DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-02-05DaltonGaSynthetic Turf ResourcesFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was trying to straighten the synthetic turf when the turf cutting knife engaged and amputated their right ring and pinky fingers.
2020-09-16MorgantownWvBlack Diamond Equipment RentalFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was winding synthetic rope onto the hoist of a chipper machine when his thumb was pinched by the rope. The employee's left thumb was amputated at the first digit.
2020-08-03La FayetteGaThe Euclid Chemical CompanyFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
The injured employee was assisting an extruder line operator when the synthetic fibers wound tightly around his left thumb and amputated it.
2018-08-27Snowmass VillageColoradoLuis Ortiz Roofing BrainOther 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.
2018-07-27WilmingtonOhioAhresty Wilmington CorporationFinger(s), fingernail(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was attempting to pull a 12" die when a synthetic web sling that was being hoisted by an overhead crane slid unexpectedly back down the shaft of the die, catching an employee's left thumb between the sling and the die. The employee's left thumb was amputated.
2018-04-27AbbevilleLouisianaACADIAN CONTRACTORS, INC.Foot (feet)Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was walking next to a pipe that was being moved with a forklift when the synthetic strap slipped off the pipe and one side of the pipe fell onto the top of the employee's foot behind the protective steel toe. The employee sustained a dislocated big toe and open and closed fractures.
2017-07-18ApopkaFloridaPrince Contracting, Inc.Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersStruck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was walking as a nearby truck attempted to pull another truck using a hook and a synthetic sling. The hook on the sling broke and impaled the employee's stomach, requiring hospitalization.
2016-09-10JacksonMississippiEMB Quality Masonry LLCAnkle(s) and leg(s)Fall through surface or existing opening more than 30 feet
An employee was standing on a scaffold to set a stone in place. The stone panel slipped out of the synthetic webbing sling and struck the scaffold platform, causing the planks to separate. The employee fell through the scaffold about 35 feet, breaking his right leg and right ankle.
2016-04-28ClearwaterFloridaAncortex, IncFingertip(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was positioning steel casing with a synthetic web sling. As he removed the sling from the casing, the casing shifted and pinched his left middle finger between the casing and the clamp set to receive the next piece, partially amputating his left middle fingertip.
2016-04-19Baton RougeLouisianaByron E. Talbot Contractor, Inc.Thigh(s)Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
An employee was guiding an 8" PVC water pipe that was attached by a synthetic sling to the bucket of an excavator. The pipe was being set in place when the sling slipped from the pipe. The pipe rolled on the ground and struck the employee in the leg, fracturing the employee's upper thigh bone.
2015-08-24BlythevilleArkansasJMC Steel GroupLower leg(s)Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was on a short step ladder removing a synthetic strap used in binding steel tubing/pipes when he fell off the step ladder fracturing the top left tibia plateau, close to the knee.
2015-06-11EriePennsylvaniaEriez Manufacturing Co.Foot (feet)Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Two employees were attempting to place a rotor on a pedestal stand while using a forklift and synthetic web sling. The sling slid off the rotor, causing the rotor to fall to the ground and hit an employee's left foot. The employee was hospitalized afterwards for foot surgery.
2015-04-18McphersonKansasCUST-O-FAB SPECIALTY SERVICES, LLCNonclassifiableStruck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Employees were moving a heat exchanger tube bundle with a hydraulic crane. The crane had set the tube bundle down on a crawler and the employee had disconnected the synthetic sling from the bundle and used hand signals to the crane operator to rise the main line. The sling caught the tube bundle and rolled off onto the employee.