
On March 16, 2017, an employee was changing evaporator coils on the roof-mounted cooling unit for the store's walk-in cooler. The employee was going up an extension ladder to access the roof from the street when the ladder slipped from under him and the employee fell approximately 12 feet to the ground below. The employee suffered a broken right leg above the ankle and a shattered heel bone. The employee was hospitalized.
2017-03-11	Columbus	Ohio	U S Postal Service	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway
An employee was walking across the street to deliver mail when a vehicle struck the employee and ran over his left ankle and right leg, breaking both.
2017-03-02	Maywood	Illinois	American Recycling and Disposal, Inc.	Hip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was moving a truck tire out of the street after it had fallen off of his truck. The tire fell onto the employee breaking his hip.
2017-02-08	West Islip	New York	GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	Multiple head locations	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
An employee rode a shuttle bus from the parking lot to the building. When she stepped off the bus and onto the street, she tripped on a curb, fell forward, and struck a cement column. She suffered contusions to the head, face, and scalp.
2017-02-03	Skokie	Illinois	Addus Healthcare, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway
An employee was struck by a car while crossing the street, suffering multiple fractures and requiring hospitalization.
2017-01-20	Bridger	Montana	U.S. Postal Service	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
While delivering mail to a box, an employee fell on an icy street and fractured the left tibia.
2017-01-09	Oelwein	Iowa	U.S. POSTAL SERVICE	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee fell on an icy street while delivering mail, fracturing the right ankle and lower right leg and requiring surgery.
2016-10-15	New York	New York	Hellman Electric Corporation	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in work zone
An employee was watching for oncoming traffic while a fellow worker was installing wiring on a light pole. The employee was struck by a motor vehicle that was driving illegally in reverse down a one way street in the wrong direction. The employee sustained a sprained right ankle, contusions to the left hip, thigh and forearm and lacerations to the left side of the face.
2016-10-10	Richmond	Texas	Sears Home Services	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee parked outside on the side of the street. When he opened his van's back door, a box fell out of the van and went into the ditch. As he attempted to get the box, he fell several feet into the ditch and broke his left tibia in his lower left leg.