Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-09-27	Sulphur	La	Wastewater Specialties, LLC	Multiple body parts	Explosion or fire on water vehicle
Five workers of two employers (Wastewater Specialties, LLC and Westlake Chemical Lake Charles South) were hospitalized when a flash fire in a vessel occurred. Two employees were on an elevated platform welding a flange onto a 54-inch segment of process piping at the quench tower. Three other workers were engaged in a hydro blasting operation. Employee 1 suffered head trauma, lacerations, and burns. Employee 2 suffered a lower leg/ankle injury. The other workers sustained 2nd and 3rd degree burns
2021-09-22	Pickett	Wi	Rosendale Dairy, LLC	Brain	Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
Two employees were in a gated area of the holding pen at Rosendale Dairy replacing a motor and gearbox for a waste auger. The injured employee was struck by the hinged gate enclosing the auger pit when the fork from the skid steer did not clear the side of the gate. The gate was pushed into the enclosure, striking the injured employee on the forehead and causing him to fall backward and hit his head on the concrete wall. The employee was hospitalized for a subdural hematoma and an epidural hemat
2021-08-31	Boston	Ma	BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
While walking inside the hospital, an employee slipped on food waste and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured patella.
2021-08-25	Atkins	Ar	Twin Rivers Foods, Inc	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
At about 9:02 p.m. on August 25, 2021, an employee was trying to clear clogged wastewater pumps. The employee turned off power to the pumps and started the procedure to clear the lines. Upon opening a line, the employee was sprayed by heated liquid and suffered second-degree burns to the torso and upper right arm. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-08-12	Eufaula	Al	M.C. Dixon Lumber Company, Inc.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was placing waste wood onto a 30-inch-wide, 20-foot-long conveyor. The employee was trying to remove a piece of wood that had hung up in the conveyor's bottom belt when the conveyor caught his hand and amputated his right arm at the shoulder.
2021-08-09	Somerset	Pa	Waste Management	BODY SYSTEMS	Stings and venomous bites
Two employees were servicing a waste container located inside a shed. One of the employees received two bee stings on the head. The injured employee experienced an allergic reaction and a heart attack.
2021-07-20	Brighton	Ma	Allied Waste Services, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
A winch on a waste collection vehicle was reeling in cable. An employee's left hand was caught between the cable and the vehicle; the employee suffered three broken bones and a laceration to the hand.
2021-07-15	Fitzgerald	Ga	American Blanching Company	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee attempted to remove a waste pan from a rack in the blanching area when the pan tipped and caught her finger between the pan and the rack. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated.
2021-07-06	Melbourne	Fl	Wesco Aircraft	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to other harmful substances
An employee was pouring a 5-gallon pail of waste chemicals into a 55-gallon container. The chemical splashed the employee, who began to suffer breathing problems. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-07-06	Grove City	Fl	Waste Management Inc. of Florida	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An temporary employee was collecting a small bundle of yard waste from the curb and loading it into the rear hopper area of a sanitation truck. The packer panel was activated and the employee's left hand was caught by the panel and crushed.
2021-06-30	Hershey	Pa	Hershey Company Reese Plant	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee had been changing out a vacuum head. The employee was sweeping away waste candy when their right index finger was caught between a mold and a guide bar resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-06-15	Highlands Ranch	Co	National Coatings II Inc.	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee fell from a wastewater clarifier, landing 10 feet below and suffering broken ribs and a broken pelvis.
2021-06-11	Chicopee	Ma	U.S. Tsubaki Automotive, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee removed a cap while prepping a tote in a wastewater treatment area and was exposed to sulfuric acid, resulting in chemical burns.
2021-05-14	Reading	Pa	BFI Waste Services of PA	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee tripped while exiting a waste collection vehicle. The employee suffered a compound ankle fracture.
2021-04-23	Decatur	Al	Hyosung USA, Inc.	Upper arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was trying to remove waste material from a guide roller at the exit of an accumulator on a carpet coating line. The employee's right arm was caught in the waste material and rolled around the bar, which broke the employee's humerus.
