Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-07	Largo	Fl	Autozone Inc.	Scalp	Fall on same level
An employee was standing while doing paperwork when he fell backward and hit the back of his head on a tiled floor, resulting in a laceration to the back of his head.
2021-10-29	Sarasota	Fl	Sonshine Roofing Inc	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee slipped and fell while repairing a tile roof, landing on the ground 8-9 feet below and suffering a broken wrist.
2021-10-22	Fond Du Lac	Wi	The Combination Door Co.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On October 22, 2021, at approximately 2:45 PM, an employee was operating a custom pneumatic press that presses an approximate 1-inch by 2-inch metal plate into the stile of a combination door. When the press was activated, their left middle finger was pinched in the press resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-09-29	Hershey	Pa	Power Component Systems	Eye(s)	Rubbed or abraded by foreign matter in eye
An employee was chipping ceramic tile when a small particulate landed in his eye. He rubbed his eye and felt pain. The employee sustained an injury to his eye that required surgery.
2021-09-08	Boardman	Oh	ATC Healthcare Services	Arm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
An employee was walking back to her office, carrying three bottles, when she tripped and fell over a floor tile that was missing a piece. She fell on her right knee, left arm, and left elbow; she was hospitalized, requiring surgery to the arm.
2021-08-31	Bedford	Ma	North Shore Mechanical Contractors Inc	Ankle(s)	Other jump to lower level
An employee was on a ladder, putting ceiling tiles back in the grid in a loading dock area. The loading dock's garage door then opened, and the employee jumped from the ladder to avoid being struck by the door. He suffered a broken ankle.
2021-08-31	Mehoopany	Pa	Procter & Gamble Paper Products Co	Brain	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
While walking across the break room, an employee tripped on a broken floor tile and fell to the floor. The employee sustained head trauma.
2021-08-17	Austin	Tx	Toshiba Business Solutions, Inc.	Thoracic region	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee and a co-worker were delivering a copier to a client. While using the stairs and a stair climber device for copiers, the machine fell and landed on the employee, who then fell down the stairwell. The employee suffered multilevel spinous process fractures from the T4-T10 levels that required hospitalization.
2021-08-12	Toledo	Oh	Lutheran Home Society	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
On August 12, 2021, at approximately 7:15 a.m., an employee was placing toast into the hot box in the main kitchen in preparation for breakfast. As the employee turned around, they fell to the tile floor and suffered a left hip fracture that required hospitalization.
2021-08-11	Fairfield	Oh	AutoZone Auto Parts	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a ladder to a tile floor, suffering a head injury, a broken collarbone, and broken ribs. The employee also lost consciousness.
2021-08-09	Rantoul	Il	Jeld-Wen, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
At about 9:00 a.m. on August 9, 2021, an employee was running a wooden stile through a router when its blade lacerated her right middle finger. Part of the fingertip was surgically amputated.
2021-07-15	Terrell	Tx	Scott-Del Electric Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a ladder pulling cable through ceiling tile. The employee was descending the ladder, missed a rung, and fell to the ground. The employee suffered a back injury.
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.
2021-06-27	Muskogee	Ok	Dal-Tile, Inc.	Leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee entered the palletizer equipment to correct the alignment of boxed tile. The equipment restarted and contacted the employee's left leg causing a puncture wound.
2021-06-14	Tampa	Fl	Olympia Tile (USA), Inc.	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a forklift, preparing to get a pallet of tile down from storage racks. He fell to the ground and suffered a broken shoulder that required surgery, as well as head trauma.
2021-06-09	Wheatland	Pa	Zekelman Industries	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was standing at a manufacturing turnstile that held coils. The turnstile was turned on and moved to its "home" position. The employee's boot was caught under the turnstile plate, which fractured and dislocated his toes.
2021-05-26	Garland	Tx	INTERCERAMIC INC.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a dryer kiln when an alarm went off indicating that one of the two limit switches of the centering device control was not functioning properly. In order to reach the centering device control limit switch, the employee used a rod and kneeled down stretching his body/hand forward between the dryer exit and a column of an unloader machine. The employee's body was caught between the exiting tile cart and the column of the unloader machine resulting in fractured ribs.
