Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-17 | Fort Worth | Tx | HENSEL PHELPS | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was holding the support structure of a concrete chute. The concrete was not releasing; the employee was shaking the chute when his left middle fingertip was caught between the concrete bucket and a metal box. Half an inch of the fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2021-11-16 | Pascagoula | Ms | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Foot (feet) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was inspecting a crane when his right foot became lodged between the crane's wire rope and the drum structure for the rope. The foot was amputated. | |||||
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. | |||||
2021-10-27 | Carbondale | Il | Just Construction, LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was on the roof of a garden center structure. As he moved from the gutter to a scissor lift, he fell, landing on the ground about 12 feet below and suffering a head injury. | |||||
2021-10-21 | Cleveland | Oh | Jay Dee Obayashi JV | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was assisting a co-worker with repositioning PVC piping that was 13 feet long and weighed approximately 200 pounds. As the employee repositioned their end of the pipe, they slipped on the gate structure they were working on and fell resulting in a broken right tibia. | |||||
2021-10-12 | Galveston | Tx | Consolidated Crane & Rigging, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was flagging as a crane lifted a 15,000 lbs. transformer into a building. The transformer slid off the skates and crushed the employee between the transformer and a structure resulting in multiple fractures. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-10-01 | Pyote | Tx | Brigade Energy Services, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was rigging up a workover rig when their left thumb was pinched between the stationary structure of the rig and amputated. | |||||
2021-09-24 | San Marcos | Tx | HEB Distribution Center | Thigh(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift carrying a raised load. The forklift struck a structure above it in a warehouse. It fell over and landed on the employee, who suffered a laceration to an artery in the inner thigh. | |||||
2021-08-24 | Warren | Oh | Barton Malow Company | Arm(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
A duct support structure was being assembled. Its framing fell, pinning an employee under it. The employee suffered a broken arm (with muscle damage) and a laceration to the leg. | |||||
2021-08-20 | Milwaukee | Wi | Douglas Dynamics, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was adjusting the direction of a structure-mounted air circulating fan. The fan blade struck and amputated his right index finger. | |||||
2021-08-10 | Port Saint Lucie | Fl | Lupe's Professional Cleaning Service, Inc. | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was walking by sheets of drywall stored against the wall of a residential structure under construction. A gust of wind blew the sheets over and they struck the employee's left leg, lacerating and fracturing the upper leg and knee. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery. | |||||
2021-07-27 | Point Comfort | Tx | Marquis Construction Services, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee began shaking and trembling while installing piping insulation on the third level of a structure. He was hospitalized, suffering from heat exhaustion and dehydration. | |||||
2021-07-08 | Calverton | Ny | Coastal Pipeline Products Corporation | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was standing on top of a 9-foot concrete structure and fell to the ground below. The employee sustained a fractured leg. | |||||
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. | |||||
2021-03-18 | Corpus Christi | Tx | MG Building Materials | Head and trunk | Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway |
An employee was operating a forklift when its forks became caught in the sandy ground. It tipped forward, and momentum caused the employee's head and body to strike the forklift's structure. | |||||
2021-03-13 | Kansas City | Ks | Doherty Steel, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was stepping off a scissor lift onto a steel structure while tied off to a plumb line when they slipped and fell, resulting in a fractured left hip and elbow. | |||||
2021-03-08 | Bay Shore | Ny | Paraco Gas Corp. | Nonclassifiable | Fire |
Two employees were unloading and loading propane cylinders. A leaking propane tank was placed in front of a makeshift structure. Propane gas accumulated within the structure and an explosion occurred. Both employees suffered second and third degree burns that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-02-15 | Topsham | Me | Anderson Green Homes, LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was walking on a plank, part of a walking surface being used during construction of a structure. The plank flipped up and the employee fell about 8 feet to the ground, hitting his head. He suffered a brain bleed/swelling. | |||||
2021-02-10 | Midland | Tx | Circle 8 Crane Services, LLC | Multiple arm locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
The sheaves of the crane were frozen due to ice and snow conditions, which caused a backlash with the auxiliary cable of the crane. The operator attempted to straighten out the backlash on the superstructure near the drum. The frozen sheave freed itself, allowing the cable to run, and the operator's right arm got tangled in the cable. The operator sustained an open fracture of the humerus and a dislocation of the radius. | |||||
