| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-29 | Bradenton | Fl | AF BARRIERS, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was helping operate a vinyl-melting machine. The machine's press crushed and burned the tip of his left index finger. | |||||
| 2021-09-27 | Pittsfield | Me | Walpole Outdoors, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cutting a length of vinyl material with a table saw. The employee's hand slipped and the sawblade amputated the tip of his thumb. | |||||
| 2021-09-14 | Houma | La | Stabil Drill Specialties, LLC | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| Employees were at the facility to perform hurricane cleanup and repair. The frame of a pull-down overhead door had been blown out during the hurricane. An employee was mounting a board to a bracket of the frame to then install a temporary vinyl curtain. The employee was standing on a pallet that was attached to a forklift and was approximately 8-10 feet above the gravel ground. When the employee struck the overhead door, it came loose and struck him, causing him to fall from the pallet to the gr | |||||
| 2021-08-04 | Clute | Tx | Elite Companies LLP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting vinyl siding with a circular saw. The saw kicked back and lacerated the employee's left little finger. | |||||
| 2021-05-24 | Hinesville | Ga | Lowes Home Centers Inc. dba Lowes Home Center LLC | Hand(s) | Stings and venomous bites |
| An employee was delivering vinyl fencing to a customer's home when a timber rattlesnake bit his right hand. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-05-04 | Double Springs | Al | Lippert Components Manufacturing, Inc. | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a corner cleaner machine to cut excess vinyl material off the finished window frame and caught her hand under the clamp mechanism. The clamp pinched her hand against the window frame resulting in fractures to the hand and/or fingers. | |||||
| 2021-04-22 | Stillwater | Ok | Abrahams Flooring llc | Wrist(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a utility knife to demolish vinyl flooring. The knife slipped through the material and lacerated the employee's wrist. | |||||
| 2021-03-09 | Orlando | Fl | 83 West Miller Street | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was running into the building and fell onto the vinyl floor, sustaining a fractured right femur. It was raining at the time. | |||||
| 2021-02-10 | Calhoun | Ga | ENGINEERED TEXTILE PRODUCTS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was working on a vinyl oven. As the employee tried to remove a wrinkle in the material, the nub roller caught the employee's right little finger. All four of the employee's fingers were pulled into the machine and amputated. | |||||
| 2020-08-22 | Paris | Ny | H. Richardson & Sons | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was placing a vinyl/canvas cover over the bucket of a bucket truck. The employee slipped on the non-skid surface of the platform beneath the boom cradle and fell to the ground, suffering a broken left tibia and fibula. | |||||
| 2020-01-29 | Ridgewood | New York | Yarde Metals, Inc | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was pulling on a green vinyl strap that was part of the sheet skid packaging in an attempt to move the sheet skid to the back of the trailer for the next delivery. The vinyl strap broke, causing him to lose his balance and fall off the back of the trailer, landing on the ground. He sustained a laceration to the back of his head and broke four ribs. | |||||
| 2019-09-16 | Carrollton | Texas | Boral Windows | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working on a single point vinyl welder when he turned to talk to another employee. His hand was placed on the top plate of the press welder at the time. When the welder finished its cycle, it came up and trapped his right pointer finger between the top plate and top of the welder. He pulled his gloved finger out and suffered a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2019-07-17 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking in the office building and slipped on the vinyl flooring. The employee sustained a spiral fracture of the right leg/ankle. | |||||
| 2019-06-24 | New York | New York | Ralph Lauren Corporation | Hand(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| On 6/24/2019, an employee was using a 4-inch blade scraper to remove vinyl from a store fixture when the scraper cut the employee's left hand, causing tendon, nerve, and artery damage that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2019-05-22 | Hillsdale | New Jersey | Kings Supermarket | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee stepped onto a wooden pallet, then onto a box to reach a box of vinyl gloves that were on a storage rack. She was approximately 12 inches off the floor when she stepped down, tripped on plastic wrap, and fell to the floor, landing on her left side. She broke her left hip and required surgery. | |||||