2021-05-24	Wichita	Ks	HOMEWOOD SUITES	Scalp	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was moving several boxes of floor tile that were in front of a 2x2 piece of granite countertop. When he moved the last box, the countertop tipped over and struck him on top of the head and caused a laceration.
2021-05-24	East Orange	Nj	Kleinfelder, Inc.	Lung(s), pleura	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was taking groundwater samples from a monitoring well and became ill. The employee was diagnosed with chemical pneumonitis due to exposure to volatile organic chemicals (VOCs).
2021-05-12	Port Wentworth	Ga	Anatolia Tile + Stone	Multiple trunk locations	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
A warehouse coordinator was receiving skids of product (tiles) while a forklift operator was putting the skids back into the staging lanes. While placing the skids of tile, the skids fell on top of the warehouse coordinator who suffered a broken pelvis and five broken ribs.
2021-05-07	Jacksonville	Fl	Stonebridge Construction Services, LLC	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level
A roofing service technician was walking on and inspecting a clay tile roof and gutter system. He lost balance and fell from the roof to the ground, sustaining a broken right wrist and a broken left leg.
2021-04-30	Framingham	Ma	All Weather Home Services	Knee(s)	Rubbed or abraded by kneeling on surface
An employee was on his hands and knees laying tile in a client's bathroom. The friction from the floor caused a blister on his left knee, which became infected, requiring hospitalization.
2021-04-29	Colorado Springs	Co	FORT CARSON (EVANS HOSPITAL)	Brain	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was sitting in her office chair when a ceiling tile above the employee that was saturated with water fell and hit them on the head and shoulder, resulting in a concussion and a shoulder injury.
2021-04-13	Boca Raton	Fl	Aspen Air Conditioning	Head and trunk	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee exited an HVAC mechanical room in an attic, closed the door to access an extension ladder, and fell through a suspended ceiling tile. He landed on the floor below and suffered fractures to facial bones and ribs.
2021-03-15	Lubbock	Tx	X FAB TEXAS, INC.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
An employee was walking toward a clean room exit when she tripped on the edge of a floor tile and fell to her knees, suffering a broken hip.
2021-03-11	Bronx	Ny	Cogen Electrical Services Inc.	Hand(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
An employee was walking through rooms after connecting lights to make sure the lights were working when he fell on broken tiles that were on the floor, resulting in a broken left hand.
2021-03-03	Beatrice	Ne	MIDWEST LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS, INC.	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was working from a 6 ft. stepladder removing wiring from a suspended ceiling. The employee fell from the third rung of the ladder, approximately 3 feet, to the tile floor, resulting in 3 broken ribs and a hip fracture.
2021-02-26	Miami	Fl	BRASTILE, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was moving tiles out of a crate. The tiles shifted and crushed his fingers, causing an amputation to the top of the ring finger and a laceration on the right middle finger.
2021-02-23	Tontitown	Ar	L & L Metal Fabrication	Brain	Struck by discharged or flying object
An employee was observing the metal fabrication process. The employee was struck in the head by a small metal projectile created from the fabrication process, resulting in a laceration to the forehead and a possible concussion.
2021-02-19	Scarborough	Me	NorDx Laboratory	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level
An employee fell while walking from a carpeted floor to a tiled floor. She landed on the floor and suffered a broken femur.
2021-02-18	Cincinnati	Oh	Abacus Solutions Group, LLC	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking across a skywalk and slipped and fell on the tile floor, resulting in a broken shoulder.
2021-02-15	Fort Worth	Tx	Texas Christian University	Ankle(s)	Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
On February 15, 2021, between 4:30 and 5:00 p.m., a TCU Facilities employee was changing out some stained ceiling tiles in an office. He was standing on the fourth rung of an 8-foot fiberglass stepladder, removing the tile, while a coworker on the floor took the old tile and handed him the new tile. He had to disconnect the ceiling grid to remove a tile. It came loose suddenly and his right foot slipped off the ladder. His coworker caught him, but his left foot got caught in the steps of the lad
2021-02-11	Tinker Afb	Ok	Dale Rogers Training Center	Knee(s) and leg(s)	Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c.
