Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021-10-28 | Fort Collins | Co | Anheuser-Busch, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was fabricating a metal tray using a brake press and amputated their left middle fingertip. | |||||
2021-10-27 | Lakeland | Fl | PEPPERIDGE FARM INCORPORATED | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was cleaning out the crumb tray of a dough divider machine when his finger became caught in a conveyor roller/belt. The employee sustained a broken finger and lacerations, which required stitches. | |||||
2021-10-12 | Mercersburg | Pa | Delamor Enterprises, LP | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was taking sales orders and walking from the back of the building when they tripped over an empty bun tray and fell to the ground, resulting in a displaced left femoral neck fracture. | |||||
2021-10-12 | Russells Point | Oh | HONDA TRANSMISSION MANUFACTURING | Multiple head locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On October 12, 2021, an employee was reaching to retrieve a dropped bolt starter, which had landed in a tray under the rollers on an assembly line. The rollers caught the employee's bangs and removed skin from the employee's hair line to below the nose. | |||||
2021-09-01 | Rocky Hill | Ct | Numotion | Hand(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting a plastic tray on a table saw when their hand was cut by the saw. | |||||
2021-08-26 | Miami | Fl | Baptist Health System Inc. | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped while picking up a food tray and fell to the floor. The employee suffered an injury to the right knee. | |||||
2021-08-12 | Bryan | Tx | Sanderson Farms Inc, Processing Division | Thigh(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by another person |
On August 12, 2021, at 1:00 p.m., an employee was clocking in after a lunch break when he was struck by a manual dolly loaded with trays. The employee fell to the ground and suffered a fractured femur. | |||||
2021-07-24 | Gibbon | Ne | Gibbon Packing, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
A meat hook trolley fell, catching an employee's hand on a tray. The employee's right little fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2021-07-22 | Osceola | Ar | Roehm America LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was clearing jammed material from a pelletizer with a rotating cutter. As he was removing uncut strands of acrylic from the guide tray, his left index finger was pinched between the two feed rolls of the pelletizer. The rotor blade then cut his finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
2021-07-07 | Sandusky | Oh | CEDAR POINT PARK LLC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was carrying a large tray in a kitchen. The employee tripped over a plastic drink carton that was sticking out into the walkway, fell, and landed on the concrete floor, suffering a broken right hip. | |||||
2021-07-03 | Pecos | Tx | Cotton Holdings Inc | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was walking from a culinary trailer to his truck when he tripped over a cable tray cover. The employee's right knee twisted and he fell to the ground landing on his right knee and resulting in torn ligaments that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-06-22 | West Point | Ms | Peco Foods, INC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was helping change trays for a shaker table. As the employee was closing a latch for a tray, it caught his index fingertip. About a quarter of the fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2021-06-03 | Norman | Ok | Sprouts Farmers Market; Store 803 | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was removing a 30-pound tray of salmon from a rolling tray rack when the tray became jammed in the rack. When it came unjammed, it impacted the employee's left middle finger, just after the nail bed, up to the first knuckle. The employee suffered a crush injury with the loss of skin. | |||||
2021-05-23 | Texarkana | Ar | Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle |
An employee was placing tire tread onto trays on a tread cart. When employee stepped down between the cart and the guardrail to straighten the tread, the tugger moved and pinned the employee's left leg between the guardrail and the cart and fractured it. | |||||
2021-04-08 | Sabina | Oh | Pennant Moldings, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee walked around the back of a brake press when they knocked over trays and then tripped over the trays, falling to the floor and resulting in a fractured left hip. | |||||
2021-03-29 | Marblehead | Ma | Marblehead Garden Center Inc. | Pelvis | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was pushing a shopping cart on a driveway. The employee tripped while trying to grab a tray that was falling off the cart and fell to the pavement, suffering a broken pelvis. | |||||
2021-02-16 | Nampa | Id | Lactalis American Group, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was cleaning filter screens in the mozzarella department. A tray fell out of the middle of the rack being cleaned. The employee attempted to catch the rack and their fingertip was caught between the tray and the frame of the rack resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-01-29 | Lancaster | Pa | DooDad Printing LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was operating the press. The employee observed that there was no water on the water form roller tray. As the employee was checking the water supply, the employee's left index and middle fingers were caught and amputated by the water form roller. | |||||
