Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-09-29	Fort Worth	Tx	Equipment Depot	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport
An employee was assisting a co-worker in flipping over a pallet jack when his left little finger was caught in the wheel of the pallet jack, resulting in a partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation , as well as a laceration on his left ring finger.
2021-08-23	Thornton	Pa	The Geo Group	Brain	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
A correctional officer was assaulted by an inmate. The officer sustained a traumatic head injury requiring hospitalization.
2021-07-10	Roswell	Ga	Michael Peeples	Multiple head locations	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was directing the track loader as it backed up. A half-inch double-braided polyester rope that being used to remove tree trunks broke and struck the employee resulting in a traumatic head injury and the loss of their left eye.
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.
2021-05-12	Bridgeton	Mo	MIDWEST BLOCK & BRICK COMPANY	Forearm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning dust off the photo eye of the dump hopper when it activated and caught his left arm between the dump hopper and the frame of the machine. The employee sustained a left ulnar fracture, an elbow wound and traumatic muscle injury.
2021-05-06	New London	Wi	Welter Forest Products, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was writing information on a pack of lumber as it was moving down the chain and was caught between a lumber pack and the garage door rail. The employee was hospitalized for a traumatic injury to the abdomen.
2021-03-04	Janesville	Wi	Panoramic, LLC	Eye(s)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was training a new employee on a thermoforming machine. As the employee was disposing of a roll of plastic scrap, the tail end of the roll struck the employee in the left eye, resulting in a ruptured globe and a traumatic cataract to the left eye.
2021-02-26	Salem	Il	RADIAC ABRASIVES, INC.	Brain	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
On February 26, 2021, a spider hoist weighing 500-700 pounds fell from its mount and landed on an employee's head, resulting in a concussion and traumatic brain injury.
2021-01-28	Houston	Tx	Southwire Company, LC	Brain	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
While walking between an operator station and the edge of a lathe in operation, an employee's shirt was caught by a 2-inch diameter piece of bar stock on the lathe. The employee fell to the ground and hit his head. He sustained a traumatic brain injury and an injury to the left arm.
2021-01-21	Minden	La	Circle K	BODY SYSTEMS	Intentional injury by other person, n.e.c.
An employee was working at a convenience store when an armed assailant entered the store, held the employee at gunpoint, made her open the registers, and left. The employee was not physically harmed, but was hospitalized due to the traumatic situation.
2020-08-14	Grove City	Oh	C. H. Bradshaw Co., Inc.	Brain	Explosion
On August 13, 2020, the employee was repairing a leak on an aluminum tanker truck that previously hauled gasoline and diesel fuel. The employee was welding the cracked area when an explosion occurred within the confined space of the tanker. The force from the explosion caused the front head of the tank to blow out toward the victim. The victim was crushed in the rear of the tank and lost consciousness. The employee was hospitalized for traumatic brain injuries, broken ribs and a broken collarbon
2020-06-02	Saipan	Northern Mar	SAIPAN WORLD RESORT	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was performing maintenance work from a ladder when he slipped and fell off the ladder and hit his head on a concrete pillar. He suffered a traumatic head injury.
2020-05-30	Dfw Airport	Texas	AMERICAN AIRLINES	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was loading a last-minute bag into the cargo bin of an aircraft. The belt loader that was normally used was pulled away, so the employee jumped from the ground to the cargo bin. The employee fell from the cargo bin and struck the back of his head on the concrete, suffering a traumatic brain injury, temporal skull fracture, and subarachnoid and subdural bleeding.
2020-05-08	Hewitt	Texas	Knife River Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On 5/08/2020, at 09:30 AM, an employee was delivering concrete to a construction site and installing the metal chutes on his ready mix truck when his right two middle fingers were pinched between chutes. As a result, he sustained a partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation of his right middle finger.
2020-03-22	Midland	Texas	Cotton Patch Cafe	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a roof while looking for a circuit breaker. The employee landed on the ground and suffered a traumatic brain injury.
2020-01-27	Twin Falls	Idaho	St. Luke's Health System - Magic Valley	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee lost balance while reaching for a swing gate at the top of stairs and fell to the floor, suffering a traumatic left hip fracture.
2020-01-06	Alsey	Illinois	Alsey Refractories Co.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
On January 6, 2020, an employee was adjusting the weights on a mechanical press when the employee's left thumb was pinched between the wheel for the weights and the table on the press. The employee suffered a traumatic amputation of the left thumb and was hospitalized.
2020-01-03	Mukwonago	Wisconsin	Forrester Enterprises, Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was adjusting racking when the employee's right index finger was crushed between an upright and a horizontal beam, resulting in a partial traumatic amputation of the right index finger through the phalanx.
