Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-16	Onalaska	Wi	Jo-Ann Stores, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was working at the cash register. When they bent down to tie their shoe, they lost balance and fell to the floor, resulting in a broken tibia.
2021-11-16	San Antonio	Tx	Crown Lift Trucks	Knee(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was delivering forklift parts to a battery manufacturer when he misstepped and fell to the ground while exiting the van. The employee sustained a left tibia fracture and a dislocated knee.
2021-11-12	Granby	Co	U.S. Forest Service	Lower leg(s)	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was driving a motorcycle around a complex. The front tire lost traction during a turn and the motorcycle fell on top of the employee, who suffered a broken tibia and fibula. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2021-11-11	Kissimmee	Fl	Memorial Hospital West Volusia, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Kicked by animal
An employee was herding cattle when a steer kicked her in the left leg, resulting in a tibial plateau fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.
2021-11-11	Kansas City	Mo	Western Waterproofing	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell while accessing a ladder to a roof. The employee landed on the ground and suffered fractures to the left tibia, right tibia, left radius, and right ulna.
2021-11-10	Bayside	Ny	Ozanam Hall of Queens Nursing Home, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
A therapist was helping lower a resident to the floor after the resident's legs buckled. Both people lost balance and fell on the floor. The employee suffered a broken left tibia.
2021-11-10	Brooklyn	Ny	The Brooklyn Hospital Center	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on the ramp leading to the entrance of the cafeteria at the hospital. The employee sustained a fractured tibia and fibula and a fractured left foot.
2021-11-09	Santa	Id	Todd Skinner Trucking LLC	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level
An employee was securing the load straps for a load of lumber. The employee fell and suffered a broken left tibia.
2021-11-08	State College	Pa	J.C. Orr & Son, Incorporated	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee walked behind a pallet they were moving when they tripped over another pallet that was staged in the same area and fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left tibia.
2021-11-01	Pleasant Prairie	Wi	Perma-Structo, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was pouring concrete when his foot slipped and became caught between the form and the board, resulting in a broken fibula and tibia.
2021-10-26	New Castle	Pa	Consolidated Glass Corporation	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was loading glass panels onto truck with a crane when a section of glass fell and pinned the employee on the ground. The employee suffered a fractured tibia and fibula in their right leg, which required hospitalization and surgery.
2021-10-22	College Park	Ga	Costco Wholesale Corporation	Upper and lower limb(s)	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee was unloading merchandise from a trailer using an electric pallet jack. The pallet jack got caught in a pallet on the floor and the employee was ejected from the pallet jack, resulting in fractures to the tibia and humerus.
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.
2021-10-20	Columbus	Ga	Aludyne Georgia Machining, LLC	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was working near a manlift in a melt department when they were struck by the manlift, resulting in a displaced fracture of the second metatarsal bone on the right foot, as well as a closed fracture of the right tibia and fibula.
2021-10-20	Youngstown	Oh	Boardman Orthopedics and Rehabilitation	Lower leg(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
On October 20, 2021, an employee left the front desk when the phone rang from the office. The employee turned to re-enter the door to the front desk and struck their shin against the door. The employee suffered a fractured tibia.
2021-10-18	Oakdale	Ny	Modern Italian Bakery of West Babylon, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was exiting a trailer when he fell to the ground, suffering contusions to the left hip and left elbow, as well as a fracture to the left tibia that required surgery.
2021-10-17	Jacksonville	Fl	Dixon Auto Transport, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was walking down the ramps of a vehicle transport trailer when he fell. He landed on his feet and suffered a broken right tibia and fibula, a broken left heel, and a lower-back spinal fracture. He was hospitalized.
2021-10-13	Lancaster	Pa	Greiner Industries, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was helping as a forklift turned over a load of steel rails. The load shifted and hit the employee's left leg, breaking the tibia and the fibula.
2021-10-12	Kansas City	Ks	KAW ROOFING & SHEET METAL, INC.	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a roof and landed on his left foot, suffering a broken tibia and fibula. He was hospitalized.
2021-10-09	Dallas	Tx	Premier Employee Solutions LLC	Lower leg(s)	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was driving an electric pallet jack and lost control on a wet floor. The employee fell out of the pallet jack, resulting in a broken right tibia.