| 2019-05-14 | Murrysville | Pennsylvania | Thermal Windows & Doors LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cutting vinyl on a saw when a piece of vinyl was caught. She removed her foot from the pedal and went to remove the caught material. The saw was reactivated via the foot pedal resulting in amputation of her left middle fingertip at the nail bed. | |||||
| 2019-04-26 | Dalton | Georgia | Tarkett | Forearm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was performing a screen change on an extruder and was burned on the right forearm by molten polyvinyl butyral (PVB) after sliding the door open. | |||||
| 2019-03-25 | Rockford | Illinois | Estwing Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| At about 2:30 a.m. on March 25, 2019, an employee was using a modified hydraulic press with a knife tool to remove defective vinyl grips from new hammers. While the employee was retrieving a hammer, his right middle and ring fingertips were caught between moving and stationary parts, causing amputations. | |||||
| 2019-02-26 | Pensacola | Florida | Baroco Electric Construction | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against object or equipment while moving it |
| An electrician was moving a food warmer table with the help of his co-worker. The table slipped out of his grip and the metal lip at the edge of the table lacerated his left index finger. The employee was wearing heavy, vinyl gloves at the time. | |||||
| 2019-01-04 | Stephenville | Texas | Summer Sky, Inc | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was on a stepladder cleaning a bathroom ventilation unit. He lost his balance and fell off the ladder, hitting his head on the wall and then landing on his shoulder on the vinyl-covered concrete floor. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-08-09 | Monroe | Ohio | Deceuninck North America, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was setting up a part on a machine that laminates PVC windows. He was picking out a piece of lamination film (vinyl laminate) left over after being trimmed off a piece of PVC window extrusion profile when his right middle finger entered the operating drive roller. As he pulled his finger out of the roller, it pulled off his right middle fingertip at the first joint. | |||||
| 2018-06-04 | Medford | Wisconsin | WEATHER SHIELD MFG., INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| On June 4, 2018, an employee was setting up a vinyl extruder when the employee's right middle finger was caught and pulled into the extruder, suffering a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2018-03-06 | Export | Pennsylvania | Ventana USA | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was using a miter saw to cut vinyl and contacted the saw blade lacerating all four fingers on the right hand. The index finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2018-03-05 | Dallas | Texas | CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR, INC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was standing on a billboard catwalk and preparing to install a billboard vinyl when the employee fell approximately 20 feet to the ground, suffering broken ribs, bruises, and scrapes. | |||||
| 2018-01-24 | South Beloit | Illinois | Key Outdoor Inc. | Face | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee's face was struck by a falling piece of wooden billboard during vinyl installation. The employee suffered a face contusion and sore back. | |||||
| 2017-10-05 | Glendale Heights | Illinois | APEX EXTERIORS, INC. | Leg(s) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment |
| On October 5, 2017, at approximately 9:00 a.m., three employees were working together to remove vinyl siding from the side walls of a residential balcony for demolition. They were working from extension ladders with hand tools. The injured employee entered the balcony from the extension ladder to look for a potential anchor location for his personal fall arrest system. When he entered the balcony, it collapsed beneath him. He landed on the ground and broke his leg. | |||||
| 2017-06-21 | Lake Forest | Illinois | Great Lakes Plumbing & Heating | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was fixing a sprinkler head while standing on an A-frame ladder when the leg of the ladder slipped on the vinyl flooring. The employee then fell from the ladder, hitting a window sill and then the floor. He injured his vertebrae and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-06-17 | Woonsocket | Rhode Island | BRAPCO, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| On 6/17/2017, an employee was installing vinyl siding from a ladder when he felt dizzy and fainted. He fell approximately 10 feet from the ladder, breaking several ribs and his spine. | |||||
| 2017-05-01 | Greenville | Ohio | Coletown Signs | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