2019-09-13	Grand Marsh	Wisconsin	New Chester Dairy, LLC	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
Am employee tripped on the edge of the concrete floor (where the gravel drive meets the building floor) and fell to the floor level, suffering a contusion and traumatic hematoma to the right knee.
2019-08-01	Frisco	Texas	Nortex Landscape Management, LLC	Brain	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway
An employee was in the street, using a blower to blow cut grass. A passing car struck the employee, causing a traumatic brain injury, a broken jaw and femur, skin abrasions, and an eye injury requiring surgery.
2019-06-25	Odessa	Texas	Red-D-Arc Welderentals	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was welding material when the material fell on his finger, causing a traumatic amputation of the distal portion of the phalanges .
2019-05-21	Lyons	New Jersey	Lyons VA Medical Center	Multiple body parts	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
Two employees were in the dock area and walking towards the parking lot. One employee climbed over a railing to take a short cut and the railing gave way and fell on both employees. One employee was hospitalized for traumatic injury to the neck, shoulder and foot.
2019-03-13	Elgin	Illinois	Metrostaff Incorporated	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
On March 13, 2019, at approximately 6:45 p.m., a temporary employee was setting up a new job on the sheet metal cutting machine when his fingers contacted the blade, resulting in a partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation of the left ring finger. The machine was guarded at the time.
2019-03-12	Grand Ridge	Florida	Ceres Environmental Services, Inc.	Brain	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was using a knuckle boom to clear hurricane debris. A log slid off the grapple bucket and hit him in the face, knocking him out of his seat. He fell about 15 feet to the ground. He suffered a traumatic brain injury, a broken wrist, and other injuries.
2019-02-26	New Castle	Pennsylvania	Kiewit Corporation	Brain	Nonclassifiable
An employee was found unresponsive near a heat recovery steam generator, on his knees with blood around his nose and a bump on the head. He was hospitalized, having suffered a traumatic brain injury, a subdermal hemorrhage, multiple facial fractures, and lumbar and thoracic fractures.
2019-01-06	Mobile	Alabama	Becton Dickinson	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was troubleshooting a packaging machine and adjusting the media when his left index finger was caught in the perforation blade, resulting in a traumatic amputation of the distal phalanx.
2019-01-03	Salem	Massachusett	Harbor Sweets, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee's right index finger was caught in a foiling machine, causing a traumatic distal amputation to the finger.
2018-08-16	Rome	Georgia	Bekeart	Knee(s) and leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was preparing to burn off a wire spool when the spool fell. It struck the employee, causing a rupture of the right bicep tendon, a minor burn on the right palm, a bruise on the left knee, a traumatic hematoma of the upper right quad (thigh and knee), and a closed degloving lesion of the upper right quad (thigh and knee).
2018-07-10	Washington	District Of	Harris Teeter LLC	Brain	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was moving plastic milk crates when the crates fell and hit the employee's head, causing a mild traumatic brain injury.
2018-06-17	Dfw Airport	Texas	AMERICAN AIRLINES	Brain	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was riding on a K-loader when the operator applied the brakes. The employee lost her balance and fell approximately 6 feet to the concrete below, suffering a traumatic head injury.
2018-06-16	Catarina	Texas	C&J Energy Services, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was moving metal material when one of the employee's right fingers was caught between the material, resulting in a traumatic amputation of the fingertip.
2018-05-11	Cincinnati	Ohio	Ilsco Corporation	Forearm(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was going to work carrying multiple bags and a newspaper. She was using her right arm to open the front door to enter the lobby when she lost her grip on the door, lost her balance, and then fell. She suffered a displaced right distal radius fracture with posttraumatic carpal tunnel syndrome.
2018-04-18	Independence	Missouri	MMC CONTRACTORS NATIONAL INC.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee had just started going down a ladder (+/- 4 rungs) when one of her feet slipped off a rung, causing her to lose her balance. She attempted to catch herself, but was not able to stop her momentum backwards. She hit the concrete floor below, suffering traumatic damage to multiple body parts, including but not limited to her head, neck and shoulder.
2018-04-06	Grapevine	Texas	Archer Western Herzog	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was operating a grapple truck and loading 30-foot sections of railroad track at the storage yard. The end of the rail struck his abdomen and pinned him against the truck seat while he was attempting to load the rail on the truck. He suffered a traumatic hernia of the abdominal wall.
2018-04-02	Corpus Christi	Texas	O N Construction	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was operating a roof cutter when the employee's left middle finger was pinched between the roof cutter's crank shaft and a metal plate, resulting in a partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation.