2021-02-02 | Amarillo | Tx | Northstar Energy Solutions LLC | Eye(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was working on the ground approximately 15 feet from a transmission structure when a knee joint fell from the transmission structure, hit an adjacent apartment building, and bounced onto the employee, striking him in the hard-hat. The employee was knocked to the ground, striking his face and resulting in an eye socket fracture. | |||||
2021-01-28 | Miami | Fl | Ness Construction, Inc. | Wrist(s) and arm(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was spreading out a tarp on the roof of a residential structure when they fell from the edge of the roof approximately 8 feet, 11 inches to the ground below, resulting in a broken arm and wrists and a back injury. | |||||
2021-01-18 | Minden | La | Fibrebond Corporation | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode |
An employee was stepping out of a structure onto a step when he suffered a back injury. | |||||
2021-01-14 | Tuscaloosa | Al | The Bridge Builders of Alabama LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was assisting a hydraulic pump operator in positioning steel plates between the underside of a bridge and its support structure when the employee's right hand got caught between two steel plates, resulting in a cut on his middle finger and an amputation of his index finger to the first knuckle. | |||||
2021-01-13 | Astatula | Fl | Mack Concrete Industries | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On 1/13/2021 at 7:20 a.m., an employee was using a crane to set a concrete structure down onto lumber. As the employee reached underneath the concrete structure to adjust the lumber, a button on the crane was pressed, causing the concrete structure to come down and crush the employee's right hand. | |||||
2020-10-02 | Westhampton Beach | Ny | Barrera Concrete Corporation | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
While framing a residential structure, an employee fell approximately 20 feet to the ground and sustained fractured ribs. | |||||
2020-09-25 | Boise | Id | Gravity Contractors, LLC | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was making improvements to a railing on an upper floor of a steel structure. The employee fell 14 feet through a roof opening to a lower level and sustained seven broken ribs, and fractures to the wrist, elbow, and pelvis. | |||||
2020-09-23 | Saint Johns | Fl | Coastal Utility Constructors of Jacksonville inc | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On September 23, 2020, at 4:00 PM, an employee was guiding a precast cement structure that was being lifted by an excavator. The load shifted and the lifting cable caught his fingers against the cement structure. The tip of his thumb was amputated. | |||||
2020-09-08 | Bridgeport | Wv | Wolfes Excavating LLC | Hip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was in a trench that was approximately five feet deep, installing grout and bricks around a pipe that lead into a concrete drainage structure. The employee was between the concrete structure and a steel cave-in protection shield. An excavator was operating close to the trench and caused the steel shield to move, which pinned the employee's hip against the concrete structure. The employee sustained a fractured right hip. | |||||
2020-08-28 | Houston | Tx | United Parcel Service, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
An employee was moving a cart loaded with packages. His thumb was smashed between a metal I-beam and the cart structure, causing an injury that required surgery. | |||||
2020-08-11 | Papillion | Ne | Lightwine Construciton Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall through surface or existing opening 21 to 25 feet |
An employee was installing floor sheathing on the second floor of a residential structure and fell through an opening in the floor to the basement level. The employee sustained multiple fractures and a collapsed lung. | |||||
2020-08-04 | Arlington | Tx | Integrated Roadway Services | Foot (feet) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
Five employees were unloading sign structures using a crane. The crane tilted over and the structure fell onto an employee, smashing his right foot. | |||||
2020-07-24 | Saint Augustine | Florida | Rulon International | Jaw, chin | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
On July 24, 2020, a maintenance technician was demolishing a 10-foot-high structure inside a manufacturing facility. He had removed the structure's plywood roof and was about to climb down a ladder when the fascia board collapsed and knocked him down. He fell about 10 feet, striking a table and the floor. He suffered a broken jaw and bruising to his face, shoulders, and thighs. | |||||
2020-07-15 | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Electric Supply Company, Inc. | Lumbar region | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was pulling wire on the ceiling of a structure under construction. The employee fell through an opening in the ceiling, landing on the concrete floor about 9 feet below and suffering a broken lower-back vertebra. | |||||
2020-06-30 | Osseo | Wisconsin | Bertrang Roofing, LLC | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
On June 30, 2020, an employee was installing sheathing on a low slope roof of a residential structure. The employee fell about 4 feet onto a self-supported scaffold system below the work area; a vertical scaffold post struck the employee's right armpit, causing a laceration/avulsion and severe bleeding to the armpit. | |||||
2020-06-15 | Fargo | North Dakota | Sanford Medical Center - Fargo | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
A mini-loader was carrying flowers to a planting area. An employee was planting flowers when the bucket of the mini-loader pinned his leg to a cement structure, resulting in a left ankle fracture. | |||||