2021-01-06 | Port Chester | Ny | J.J. Cassone Bakery, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was removing a water tray from a seeder to fill it with water when the chain and sprocket of the seeder came into contact with the employee's left thumb, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2020-10-18 | Houston | Tx | El Rancho Supermerchado | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
While pushing a cart of meat trays, an employee slipped on the floor and fell on his left hand resulting in a left wrist sprain and dislocation of two fingers on the left hand. | |||||
2020-10-13 | Buckeye Lake | Oh | Pharmacan | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was picking marijuana buds and placing them on a tray when he suffered a severe asthma attack. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-10-05 | Dallas | Tx | Lipman-Texas, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was pulling some film from a double tray sealer when the cutter blade/heater came down and amputated part of her finger. | |||||
2020-10-03 | Point Comfort | Tx | Turn2 Specialty Companies LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Two employees were moving a pallet of tower trays and beams using a hydraulic pallet jack when a board from the pallet became caught under one of the wheels of the pallet jack. An employee was removing the board when the hydraulics were released, lowering the pallet onto the employee's hand and resulting in partial amputation of the left index fingertip. | |||||
2020-09-18 | Dalton | Ga | JCG FARMS OF ALABAMA, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
A separator operator in training was loading chick buggies onto the chain conveyor of a separator machine. The employee noticed a crooked tray on a buggy entering the separator and placed his right foot on the chain conveyor to reach into the machine and straighten the tray. The next buggy moved forward and caught the employee's leg against the conveyor fracturing his tibia and fibula near the ankle. | |||||
2020-09-06 | Garden City | Ks | Sams Club | Knee(s) | Walking, without other incident-single episode |
An employee had just finished repurposing chickens on a white tray that was sitting on the right side of a scale. He was moving the tray and stepping from the right to the left side of the scale when he twisted his left foot, heard a pop, and fell to the floor. He was hospitalized with a broken bone under his kneecap. | |||||
2020-08-27 | Toms River | Nj | Encompass Health & Rehabilitation Hospital | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over self |
An employee tripped and fell while carrying a medication tray. She landed on the ground and suffered a broken left patella. | |||||
2020-08-18 | New Richmond | Wi | Syntegon Packaging Technology, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
On August 18, 2020, an employee was adjusting the timing on a tray forming machine. The employee's left hand was caught between a counterweight and a stationary support for the machine; two bones in the hand were broken and the employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-08-13 | New Haven | Ct | Advanced Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee was lifting a 5-pound tray of pasta off a cart when she developed a hernia. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-08-10 | Quincy | Fl | Diversitech Corporation of Georgia | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On August 10, 2020, an employee was changing out pins and dies on a pill press machine when the machine was actuated and a pin came down onto his finger. The employee was hospitalized with a partial amputation of his right pinky finger. The feed tray was not installed in the machine at the time of the incident. | |||||
2020-07-14 | Jacksonville | Florida | Beaver Street Fisheries, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On July 14, 2020, an employee was operating a machine that wraps plastic film over seafood trays when the plastic film became jammed. As he attempted to pull out the plastic from the back side of the machine with his right hand, the machine's blade amputated his right middle fingertip. | |||||
2020-07-13 | Loveland | Colorado | 5 Star Home Improvement, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was doing a final inspection to verify that all contracted work had been completed. While retrieving a paint tray that was left on the roof, he fell approximately 8 to 10 feet from the roof to a bed of rocks and a concrete sidewalk. He was hospitalized with a fractured vertebra, a fractured toe, a broken wrist, a cut on his forehead that required stitches, and a bump on the forehead. | |||||
2020-06-20 | Oakmont | Pennsylvania | Presbyterian Senior Network | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over a chair and fell to the ground while carrying a tray and bruised a knee. | |||||
2020-06-15 | Leesburg | Florida | Lewis Tree Service | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Shooting by other person-unintentional |
