Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-17	Orlando	Fl	Averitt Express Inc.	Elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
A driver was using a pallet jack to move a pallet to the back of a trailer when a slat broke on the pallet and caused the pallet jack to tilt. The driver fell off the back of the trailer about 4 feet to the pavement. The driver sustained an open fracture to the right elbow that required hospitalization and surgery.
2021-11-17	Cotulla	Tx	Bell Supply Company, LLC	Leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was moving pipe on a trailer when his leg was struck by a joint of 6-inch pipe that rolled off a flatbed trailer. The employee sustained a leg fracture, which required surgery.
2021-11-17	Monte Vista	Co	Hooper Construction	Leg(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was unhooking a utility pole from a trailer. His left leg was caught and broken between the pole and the trailer.
2021-11-16	Palatka	Fl	M.G. Dyess, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
On November 16, 2021, a truck driver was removing straps from a load of utility poles on a flatbed trailer. When he removed the last strap, the top pole on the load rolled off and struck the left side of his body, crushing his left wrist and the lower part of his left leg. He was hospitalized, and the leg was medically amputated below the knee. He also suffered a brain injury and two fingers were medically amputated.
2021-11-16	De Forest	Wi	ABS Global Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was moving livestock off a trailer. An animal was on a rope and pulled back, which pulled the employee's left hand into the side of the trailer. The employee suffered an injury to their middle finger that required amputation.
2021-11-16	Tallahassee	Fl	Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
On November 16, 2021, an employee was loading product onto a truck at the warehouse loading dock. While unjamming the dock plate, his right middle finger was caught between the dock plate and the trailer's threshold, resulting in amputation of his right middle finger at the nail.
2021-11-15	Fort Worth	Tx	Americold Logistics	Foot (feet)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was using a forklift to retrieve pallets to load a trailer. As the employee came through a door, another forklift's forks entered the compartment of the employee's own vehicle. The employee's foot was injured.
2021-11-12	Freeport	Tx	McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport
An employee was rigging piles on a trailer when the piles shifted and the trailer tire struck the employee, resulting in a broken right leg and right ankle.
2021-11-10	Edison	Nj	TAYLORED SERVICES, INC.	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was unloading a trailer when they tripped over a pallet and fell, resulting in a broken ankle.
2021-11-09	Buffalo	Il	CRST Expedited INC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object or equipment
On November 9, 2021, an employee was cutting a trailer seal while using a rag to hold the seal when the seal came back around and cut the employee's right middle finger. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
2021-11-08	Rahway	Nj	Berto Construction Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was loading a flatbed trailer when his boot got stuck. He fell off the trailer to the ground, suffering a cut on the head and three broken ribs.
2021-11-07	Warrendale	Pa	United States Postal Service	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was scanning the back of his parked truck when a tractor trailer pulled behind him and pinned the employee between the truck and the tractor trailer, resulting in a bulging disc.
2021-11-07	Chicago	Il	Ground Services International (GSI) Inc.	Ankle(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
An employee was on a trailer pulling a pallet towards a K-loader when his foot rolled under the pallet and was pinned between the pallet and a roller. The employee's ankle was broken in three places.
2021-11-05	Chicopee	Ma	Estes Express Lines	Hip(s)	Fall on same level
An employee pulled the fifth wheel release to drop his trailer and fell back onto the asphalt, resulting in a broken right hip.
2021-11-04	Hillsborough	Nh	Vortex Companies - Livermore, ME	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, n.e.c.
Two employees were moving a trailer mounted compressor by hand after disconnecting it from a truck. The two employees were pulling the trailer forward, moving closer to the back end of the original tow vehicle. As the momentum behind the trailer increased, employee 1 attempted to control the trailer by placing his hand on the trailer tongue. Employee 1's finger became caught between the towing truck's bumper and the edge of the trailer tongue. The employee' s little finger was amputated.
2021-11-04	Parkdale	Oh	US Foods	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A trailer door closed on an employee's left middle fingertip, amputating it.
2021-11-03	Colorado Springs	Co	GLOBAL UNDERGROUND CORP	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was hitching a trailer to a generator. As the generator hitch was set on the edge of the truck hitch, it slipped and caught the employee's fingertip. The fingertip and fingernail were amputated (without bone loss).