2021-10-05	Conyers	Ga	Diversitech, LLC.	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was cutting a wire rope on a plastic bale. The bale uncompressed and fell over onto the employee's left leg and ankle. The employee suffered a broken tibia and a left ankle dislocation.
2021-10-04	New Limerick	Me	Louisiana-Pacific Corporation	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was moving a piece of round steel bar stock when he dropped it on his leg, resulting in fractures to his tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.
2021-09-30	Colorado Springs	Co	WeatherCraft Co	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was climbing a fixed-roof access ladder with a box of tools. When he attempted to reach up to the last rung, he fell 15 feet to the ground, resulting in a shattered tibia that required hospitalization and surgery.
2021-09-28	Vidalia	Ga	MCLENDON ENTERPRISES, INC.	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was manually loading tools into the back of a parked work truck. A second vehicle backed into him, its bumper crushing his left leg against the parked truck's trailer hitch. He suffered a crushed tibia.
2021-09-28	Forest Park	Ga	House of Raeford Farms, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was driving a pallet jack. It lost traction; when he tried to turn the handle to change direction, it would not turn and slid into a hallway rail. The employee's right leg was pinned between the rail and the jack, and his tibia and fibula were broken.
2021-09-28	Greeley	Co	JBS	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was moving pallets of product from a cooler when their leg got caught between a forklift and a product rack, resulting in a laceration and left tibia fracture.
2021-09-25	Atlanta	Ga	Southwest Airlines Co.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee had just removed an aircraft tire and was walking it to the tire rack. Another employee tossed the employee a tool, which caused the employee to drop the tire. The tire landed on the employee's right leg, breaking the fibula and tibia.
2021-09-22	Lone Tree	Co	Trace3, LLC	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was walking down stairs with a box of equipment in hand. The employee tripped and fell at the last step, suffering fractures to the right ankle and tibia.
2021-09-18	Highland	Ny	Tee Bar Corp.	Lower leg(s)	Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden
An employee was saddled in their horse monitoring other horses on a walking trail when a guest dropped their reins. The employee leaned forward to grab the guest's reins. The employee's horse then backed up about 10 steps, reared up, and fell over, causing the employee to fall off and the horse then landed on the employee's left leg. The employee was hospitalized with a broken tibia.
2021-09-13	Corpus Christi	Tx	Southeast Service Corporation	Lower leg(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was driving an aerial lift from one part of a campus to another. Another vehicle rear-ended the lift, causing the employee to suffer a broken tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-09-13	Shreveport	La	Comcast Shreveport	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Fall to lower level
An employee was descending an extension ladder. The ladder fly section disengaged from the base section, causing the employee to lose his balance. He fell from the ladder, landed on the ground, and suffered a broken ankle and tibia.
2021-09-13	Homosassa	Fl	C&C PAINTING CONTRACTORS INC.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
On 9/13/2021, at 8:00 AM, an employee was doing surface preparation for painting, which included rigging the straps of steel joists to expose the unfinished side. The straps were attached to forks and rotated. The rigging came loose and hit the employee in both legs breaking both tibias. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
2021-09-10	Brunswick	Ga	Brunswick Cellulose, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was climbing down the ladder of a scaffold when his hand slipped and he fell approximately 3 to 4 feet to the ground. The employee landed on his feet and sustained a broken left tibia.
2021-09-10	Monte Vista	Co	U.S. Forest Service	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was lifting a dump truck with a floor jack when the jack handle was hit causing the jack to drop and pin his foot against a wall. The employee's right tibia, fibula, and ankle were fractured.
2021-09-09	Dubois	Pa	Dave Roman Excavating, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
An employee was replacing a water-line. While unbolting a fitting on an unused PVC waterline, the PVC pipe blew apart and the employee was struck by pieces of the pipe and sustained a broken tibia and fibula.
2021-09-08	Denison	Tx	Southeast Power Corporation Western	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
An employee was unloading wooden utility poles. A pole was put on ground by a front-end loader. The pole then rolled downhill onto the employee's leg fracturing the tibia and fibula.
