| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-06-05 | Fort Worth | Texas | Linde PLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Ingestion of harmful substance |
| An employee was holding a small plastic cap in his teeth while preparing to take a carbon dioxide sample. The cap went back into his throat and became lodged in his trachea. The cap eventually became logged in his lung. | |||||
| 2018-03-25 | Rome | New York | Upstate Cerebral Palsy | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Strangulation by other person |
| An employee was choked by a resident, fracturing her trachea and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-05-26 | Hatfield | Pennsylvania | Refrigeration Design& Service, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was cutting a pipe when a water solution with ammonia came through the pipe and contacted the employee. The employee suffered a first degree burn to the right forearm, as well as trachea and esophageal irritation. | |||||
| 2016-01-26 | Houston | Texas | Elwood Machining and Welding | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was pulling a cart (with caster wheels) that was carrying a 500-pound magnet. The caster wheel became caught on the concrete expansion gap, causing the cart and magnet to tip and fall on the employee. His trachea was torn in half, the internal walls of his chest were injured, and his scalp was lacerated. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-04-13 | Morristown | New Jersey | Shop Rite | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped while running through a mopped area and hit their trachea on a vertical pole. The employee required surgery. | |||||