2021-11-03	Lockbourne	Oh	J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was handling the locking mechanism on a tractor trailer coupling safety pin. The rear locking device popped free and struck the employee's left hand, which was pinned against the upper supporting member. The employee's ring and little fingertips were crushed; the employee was hospitalized, and the fingertips were medically amputated.
2021-11-03	Mamaroneck	Ny	American Waste Transfer Systems, LLC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was attempting to climb down from a ladder attached to a trailer. He slipped and fell approximately 3 feet to the tarping basket below, causing internal bleeding in his kidney.
2021-11-03	Fayetteville	Ar	Clear Creek Development Company LLC	Lower leg(s)	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was driving a golf cart with an attached utility trailer carrying a lawn mower. The cart path was wet, and when the employee braked, the cart slid and turned on its side. The employee's lower leg was fractured.
2021-11-01	Fort Worth	Tx	Thornton Steel Company, LLC	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level
The injured employee was helping to unload metal tubes from a trailer. A co-worker was operating an overhead crane to lift a bundle of tubes. The load started to go sideways instead of in a straight line. As a result, the injured employee took a step backward and fell to the ground, sustaining two fractured ribs, a fractured right cheekbone, and a concussion.
2021-11-01	Buda	Tx	Architectural Surfaces	Leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was on the back of a lowboy trailer, guiding a 500-pound stone slab as it was offloaded from the trailer using a forklift with a boom and a stone lifter/slab clamp. The stone slipped out of the lifter and pushed the employee off the trailer, then fell on the employee's right leg just above the ankle. The employee suffered a broken leg and was hospitalized.
2021-10-29	Little Rock	Ar	Arkansas Food Bank	Ankle(s)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee was using a walkie rider pallet jack to unload pallets of milk crates from a trailer. The pallet jack went out of control and struck his left ankle, breaking it.
2021-10-28	Fairfield	Oh	The Martin-Brower Co, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Fall on same level
An employee was leaving a trailer with the pallet jack he had been using to load it. When he reached the place where the dock plate met the trailer, he fell forward and landed head first on the floor. He was hospitalized.
2021-10-28	Summit Argo	Il	FedEx Freight, Inc.	Leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a forklift when his left leg struck a trailer. He suffered two broken bones in the leg and was hospitalized.
2021-10-28	Streeter	Nd	Farmer's Cooperative Elevator	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Nonclassifiable
An employee had been dumping a semi-trailer. The employee was pinched between the tractor tire and the swing-out grain auger. The employee sustained fractured ribs.
2021-10-28	Omaha	Ne	Stephens & Smith Construction Co, Inc	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was sitting on a stool while working on a trailer and stood up to reposition the stool. At the same time, the stool's cushion fell off, exposing the cylinder of the chair. The employee lost balance and fell onto the cylinder of the chair, causing abrasions and lacerations to his abdomen.
2021-10-27	Thorsby	Al	Faithway Alliance	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was dropping a docking plate onto a trailer and it did not drop properly. While raising the dock plate to drop it a second time, the plate fell backward and pinched the employee's right little finger, resulting in amputation at the first joint.
2021-10-26	Tyler	Tx	Target Distribution Center	Foot (feet)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was backing out of a trailer while operating a stand-up forklift. She contacted a dock plate and suffered broken bones in her left foot.
2021-10-26	Granite City	Il	TOTALL METAL RECYCLING, INC.	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was overseeing unloading and receiving at the docks. The employee walked over to address a forklift operator when a skid steer backed out of a trailer and struck the employee, pinning him between the forklift and the skid steer and resulting in a broken right leg.
2021-10-26	Springfield	Mo	Lowe's Home Improvement	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was stepping off a flatbed trailer when they fell to the ground, resulting in a collar bone injury.
2021-10-26	Hanover	Pa	CHI OVERHEAD DOOR, INC.	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was unloading garage door sections inside a trailer. As he pulled one garage door section using a plastic banding strap, the strap broke and he fell out of the trailer to the ground approximately 6 feet to 6.5 feet below, resulting in a fractured left ankle.