An employee was walking toward the injured employee when they tripped on loose floor tile in a supply room and fell on the injured employee. The injured employee sustained a left leg and knee fracture. The employee who fell was not injured.
2021-02-04	Coral Gables	Fl	Fumega Trucking Co.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
On 2/04/2021, at approximately 8:45 AM, an employee was unloading roof tiles from the conveyor belt boom on top of a roof when he fell off the roof and landed on the ground 25 to 30 feet below. The employee sustained multiple fractures including his face, left arm, and legs. The employee's injuries required multiple surgeries.
2021-01-15	Norwalk	Oh	Borgers Ohio, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On January 15, 2021, an employee was pushing a bed plate (for a textile production line's needle loom) into place. The bed slid in quickly, and his finger was caught in a shear point between it and a mounting bracket. He suffered a partial amputation to the finger.
2020-10-19	Braintree	Ma	Zimmer Biomet	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a battery-powered circular saw to cut a piece of high-density plastic to make a ceiling tile. The saw would not start after the battery was replaced. The employee tried two different batteries. While adjusting the trigger, the saw started and the blade contacted the employee's left middle finger, amputating it from the cuticle to the tip.
2020-10-19	Choctaw	Ms	Pearl River Resort	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
An employee was walking in the area filling drink orders and tripped over a loose floor tile. The employee fell and broke their right leg.
2020-10-15	Philadelphia	Pa	Southwark Metal Manufacturing Co.	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
While walking to the lobby, an employee slipped and fell on a wet tile floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured kneecap.
2020-10-14	Doral	Fl	Unlimited Parts & Supplies	Hip(s)	Fall on same level
While standing up from his desk, an employee fell to the tile floor and injured a hip.
2020-10-01	Rochester	Ny	Buckingham Properties	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was changing 4' fluorescent light bulbs using a 6' A-frame ladder. As the employee descended the ladder, he slipped from the third rung and fell to the tile floor. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured pelvis.
2020-09-10	Houston	Tx	Michael E Debakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking down the hallway, slipped on the wet tile floor, and hit her head, right side and right knee.
2020-09-10	Palm Coast	Fl	Professional Sunshine Roofing, Inc.	Heel(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was unloading tiles on a rooftop when he slipped and fell 9 feet off the roof to the ground floor, breaking his heel. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-09-10	Omaha	Ne	Fitzgerald, Schorr, Barmettler & Brennan, P.C., L.L.O.	Thigh(s)	Slip without fall, n.e.c.
An employee was returning to her work area within the office using crutches. Her crutch slipped on a tiled portion of the floor. The employee caught herself from falling with the leg that had the pre-existing injury. She was hospitalized for muscle trauma to the upper right leg.
2020-09-10	Garland	Tx	INTERCERAMIC INC.	Pelvis	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was pushing a tile cart that was on an automated track into a dryer. The employee got caught between two carts and was struck by a cart. The employee sustained a broken pelvis.
2020-09-01	Houma	La	Lowe's Home Centers, LLC	Upper and lower limb(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped over a box of tiles while walking down an aisle. She suffered injuries to the right wrist and left knee and was hospitalized.
2020-08-26	Omaha	Ne	Wal-Mart	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was stepping off a ladder cart when she fell from the last step, landing on the tile/concrete floor and suffering a broken leg and possible broken hip.
2020-08-26	Ashtabula	Oh	Union Industrial Construction	Face	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting a ductile water line pipe to be replaced using a gas powered cut off saw. Something caused the saw to kick upwards and the body of the saw struck the employee's face causing fractures and a laceration. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-08-11	Janesville	Wi	Siny Corp.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On August 11, 2020, an employee was working in a textile mill operating a fabric line in the pre-shear department. The fabric was beginning to curl under prior to entering the shear. The employee attempted to uncurl the fabric and contacted the spinning shear blade resulting in amputation of their left index and middle fingers above the first joint. The shear blade was not guarded at the time.