2020-06-01 | Miami | Florida | Custom Painting by Oleg Corp. | Lower leg(s) | Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment |
An employee was sitting under a patio having lunch when the entire structure of the patio collapsed. The employee sustained a fracture between the knee and ankle, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2020-05-21 | Elizabethtown | Pennsylvania | Greiner Industries, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was helping to remove pipe from a structure when the pipe fell and struck the employee's right leg, fracturing the tibia and fibula. | |||||
2020-04-21 | Henderson | Colorado | Cummins Rocky Mountain LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was attempting to remove a superstructure from an engine using a crane when the down button on the crane was pressed instead of the up button. The superstructure then amputated the employee's right index finger. | |||||
2020-04-17 | Armorel | Arkansas | Lexicon, Inc | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
The injured employee climbed up a ladder to access the top of a concrete ledge, which was part of the support structure for a furnace, and was standing on the north side of a cylinder as another employee was operating a lift to align the pin on top of the cylinder. A third employee was working a come-a-long to help align the cylinder top. The injured employee was flagging from the platform when he fell approximately 8 feet, landing on the concrete surface below. He was hospitalized with a fractu | |||||
2020-03-25 | Durant | Oklahoma | Florida Concrete Services, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was riding in the basket of a scissor lift. The employee was caught between the basket and a concrete structure, suffering a broken sternum. | |||||
2020-03-21 | Elyria | Ohio | RAM Construction Services of Michigan | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was carrying plywood on the jobsite and fell through a hole in the parking structure. The employee fell 9 feet to the level below, sustaining injuries to the leg, head, and back. | |||||
2020-03-17 | Miami | Florida | Avitech Builders Corp. | Brain | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
While framing the inside of a structure, an employee fell approximately 12 feet through a floor opening and suffered head trauma. | |||||
2020-03-16 | Tupelo | Mississippi | Dixie Electrical Controls and Automation, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating an aerial lift and was elevated 9.5 feet. While traveling backwards, he was pinned between the cage of the aerial lift and overhead structure bracing. The employee's chest/neck area was pinned, cutting off oxygen and resulting in strangulation. | |||||
2020-03-10 | Theodore | Alabama | C&B Fabrication LLC | Upper arm(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was blasting a steel structure using black beauty/coal slag as the blast media. The employee lost control of the hose and blasting device and was struck in the upper right arm by the blast media sustaining a laceration and penetration of the skin. | |||||
2020-02-11 | Dallas | Texas | Trinity Drywall and Plastering Systems, L.P | Pelvis | Other fall to lower level |
Employees were moving 10x10-foot panels to screw onto a structure. The crane that was being used made the structure move, hitting an employee who was on a ladder. The employee fell off the ladder and sustained a fractured pelvis. | |||||
2020-02-06 | Savannah | Georgia | J.C. Lewis Motor Company, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was working from a walk board that was elevated by two A-frame step ladders to place metal sheeting on the roof of a newly constructed protective structure for an outside air compressor. The employee fell about four feet from the walk board and was injured. | |||||
2020-01-15 | Zanesville | Ohio | Resource Plus Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee had been using a pry bar to remove a sign (weighing 150 lbs.) from an endcap. The employee was holding the structure when the sign came loose and fell, striking and amputating their right thumb. | |||||
2019-08-24 | Ocoee | Florida | American Builders Supply, Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
On 8/24/2019, an employee was unloading wooden building materials from a truck using a forklift. At the jobsite, a vehicle was in his way, so he lifted the load above the vehicle. The forklift then tipped forward. While the forklift was tipped, he attempted to exit the forklift and fell against the roll cage structure, fracturing his shoulder. | |||||
2019-08-09 | Tarzan | Texas | Unit Drilling Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was moving a sub into a sub box when the sub structure crushed his right thumb. | |||||
2019-08-05 | Houston | Texas | Ace Doors LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Employees were using a forklift to move a piece of steel onto a structure when an employee's hand was caught between the steel load and the structure. The employee sustained a crushing injury that resulted in amputation of the right ring fingertip. | |||||
2019-08-01 | North Platte | Nebraska | PAULSEN, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
A jackhammer smashed a finger on an employee's left hand against a structure, causing an avulsion. | |||||
2019-07-30 | Miami | Florida | JOE WARD ENTERPRISES, INC. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was tearing off the existing roof on a residential structure when he fell approximately 8 feet to the ground below, fracturing his pelvis and collarbone. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2019-07-23 | Williston | North Dakota | Allinwall LLC | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