2021-10-25	Morris	Il	H.B. Fuller Company	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee was checking the washout cap on top of a tanker truck trailer when they fell off the top of the trailer.
2021-10-25	Leola	Pa	Dart Container Corporation of Pennsylvania	Ankle(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was adjusting pallets in a trailer. A forklift moved forward, pinning the employee's right leg above the ankle against the pallets. The employee suffered a laceration and fracture to the ankle.
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	Decatur	Il	Ryder Integrated Logistics	Brain	Other fall to lower level
A delivery driver arrived at a customer's location to unload product. The driver fell from the flatbed trailer to the ground and suffered a brain bleed.
2021-10-21	Avon	Oh	K.M.U. Trucking & Excavating, LLC	Arm(s)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
On October 21, 2021, an employee exited a semi-truck to begin cleaning out its trailer after dumping dirt. The semi-truck and trailer began rolling backward and struck the employee, who fell to the ground. The trailer tires rolled over the employee's right arm, causing fractures and a degloving injury. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-10-20	Dallas	Tx	Cotton Commercial USA, Inc.	Hand(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting a zip tie containing wires on a new trailer when the knife slipped out of his right hand, resulting in a laceration to his left hand.
2021-10-19	Midland	Tx	SPM Oil & Gas	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was supervising the loading of trucks onto a trailer. He fell from the trailer, suffering a closed fracture to the left wrist and a fracture to the left upper femur.
2021-10-18	Hillsborough	Nj	Allied Oil Company	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was unloading a trailer. His foot was caught on a tire and he fell to the ground, suffering a broken ankle.
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.
2021-10-16	Carthage	Ms	Pearl River Foods, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was riding on the back of the yard dog in front of the trailer. The yard dog jackknifed into a ditch and the employee jumped. The employee suffered an injury that resulted in amputation of the lower left leg.
2021-10-14	Ocala	Fl	AAA Cooper Transportation	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
An employee was using a forklift to unload trailers at a dock. The forklift fell from the dock to the ground. The employee suffered a back injury.
2021-10-13	Middletown	Oh	Ashley Distribution Services Limited	Upper arm(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was moving boxes on a trailer. He fell out the back of the trailer and suffered a broken left humerus.
2021-10-12	Perrysburg	Oh	Walgreens Distribution Center	Head	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was loading a trailer with boxes of product. While bending over to place a box at floor level, the employee hit a stack of boxes. One fell from the stack and struck the employee in the back of the head.
2021-10-12	Sabine Pass	Tx	BO-MAC CONTRACTORS, LTD.	Ankle(s) and knee(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee exited an office trailer and fell about 42 inches to the ground, suffering a broken ankle and knee. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-10-11	Houston	Tx	National L.S. Inc	Shoulder(s) and back	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
A temporary employee opened the doors of a trailer containing empty wooden pallets. The pallets fell and struck him on the left shoulder, injuring the shoulder and his lower back.
2021-10-11	Hamilton	Oh	The Hydaker-Wheatlake Company	Fingertip(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway
An employee was guiding the bucket of a backyard machine as it was being offloaded from the trailer on a residential street. The bucket caught the trailer as it was unloaded, causing the bucket to rotate and create a pinch point between the bucket mount (a steel bracket) and a hydraulic strut. The employee's left hand was caught between the top of the bucket and the hydraulic strut, and his index fingertip was amputated.
2021-10-10	Green Bay	Wi	Valley Cold Transit	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was unhooking a trailer from a tractor trailer. As he was using a fifth wheel puller, he slipped and fell to the trailer yard ground, suffering a broken hip. He was hospitalized.
2021-10-10	Doraville	Ga	Attaway Services, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Shooting by other person-intentional
Two employees got into an altercation while loading a work trailer. One shot the other, and the injured employee was hospitalized.
2021-10-08	Bridgeton	Mo	Penske Logistics	Head and neck	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
When an employee opened the doors of a trailer, a dislodged, packaged dryer fell out of the trailer onto his neck and head. He was hospitalized.