| An employee was in the bucket of a boom truck 20 to 25 feet in the air, removing vinyl lettering from a window, when a strong wind gust blew over the boom truck. The employee was ejected from the bucket as the truck hit the ground, suffering a possible fractured neck. | |||||
| 2017-04-09 | South Sioux City | Nebraska | Hy-Vee, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using the right hand to push meat across a meat slicer when the employee's vinyl glove was caught by the slicer blade, pulling the employee's right thumb into the blade. The employee's right thumb tip was amputated along with part of the thumbnail. | |||||
| 2017-03-11 | Emigsville | Pennsylvania | Aberdeen Road Company | Hand(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| While running vinyl through rollers, an employee noticed the vinyl was building up. The employee was wiping the roller with a rag when the employee's right hand was pulled and burned between the rollers. | |||||
| 2016-08-12 | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Sanford Medical Center | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee suffered chest pain with tachycardia and was hospitalized after exposure to dry vinyl sealer and stain used on doors. | |||||
| 2016-05-13 | Green Cove Springs | Florida | Tape Technologies, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was running the vinyl machine, which rewinds and cuts big rolls of vinyl into smaller rolls, when his right hand was caught between two rolls. The skin was peeled off his right hand, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-04-22 | Saint Albans | West Virgini | Saint Albans Window Manufacturing, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On April 22, 2016, at approximately 7:15 a.m., an employee was operating a notch saw. While the employee was placing a 4-foot piece of vinyl in the saw, the saw was activated by the foot pedal. The saw amputated the employee's left index finger below the nail bed. | |||||
| 2016-04-15 | Portsmouth | Virginia | NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a heat sealer machine. The employee was holding a die in place that was used to seal yellow vinyl fabric. When the under plate came down, the employee's finger was crushed, amputating one-third of the right index finger (including the first knuckle). | |||||
| 2016-03-23 | Ocklawaha | Florida | Jody Wilson Construction, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| While installing vinyl siding on a roof, an employee fell approximately 8 feet to the lower ground level, sustaining compound fractures to the right leg, tibia, and fibula. Fall protection was not worn at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2015-12-01 | Schertz | Texas | Media Displays, Inc. | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was on an outdoor sign, installing a vinyl. He was wearing a safety harness, and the lanyard was attached to a wooden part of the sign, which gave way. He fell 15 to 18 feet to the ground below, injuring his head and torso. | |||||
| 2015-10-21 | Freeburg | Missouri | Quaker Window Products | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
| An employee was inserting a piece of metal inside a piece of vinyl window profile when she got a splinter. She and a co-worker removed the splinter. Later she went to the doctor to receive further treatment and was hospitalized for an infection. | |||||
| 2015-10-15 | Oneill | Nebraska | Central Valley Ag Cooperative | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c. |
| An employee walking on a vinyl floor in the office tripped and fell, breaking the right tibia and fibula bones. The employee required surgery and overnight hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-05-28 | Fort Myers | Florida | Eastern Metal Supply, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a saw to cut vinyl extrusions and cut his right hand across the knuckles. | |||||
| 2015-03-17 | Georgetown | Texas | Ideal Signs | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was installing a sign while working from an extension ladder. He reached behind the ladder to stick vinyl onto the wall. He slipped and fell approximately 8 feet from the ladder onto the ground, sustaining a concussion, fractured left leg, and cut on his right knee. | |||||
| 2015-01-28 | Desloge | Missouri | O'Reilly Auto Parts | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| The injured employee was using an 8-foot step ladder to apply a vinyl window cling decal to the front store window. A second employee was holding the base of the step ladder due to windy conditions. The second employee was unable to prevent the ladder from toppling over as the decal may have acted as a sail. The injured employee fell to the ground and was hospitalized as a result of the following injuries: head trauma when he was knocked unconscious, possible concussion, laceration to left s | |||||