An employee was driving a company vehicle (bucket truck). As they passed by a convenience store, they were struck in the neck by a stray bullet that may have been shot as part of a shootout that occurred at the convenience store. | |||||
2020-05-14 | Northport | Alabama | Park Manor Health& Rehabilitation, L.L.C | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
While moving breakfast trays, an employee tripped on a doorframe and fell to the floor, fracturing the right hip. | |||||
2020-04-17 | Gridley | Illinois | WATERSHED FOODS, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee had removed the conveyor on the backside of a machine to clean. When the employee went to put the machine back in place, the employee's left ring finger was caught in a pinch point created by the lug conveyor chain and the traying machine. As a result, the employee's left ring fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2020-04-10 | Allen | Texas | Whataburger | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
While stepping over trays of bread, an employee tripped over a roller of empty trays and fell to the floor, breaking his right hip. | |||||
2020-04-09 | Astoria | New York | George S. Hall, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Shooting by other person-unintentional |
An employee was packing up his truck at the end of the work day. There was a group arguing in the distance and a shooting occurred. The employee was struck in the thigh by a stray bullet. | |||||
2020-03-27 | De Queen | Arkansas | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was trying to retrieve a tray pack of product that was wedged inside a tunnel. The conveyor belt the pack was sitting on pulled the employee's right hand into the sprocket. His little fingertip was amputated and his middle and ring fingers were broken. | |||||
2020-03-17 | Peoria | Illinois | CROSSMARK, INC. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was carrying a tray with parts soaking in it when the employee slipped and fell on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip that required surgery. | |||||
2020-02-24 | Coshocton | Ohio | Kraft Heinz Company | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was working as a chill cell helper to move the trays of meat on the rail system to and from different coolers. The employee was moving a 1500 lb. rack of meat along the overhead rail system. When the employee came to a switch (interchange), the rack fell from the overhead rail system and struck the employee who fell to the concrete ground. The employee sustained fractures to the back, pelvis and sternum. | |||||
2020-02-22 | Lenorah | Texas | Winston Electric Inc. DBA Acme Electric Company | Eye(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was in a scissor lift using a sheetrock knife to cut sheetrock. He was putting the knife on the tray when his arm hit the cable tray causing the knife to ricocheted out of his hand and strike his left eye causing damage to the retina. | |||||
2020-02-08 | Akron | Ohio | Health Care Services Group | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was working the tray line and turned to reach for an item when she tripped and fell sustaining a broken hip. | |||||
2020-02-07 | Boston | Massachusett | VPNE Parking Solutions, Inc. | Head | Shooting by other person-unintentional |
An employee was standing on a sidewalk in front of the building when he was hit by a stray bullet during a police chase of a suspect who was running down the street. He suffered a head injury and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-01-22 | Conroe | Texas | WMC Steel | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was repairing a flexible cable tray on a production machine. The tray was raised using a bottle jack. The bottle jack kicked out while the employee's finger was in an alignment hole on the flexible cable tray, resulting in a left index fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-09-24 | Dallas | Texas | Crunchy Rollers, LLC | Ankle(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was moving trays onto a production line. The cart shifted and trays landed on his left ankle, causing a fracture/dislocation. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-09-23 | Somerset | New Jersey | Ferrero USA Inc., | Lower leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was inside a machine attempting to fix the glue mechanism when the machine activated. The machine's tray cut his lower left leg, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2019-09-16 | Lawrenceville | Georgia | RICOH ELECTRONICS, INC. | Multiple body parts | Other jump to lower level |
An employee was attempting to remove a panel cover on a cable tray while working from an 8-foot stepladder when he felt the ladder shift and lost his balance. He jumped off the ladder and hit the floor, suffering two broken ribs, two cracked vertebrae, a fractured wrist, and a concussion. He also required stitches above his right eye. | |||||
2019-08-21 | New Braunfels | Texas | USPS | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was unloading a large metal container that holds mail trays. She removed the netting from the front of the container to retrieve the trays and placed the netting on the ground. After retrieving the trays, she tripped on the netting and fell to the ground, landing on the trays she was carrying. She broke her hip. | |||||