2021-10-07	Laredo	Tx	Love's Truck Solutions - Distribution Center	Leg(s)	Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
The injured employee was using a forklift to move scrap tires into a warehouse and place them into a scrap trailer. Water spilled from the scrap tires onto the warehouse floor. While driving back toward the loading dock, the forklift's brakes were activated and the tires slid on the water. The forklift spun and struck two co-workers, knocking them approximately 4 feet off the dock. The forklift fell off the dock and landed on the injured employee's right thigh, resulting in a fractured leg.
2021-10-07	Canal Point	Fl	Martinez and Sons Trucking, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
After throwing sugar cane onto a trailer, an employee developed trouble breathing, due to heat exhaustion.
2021-10-06	Haines City	Fl	STANDARD TRUSS & ROOF SUPPLY, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was helping to secure a load onto a trailer when their left ring finger was caught between lumber and the forks of a forklift. Their left ring fingertip was amputated.
2021-10-06	Framingham	Ma	Dodge Construction	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was strapping a load to the deck of an open trailer when the ratchet mechanism on a turnbuckle failed and the 3-foot-long load bar struck his abdomen. The employee sustained a contusion and internal injury to his abdomen.
2021-10-02	El Paso	Tx	Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.	Jaw, chin	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee parked a forklift inside a trailer while unloading freight. The employee was adjusting deck bars loaded with freight when a deck bar and freight fell, knocking the employee into the forklift blades. The employee sustained a fractured jaw and lacerations on their mouth; the employee was hospitalized.
2021-10-01	Miami	Fl	CPC LOGISTICS INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was unloading freight when his right thumb was caught in a trailer's lift gate. The thumb was broken.
2021-10-01	Kansas City	Mo	FedEx Ground	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was loading a trailer with the flap raised when they fell into the belly of the trailer and fractured an arm.
2021-10-01	Gainesville	Ga	Shoreline Transfer & Shoreline Transfer Express Inc.	Lumbar region	Overexertion and bodily reaction
An employee was fueling refrigerated trailers when he felt a pain in his back and left leg and fell. The employee was unable to walk. The employee suffered two slipped discs in their back.
2021-10-01	La Salle	Il	XPO Logistics Freight, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was reworking freight inside a trailer. The trailer fell and hit the employee in the left shoulder, arm, and ribs. He suffered a tendon injury in the shoulder and arm and four broken ribs.
2021-10-01	Chrisman	Il	Effingham Equity	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on top of a bulk feed semi trailer transferring feed from one trailer to another. The employee lost balance and fell to the driveway. The employee sustained lacerations to the head, non-surgical fractures of the T-11 and T-12 vertebrae, and a torn rotator cuff. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-09-30	Rexford	Ks	Ruan Transport Corporation	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was unloading a semi truck when he fell from the trailer, hitting the garage floor below. The employee sustained a head injury and lost consciousness.
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	San Antonio	Tx	Hogan Dedicated Services, LLC	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was beginning to unload a trailer. When he removed a crossbar in the trailer that had been stabilizing some packages during transport, the packages fell. He was knocked out of the trailer to the ground and suffered a broken leg.
2021-09-28	Tulsa	Ok	Sargent Pipe Company, Inc.	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was strapping a load onto a trailer. He fell from the top of the trailer to the ground about 42 inches below. He suffered fractures to both hands and required surgery on their C3 to C6 vertebrae.
2021-09-28	Ovid	Ny	Seneca Stone Corporation	Multiple body parts	Roadway collision-moving in same direction
An employee was operating a roller along the shoulder of a road to cone off a work area when they were struck from behind by a tractor trailer, resulting in orbital bone fractures, a broken collar bone, increased cranial pressure, spinal fractures, and respiratory problems.
2021-09-27	Maspeth	Ny	Fed Ex Ground	Head	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was unloading boxes from a trailer. A box fell and lacerated his head.
2021-09-27	Galena Park	Tx	World Energy Biox Biofuels	Multiple face locations	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was on top of a tanker trailer, trying to vent the truck for loading. When the employee released the camlock fitting, the cap blew off and struck the employee in the face. The employee suffered a broken nose, a fractured orbit, and a laceration to the cheek.