2021-09-07	White River Junction	Vt	US Postal Service	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was trying to remove a stuck pin on a loading dock. The employee fell off the loading dock about 3 feet to the pavement below, suffering a broken right tibia and fibula.
2021-08-24	Holdrege	Ne	McClymont Feed Yard	Lower leg(s)	Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden
An employee was on horseback in a cattle pen, trying to herd a sick cow out of the lot. The horse lost its footing and fell onto the employee, breaking his left tibia and fibula. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery.
2021-08-23	Warsaw	Ny	STC Construction, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Excavation or trenching cave-in
Employees were working in a 5-foot-deep trench. While an employee was repositioning pipes, the gravel layer toward the bottom of the trench gushed out of one of the sidewalls of the trench and engulfed his right foot, trapping him. Simultaneously, the force of the rushing soil pushed his lower right leg sideways. He suffered a broken tibia and was hospitalized.
2021-08-20	Jeanerette	La	Estes Refractory & Insulation of Louisiana, Inc.	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Other jump to lower level
An employee stood on an extension ladder to guide a metal pipe into a hole/drum. The pipe made contact with a pipe that had been previously placed in the drum and knocked it loose from its friction weld and crimp. The employee then jumped off the ladder rather than be struck by the loose pipe. The employee landed on the floor and sustained a fracture to the left tibia and right heel.
2021-08-20	Marlborough	Ma	Nordson MEDICAL	Knee(s) and leg(s)	Nonclassifiable
An employee suffered a broken kneecap and a shattered tibia. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-08-20	Columbus	Oh	Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
At 7:24 p.m. on August 20, 2021, an employee tripped and fell over a pallet of product at a warehouse. He cut his ankle, then tripped and fell again while standing up, suffering open fractures to the tibia and fibula. He was hospitalized.
2021-08-17	Hereford	Tx	Caviness Beef Packers, LTD	Lower leg(s)	Gored or rammed by animal
An employee was driving cattle in a pen corral. The employee climbed up a pen rail to keep from being rammed by an aggressive cow. The cow's horns caught his boot and pulled him to the ground inside the pen. He suffered fractures to the left tibia and fibula, as well as an injured left shoulder.
2021-08-17	Fraziers Bottom	Wv	FL Smidth	Lower leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was setting up a vertical mill when it started. It began to turn and threw the employee out. The employee's left leg struck a table, and the employee's tibia was broken.
2021-08-16	Livingston	Tx	Century Complete Homes	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
A contract employee was cutting a band on a package. The employee slipped and fell from the package to the ground, suffering a broken tibia and fibula.
2021-08-14	Canton	Oh	Fresh Mark Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee had just checked the temperature of some product on a trolley and was trying to pull the trolley back into a chiller. The trolley instead followed the overhead rail system to a different chiller, hit the rail stop mechanism there, derailed, and fell to the ground. The employee was pinned under it and suffered a broken left tibia.
2021-08-14	Colorado Springs	Co	Allegion - Schlage Lock	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was climbing down a ladder and fell to the floor 8 feet below, suffering a broken right tibia and ankle.
2021-08-08	Quincy	Il	Titan Wheel Corporation of Illinois	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
On August 8, 2021, an employee was using a hoist to move a 335-pound disk from a conveyor to a racking system. The disk fell from the hoist and hit the employee's left leg. He suffered a broken tibia and fibula and was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
2021-08-07	Pottsville	Pa	Wegman's Food Markets	Lower leg(s)	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle
An employee was operating a ride-on pallet jack when it collided with a metal storage rack. The employee suffered a broken right tibia and fibula.
2021-08-06	Cranford	Nj	Weeks Marine, Inc	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
An employee was standing alongside a slip, with a mooring line next to the cleat, attempting to catch/slow down a barge and tie it up. The mooring line grabbed the employee's right heel and pulled it into the cleat, causing compound fractures to the right tibia and fibula and severe ankle lacerations.
2021-08-03	Big Spring	Tx	Wood Group Production Services Inc	Lower leg(s)	Gored or rammed by animal
An employee was reading gas meters when a ram attacked him. The ram struck his lower left leg from behind, resulting in a fractured tibia that required hospitalization and surgery.