An employee was removing roofing materials and trusses from a camp structure. He was walking on the tin roof when he slid off the roof and fell approximately 22 feet to the ground, suffering a fracture. | |||||
2019-07-17 | Celina | Texas | Greycon Construction | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was building a concrete structure while on top of a 20-foot wall. The employee fell from the wall and was hospitalized with fractures to the femur, jaw, and hip. | |||||
2019-07-17 | Baytown | Texas | BrandSafway Solutions, LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was building a scaffold frame for use as a temporary structure. While attaching a truss frame, he lost balance and fell approximately 8 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion. | |||||
2019-07-13 | Orlando | Florida | Wharton-Smith, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
On 7/13/2019, at 8:00 AM an employee working as an operator and carpenter was stripping the wall forms of a structure. While repositioning himself he lost his footing, fell to the ground and landed on his foot. He sustained a broken lower left leg requiring hospitalization and surgery. The employee was wearing fall protection, but it was not connected at the time of the fall. | |||||
2019-06-06 | Madison | Wisconsin | Unitypoint Health At Work | Upper and lower limb(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was struck by a car in a parking structure. She suffered a broken left ankle and a torn right rotator cuff and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-06-06 | Vinton | Louisiana | Delta Downs Racetrack Casino and Hotel | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by animal |
An assistant starter was handling a horse in a starting gate. The horse acted up and smashed the employee's left middle finger against the structure. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-05-21 | Winters | Texas | Primoris T & D | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was working in the field where a tornado had destroyed 4 to 5 substructures. The employee was marking lines with tape when a wire was freed and sprung up, striking and injuring the employee's back. | |||||
2019-05-20 | North Tarrytown | New York | Ballard Marine Construction, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
A diver was underwater cutting steel floor beams from an anchor span truss when the anchor span moved and pinched his hand between the previously cut lateral beam and the truss. The employee was trapped for a few minutes until the steel structures moved and released him, allowing him to surface. He suffered a right ring finger and pinky fingertip amputation, as well as a right middle finger laceration. | |||||
2019-05-18 | Okahumpka | Florida | Millwrights 4 Hire, LLC. | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was moving behind a structure that was being installed when an I-beam dislodged, rotated, and fell, striking the employee's head and arms. | |||||
2019-04-19 | Columbus | Mississippi | Steel Dynamics, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle |
An employee's right leg was pinched between a rolling welder and a structure. He suffered an avulsion and fracture to the leg. | |||||
2019-04-18 | Duryea | Pennsylvania | Rose Metal Systems, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was helping to remove a large, damaged 30-foot-high by 4-foot-wide insulated metal building panel from a structure using a mobile telehandler equipped with a vacuum attachment. The telehandler unit retracted the loosened panel from the structure and set it on the ground with its small dimension (4 feet) on the ground. At this point, the panel was standing 30 feet straight into the air when it detached quickly from the vacuum and fell on the injured employee, breaking his right femur. | |||||
2019-04-16 | Carrollton | Texas | International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was manually adjusting the battery on a forklift in order to add water when the battery shifted unexpectedly due to the forklift's position on an uneven floor. The employee's finger became caught between the top of the battery and the forklift structure. | |||||
2019-03-29 | Gibson | Louisiana | Modern American Recycling (MARS) | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment |
An employee was rigging on a project to remove large pieces of scrap material when the foundation of the structure gave way, causing it to fall on the employee. The employee suffered a cracked rib and cut on the head. | |||||
2019-03-28 | Grand Prairie | Texas | Forterra Pipe Precast, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was using an overhead crane to set 12-by-10 box culvert. His left hand was caught between two structures, and the index finger and thumb were crushed and broken. | |||||
2019-03-21 | Shullsburg | Wisconsin | White Hill Cheese Company, LLC | Multiple head locations | Other fall to lower level |
On March 21, 2019, a maintenance technician was working from an extension ladder to get to the ceiling of a structure to perform maintenance of a heater unit. The employee fell from the ladder, suffering head trauma and fractures to the skull and lower jaw. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-03-21 | Watertown | South Dakota | Danny's Construction Company, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was conducting steel erection activities. He fell approximately 12 feet to the ground below while descending a ladder from the steel structure and fractured his elbow, wrist, pelvis and leg. Fall protection was not connected at the time. | |||||
2019-03-09 | Magnolia | Texas | Jose Alfredo Lopez | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