2021-09-27	Orange	Tx	Deep South Cleaning & Rigging	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was attempting to access the front of a third-party trailer to prepare to land a motor for a site. The employee stepped onto the passenger-side drop axle with his left foot and the drop axle was raised, causing it to roll. The employee lost footing and fell 46 inches to the ground. The employee's left ankle was fractured.
2021-09-27	Denver	Co	Enviro Tech Chemical Services, Inc.	Forearm(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was using a forklift to unload containers from a truck. The forklift had to be pulled out of the trailer by another vehicle using a tow strap. As the employee was removing the tow strap, the other vehicle backed up, and the employee's forearm was pinned between the forklift and the truck. The employee suffered a contusion to the forearm.
2021-09-27	Decatur	Al	DXP Enterprises	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was standing on a flatbed trailer as a pump was being loaded. The pump caught his right ankle, causing him to lose balance and fall from the trailer to the ground about 3 to 5 feet below. He suffered fractures to his right ankle and the left side of his pelvis.
2021-09-25	Hastings	Ne	Aurora Cooperative Elevator Co	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee climbed the back of a grain trailer to help direct loading. Upon reaching the top, he fell off the back of the trailer. He suffered fractures to the left and right wrists, a head laceration that required staples, a lower back injury, and a brain bleed.
2021-09-21	Monroe	La	Condrey Farms	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
A rented bulldozer was being returned to a facility. It developed issues going in reverse while being backed off a trailer. While its operator was investigating the problem, an employee of Condrey Farms moved to pick up the last chain used to bind the dozer to the trailer during transport. One of the dozer tracks engaged, making the dozer spin on the trailer, and the front blade of the dozer pinned the employee against the front blade of a parked dozer next to the trailer. The employee suffered
2021-09-21	Dickson City	Pa	Remco, Inc	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was loading a stake body trailer (about 3 feet high) with HVAC components. The employee climbed onto the trailer to secure the load, then slipped off the open side of it and fell to the asphalt parking lot pavement. The employee suffered an injury to the left hip.
2021-09-21	Pahokee	Fl	Abf Freight System, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport
While performing a delivery, an employee was at the rear of a trailer, strapping a crate. A backhoe's bucket dropped on the employee's head and shoulder area.
2021-09-20	Arcadia	Fl	EcoSouth Services, LLC	Ankle(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
While directing landfill traffic, an employee's feet were run over by a semi trailer. The employee's left ankle was fractured.
2021-09-17	Bristol	Pa	Peloton Interactive, Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was removing boxes from a trailer. As the employee was leaving the trailer, boxes fell onto the employee's leg and broke it.
2021-09-16	New Richmond	Wi	A-Star Concrete Pumping, Inc.	Arm(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was washing out the hopper of a concrete trailer pump. Components of the hopper lacerated and broke the employee's right arm.
2021-09-15	Omaha	Ne	Enterprise Precast Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was hooking air lines to an empty trailer to return to the plant, and he used the steps on the fuel tank to exit the truck. The employee missed the bottom rung of the step, causing him to fall approximately 2 to 3 feet to the ground. The employee sustained broken ribs and a punctured lung.
2021-09-14	Bolingbrook	Il	T.H. Davidson and Company, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by other falling powered vehicle
An employee was replacing an air bag on a dump truck when another air bag exploded, causing the tractor trailer to drop onto his hands. He suffered a partial amputation to the right index fingertip.
2021-09-12	Hazen	Ar	Loves Travel Stops	Brain	Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
An employee was changing the tire of a semi-trailer for a customer. He replaced the tire on the rim and started putting air into it when the tire exploded and he fell down a ravine and hit his head. He was knocked unconscious and was hospitalized for head trauma and cerebral bleeding.
2021-09-11	Brookhaven	Ms	Lincoln Lumber Company	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
While tarping a load of lumber on a semi-trailer, the truck operator fell from the top of the load. The operator sustained fractures to the lower legs and a vertebra.
2021-09-09	Lebanon	Pa	PVS Minibulk Inc.	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from the top of a trailer, landing on the pavement and suffering fractures to the feet and a fibula.
2021-09-07	Bay Shore	Ny	TForce Freight	Face	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was lowering the landing gear of a trailer. The crankshaft lacerated the employee's face.