2018-03-05	Shelton	Connecticut	Colt Builders Corp.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee and three other coworkers were setting a wall panel down on the floor. As the wall was lowered, the employee's finger was caught between the wall and his steel-toed boot. He sustained a traumatic amputation of the tuft of the left third digit.
2018-02-18	Hodgkins	Illinois	ComEd	Nonclassifiable	Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
Two employees were installing a new arm on a 200 foot power pole in a 295-foot aerial lift. The lift shifted and the employees fell out of the basket. The employees were using fall protection and suffered traumatic injuries from the fall protection equipment.
2018-01-02	Millsboro	Delaware	Mountaire Farms of Delaware, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was unjamming a screw auger when his right hand became caught in the auger. He suffered a traumatic laceration and fracture to his right hand, requiring hospitalization.
2017-10-16	Hanover	Pennsylvania	IWM International, LLC	Ankle(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
On October 16, 2017, at 2:30 p.m., an employee was operating his wire screen weaving machine when the material quality began to diminish. He went around to the press rollers and loosened the bolts holding them in the loom. The press rollers, which were unsupported by a cart at the time, then fell out of the machine and onto his right ankle, causing a traumatic displaced trimalleolar fracture.
2017-08-16	Saint Louis	Missouri	GERSTNER ELECTRIC, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was dismounting the rear of a backhoe when his wedding ring became caught on equipment, causing a traumatic amputation to his left ring finger.
2017-04-12	Centennial	Colorado	DERR AND GRUENEWALD CONSTRUCTION CO.	Brain	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was working from a ladder approximately 11 feet above ground, lining pre-cast concrete panels and performing final welding of the panels. The employee fell from the ladder while attempting to align the panels. The employee was hospitalized for a traumatic brain injury.
2017-03-16	Hanover	New Hampshir	DARTMOUTH COLLEGE	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on ice on a walkway and fell. The employee was hospitalized for a traumatic head injury.
2017-02-03	Fabens	Texas	Fabens Production Inc.	Brain	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was operating a backhoe to place trimmed pecan tree branches onto a trailer. The employee struck a tree that had trimmed branches still suspended from it. One branch came loose and fell, striking the employee's head and causing a traumatic head injury.
2016-10-19	Levelland	Texas	ZJ Falcon LP	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was stacking rods to space out a pump. His finger was caught between the polishing rod and load cell resulting in the traumatic amputation of the distal and middle phalanx at the proximal interphalangeal joint of the right index finger.
2016-09-28	Port Saint Lucie	Florida	FACTORY DIRECT SUPPLY WPB, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Nonclassifiable
An employee suffered a traumatic amputation of the right distal thumb.
2016-07-28	Columbus	Ohio	Fred D. Pfening Company	Brain	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
At about 8:45am on July 28, 2016, an employee fell backwards and struck his head against a stationary sheet metal storage rack. The employee was hospitalized with a traumatic head injury.
2016-06-22	Aurora	Illinois	Berglund Construction Company	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was power washing the building from a boom lift. The lift tipped over and the employee fell. The employee's head struck the boom causing a traumatic brain injury.
2016-03-04	Arcadia	Wisconsin	Ashley Distribution Services Limited	Brain	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was shuttling vehicles at the distribution center. The employee fell and struck their head while entering or exiting a vehicle, suffering a traumatic brain injury.
2016-03-03	Midland	Texas	Fluid Delivery Solutions	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was helping unravel hose when his hand was placed in the buffer zone between the trailer and hose. His right middle finger was caught between the hose and the trailer, resulting in the traumatic amputation of his fingertip.
2016-02-05	Arcadia	Wisconsin	Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.	Brain	Struck by shifting load during transport, nonroadway
An employee was operating an order picker and was struck by furniture when it fell from the order picker and pushed the employee into a mesh guard. The employee was hospitalized with a traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness and a laceration above the right eye.
2016-02-04	Saint Louis	Missouri	ALLIED OIL & SUPPLY, INC.	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was rolling an oil drum off of the back of the truck when he slipped and fell to the pavement below. The driver was found unconscious. The employee was hospitalized with traumatic injuries to the C-5 and C-6 vertebrae that will require surgery in the future.
2015-10-16	Sallisaw	Oklahoma	Cellofoam of North America, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On 10/16/15 an employee removed the guarding from the chain on a fan fold machine while the machine was running. The employee was attempting to replace the chain after the chain had come off the machine. The employee got his fingers caught in the machine. On 10/19/15 the employee had surgery for a partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation of the left index and middle fingers.
2015-02-03	Perkins	Oklahoma	Dan D Drilling Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee's finger was caught between the top and bottom of the top drive track causing an acute traumatic amputation of the left distal index finger.