2021-04-16	Hastings	Ne	GIBRALTAR PACKAGING INC.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was trying to unjam waste paper in a paper slitter. The slicer blade amputated the employee's right index fingertip.
2021-04-15	Riviera Beach	Fl	Waste Management of Palm Beach	Ankle(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway
At about 9:00 a.m., an employee stepped out of a waste management truck to service recycling totes. The truck's right front tire ran over his right foot, breaking his ankle.
2021-04-12	El Dorado	Ar	Clean Harbors El Dorado, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to other harmful substances
An employee was cleaning a water vessel that contained waste including hydrogen cyanide. The employee was exposed to the hydrogen cyanide and became disoriented.
2021-04-06	Gering	Ne	Prime Metal Products, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was dumping scraps of sheet metal into a waste bin. He was retrieving some pieces of metal from the hopper when they lacerated his left index and middle fingers.
2021-03-08	Ormond Beach	Fl	FCC Environmental Services, LLC	Leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On March 8, 2021, an employee was standing on the right rear step of a waste disposal truck when the truck's sweeping blade activated and hit his left leg, breaking it. He was hospitalized.
2021-03-05	Tecumseh	Ks	Futamura USA, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
An employee was taking lab waste to a special waste dumpster. The employee fell through grating adjacent to the special waste dumpster approximately 4 feet to the concrete floor and sustained broken bones in both feet.
2021-02-01	Triadelphia	Wv	Brennan Services	Nonclassifiable	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
Employees had been pumping out oil and gas waste water from a tanker truck. Vapors/fumes from the condensate mixed in with the waste water caught fire when a torpedo heater started up and a spark shot out of the back. Two employees sustained multiple second and third degree burns and were hospitalized.
2021-01-02	Hodge	La	WestRock Hodge Mill	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
A maintenance mechanic was working with another employee to fix the recycle waste conveyor chain. They needed to knock out a bushing on the conveyor chain using a steel rod and bull pin. The employee working with the mechanic struck the metal rod while the mechanic's finger was between the rod and the bull pin. The mechanic's right middle finger was partially amputated.
2020-09-22	Sauget	Il	Illini Environmental Inc	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
A truck driver was attempting to drain waste milk from a tanker into a designated disposal area. The liquid in the tanker would not drain and the driver contacted the injured employee for assistance. The injured employee drove to the disposal site to investigate. The disposal site (owned & operated by a separate employer) provided a PVC pipe with a scoop at the end of it for the injured employee to take a sample of the liquid in the tanker to determine why the liquid would not drain. The injured
2020-09-03	West Palm Beach	Fl	Advanced Disposal Southeast Florida	Foot (feet)	Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee exited the cab of a cab-over style front-loading waste truck before the truck had come to a complete stop. When his foot came in contact with the ground, the employee lost balance and fell. The passenger side front tire ran over his left heel and right foot. The employee sustained a fracture and degloving injury to his right foot and a laceration to the heel of his left foot.
2020-08-30	Albany	Ga	Coats & Clark, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was pulling film out of the can that has a vacuum on top that pulls the waste film off of the line. The fan blades lacerated two fingers on the employee's left hand. A fingertip was surgically amputated.
2020-07-24	Wisconsin Rapids	Wisconsin	Verso Corporation	Foot (feet)	Contact with hot objects or substances
While walking across a drain grate, an employee's foot went through the drain grate into hot waste water and was burned.
2020-07-01	Deltona	Florida	WASTE PRO OF FLORIDA INC.	Shoulder(s) and arm(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
At 7:05 a.m. on July 1, 2020, a Waste Pro employee was gathering a pile of refuse about 40 feet from a road. A vehicle swerved to avoid the employee's garbage truck, went off the road, and struck the employee. The employee suffered multiple injuries including a broken arm and a dislocated shoulder and was hospitalized.
2020-06-24	Naples	Florida	Waste Management, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was pushing garbage into the waste truck when the blade of the hopper amputated his left ring fingertip.
2020-06-23	Fort Worth	Texas	Waste Management	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in roadway
A Waste Management driver was backing a waste truck in a cul-de-sac when the truck struck another helper employee. The injured employee sustained a fractured left foot.