2019-08-18 | San Antonio | Texas | Freebirds World Burrito | Hand(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was working on the kitchen in front of a steam table. While lifting a tray, his hand slipped into the steam table water, burning his right hand. He was hospitalized and required surgery. | |||||
2019-08-13 | Reading | Pennsylvania | Termaco USA | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
The injured employee was training another employee on a robot that is used to weld steel battery boxes. While removing a box from the tray fixture, the tray got stuck, bounced, and the upper fixture fell down, amputating the injured employee's right pinky fingertip. | |||||
2019-07-17 | Heber Springs | Arkansas | Saint Jean Industries | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was working inside a robotic cell, handling parts coming out of an X-ray machine. While waiting for the next tray of parts to come out of the X-ray, he rested his hand on the side edge of the roller system. The chain/sprocket teeth then caught his right glove, pulling his fingers into the sprocket. He pulled his right hand out of the sprocket gear and injured the tip of his right middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The chain and sprocket were unguarded at the time of | |||||
2019-07-17 | Chambersburg | Pennsylvania | Olympic Steel | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was using a bridge crane to replace slag trays in the burn table. The employee's left ring finger was caught between a slag tray and the inside receiving edge of the burn table, resulting in the fracture and amputation of the left ring fingertip. | |||||
2019-06-19 | Selbyville | Delaware | Mountaire Farms, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was diverting product trays along a conveyor system when his left ring finger was pinched between the conveyor and a stationary metal tray diverter, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-06-15 | Monroeville | Pennsylvania | Jiffy Lube | Head | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee's head hit an oil change tray as the employee was walking in a lower bay. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-06-14 | Lake Buena Vista | Florida | Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on water and fell to the floor while walking to get water from a water dispenser where the drip tray had overflowed onto the floor. The employee suffered a right fibula fracture. | |||||
2019-06-08 | Liberty | Texas | Chilis Grill & Bar | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was carrying a tray of coleslaw into a cooler. He tripped over a produce box on the floor and fell, his right knee striking the concrete floor. He suffered a broken right femur and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-06-03 | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bimbo Bakeries USA | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was using two-wheel hand carts to move merchandise. The hand cart trays separated and the dolly was knocked out from under the stack. The stack came back toward the employee causing him to lose balance and fall off the dock onto the ground fracturing an elbow. | |||||
2019-04-25 | Lincoln | Nebraska | Smithfield Farmland Corp. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was pushing a loaded cart into the oven and struck the oven. His left ring finger was pinched between the cart and a tray that had shifted after he had struck the oven causing a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-03-17 | Star City | Arkansas | TYSON FOODS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was working in a chick trailer. As he was repositioning a flat hook (on a winch) attached to the last chick tray, the attached cable straightened out. His left hand was caught between the hook and the dolly and his index finger was crushed. The finger was amputated. | |||||
2019-03-07 | Dalton | Massachusett | Crane Currency | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
At about 10:45 a.m. on March 7, 2019, an employee was at the back of a printing press, where dried paper had wrapped around a carrying roll. He was 3 feet up a 6-foot ladder, removing the stuck paper, when he fell to the cement floor, encountering wall-mounted valves, a metal catch tray on the floor, and a metal grating. He suffered back pain and two lacerations, one to the back of the head and one on the left elbow. Each laceration required stitches. | |||||
2019-03-06 | Sebring | Ohio | REFRACTORY SPECIALTIES INCORPORATED | Fingertip(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by another person |
An employee was pushing a tray cart. One of the trays struck a beam and pushed back into his hand, pinching his right middle fingertip against the push handle. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2019-02-18 | Cambridge | Ohio | Encore Industries, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was trying to retrieve a tray that had fallen in a stacker. The stacker cycled and the employee's right middle finger was caught between the tray and the stacker frame. The fingertip was partially amputated. | |||||
2019-02-14 | Dallas | Texas | Omni Hotel & Resorts, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was helping set up a banquet hall and was walking with a tray when the employee lost balance, fell to the floor and fractured the right hip. | |||||
