Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-03-20	Troy	Ny	SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	Lower leg(s)	Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c.
An employee was helping a patient to the restroom. The patient lost consciousness in the restroom and fell back toward her, causing them both to fall. The toilet struck the employee's right knee, causing a fracture to the tibia at the knee.
2020-10-16	College Station	Tx	Brannon Industrial Group, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was unfolding a fold-up staircase attached to a mobile toilet facility. The stairway hinge caught a finger on his left hand, amputating it above the knuckle.
2020-08-27	Midland	Tx	The Bosworth Company	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Two employees were throwing away a toilet in a dumpster. One employee's left middle finger was lodged between the toilet and the dumpster rim, resulting in an amputation of the fingertip.
2020-04-02	Bozeman	Montana	Brookdale Springmeadows	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was cleaning a bathroom when she slipped on the floor and fell onto the toilet. She suffered broken ribs and a deflated lung.
2020-03-05	Austin	Texas	Ascension Seton Southwest	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell in a staff bathroom. Her left shoulder struck the wall between the table and the toilet and was broken.
2020-03-05	Cleveland	Ohio	Reserve Square Apartments, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
On 3/5/2020, a custodian was cleaning a toilet. The employee placed bleach in the toilet and then added a germicidal bowl cleanser chemical to the toilet. A chemical reaction occurred and the employee had an asthma attack. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-02-20	Sioux Falls	South Dakota	Frisbees Inc.	Thigh(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a hole saw to cut a hole in a plywood sheathing to install a toilet flange when the saw became caught and kicked back, striking the employee's leg above the knee. The employee sustained a severe laceration to the lower right thigh.
2020-02-14	Palmyra	Missouri	BRINKMAN PLUMBING CONTRACTORS, INC.	Arm(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was installing a toilet. The toilet fell and broke, and its sharp edge lacerated the employee's left arm to the bone.
2019-08-18	Temple	Texas	Walmart Supercenter #746	Lower extremities	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was at a register checking out customers. The employee scanned toilet paper and proceeded to grab the hand-held scanner. The employee was walking around the bag carousel to the customer's cart when the employee's foot was caught on the corner of the fixed carousel. The employee tripped, lost balance, and fell to the ground, suffering a lower body fracture and muscle tears.
2019-07-17	Humble	Texas	Alcott Inc.	Brain	Nonclassifiable
An employee was waiting out a storm in his work truck but had to use a nearby portable toilet. While he was in the portable toilet, a lightning strike occurred approximately 50 feet away. He collapsed after coming out of the toilet. He suffered a concussion and brain swelling, requiring hospitalization.
2019-05-18	Amsterdam	New York	St Mary's Hospital	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was helping a patient use the toilet when the patient lost grip and started to fall. The injured employee grabbed the patient to keep her from falling. The force required to lift and hold the patient caused the employee's pre-existing hernia to be aggravated, resulting in hospitalization.
2019-04-26	Carol Stream	Illinois	WAYFAIR INC.	Wrist(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
On April 25, 2019, two employees were carrying a broken toilet outside to dispose of it in a dumpster. The toilet slipped and cut an employee's wrist, involving tendons and an artery.
2019-03-18	Vernon Hills	Illinois	Cowell Services Inc. dba Servpro of Libertyville	Forearm(s)	Injured by object breaking in hand
On March 18, 2019, an employee was discarding a toilet in a dumpster. The toilet shattered and deeply lacerated the employee's right forearm.
2018-06-06	Seabrook	Texas	Tarantino Properties, Inc.	Forearm(s)	Injured by object breaking in hand
An employee was carrying a toilet bowl to the dumpster for disposal. It slipped from the edge of the dumpster and shattered. The employee was hospitalized for lacerations to his right forearm.
2018-05-30	Newark	Delaware	Technivate, Inc.	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was working on an extension ladder that was being held by another employee cutting old wire off a pole. When the line was cut, the wire struck the employee on the ladder causing the employee to fall approximately 14 feet off the ladder. He fell onto a portable toilet and then onto asphalt. The employee sustained a six-inch laceration to the back of the head, broken ribs and fractured vertebrae in his back.
2018-03-21	Waukesha	Wisconsin	Woodman's Food Market, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was moving a pallet of toilet paper with a stand-up forklift when the employee's right leg was crushed between the frame of the stand-up forklift and the steel upright post of a rack system. The employee's right leg broke below the knee, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2017-10-17	Rankin	Texas	Quality Pipeline Construction, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Stings and venomous bites
An employee was bitten on the backside by a black widow spider while using a portable toilet.
2017-09-27	Denver	Colorado	RK MECHANICAL, INC.	Multiple body parts	Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
An employee was attempting to move two fittings that were blocking an elevated walkway when he tripped and fell through the guardrails and down eight stories onto a portable toilet. He then rolled onto the ground. He broke his leg and pelvis and dislocated his hip.
2017-09-21	Kenner	Louisiana	ResCare	Head and trunk	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was using a portable toilet when a nearby bulldozer reversed and struck him, injuring his head, chest, and pelvis.
2016-07-27	Daytona Beach	Florida	Holly Hill RHF Housing, Inc.	Forearm(s)	Injured by object breaking in hand
An employee and his maintenance team were preparing an apartment for a new tenant, which required removing a toilet. As the employee and a coworker lifted the ceramic toilet onto a dumpster, it hit the edge of the dumpster and broke, lacerating his right forearm. He was hospitalized for surgery.
2015-12-03	Grand Prairie	Texas	Waste Partners Environmental, Inc.	Brain	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, roadway
An employee had just serviced a portable toilet and stepped on the passenger side of the truck. While the truck was moving, he fell off and injured his head.
2015-11-08	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Hospitality Staffing Solutions , LLC	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking into the bathroom when she slipped and hit her head against the toilet or tub, requiring hospitalization. She may have lost consciousness after hitting the back of her head.
2015-08-24	Joliet	Illinois	Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee operating a reach truck was struck on the head and shoulders by two boxed toilets that fell 35-40 feet from the storage rack. The employee was subsequently hospitalized.
2015-05-06	Wooster	Ohio	Westview Manor	Nonclassifiable	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on urine when emptying the urinal in the toilet. The urine splashed out onto the floor.
2015-04-27	Mercer	Pennsylvania	Waste Management of PA, Inc.	Forearm(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
At a residential garbage pick up location, an employee was picking up a toilet to place into a Waste Management Bagster Dumpster Bag tote. The toilet hit the side of the tote and fell from the employees hands. The employee was cut on the right forearm by pieces of the broken toilet. The employee was hospitalized overnight for surgery to repair the cut and muscles damaged by the laceration.
2015-03-13	Albany	New York	College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering	Head	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was cleaning a toilet in the women's bathroom in the NFS Building. He blacked out, hit his head on the floor, and received a laceration. He was admitted to the hospital.
2015-02-09	Bald Knob	Arkansas	Advanced Technology Services	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
The employee was installing a gear box at the Diedeshiem machine tool station (used in cutting metals for making toilet valves). The employee was using a hydraulic jack to align the gear box on the motor of the machine. His hand got stuck between the gear box disc and the motor case. His left hand pinky finger was amputated and his ring finger was also injured.