2020-06-08	Fort Worth	Texas	The Cumberland Rest Inc. dba Trinity Terrace	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was pulling a cart of waste onto a freight lift. He fell approximately 4.5 feet off the lift and landed on the floor. The employee sustained a fractured clavicle, fractured pelvis, and three broken ribs.
2020-06-03	El Paso	Texas	Mount Franklin Foods	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
At about 8:55 p.m., an employee trying to dump waste into a large container using a forklift with a self-dumping attachment. As the forks were raised, the load shifted and pinched his left ring finger, partially amputating it. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-05-19	Denver	Colorado	Amass Solutions LLC	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
A temporary employee was servicing a waste container while at the operator position on the back of a garbage truck. As he tried to grab the container with his hand, he leaned onto a hydraulic lever that activated the trash sweeper blade, which crushed his hand. This condition resulted in the surgical amputation of his right hand.
2020-05-11	Acworth	Georgia	Coregistics	Leg(s)	Struck by shifting load during transport, nonroadway
An employee was driving a forklift when a bale of dry waste fell onto his leg, causing a compound fracture.
2020-04-10	Lancaster	Pennsylvania	WASTE MANAGEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, roadway
An employee stepped off a waste management truck, which then ran over his right foot, crushing his foot/leg.
2020-04-05	Jefferson City	Missouri	Capital Materials LLC	Lower leg(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle
An employee was cleaning waste material from a ready-mix plant. A piece of the material broke free and rolled into the employee's right lower leg, breaking it.
2020-04-02	Bearden	Arkansas	Anthony Timberlands, Inc.	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee went onto a rollcase to try and release a board that was trapped inside the outfeed rollcase of an edger machine. He lost his balance and fell 10 feet onto a steel waste chute, then slid an additional 10 feet to the bottom of the chute. He suffered a fractured pelvis and broken ribs, as well as a laceration above the eye.
2020-03-26	Rome	Georgia	Integrated Fiber Solutions (IFS), LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting yarn. The waste yarn cut the employee's left ring finger, amputating the tip.
2020-03-06	Baltic	Connecticut	Amgraph Packaging, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating an extruder. His right hand was caught in a running nip point in the machine while removing waste material from the die and the little fingertip was amputated.
2020-01-29	Wauwatosa	Wisconsin	Aurora Medical Center Grafton LLC	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was walking through the parking lot when she was struck and run over by a waste removal truck, requiring hospitalization.
2019-09-10	Brandon	Mississippi	WASTE MANAGEMENT OF MISSISSIPPI, INC.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was working outdoors performing waste collection activities on a residential route and suffered heat exhaustion.
2019-07-25	Emporium	Pennsylvania	Emporium Hardwoods Operating Company LLC	Foot (feet)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was cleaning up an aisleway. The employee picked up a portion of a log and went to throw it on the waste conveyor. The employee slipped on the incline that led up to the conveyor, fell down, and his foot got caught on the conveyor. The conveyor belt pulled off his boot and cut his foot. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-07-18	Theodore	Alabama	Mike Hooks, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee had been draining a small vat used for cleaning machine parts; he had carried a 5-gallon bucket of cleaning fluid upstairs four times to pour it into a waste oil collection tank. He suffered dehydration and heat-exhaustion-related hand cramping, then chest and abdomen cramping.
2019-07-11	Random Lake	Wisconsin	Lakeside Foods Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
On July 11, 2019, a maintenance employee was removing the motor from a pump in the wastewater area outside of the plant. The motor fell onto the employee's left middle fingertip, which was crushed and required medical amputation.
2019-06-25	Winter Springs	Florida	Advanced Disposal Services Solid Waste Southeast, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was hospitalized for heat stress while collecting waste.
2019-06-25	Miami	Florida	FBD Contracting Group, Inc	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was emptying a waste container that was elevated on a forklift into a dumpster. He fell six feet to the ground below and broke an ankle.
2019-06-24	Walnut Ridge	Arkansas	CUSTOM PAK	Wrist(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was carrying a bucket of plastic waste when she stepped in a spot of oil and slipped backwards. She braced herself with her right arm, and when her right palm struck the concrete floor, she sustained a right wrist fracture.