2019-02-08 | Homestead | Florida | PLANT LIFE FARMS, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
An employee was walking from his car to the nursery entrance and was bitten by a stray dog resulting in the loss of a thumb tip. | |||||
2019-01-29 | Memphis | Tennessee | U S Postal Service | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was descending stairs while carrying a flat mail tray when the employee missed the last two steps. The employee fell and fractured an ankle. The handrail was not used at the time of the incident. | |||||
2019-01-21 | Park Ridge | Illinois | Advocate Health and Hospital Corporation | Lumbar region | Fall on same level due to slipping |
A nursing care technician entered a soiled utility room to place a dirty food tray in a cart. She slipped on a liquid on the floor and fell, injuring her lower back. | |||||
2019-01-21 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | U.S. Postal Service | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
An employee was pulling a mail tray to put in a container and felt a pull in his back. | |||||
2019-01-13 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Kwik Trip, Inc | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was in the process of putting a tray in the oven when she slipped and fell on her left leg resulting in a broken tibia. | |||||
2018-09-08 | Center | Texas | Tyson Foods, Inc | Jaw, chin | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
Two employees were taking meat and placing it in yellow trays at the tail end of a production line. The two employees began to disagree about the pace, and one employee punched the injured employee in the face. The injured employee suffered a broken mandible. | |||||
2018-08-08 | Spooner | Wisconsin | Courtesy Corporation | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was carrying serving trays from the dining area to the kitchen sink for cleaning when the employee struck a cart and fell, suffering a fractured hip. | |||||
2018-08-02 | Hyannis | Massachusett | Olive Garden | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was carrying a tray of glasses when she slipped on a wet floor and fell, cutting her thumb on a glass. Her thumb sustained ligament damage, requiring surgery. | |||||
2018-07-26 | Ponte Vedra Beach | Florida | Publix Supermarkets, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was pushing a money tray into a safe when his right middle finger was caught between the dummy door (which hid the money) and the bottom of the safe. The tip of his right middle finger was amputated. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-07-25 | Niles | Ohio | Arconic Inc. | Upper arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was trying to clean built-up product from the sensor/photo eye of the conveyor on a weigh blend system, which was failing to start after being calibrated. The tray of the conveyor actuated, and the tray's reciprocating motion caught the employee's arm, fracturing the left humerus. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident. | |||||
2018-07-20 | Winter Springs | Florida | DPN USA, LLC | Forearm(s) | Slip without fall, n.e.c. |
An employee was walking down the stairs with two trays of food. The employee missed a step, dropped a tray of food and reached for the handrail. Her right arm went between the wall and handrail and her right forearm was fractured in two places. | |||||
2018-07-09 | Houston | Texas | System Service Associates | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee was pushed by another employee and a cement cigarette ashtray fell on his feet. His left toe was crushed. | |||||
2018-06-27 | Batesville | Arkansas | Flowers Baking Co of Batesville, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was operating equipment that stacks used bun trays and started to have cramps. The employee was hospitalized for heat stress. | |||||
2018-06-22 | Pleasant Prairie | Wisconsin | Gold Standard Baking Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was placing a tray on a conveyor line when their finger was pinched between the conveyor's belt and side rail. The employee's right index and middle fingertips were amputated. | |||||
2018-06-21 | Riviera Beach | Florida | Publix | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell while carrying a tray of product into a storage cooler. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle. | |||||
2018-05-23 | Herlong | California | Federal Correction Institution Herlong | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on grease that spilled onto the floor from a hamburger tray when it was retrieved from an oven, breaking bones in his leg. | |||||
2018-05-22 | Jamaica | New York | LSG Sky Chef | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was removing an ice tray in the dish room when the employee stepped/slipped on a tray liner, injuring the left knee. | |||||
2018-03-28 | Columbus | Ohio | Coulter Ventures, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was moving a metal coolant tray and caught a finger in the caster wheel resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2018-03-27 | Aurora | Colorado | At Work | Head and neck | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was bending over to grab some trays from a pallet that was on the floor when a pallet of raw material boxes tipped over and fell from a rack, landing on top of the employee. He suffered a head laceration and concussion, cervical fracture, and left ankle sprain. | |||||
