| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-19 | Nunn | Co | United States Department of Agriculture | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| On 7/19/2021, an employee had been sampling vegetation when they began to experience symptoms of heat stress and dehydration afterwards, resulting in hospitalization. | |||||
| 2020-06-23 | Bunker | Missouri | ASPLUNDH TREE EXPERT, LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating an ATV while inspecting vegetation in a utility right of way. The ATV was traversing a hill when the left front tire dropped off into a washout area. The ATV rolled over and landed on top of the employee. The ATV remained running as the employee worked to free himself. The hot muffler was just above the employee's back while he was under the ATV and caused third degree burns on the right side of his back. | |||||
| 2019-08-06 | Wall | South Dakota | United States Department of Agriculture | Nonclassifiable | Ran off driving surface, nonroadway |
| An employee was riding an ATV to the next prairie dog town. The ATV went into a drainage ditch that was hidden by vegetation. As the employee fell into the ditch their head struck an adjacent embankment. The employee initially lost feeling below the neck, and later recovered some sense of touch. The ditch was approximately 5 feet deep by 4 feet wide. | |||||
| 2019-07-09 | Togiak | Alaska | Federal Aviation Administration | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to other harmful substances |
| An employee was travelling in an ATV to the worksite. The ATV passed through tall grasses, fireweed, and cow parsnip. The employee had an allergic reaction to the local vegetation which affected the eyes, skin, and airway and required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2019-04-04 | Del Rio | Texas | U.S. Customs and Border Protection | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| A border agent was riding on an ATV, chasing after a group of people. The ATV hit a rut with deep vegetation. The agent was thrown from the ATV and suffered broken ribs, a broken collarbone, and a punctured lung. | |||||
| 2018-07-16 | Birdsboro | Pennsylvania | PennLine Corporation | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was trimming vegetation from an aerial lift. The employee fell from the lift to the ground, suffering a broken left arm. | |||||
| 2018-07-10 | Farmers Branch | Texas | Heath Consultants Incorporated | Nonclassifiable | Bites and stings |
| While finding a gas line's tracer wire, an employee moved vegetation from around a gas meter and was bitten on the right ring finger by a snake. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-04-10 | Franklin Lakes | New Jersey | Gaeta Recycling Co., Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was putting vegetation into a hopper when two of his left-hand fingers were amputated by the hopper blade roller. | |||||
| 2017-08-30 | Stuart | Florida | Waste Management of Florida | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| On 8/30/2017, an employee was collecting vegetation waste with a rear load packer truck when he began to feel pain throughout his body. He overheated and experienced muscle cramps. | |||||
| 2017-01-27 | Lake Wales | Florida | Applied Aquatic Managemnet, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| An employee was driving an ATV spraying vegetation control around a pond on a golf course when the ATV flipped on its side and the employee fell off. The employee sustained a back injury requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2016-10-15 | Eagle Pass | Texas | US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION | Leg(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was hospitalized on 10/15/16 when diagnosed with advanced cellulitis on his right leg resulting from puncture wounds from thorny vegetation indigenous to the patrol area. | |||||
| 2016-10-10 | Fort Collins | Colorado | U.S. Forest Service | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| On 10/10/16, employees started a prescribed fire in a national forest to help the vegetation in the area. One employee was refueling a chainsaw to cut trees. When he uncapped the fuel tank, the hot oil boiled out of the tank and onto his right wrist, right arm, and belly, causing second and third degree burns. | |||||
| 2015-09-02 | Campbellton | Texas | KARNES ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was using a chainsaw to clear vegetation from a customer's powerlines. He was hospitalized for severe dehydration and high levels of enzymes in the kidneys due to heat exposure. | |||||