2019-05-09	West Palm Beach	Florida	Republic Services	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
An employee was performing internal maintenance on a waste sorting machine and sustained a back injury while attempting to crawl out of the tight space.
2019-05-01	Cortland	New York	GUTCHESS LUMBER COMPANY, INC.	Upper arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was working on the wood waste belt when their arm was caught in the power transmission drive. The arm was amputated at the bicep area.
2019-03-14	Savannah	Georgia	Qualawash Holdings, LLC	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was waiting for water to come through the trench drain and then across to him in the wastewater treatment area. Since the water was not coming through the wastewater treatment area, the employee determined the transfer line must be clogged, so he added steam to try to clear the line. The hose popped out of the discharge line in the pit and sprayed the employee with hot steam. He suffered burns to the wrists and abdomen.
2019-03-13	Independence	Louisiana	Amwaste of Louisiana, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was trying to latch a waste container door. The door opening caught his left little fingertip, crushing/cutting it.
2019-03-05	Orange	Texas	Waste Management	Ankle(s)	Roadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was on the back of a waste management truck when it was rear-ended by a pickup truck. The employee suffered a broken ankle and was hospitalized.
2019-02-14	Lakewood	Colorado	Pet Scoop, Inc.	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
An employee was scooping dog waste when a dog bit her on the left hand and right calf.
2019-02-09	Morgantown	West Virgini	WV NEWSPAPER PUBLISHING COMPANY	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
After a roll change, an employee was scooping up waste paper when his left hand was caught in a conveyor on the newspaper press, resulting in a de-gloving injury and hospitalization.
2019-01-16	Pooler	Georgia	Thomas Concrete, Inc.	Face	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was standing on an A-frame ladder about 12 to 15 feet above the ground while attempting to light a waste oil heater that hangs from the ceiling. The employee pushed the reset button (electric ignition) and a flame came out of the heater, causing second degree burns to the employee's face.
2019-01-14	Middletown	New York	President Container Group II, LLC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was attempting to push a waste bin when the waste bin became stuck on a hanger wire. As the employee attempted to get the waste bin unstuck, the employee fell on concrete and injured the right hip.
2019-01-09	Blue Springs	Missouri	Waste Management Corporations of	Fingertip(s)	Entangled in other object or equipment
An employee was connecting a hook and winch cable to a waste container when his left ring finger became tangled in the cable, resulting in a fingertip amputation with no bone loss.
2018-09-20	Plainfield	Illinois	Wastemanagement of IL Southwest - Rockdale	Forearm(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was on a waste management collection route. The employee was reaching under a broken cylinder of a tipper area when the cylinder crushed the employee's forearm, resulting in soft tissue damage. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-09-13	Bristol	Connecticut	Metal Finishing Technologies, LLC.	Knee(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
A maintenance employee was replacing a ball valve on a pump in a wastewater treatment system when she knelt in a puddle of 20% sodium hydroxide and sustained caustic burns on her right knee.
2018-09-09	Mason	Ohio	Graham Packaging PET Technologies, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning up waste plastic under a manufacturing line. A sprocket pinch point caught the employee's left ring finger, causing an amputation of the fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.
2018-09-04	Fall River	Massachusett	Republic Services	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee suffered from heat stress while torch-cutting a waste disposal container outside, requiring hospitalization.
2018-08-21	Largo	Florida	ConMed Corporation	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
An employee was walking up the ramp to a flammable chemical storage room to empty a container of waste alcohol into a drum when the employee tripped over a 1-inch lip and fell to the spill containment floor, fracturing the right hip.
2018-08-16	Marietta	Georgia	American Disposal Services of Georgia	Hand(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was attempting the grab a black box that was going into a waste disposal truck's hopper when the hopper's blade struck and injured the employee's hand.
2018-08-16	New Britain	Connecticut	Michael's Store #6762	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
On August 16, 2018, an employee was moving garbage bags near a dumpster when a waste hauler truck pushed the dumpster onto the employee's right foot. She suffered severe injuries to her foot that required surgery.
2018-07-30	Woodbridge	New Jersey	Woodbridge Dialysis Center, LLC	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was pushing a waste bin across the floor and tripped, suffering an injury to his left knee.