2018-03-14 | Neenah | Wisconsin | Eggers Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was using a scrub pad to clean the drip tray underneath two moving rollers when the employee's right hand was pulled into the rollers, causing soft tissue damage to the right middle, ring, and pinky fingers. | |||||
2018-03-06 | Saint Charles | Missouri | NIKE AIR MANUFACTURING INNOVATION | Ankle(s) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment |
An employee was sitting on a thermoforming machine's exit tray when it collapsed and she fell to the floor, breaking her ankle. | |||||
2018-02-11 | Harrah | Oklahoma | McDonalds | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was exiting the cooler room, tripped on a bun tray on the floor and fell resulting in a back injury that required surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
2018-01-23 | West Hazleton | Pennsylvania | Valmont Industries | Hip(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was going to perform routine maintenance (cleaning) on the plasma cutter table. The employee lifted the top part off the plasma cutter table with an overhead crane. The interior slag tray slipped out of the rigging and fell onto the employee, who suffered a broken hip and was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-09-06 | Birdsboro | Pennsylvania | Birdsboro Kosher Farms Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was scooping meat out of a stuffing machine tray when his leg pressed against the actuating device. The machine turned on and partially amputated his right ring finger between the first and second knuckle. The machine was not locked out at the time. | |||||
2017-08-23 | New Haven | Connecticut | SOMETHING SWEET, INC. | Multiple body parts | Ingestion of harmful substance |
While cleaning and sanitizing trays and racks, a temporary employee ingested diluted cleaner (Super Power Foam 5339) that got around his mouth, mustache, and goatee. The temporary employee suffered pain in his throat and right rib cage. | |||||
2017-08-19 | York | Pennsylvania | McDonalds | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over bun trays and suffered a broken right wrist, requiring surgery. | |||||
2017-07-25 | Caseyville | Illinois | Advance PR Foods/Tyson | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was exposed to carbon monoxide while washing trays, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-07-08 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Rivers Casino | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was carrying a tray of drinks in an area where a customer had spilled a drink. She slipped and fell on the spilled drink, fracturing her right ankle and leg. | |||||
2017-06-02 | Stoughton | Massachusett | First Impression Printing Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was installing a wash tray on a printing press when his rubber glove and then hand was caught in the press rolls, amputating two fingers. | |||||
2017-05-31 | Lake Park | Georgia | Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee slipped/tripped while carrying a tray of food and a pitcher, falling to the floor and fracturing the right hip. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-05-24 | Chicago | Illinois | EL MILAGRO, INC. | Lower leg(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
As an employee was removing tamales from the stove, the cooking tray tilted and the hot water contacted the employee, causing second degree burns on the lower right leg. | |||||
2017-05-06 | Abbotsford | Wisconsin | Abbyland Foods, Inc. | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was clearing a piece of broken foam tray from a wrapper machine when the blade came up and severely lacerated the employee's right hand. | |||||
2017-04-29 | Houston | Texas | Kroger #223 | Forearm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was taking a tray out of a baking oven when her right forearm suffered second degree grease burns. | |||||
2017-03-22 | Saint Louis | Missouri | Four Points Corporation | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was carrying trays back into the kitchen area when she slipped and fell on the wet floor, fracturing her left hip and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-03-07 | Midland | Texas | Ng Field Construction, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was installing a 400 pound cable tray into a skid when his hand was caught between the cable tray and the skid when the cable tray was lowered. The employee suffered the amputation of the distal phalanx on his right pinky finger. | |||||
2017-02-09 | Sheboygan | Wisconsin | Nemak Corporation | Hand(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was dumping a tray of water when her right hand struck the side of a machine. She suffered a contusion that required surgery. The machine was unguarded at the time. | |||||
2017-02-01 | Rahway | New Jersey | MERCK & CO., INC. | Foot (feet) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was inspecting the door to a interior idle tray dryer when the door fell off the hinges and onto his foot. |