At about 11:20 a.m. on March 9, 2019, an employee and his employer were working on the roof of a new construction structure. They were installing paper in the roof when both slipped and fell to the concrete floor. The employee suffered massive bleeding from the head and severe bruises on his left shoulder. | |||||
2019-03-06 | Denver City | Texas | Trinidad Drilling, LP | Foot (feet) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
A Trinidad employee was helping pull a winch line with an attached hook through the substructure of a drilling rig. The hook snagged on part of the substructure, causing the line to tighten. The line was lying across the employee's foot, which it crushed and lacerated as it tightened. | |||||
2019-02-14 | Fort Worth | Texas | Circle C Utility Partners, LP | Ankle(s) and knee(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee fell off a manhole structure to the ground 8-10 feet below, suffering a broken right knee and a hairline fracture to the left ankle. | |||||
2019-02-12 | Chicago | Illinois | THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was walking from his office when he tripped over a temporary wooden sidewalk structure. He suffered a broken tibia and fibula, as well as torn ligaments in his leg and ankle. | |||||
2019-01-22 | Barron | Wisconsin | JENNIE-O TURKEY STORE, INC. | Lower leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was moving pallets with a stand-up rider pallet jack. He was entering a large garage door style opening with his pallet jack when he hit the side of the opening. He lost his balance and overcorrected. His leg was then caught between the pallet jack structure and the guardrail, breaking his lower leg. | |||||
2019-01-17 | Ingleside | Texas | Camacho Demolition, LLC | Thigh(s) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was cutting metal from an elevated position of approximately 10 feet. He was tied off to the structure he was cutting. When he cut the structure, it came loose, and both he and the structure fell to the ground. He suffered a broken left leg above the knee, a bump on the back of the left ear, and scratches above the right eye. | |||||
2018-09-27 | Madison | Wisconsin | Adams Outdoor Advertising, Inc. | Elbow(s) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was wearing a harness and tied off to an advertising sign that he was disassembling with an oxy/fuel torch when two fighter jets flew overhead and caused the cut members to vibrate and collapse. The employee "rode" the collapsing structure down and hit his elbow on the steel, breaking a bone. The structure was approximately 17 feet in height and the employee fell approximately 6 feet. | |||||
2018-08-28 | Baldwin | Florida | Gerdau Long Steel, Inc. | Eye(s) | Fall on same level |
A maintenance mechanic was welding a piece of furnace structure with a portable welding machine when he fell forward. He came into contact with a hot object, possibly a welding rod, and suffered a minor burn and bruising to the right eyelid. He hospitalized. | |||||
2018-08-27 | Snowmass Village | Colorado | Luis Ortiz Roofing | Brain | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
An employee climbed onto the fourth story roof of a multi-family structure to begin installing flashing around chimneys. As he stepped to connect his lanyard to a lifeline, he slipped on synthetic felt covering the roof and fell approximately 30 feet onto a porch overhang, before falling about 10 more feet onto a concrete driveway. He was hospitalized with a fractured upper front right rib, a laceration to the back of the head, a concussion, and abrasions to the face. | |||||
2018-08-13 | Davenport | Nebraska | D & K Agri Sales Inc | Upper and lower limb(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
A crane operator was lifting a vertical pipe inside a steel tower structure so the pipe could be cut to size when the pipe started spinning. An employee went to check on the pipe when it came loose and fell approximately 6 feet, crushing the employee against the tower structure. The employee suffered injuries that resulted in a medical amputation of the left hand and left leg. | |||||
2018-06-27 | Hyde Park | Massachusett | Saugus Construction Corporation | Face | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was operating a grinder in an aerial lift when the grinder struck a structure, bounced back, and struck the employee's face, causing a deep laceration. | |||||
2018-06-19 | Texas City | Texas | Webber, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was wrecking form work on the elevated deck portion of a structure. He was attempting to help a second employee lift a sheet of plywood when he fell through an unsupported open space and struck the scaffold underneath before hitting the ground. He fell a total of 15 feet and suffered six broken ribs and a punctured lung. | |||||
2018-06-15 | Orange | Texas | Bludworth Marine LLC | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee and another employee were performing scrapping work on site when a 2" lip failed, causing some structure piping to fall. The pipe hit the employee, causing him to fall and land on his left foot. He broke two toes, suffered a right shoulder strain/torn muscle, and broke two right-side ribs, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-06-13 | Summit | New Jersey | Ned Stevens Gutter Cleaning and General Contracting, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was cleaning the gutters on the second level of a residential structure and fell from the roof breaking a wrist. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-05-31 | Henderson | Colorado | ALLIED INSULATION | Upper and lower limb(s) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was installing gutters on a patio roof. He was transitioning onto the patio roof from a ladder when the structure collapsed. The employee fell 9 to 10 feet to the ground, fracturing his right knee and separating his left shoulder. | |||||