2018-07-03	Fort Washington	Pennsylvania	Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
A 5-gallon waste can overpressurized while an employee was pouring a waste liquid into it. The can exploded, injuring the employee's hand, abdomen, and chin.
2018-06-20	Lafayette Hill	Pennsylvania	J.P. Mascaro and Sons, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee experienced heat exhaustion while collecting solid waste.
2018-06-20	Grapevine	Texas	PAVESTONE	Fingertip(s)	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was working on a concrete wall splitting production line. When he turned to discard waste into a hopper, he lost his footing on the raised platform and fell forward into the waste material in the bin. His right middle finger was pinched between the concrete waste in his hand and the concrete waste in the bin, and the tip was amputated.
2018-05-30	Biloxi	Mississippi	Waste Management Biloxi Transfer Station, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
An employee was checking the progress of waste being ejected from a walking floor trailer when a pressurized hydraulic hose blew apart. The employee's lower leg was lacerated.
2018-05-24	Eufaula	Alabama	M.C. Dixon Lumber Company, Inc.	Jaw, chin	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was clearing a jam on a waste chipper's conveyor using a pry bar. The bar kicked back, striking his face and breaking his jaw. He was hospitalized.
2018-05-18	Conyers	Georgia	Curbside Waste Systems	Multiple body parts	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee was under the waste collection truck he had been driving, adjusting the rear driver-side brakes. The truck was idling and began rolling downhill, running over the employee and crushing his legs and abdomen.
2018-05-14	Reading	Pennsylvania	Gage Personnel Services	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Entangled in other object or equipment
An employee was removing waste nylon from a winding machine when the nylon became caught on the moving spindle. The nylon then amputated the employee's left middle finger.
2018-05-07	Bedford	Massachusett	Republic Services Inc.	Head	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee riding on the outside of a waste collection truck fell from the truck while it was in motion, striking his head on the pavement.
2018-05-03	Midlothian	Texas	Waste Connections	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway
An employee was struck by a vehicle while collecting solid waste on his trash route, requiring hospitalization.
2018-04-29	Dalton	Georgia	Global Textile Services, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was attempting to remove waste/scrap yarn from a roller shaft when the turning roller amputated his left index finger. The roller shaft was unguarded at the time.
2018-04-27	Saint Louis	Missouri	ASPEN WASTE SYSTEMS OF MISSOURI, INC.	Foot (feet)	Roadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
An employee climbed out of the passenger side of a waste truck to position some waste containers. The truck continued moving and ran over his right foot, breaking it.
2018-04-09	Topeka	Kansas	RESER'S FINE FOODS	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was standing underneath a column dumper cleaning up food waste when a cart of diced potatoes fell from the column dumper and struck the employee, causing multiple fractures and a punctured lung.
2018-02-18	Canton	Missouri	EXPEDITION ACRES LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was working in the breeding room and was exposed to an elevated level of ammonia from pig waste. The employee was hospitalized for a respiratory system burn.
2018-02-12	Weatherford	Texas	Weatherford Aerospace LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
There was an overflow of water in the FT containment area causing an empty tank to float in the containment area. The overflowing water caused the tank to get pinned against a walkway. A waste treatment tech was attempting to dislodge the tank with a steel bar used for breaking up concrete and pinched his fingers between the steel bar and the tank. When he began using the bar to un-wedge the tank, the tank suddenly came loose, rolled up his right index and middle fingers and pinned them between
2018-01-28	Sparta	Wisconsin	Fort McCoy	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
While walking from the main wastewater treatment facility to an out building, an employee slipped on ice and fell. The employee's head struck the blacktop ground, suffering brain swelling.
2017-09-22	Harahan	Louisiana	Veolia North America	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was removing a motor from the top of a pump inside a wastewater lift station. A come-along was turning the motor to free it from its housing on the pump when the employee's left hand was caught between the motor's bottom edge and housing on top of the pump, amputating the left ring fingertip and lacerating the little finger.