2021-08-02	Warrington	Pa	L&W Supply - Warrington, PA	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was standing near a forklift. Six pieces of shaft wall fell off the forklift and landed on the employee's leg. The employee suffered a broken tibia and ankle.
2021-08-02	Coppell	Tx	Universal Pure	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was driving an electric riding pallet jack. His left foot slipped off the jack and was crushed between it and metal racking. His left tibia was broken.
2021-07-30	Jacksonville	Il	Bestdrive, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
On July 30, 2021, at 12:15 p.m., an employee was inflating a farm tire to the required 30 psi while it was in a tire cage. The tire pressure rose to approximately 20 psi when the tire exploded and the force of the explosion shifted the cage. A portion of the tire struck the employee in the legs as the cage moved, resulting in a fractured right tibia and a ruptured tendon in the left leg. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-07-29	San Diego	Ca	U.S. Customs and Border Protection	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
A border patrol agent was hiking down a hill in pursuit of someone. The agent stepped into a hole and fell downhill, stopping about 20 feet below. The agent suffered a broken left tibia and fibula and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2021-07-23	Ravenna	Oh	General Aluminum Manufacturing Company	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was operating a core machine, removing the core from the core box. The top part of the core box (cope) struck the employee in the left leg, breaking the employee's tibia.
2021-07-12	Newark	Oh	Consumer Support Services, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was carrying dirty laundry to a laundry room when the lid to the clothes basket came off and fell to the tiled floor. The employee slipped on the lid, fell forward, and suffered a broken lower tibia and contusions to the head and knees.
2021-07-09	Peachtree City	Ga	Strack Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Nonclassifiable
An employee was operating a front-end loader. The employee fell off the loader and fractured their tibia and fibula.
2021-07-09	Pray	Mt	US Forest Service Region one, Fire Depot	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
A smokejumper jumped out of a plane to fight the fire and got caught in a tree. The parachute let go and he fell to the ground. The employee sustained a pelvic injury, a broken tibia and a concussion.
2021-07-06	Highlands	Tx	SER Infrastructure Services	Lower leg(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
On July 6, 2021, at approximately 8:30 AM a semi-truck was delivering rebar to the site. As an employee went to the rear of the truck to help guide it, a loader grabbed one side of the rebar and caused the other side to bounce and strike the employee on his left leg. The employee suffered fractures to his tibia and fibula.
2021-07-04	Pendergrass	Ga	TenCate Geosynthetics Americas	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was painting outside a building from an articulating boom lift about 25 feet off the ground. The lift ran out of gas and stopped working. While trying to reach the ground, the employee fell about 9 feet onto gravel and suffered a compound fracture to the right tibia and fibula.
2021-06-30	Blue Springs	Ms	R. J. Corman Railroad Switching Company, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee slipped while transitioning from the railcar loading deck onto the railcar ladder and fell resulting in a fractured right tibia and fibula.
2021-06-29	Marion	Ma	Naval Station Newport	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was strapping down equipment to a flatbed truck when he was knocked off the back of the truck, landing on the ground and fracturing their tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.
2021-06-28	Conyers	Ga	CSC-Atlanta, LLC	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was on a ladder while untangling a hose reel above a corrugating machine. The ladder collapsed and the employee landed on the ground on his left ankle, resulting in a fractured ankle and tibia.
2021-06-25	Abington	Pa	Henkels & McCoy, Inc.	Upper and lower limb(s)	Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
An employee was cutting a cap off a pressurized pipe when the pipe burst, resulting in a fractured tibia and dislocated shoulder.
2021-06-25	Cartersville	Ga	ASTA INDUSTRIES, INC.	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was manually adjusting a press machine in a maintenance shop when it fell over onto the employee. The employee suffered fractures to the right fibula and tibial shaft, a fractured thumb, and multiple pelvic fractures. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-06-24	Schaumburg	Il	Environmental Restoration L.L.C.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee and a co-worker were moving a forklift battery with a pallet jack down a ramp when the battery fell onto the employee's left leg. The employee suffered a fractured tibia and fibula.
2021-06-17	Austin	Tx	ICU Medical	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was descending a fixed ladder on a conveyor system. He fell backward off the ladder onto the concrete floor, suffering a right midfoot fracture dislocation and a left intra-articular distal tibia and fibula fracture. He was hospitalized.
2021-06-15	Cameron	La	Kiewit Louisiana Company	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was walking through an open area when high winds caused a crane boom to collapse. Debris struck the employee and broke the employee's right tibia and left foot.
2021-06-15	Galena	Mo	WIDEL, INC.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was standing on the side of a trailer, helping load a pile hammer onto the trailer. A cable from the crane disconnected and the pile hammer landed on the employee. The employee suffered a broken right tibia and fibula.
2021-06-12	Grandview	Mo	Silgan Dispensing Grandview	Lower leg(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee was working on an automatic guided vehicle (AGV) that had stalled when they were struck in the right leg by a second AGV, resulting in a fractured right tibia.
2021-06-11	Claremont	Ca	United Stated Postal Service- La Verne	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
A USPS mail carrier was walking to a resident's door with a heavy parcel. As the carrier moved from the side of a carport to reach the front porch, the parcel hit the top of the carport. The carrier fell backward and suffered a broken right fibula, tibia, and ankle.
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	Birdsboro	Pa	Total Recycle, Inc.	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was loading material on the back of a box truck when he lost his balance and fell to the ground, resulting in fractures to the left tibia, fibula, and ankle.
2021-06-01	Broadview Heights	Oh	Ck Electrical Service Llc	Lower leg(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
While measuring with a tape measure, an employee bumped their hard hat on something overhead and then stepped backward into a 3-foot deep conveyor tunnel, falling and sustaining a fractured right tibia.
2021-06-01	Norman	Ok	P&K Equipment, Inc.	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was observing the installation of a boom mower which was being moved by a forklift. When the load was relieved from the forklift on the left side, the assembly shifted toward the forklift and out of alignment with the tractor. The forklift operator attempted to reposition the load balance; however, the load shifted forward and the right side of the assembly dropped off the forks to the ground, striking the employee's right foot. The right foot was crushed and the tibia, fibula, and h
2021-05-31	Olive Branch	Ms	View, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was unpacking a crate of pre-purchased glass sheets. While unpacking the crate, the weight of the glass shifted and the glass fell forward out of the crate and onto the employee's left leg resulting in a fractured fibula and tibia that required surgery.
2021-05-28	Gillett	Tx	Helmerich and Payne International Drilling Company	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was at an oil rig, cleaning a window while standing on the second rung of a ladder. The ladder shifted and he fell. He landed on the rig floor and suffered fractures to the left lower tibia and fibula.
2021-05-24	Silver City	Nm	Gila National Forest	Multiple body parts	Parachuting incident
A smokejumper parachuted out of a plane to fight a wildfire. He had a hard landing on rocky terrain and suffered a skull fracture, a traumatic brain injury, facial fractures, a fractured neck vertebra, left-side pneumothorax, a broken left humerus, a broken left scapula, three broken ribs on the left side, a broken right tibia, and a shattered knee. He was hospitalized.
2021-05-24	Fort Drum	Ny	System Studies & Simulation, Inc.	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Struck by powered vehicle tipping over-nontransport
An employee was preparing an inoperable AH-64 Apache Helicopter for tractor-trailer removal from the training area. During the process, the helicopter rolled on its side and caught the employee's left leg underneath it resulting in a fractured tibia, fibula, and ankle.
2021-05-23	Panama City	Fl	Kraton Chemical, LLC.	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was venting a 275-gallon intermediate bulk container to facilitate gravity feeding. He stepped up onto the platform of the secondary containment to gain access to the center cap. While doing so, he lost his footing and fell from the platform (25.5 inches above grade) to the concrete floor and suffered a fractured left tibia and fibula.
2021-05-22	Appleton	Wi	RecycleThatStuff.com	Lower leg(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
An employee was unloading a box truck. The employee was operating a manual pallet jack while walking backwards onto the lift gate. The jack struck the employee's right leg, fracturing the fibula and the tibia.