2021-09-07	Fort Smith	Ar	OK FOODS INC.	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was winching cages down to a drop-deck live-haul trailer. The terminal tractor moved in reverse and the employee was pinned between the fifth wheel and the trailer kingpin area. The employee suffered multiple fractures and lacerations.
2021-09-06	Houston	Tx	H-E-B GROCERY COMPANY	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was in a trailer, using an electric pallet jack to realign a pallet of product that had shifted during shipment. The employee was caught between a pallet and the jack's handle; the employee suffered a laceration and/or puncture to the lower abdomen.
2021-09-04	Upper Sandusky	Oh	Kalmbach Trucking	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was unloading animal feed from a trailer through an auger. The feed got plugged, and the employee was clearing the auger when his left hand was caught in it. He suffered an amputation to the middle finger.
2021-09-02	Niobrara	Ne	US Foods Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was removing cases from the side door of the freezer section of a trailer. He fell approximately 4 feet from the trailer deck to the asphalt parking lot, landed on his back, and suffered three broken ribs and an injured tailbone.
2021-09-01	Wainscott	Ny	Landscape Details	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Entangled in other object or equipment
An employee was loading a trailer when the tension cable wrapped around their right thumb and amputated it.
2021-08-30	Flowery Branch	Ga	Bulkmatic LLC	Leg(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
A driver was preparing to unload a tanker trailer into a customer's silo. When the driver removed a cap from the customer's air supply, pressure caused the cap to hit the driver's right leg. Their right leg was broken and lacerated.
2021-08-30	Lakeland	Fl	Saddle Creek Corporation	Ankle(s)	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
An employee was loading a trailer with a forklift. The product shifted and some items fell off the pallet that was on his forks. After he dismounted to pick up the product, the forklift's parking brake failed and the forklift rolled forward. The forks pinned his right ankle to the pallet, causing multiple fractures to the ankle.
2021-08-27	Arlington	Tx	United States Cold Storage LP	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was moving a forklift onto a trailer. His foot was caught between the lift and a pallet, and he suffered broken toes.
2021-08-27	Siloam Springs	Ar	Bieker Electric, Inc.	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level
At 10:30 a.m. on August 26, 2021, an employee was helping unload material from a flatbed trailer. He was standing on product when he tripped and fell, striking his head on the ground and losing consciousness as well as suffering two broken ribs. He was hospitalized.
2021-08-26	Maumee	Oh	UNITED PARCEL SERVICE	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was adding a second trailer with a dolly to the rear of a trailer. The employee's right leg got stuck on the dolly and the employee fell on their left leg, suffering an injury to the left hip.
2021-08-23	Lincoln	Ne	Universal Pure	Foot (feet)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was unloading material from a semi trailer using a standing pallet jack. While exiting the trailer, the employee struck a recycling dumpster being carried by another pallet jack. The employee suffered lacerations and fractures to the right foot.
2021-08-23	Greeley	Co	Lone Tree Services LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
Two employees were clearing debris from the back of a dump truck after it had dumped its load of soil. They lifted the tailgate up, but it fell and crushed an employee's right ring finger against the trailer bed. The fingertip was amputated.
2021-08-20	Lakeland	Fl	FHI, LLC	Thoracic region	Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
An employee was entering a trailer to unload it. The truck pulled forward and the lift fell and got hung up by the trailer and the dock plate. The employee suffered a fracture to the T12 vertebra and was hospitalized.
2021-08-19	Fisher	Il	The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company	Pelvis	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
On August 19, 2021, an employee was unloading a pipe storage rack from a flatbed trailer. A chain was holding two sections of pipe rack together. When the chain was removed, a section of pipe rack became unstable, causing the rack and the employee to fall approximately 3 feet from the flatbed trailer to the ground. The employee became pinned under the section of pipe rack and was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis. The section of pipe rack was 30 feet long and weighed approximately 1,380 pound
2021-08-17	Batavia	Il	BLACK HORSE CARRIERS, INC.	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
On August 17, 2021, an employee was inside a trailer that his truck had just backed up to a loading dock. As he tried to straighten a banded load of cardboard, the band snapped and the load fell, knocking him into the side of the trailer. He suffered head lacerations and a dislocated shoulder.