2018-05-08 | Brooklyn | New York | Skanska Koch | Head and neck | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was cutting steel with a torch on an elevated expressway structure. As he was lighting the torch, he was burned on both ears, the front of his face, and neck. | |||||
2018-04-29 | Glen Saint Mary | Florida | Pike Electric, LLC | Multiple body parts | Exposure to electricity |
An employee was running a jumper on a dead-end structure when an electrical event occurred. He received electrical burns to his forearm, the underside of his bicep area, and his left-side torso, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-04-12 | Denton | Texas | Southwire Company | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee loaded a reel of cable onto the payoff machine area. The employee was rocking the reel into place when the reel went too far forward, catching the employee's left ring and pinky fingers between the side of the metal reel and the vertical support structure of the machine's control panel. The employee's pinky fingertip had to be amputated. | |||||
2018-04-11 | Oxford | Pennsylvania | John C. Leo & Son, LLC | Wrist(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet |
On April 10, 2018, an employee was washing aluminum shelving with water when he fell 6.4 feet through the work platform structure onto a concrete floor, breaking his right wrist. | |||||
2018-04-05 | Selma | Texas | RTM CONSTRUCTION CO. INC. | Ankle(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee was cutting wire with a quickie saw to remove the core of a storm drain structure. When he got to the last wire, the concrete fell on the saw and knocked it out of his hand. The saw landed on his left ankle, lacerating it. | |||||
2018-03-06 | Plantersville | Texas | North Houston Pole Line | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was in an aerial lift preparing to install mechanical rigging onto a new power line when the fourth and fifth fingers of the employee's right hand were pinched and crushed between the aerial lift basket rail and the cross arm of the power line structure. | |||||
2018-02-28 | Scottsbluff | Nebraska | Sunshine Holdings, LLC | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment |
Employees had cut out the concrete slab foundation inside a building that was being remodeled and were placing a sewer line in a 2' deep trench. The injured employee was walking towards the exit when the roof of the structure collapsed, striking and injuring the employee. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of a fractured collar bone and a sprained knee. | |||||
2018-02-23 | Westfield | Massachusett | Savage Arms, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was operating a crane when his hand was caught between the lifting beam attached to the crane and the support structure of a bar-feeding piece of equipment. He suffered a right pinky finger laceration and was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-02-19 | Point Comfort | Texas | Bilfinger Westcon Inc. | Leg(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was rigging a section of pipe into an upper-level steel structure when the pipes shifted, striking and crushing the employee's leg. | |||||
2018-01-25 | Wood Ridge | New Jersey | Premier Design and Build Group | Multiple body parts | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was marking a concrete structure that was frozen to the ground when an excavator operator went to push the structure with the excavator bucket. The operator did not see the employee and moved the structure, which then struck the employee. The employee suffered a dislocated hip and fractures. | |||||
2017-10-14 | East Syracuse | New York | BJ's Wholesale Club | Ankle(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a forklift when her leg was caught between the forklift body and a steel structure, breaking her ankle and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-10-09 | Lakemont | Georgia | Andy Waters Construction, Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was removing tin from the roof of a residential structure when he slipped and fell, grabbed the edge of the roof, lost his grip, and then fell 12 feet to the ground below. He struck the back of his head on a wall when making contact with the ground, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
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. | |||||
2017-09-18 | Coshocton | Ohio | McWane Ductile | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On September 18, 2017, an employee was holding a bar that loosened tension on the spring of the garage door with his left hand. While he was loosening set screws with his right hand, something let loose and caused the bar to swing around and smash the left middle finger between the bar and the metal structure. | |||||
2017-09-14 | Azle | Texas | URI Framing Construction | Foot (feet) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing a residential structure to reach the top plate when he slipped and fell, landing on a brace and breaking his left foot above the ankle. Fall protection was not worn at the time. | |||||
2017-09-05 | Lewisburg | Pennsylvania | U.S. Dept of Justice, USP Lewisburg Minimum Camp | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee had just finished roofing construction on a structure when he fell off a straight ladder and struck the compacted hard soil below, breaking his right leg. | |||||
2017-07-31 | Chopin | Louisiana | Martco LLC | Pelvic region | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was positioned between a dynamic tamp table and a static structure when his body hit a switch that engaged the tamp table. The employee sustained a fracture to his left pelvic area. |