2020-08-03	Allentown	Pa	PPL Electric Utilities, Lehigh Service center	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell in an office hallway, landing on the tile floor, and suffering a broken kneecap.
2020-07-14	Beaver Dam	Wisconsin	Direct Management Co., LLC	Skull	Other fall to lower level
An employee was working above ceiling tiles installing a junction box. The employee fell from a ladder and sustained a skull fracture.
2020-07-08	Boise	Idaho	The Masonry Center, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment
Three employees were bracing porcelain tile panels that weighed 2000 pounds. The panels fell and landed on one of the employees, trapping his legs. He suffered minor internal bleeding, a broken pelvis, and five fractures to the femur. He was hospitalized.
2020-07-04	Riverside	Missouri	ARGOSY CASINO	Knee(s)	Fall on same level
An employee was walking from the morning meeting to a turnstile. The employee fell to the ground and sustained a broken left knee.
2020-06-12	Williamson	New York	Grandpa's Nursery & Gardens Inc	Multiple trunk locations	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
While placing a piece of nonwoven geotextile along the shoreline bank, a bucket excavator struck an employee resulting in a broken pelvis and fractured ribs requiring hospitalization.
2020-06-01	Oxford	Ohio	Jesse Baker Construction	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was removing brackets from an exterior wall. The ladder he was using slipped out from under him and he fell to the tile floor about 6 feet below. He suffered a broken arm and was hospitalized.
2020-05-07	Columbus	Ohio	Stephens Pipe and Steel	Ankle(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee had just delivered a 30-foot cantilever gate. He began re-strapping his remaining load while others unloaded the gate. The gate slipped out of the forks of a skid steer, tipped over, and struck the employee's legs from behind. Both his ankles were broken and he was hospitalized.
2020-05-06	Mckinney	Texas	One Source Building Services	Foot (feet)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was removing a small piece of drywall that also had a ceramic tile attached. After it was removed from its metal stud framing, the material fell toward the floor, and the ceramic tile cut through his work boot and lacerated the top of his left foot.
2020-04-23	Macungie	Pennsylvania	Healthcare Services Group, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on tile and fell to the floor, suffering a broken hip.
2020-04-16	Tulsa	Oklahoma	Kaiser-Francis Oil Company	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on recently mopped wet tile in an elevator landing at work, falling to the wet floor and breaking her hip. She was hospitalized.
2020-04-16	Haleyville	Alabama	Masonite International Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was organizing an area full of part buggies and pushing them to their proper locations. As the employee was pushing a cart, the front side struck another buggy. When this happened, it caused wood stiles inside the buggy to shift, crushing her right middle finger between the stiles and the handle of the buggy and resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2020-04-13	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Love's Travel Stops and Country Stores Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking out of a shower he had just cleaned. The closing door caught his prosthetic left leg, causing him to trip and fall to the tile floor. His hip was broken.
2020-03-12	Orlando	Florida	Wayne Automatic Fire Sprinklers, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting a ductile-iron pipe using a gas-powered handheld chop saw. The saw bound up, kicked back, and cut the employee on the right side of the chest.
2020-02-07	Chillicothe	Ohio	Office Depot	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was opening a store. While marking her way toward the alarm to disarm it, she slipped and fell on the tile, suffering a broken right leg.
2020-01-31	Stone Mountain	Georgia	The Conlan Company	Pelvis	Fall, slip, trip, n.e.c.
An employee was removing 65-foot concrete wall braces using a powered industrial truck and a choker sling. He was holding a tag line at the end of the brace. When the brace was removed the balance was uneven. The brace cantilevered and seesawed the employee 20 feet into the air. He struck the ground, fracturing his pelvis.
2020-01-28	Pell City	Alabama	Gorbel, Inc.	Multiple lower extremities locations	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was using an in-house manufactured utility cart to move 50 metal plates. The plates were stacked on the cantilevered end when the cart tipped and the metal plates slid off, striking the employee. The employee suffered a fractured left foot, tibia, fibula, and ankle.