2017-09-20	Cumming	Georgia	Republic Services	Wrist(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was attempting to remove a piece of cardboard that had slipped over the packer blade of a waste collection truck hopper when the packer blade began to crush and lacerate his right hand, fracturing his right wrist. The truck hopper was not locked/tagged out at the time.
2017-09-14	Columbus	Georgia	Snyders Lance	Thigh(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was unloading waste material from a portable holding bin when a steel container fell off a forklift and onto her leg, fracturing her femur.
2017-09-12	Pine Bluff	Arkansas	Evergreen Packaging	Multiple lower extremities locations	Contact with hot objects or substances
The employees were bringing the paper machine back online. The waste paper stock went into the overflow chest to be returned to pulp. An employee went out to observe the overflow from the chest in the street to make sure the sewer drain did not clog. As the employee was standing by the sewer drain, the condensate tank released to the same area. The condensate, mixed with the product from the overflow chest, caused the product level at the curb to rise over and into the employee's boots burning h
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.
2017-08-11	Windsor	Wisconsin	Clack Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a band saw to cut a manufactured plastic part (42-gallon waste container) to be ground up in a granulator when the saw blade and the part wiggled. The employee's left thumb tip then made contact with the blade and was amputated.
2017-08-07	Niagara Falls	New York	Republic Services	Brain	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, roadway
An employee was driving and collecting recycling waste when he fell out of the driver cabin, hit the ground, and lost consciousness.
2017-08-05	Plover	Wisconsin	Del Monte Foods Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was unplugging beans from the squeezer at a waste pit. The employee put a 2x4 through an access window to break up the bridged beans. The 2x4 caught on the auger and slammed up against the waste pit chute. The employee's left ring fingertip was then pinched and amputated between the 2x4 and the waste pit chute.
2017-08-01	Bellefontaine	Ohio	Republic Services	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On August 1, 2017, an employee sustained a crushing injury to the right arm while performing maintenance on the hydraulic arm of a residential waste truck.
2017-07-24	Shreveport	Louisiana	Republic Services/BFI Waste Services, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee suffered a possible heat-related illness after working outside and driving waste trucks.
2017-07-11	Pearl	Mississippi	Taylor Smith Consulting LLC	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was collecting household garbage and was walking behind a waste collection truck when an unknown chemical splashed on him as the hopper was being cycled. The chemical burned his ear, jaw, arm, and leg.
2017-07-07	Bellmead	Texas	Centex Waste Management	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was performing residential waste management duties when he experienced heat exhaustion and was hospitalized.
2017-07-05	Daytona Beach	Florida	Waste Pro USA of Florida, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
On July 5, 2017, at 10:00 a.m., an employee was dumping yard waste onto a garbage truck's hopper when he started to feel ill. He was hospitalized for dehydration.
2017-07-05	Carrollton	Georgia	Trident Seafoods, Corp.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was emptying a waste pan on a portion saw when the pan slipped and caught his right ring finger, amputating the first digit.
2017-07-04	Fairfield	Ohio	Rumpke Waste and Recycling Services	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was tipping recycling waste containers into the truck. He was actuating the lever with his right hand while his left hand was on top of the container tipper. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the left index finger.
2017-06-21	Dayton	Ohio	RUBY TUESDAY, INC.	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was transporting hot oil in a waste container by hand to a waste bin outside when the hot oil spilled onto the employee's torso, arms, and legs, causing burns that required hospitalization.
2017-06-12	Burley	Idaho	McCain Foods USA, Inc.	Forearm(s)	Fall on same level
An employee fell to the ground while carrying 30 lbs. of potato waste and broke a forearm.
2017-06-09	Minonk	Illinois	Wigand Disposal Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was helping a driver empty a rear-load waste container when the opening became clogged with waste. The employee was dislodging the waste when the lid frame moved and amputated the fourth distal phalange of the left hand.
2017-06-02	Hudson	Wisconsin	Waste Management, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
On June 2, 2017, an employee was driving and performing waste removal tasks when he experienced heat exhaustion and was hospitalized.
2017-05-10	Pontiac	Illinois	Kroeschell Operations, Inc	Nonclassifiable	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee contacted a metal hose clamp while working on a waste water pump, suffering a laceration and infection that required hospitalization the following day.