Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-07-13 | Streetsboro | Oh | Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was performing maintenance on a stretcher lever machine and received an electric shock (480 volts). | |||||
2021-06-07 | Evergreen | Co | St. Anthony Hospital | Lower leg(s) | Trip over an object without fall |
An employee was undergoing wilderness training near a mountain. He was walking down a path, acting as a carrier during a four-point stretcher lift of another employee, when his foot caught on a rock and twisted. He suffered spiral fractures to the right tibia and fibula. | |||||
2021-06-04 | Jackson | Ms | PHI Health, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment |
An employee was loading a patient on stretcher into the back of a helicopter when the stretcher collapsed and the employee's left pinky finger was crushed between the stretcher and the ground, resulting in amputation. | |||||
2021-05-03 | Wylie | Tx | Tower Extrusions, LTD | Thigh(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was operating a tail stretcher machine. A pneumatic cylinder in the machine failed, and the rod from the cylinder flew into the employee's right thigh, puncturing it. | |||||
2020-04-13 | Ball Ground | Georgia | UNIVERSAL ALLOY CORPORATION | Lower leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was operating an aluminum stretcher machine. The employee was struck by a piece of steel tooling that failed while in the machine. The employee sustained a laceration and a fractured lower leg. | |||||
2020-01-23 | Niles | Ohio | BRT Extrusions Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was working at a tail stretcher operation when he crossed over some equipment and was struck in the leg by a machine's transfer arm. He was hospitalized the next day for a broken leg, requiring surgery. | |||||
2020-01-22 | Yankton | South Dakota | Hydro Extrusions USA, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was operating the tail end of a material stretcher and actuating the stretcher foot to remove the aluminum profile material. The material remained fastened to the stretcher foot. The employee's left index finger was on the material when the material broke free of the foot and the employee's finger was crushed between the material and the machine. The fingertip was amputated with bone loss. | |||||
2020-01-08 | Springdale | Arkansas | KAWNEER COMPANY, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
Two employees were repositioning an extrusion press's tail stretcher. The head stretcher was moved closer to the tail stretcher while one employee's right hand was on the material flow table. His little finger was pinched between the metal and the table, suffering an amputation. | |||||
2019-09-24 | Deland | Florida | AdventHealth DeLand | Lumbar region | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
A nurse was helping a patient (who was sitting on a 3-foot-high-stretcher) sit up and get off the stretcher. She was pulling up on the patient when she felt a pop in her lower back. She was hospitalized, with back pain radiating to her right leg. | |||||
2019-09-24 | Tifton | Georgia | Tifton Aluminum Extrusions, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was trying to lay metal flat on a cooling table from a safety basket. The arm of a tail stretcher machine caught the employee's right leg and broke the thigh. | |||||
2019-09-09 | Jacksonville | Florida | Baptist Health | Lumbar region | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
A nurse was assisting in lifting a patient from a stretcher to a wheel chair and suffered lower back pain. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-09-05 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | NAZARETH HOSPITAL | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion involving outside sources |
While transferring a patient from a stretcher to a bed, an employee sustained a herniated disc in her back. | |||||
2019-06-18 | Prichard | West Virgini | Sogefi USA, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was operating a two-hand control O-ring stretcher. When she attempted to dislodge a stuck O-ring with her finger, the stretcher partially amputated her right middle fingertip. | |||||
2019-05-13 | Wellsville | Pennsylvania | PENNEX ALUMINUM COMPANY, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating the manual side of a press stretcher (the tail side). He placed a block inside the channel of the aluminum extrusion and clamped it in the jaw end of the stretcher. When the employee noticed the block was out of alignment, he opened the jaw with his right hand and used his left hand to re-align the block. While he was re-aligning the block, the jaw handle slipped from his hand and closed on his finger. This occurred at the same time the head stretcher began pulling on t | |||||
2018-08-09 | Fall River | Massachusett | Steward Healthcare | Heart | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode |
On August 9, 2018, while bending over a patient's stretcher to draw blood, an employee developed back pain and difficulty breathing possibly related to a heart attack. | |||||
2018-08-07 | Sanford | Florida | Benada Aluminum Products, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating the tail stretcher. After stretching a profile, he began releasing the profile from the stretcher. He was facing the stretcher with his left hand in front of the machine and his right hand towards the back. His left hand passed across the light bar on the stretcher, which opened the jaws. His left ring finger was then caught in the jaws, amputating his fingertip. | |||||
2018-07-21 | North Jackson | Ohio | Extrudex Aluminum Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was adjusting material on a tail stretcher when his right index finger was caught in the tail stretcher's clamp, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2018-06-27 | Orlando | Florida | Orlando Health, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was helping to move a patient on a stretcher into an elevator when the employee tripped while going backwards and fell onto the right buttock, fracturing the right hip. | |||||
2018-02-27 | San Antonio | Texas | AirMed International, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was transporting a patient on a stretcher when the stretcher collapsed, pinching the employee's fingertip and resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2017-07-26 | Lincoln | Nebraska | ContiTech USA, Inc. | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was cutting a sample belt from a cure press to check for length when his left hand was pulled between the stretcher ring and the torque team belts on the press resulting in fractures to his left ring and pinky fingers and burns to his left hand and forearm. | |||||
2017-04-21 | Fonda | New York | KEYMARK CORP | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a tail stretcher machine that uses a roller/rail system and caught his left finger in the roller amputating the fingertip. | |||||
2017-04-12 | Rome | Georgia | Redmond Regional Hospital | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was transporting a patient on a stretcher out of a room. In the process, the door handle trapped her pinky finger between the door handle and the stretcher resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2017-01-31 | Delair | New Jersey | Aluminum Shapes, LLC. | Nonclassifiable | Nonclassifiable |
An employee was hospitalized after being struck by the stretcher. | |||||
2016-09-26 | Aventura | Florida | Aventura Hospital | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over an extension cord and struck her head on a stretcher, suffering a concussion. | |||||
2015-12-14 | Saint Louis | Missouri | SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee was training on a new piece of equipment (stretcher). When she lifted one end of it, she hurt her back falling to the ground and passing out. She was hospitalized with a back injury. | |||||
2015-11-08 | Augusta | Maine | Maine General Health | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
An employee injured her back while wheeling a stretcher. | |||||
2015-11-02 | Clifton Park | New York | Empire Ambulance | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee was lifting a stretcher with a person on it and injured her back. | |||||
2015-08-11 | Bryan | Texas | Ply Gem Windows | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was repairing the head stretcher on P2. The employee had electrical LOTO and one air hose removed. While connecting the second air hose, the shaft moved and amputated his left pinky finger down to the knuckle closest to the hand. | |||||
2015-04-01 | Tampa | Florida | FLORIDA HOSPITAL CARROLLWOOD | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
An employee was attempting to slide a patient onto the CT stretcher when his legs gave out and he fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with a back injury. | |||||
2015-03-02 | Beloit | Wisconsin | American Aluminum Extrusion, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee operating a tail stretcher machine sustained a partial finger amputation. The employee's fingers were not guarded and the left index fingertip was smashed. |