2020-01-27	Chicago	Illinois	Bloomingdale's	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking from a carpeted area to a tile floor when the employee slipped and fell onto the tile floor, suffering shoulder, knee, nose, and mouth injuries that required hospitalization.
2020-01-18	Fort Worth	Texas	Jack's Roofing LLC	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was working with a crew on a roof to remove the existing concrete tile and underlayment. He walked down to the eave of the roof with his rope to install the new underlayment. While installing the underlayment, he slipped off of the roof onto the concrete porch below, fracturing his arm and leg.
2020-01-17	Zephyrhills	Florida	Affordable Renovations Claim Specialist, LLC.	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
On 1/17/2020, an employee was re-roofing a second-story tile roof when he fell onto the first-story roof and then rolled off onto the ground. He was hospitalized with crushed vertebrae in the lower back, requiring surgery.
2020-01-15	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	The Marcus Corporation	Eye(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was using a hammer and chisel to remove some floor tiling when a piece of tile went under the employee's safety glasses and into the eye, lacerating it and requiring surgery.
2019-09-17	Atlanta	Georgia	REGAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on an A-frame ladder changing a light bulb. When he started to dismount, he shifted his weight and the ladder slid out from under him. He impacted the tile floor and suffered a broken right arm, three fractured ribs, a broken collarbone, a broken cheek bone, and a broken eye socket.
2019-09-12	Winter Garden	Florida	TLC Diversified, Inc.	Knee(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle
An employee was measuring a ductile iron pipe with another employee. The pipe was on the ground on top of 2x4's and was previously cut at one end, which was sharp. When they tried to move the pipe, it rolled, pinning the employee against the tire of a loader and lacerating his right knee. He was hospitalized.
2019-09-11	Mentone	Texas	Brigad Energy Services, LLC	Skull	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Employees were rigging up a work-over rig. One of the rig wires caught on a 1-inch ball valve and the pressure from the rig rising caused the valve to be sent up as a projectile. It struck an employee on the right side of the face and forehead, fracturing his skull. He was hospitalized.
2019-08-22	Kankakee	Illinois	Armstrong Flooring	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was clearing a tile jam on the line when the employee's fingertip was injured, resulting in the amputation of 3 mm of the left little fingertip.
2019-08-20	Homestead	Florida	Billund Aquaculture US Corp	Head	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
An employee stepped onto an unsupported cantilevered platform. The platform gave way and the employee fell approximately 7 to 8 feet into a water retention pit below, suffering a head laceration.
2019-07-24	Auburn	New York	JC Penney	Upper arm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
At the transition of the carpet and tile floors, an employee tripped and fell onto a cart and then the floor, fracturing her arm above the elbow.
2019-07-20	Kissimmee	Florida	TLC Family Care Inc.	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
A caretaker was leaving a patient's residence when she slipped on the wet floor tile and fell, breaking a femur. She was hospitalized.
2019-07-17	Panama City	Florida	Cross Environmental Services, Inc.	Forearm(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
On July 17, 2019, a temporary employee was hand picking discarded construction materials while using cloth gloves when a piece of ceramic tile flipped and lacerated his left forearm near the wrist. He was hospitalized.
2019-07-10	Staten Island	New York	Bank of America	Eye(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
An employee was walking to her desk, tripped over a raised floor tile, and fell hitting her head on the desk. She sustained a laceration above the left eye.
2019-06-13	Jupiter	Florida	Scripps Florida Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
On 06/13/2019, an employee was cutting a piece of flooring tile with a knife when the blade cut his right thumb, causing an avulsion.
2019-06-12	Houston	Texas	Swiff-Train Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a saw to cut a sample ceramic tile piece when the saw blade cut her right pinky finger, resulting in amputation of the finger.
2019-06-10	Buxton	North Dakota	Agassiz Drain Tile, LLC	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from the hood of a tile plow and struck his head on the floor. He suffered a concussion and bleeding on the brain and was hospitalized.
2019-06-06	Addison	Texas	Best Press, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting tile with a tile saw when the saw blade cut his fingers, resulting in amputations of the index, middle, and ring fingers on his left hand.