2021-05-15	Dunedin	Fl	ARHOB LLC	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was picking up a keg of beer in a walk-in cooler. The keg fell over and struck her left leg, breaking the tibia. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2021-05-13	Mattoon	Il	Rural King Holding Co.	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
On May 13, 2021, at approximately 8:00 PM, an employee was operating a stand-up forklift and was backing away and turning from a pallet. The forklift struck a steel structural pole and the employee sustained compound fractures to the left tibia and fibula.
2021-05-10	Hatfield	Pa	Clemens Food Group, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was driving a powered industrial truck in a warehouse freezer. The truck struck a corner guard, and the employee's right leg was caught between the truck's steel platform and the fixed steel baseboard of a racking system. The employee suffered an open fracture near the end of his right tibia.
2021-05-06	Coyanosa	Tx	Swinerton	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
A labor crew was working to disassemble some empty spools that were positioned on the ground. As the middle bar on a spool was being removed, the 7 ft. top section of one of the spools tipped over. It struck one of the employees and fractured their right tibia and fibula.
2021-05-06	Columbus	Oh	MCCONNELL HEART HEALTH CENTER	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was walking from a hospital to a health center when the employee tripped and fell, resulting in a broken tibia.
2021-05-03	Denver	Co	Americold	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was selecting cases while operating a powered pallet jack when his right leg was run over by a forklift, resulting in a fractured tibia and fibula.
2021-05-03	Pine Bush	Ny	Komatsu	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was cleaning out a trailer when they slipped and fell 17 inches from the trailer to the ground, resulting in a fractured tibia and fibula.
2021-05-02	Huntsville	Al	Worldwide Freight Services	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was trying to separate two dolly carts that were stuck together. The employee tripped and fell and suffered fractures to the ends of his left tibia and fibula at the ankle.
2021-05-01	Rosenberg	Tx	Seatex, LLC	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Other jump to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee climbed an 8-foot fence. When the employee jumped down, their right tibia and left ankle were broken.
2021-04-30	Seabrook	Tx	Kiwo Inc	Lower leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was spraying down the shaft and blade of a mixer. The employee became stuck to the shaft, which was still sticky, and was pulled in and spun around. The employee suffered a broken tibia and fibula and was hospitalized.
2021-04-30	Yazoo City	Ms	Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was descending the ladder on a tanker truck after opening the vent on the truck and missed the bottom step. The employee fell to ground and landed on his feet. The employee suffered a fractured tibia and a dislocated ankle.
2021-04-28	Spencer	Wv	Asplundh Tree Expert Company	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was delimbing a cut-down tree. One of the limbs kicked back and struck the employee between the ankle and the knee, breaking the employee's tibia.
2021-04-22	Fort Atkinson	Wi	Jones Dairy Farm	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
At about 10:15 a.m. on April 22, 2021, an employees' right foot got caught on the base of a printer stand as she turned to walk toward her work station. She fell to the floor, suffering a broken right tibia and a dislocated right ankle.
2021-04-21	Irving	Tx	TAS Commercial Concrete LLC	Lower leg(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was standing next to a work site entrance. A truck ran over a 10-pound rock, which was pinched between the pavement and the truck's tire, then launched toward the employee. The rock struck his left shin, breaking the tibia.
2021-04-13	Hudson	Wi	Phillips-Medisize, LLC.	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
On April 13, 2021, an employee was operating a walkie rider when their leg was pinned between the walkie rider and a pallet, resulting in a fractured right tibia.
2021-04-10	Cincinnati	Oh	XPO Logistics Freight	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was unloading a trailer using a forklift. He left the forklift and removed a strap securing freight to the wall on a deck over other freight. One or more of the four beams running from one side of the trailer to the other failed, and the freight fell forward onto him. He suffered a broken fibula and tibia.
2021-04-01	Columbus	Oh	UHC of S.E. Ohio	Multiple lower extremities locations	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was moving a refrigerator by hand on an unguarded loft and fell 9 feet onto concrete, resulting in fractures to the ankle, tibia, and heel.
2021-04-01	Fombell	Pa	Great Southern Wood-PA, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was repairing a damaged bundle of lumber and was struck by another bundle coming out of the machine. The employee sustained a broken left tibia that required surgery.