DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-10-28Fort CollinsCoAnheuser-Busch, LLCFingertip(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.
2021-10-27LakelandFlPEPPERIDGE FARM INCORPORATEDFinger(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.
2021-10-12MercersburgPaDelamor Enterprises, LPHip(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.
2021-10-12Russells PointOhHONDA TRANSMISSION MANUFACTURINGMultiple head locationsCaught 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.
2021-09-01Rocky HillCtNumotionHand(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.
2021-08-26MiamiFlBaptist 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.
2021-08-12BryanTxSanderson Farms Inc, Processing DivisionThigh(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.
2021-07-24GibbonNeGibbon Packing, LLCFingertip(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.
2021-07-22OsceolaArRoehm America LLCFingertip(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.
2021-07-07SanduskyOhCEDAR POINT PARK LLCHip(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.
2021-07-03PecosTxCotton Holdings IncKnee(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.
2021-06-22West PointMsPeco Foods, INCFingertip(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.
2021-06-03NormanOkSprouts Farmers Market; Store 803Finger(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.
2021-05-23TexarkanaArCooper 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.
2021-04-08SabinaOhPennant 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.
2021-03-29MarbleheadMaMarblehead Garden Center Inc.PelvisFall 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.
2021-02-16NampaIdLactalis 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.
2021-01-29LancasterPaDooDad Printing LLCFinger(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.
2021-01-06Port ChesterNyJ.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.
2020-10-18HoustonTxEl Rancho SupermerchadoHand(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.
2020-10-13Buckeye LakeOhPharmacanBODY SYSTEMSInhalation 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.
2020-10-05DallasTxLipman-Texas, LLCFinger(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.
2020-10-03Point ComfortTxTurn2 Specialty Companies LLCFingertip(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.
2020-09-18DaltonGaJCG FARMS OF ALABAMA, LLCLower 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.
2020-09-06Garden CityKsSams ClubKnee(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.
2020-08-27Toms RiverNjEncompass Health & Rehabilitation HospitalKnee(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.
2020-08-18New RichmondWiSyntegon Packaging Technology, LLCHand(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.
2020-08-13New HavenCtAdvanced Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation LLCAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersOverexertion 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.
2020-08-10QuincyFlDiversitech Corporation of GeorgiaFinger(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.
2020-07-14JacksonvilleFloridaBeaver 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.
2020-07-13LovelandColorado5 Star Home Improvement, Inc.Multiple body partsOther 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.
2020-06-20OakmontPennsylvaniaPresbyterian Senior NetworkKnee(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.
2020-06-15LeesburgFloridaLewis Tree ServiceNeck, except internal location of diseases or disordersShooting 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.
2020-05-14NorthportAlabamaPark Manor Health& Rehabilitation, L.L.CHip(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.
2020-04-17GridleyIllinoisWATERSHED FOODS, LLCFingertip(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.
2020-04-10AllenTexasWhataburgerHip(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.
2020-04-09AstoriaNew YorkGeorge 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.
2020-03-27De QueenArkansasPilgrim's Pride CorporationFingertip(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.
2020-03-17PeoriaIllinoisCROSSMARK, 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.
2020-02-24CoshoctonOhioKraft Heinz CompanyMultiple trunk locationsStruck 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.
2020-02-22LenorahTexasWinston Electric Inc. DBA Acme Electric CompanyEye(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.
2020-02-08AkronOhioHealth Care Services GroupHip(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.
2020-02-07BostonMassachusettVPNE Parking Solutions, Inc.HeadShooting 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.
2020-01-22ConroeTexasWMC SteelFingertip(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.
2019-09-24DallasTexasCrunchy Rollers, LLCAnkle(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.
2019-09-23SomersetNew JerseyFerrero 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.
2019-09-16LawrencevilleGeorgiaRICOH ELECTRONICS, INC.Multiple body partsOther 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.
2019-08-21New BraunfelsTexasUSPS 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.
2019-08-18San AntonioTexasFreebirds World BurritoHand(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.
2019-08-13ReadingPennsylvaniaTermaco USAFingertip(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.
2019-07-17Heber SpringsArkansasSaint Jean IndustriesFingertip(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
2019-07-17ChambersburgPennsylvaniaOlympic SteelFingertip(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.
2019-06-19SelbyvilleDelawareMountaire 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.
2019-06-15MonroevillePennsylvaniaJiffy LubeHeadContact 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.
2019-06-14Lake Buena VistaFloridaWalt 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.
2019-06-08LibertyTexasChilis Grill & BarThigh(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.
2019-06-03Sioux FallsSouth DakotaBimbo Bakeries USAElbow(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.
2019-04-25LincolnNebraskaSmithfield 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.
2019-03-17Star CityArkansasTYSON 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.
2019-03-07DaltonMassachusettCrane CurrencyMultiple body partsOther 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.
2019-03-06SebringOhioREFRACTORY SPECIALTIES INCORPORATEDFingertip(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.
2019-02-18CambridgeOhioEncore 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.
2019-02-14DallasTexasOmni 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.
2019-02-08HomesteadFloridaPLANT LIFE FARMS, LLCFingertip(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.
2019-01-29MemphisTennesseeU S Postal ServiceAnkle(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.
2019-01-21Park RidgeIllinoisAdvocate Health and Hospital Corporation Lumbar regionFall 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.
2019-01-21HarrisburgPennsylvaniaU.S. Postal ServiceBack, including spine, spinal cordOverexertion 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.
2019-01-13La CrosseWisconsinKwik Trip, IncLower 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.
2018-09-08CenterTexasTyson Foods, IncJaw, chinHitting, 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.
2018-08-08SpoonerWisconsinCourtesy CorporationHip(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.
2018-08-02HyannisMassachusettOlive GardenFinger(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.
2018-07-26Ponte Vedra BeachFloridaPublix 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.
2018-07-25NilesOhioArconic 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.
2018-07-20Winter SpringsFloridaDPN USA, LLCForearm(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.
2018-07-09HoustonTexasSystem Service AssociatesToes(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.
2018-06-27BatesvilleArkansasFlowers Baking Co of Batesville, LLCBODY SYSTEMSExposure 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.
2018-06-22Pleasant PrairieWisconsinGold 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.
2018-06-21Riviera BeachFloridaPublixAnkle(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.
2018-05-23HerlongCaliforniaFederal Correction Institution HerlongLeg(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.
2018-05-22JamaicaNew YorkLSG Sky ChefKnee(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.
2018-03-28ColumbusOhioCoulter Ventures, LLCFingertip(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.
2018-03-27AuroraColoradoAt WorkHead and neckStruck 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.
2018-03-14NeenahWisconsinEggers 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.
2018-03-06Saint CharlesMissouriNIKE AIR MANUFACTURING INNOVATIONAnkle(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.
2018-02-11HarrahOklahomaMcDonaldsBack, including spine, spinal cordFall 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.
2018-01-23West HazletonPennsylvaniaValmont IndustriesHip(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.
2017-09-06BirdsboroPennsylvaniaBirdsboro Kosher Farms CorporationFinger(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.
2017-08-23New HavenConnecticutSOMETHING SWEET, INC.Multiple body partsIngestion 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.
2017-08-19YorkPennsylvaniaMcDonaldsWrist(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.
2017-07-25CaseyvilleIllinoisAdvance PR Foods/TysonBODY SYSTEMSInhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was exposed to carbon monoxide while washing trays, requiring hospitalization.
2017-07-08PittsburghPennsylvaniaRivers CasinoAnkle(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.
2017-06-02StoughtonMassachusettFirst Impression Printing IncorporatedFinger(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.
2017-05-31Lake ParkGeorgiaCracker 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.
2017-05-24ChicagoIllinoisEL 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.
2017-05-06AbbotsfordWisconsinAbbyland 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.
2017-04-29HoustonTexasKroger #223Forearm(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.
2017-03-22Saint LouisMissouriFour Points CorporationHip(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.
2017-03-07MidlandTexasNg Field Construction, LLCFinger(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.
2017-02-09SheboyganWisconsinNemak CorporationHand(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.
2017-02-01RahwayNew JerseyMERCK & 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.