2019-05-29	Monroe	Louisiana	Equity Construction of Louisiana, LLC.	Foot (feet)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was helping to move floor tiles when the tiles struck and fractured the employee's foot.
2019-05-24	New York	New York	Primary Care Development Corporation	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking on a tiled hallway leading to the kitchen when he slipped and fell on the wet or damp floor, fracturing his right femur.
2019-05-19	Saint Petersburg	Florida	SUNRISE COMMUNITY, INC.	Wrist(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
An employee was walking, tripped over the edge of a broken floor tile and fell breaking her left wrist.
2019-05-17	Mountain Top	Pennsylvania	CornellCookson, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was unloading a truck and placing metal rods onto a cantilever rack with the aid of a hoist. A metal rod dislodged from the rack, fell, and struck the employee on the back. The employee suffered a fractured back bone and was hospitalized.
2019-05-16	Milltown	Montana	Town Pump	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
The employee stepped onto the sweeper and fell to the tile floor breaking a hip.
2019-05-11	Cape Coral	Florida	Legend Senior Living	Wrist(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee walked through an area of wet carpet and then stepped onto a tiled area and slipped. The employee fell and broke her wrist.
2019-05-06	Tampa	Florida	Quality Labor Management LLC	Wrist(s)	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet
On 5/06/2019, at 9:00 a.m., a temporary employee was installing ceiling tiles from a scaffold. She went to move the 3-foot scaffold, but the scaffold broke and she fell onto the concrete ground fracturing her right wrist which required surgery.
2019-05-06	Dallas	Texas	Stratus-Systems LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
Two employees were replacing a 4 x 8 floor tile. The floor tile was on pedestals when the injured employee's finger was caught below the tile, resulting in an amputation.
2019-04-30	Kingwood	Texas	HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over self
An employee tripped and fell while walking on a tile floor. The employee sustained a left hip fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.
2019-04-25	Metairie	Louisiana	Hancock Whitney Bank	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An associate was at this branch location to attend a managers' meeting on a rainy day. The associate entered the side door just before 2:00 PM and walked across the entrance rug. Her foot was in a cast and when she stepped onto the tile floor, she slipped and fell onto her left hip. She was hospitalized for a broken hip that required surgery.
2019-04-24	Follansbee	West Virgini	REM Community Options	Brain	Fall on same level
An employee was exiting a bedroom when the employee tripped or lost balance and fell in the doorway between the bedroom and kitchen. The employee's head struck the tile floor, causing a hematoma and brain bleed.
2019-04-08	Morrisville	Pennsylvania	Power Component Systems	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was working from a baker scaffold, removing ceiling tiles. He fell 4 feet to the ground, breaking his shoulder.
2019-03-31	Harrison	Ohio	Kmart Corporation	Elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was working from a ladder, removing a tile from a ceiling. The employee fell from the ladder to the floor, suffering a broken left elbow.
2019-03-12	Flushing	New York	Skanska Walsh Joint Venture	Lumbar region	Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
An employee was pushing a 3-foot ductile steel pipe into an excavator bucket and felt a pop in his lower back. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-03-07	Orlando	Florida	Owens Realty Services	Elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a ladder replacing ceiling tiles. The employee fell while descending the ladder and injured their elbow. The injury required surgery.
2019-02-27	New Albany	Ohio	State Farm	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was on a knee cart. Its handle grip came loose as she turned and she fell to the tiled floor, breaking her lower right tibia and fibula.
2019-02-21	White	Georgia	Constellium	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was entering the building to start work. The pads of her crutches, wet from rain, slipped on the tile floor, causing her to fall onto her right side and shatter her right hip.
2019-02-17	Tampa	Florida	Cypress Gulf Development, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting a ductile pipe with a gas-powered chop saw. The saw kicked back and its blade lacerated the employee's chest. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-02-04	Jacksonville	Florida	USNR, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A material handler from Remedy Intelligent Staffing was using a forklift to load 95-pound rectangular tubing (4 feet long, 4 inches high, and 6 inches wide) onto a cantilever rack. He got off of the forklift to push the metal tubes onto the rack when one of the tubes fell between the cantilever arms and his right middle finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip.