Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-15	Tuscaloosa	Al	Alabama Power Company	Thigh(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
An employee was standing behind a material handling truck watching another employee bring the boom into the cradle position. A vehicle struck the employee (as well as the rear of the truck), breaking the employee's left femur.
2021-11-10	Carthage	Mo	FLEX-O-LATORS	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was watching a maintenance employee work on an extruder. The employee's left hand was caught in a pinch point between the pulley and the conveyor belt, and the little fingertip was amputated. The extruder was running at the time.
2021-11-08	Wausau	Wi	Apogee Wausau Group, Inc.	Arm(s)	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was on a step ladder at the open back of a CNC machine, watching the oiler system run. The employee slipped and fell toward the opening in the machine. His right arm was caught and broken between the moving CNC head and the back guarding area as he tried to stop his fall.
2021-11-02	East Fishkill	Ny	Hudson Valley Roofing & Sheet metal, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was watching as other employees loaded insulation into a rack truck using a crane. The load slipped and the employee was struck by a bundle of insulation, resulting in a fractured ankle.
2021-10-24	Paulsboro	Nj	Cat-Spec, Ltd	Multiple body parts	Fire
An employee was watching the level of catalyst filling a fill bin from a discharge hose when a flash fire occurred. The employee sustained burns to his ear, face, and lower leg.
2021-09-14	Fisher	Il	N.A. Logan	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
On September 14, 2021, an employee was at the ground level of a tank performing "ground watch" for an articulating lift. Two employees were on the dome of a tank sandblasting. A sandblasting hose fell off the edge of the tank 100 feet above and struck the employee, who suffered a back laceration, a broken collarbone, and broken ribs. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-09-08	Mansfield	Mo	CarbonCycle LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was watching an oven roller as part of the manufacturing process when their right index finger was caught in a pinch point resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-06-30	Aurora	Il	GONNELLA BAKING CO.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
On June 30, 2021, an employee was watching the pans go into the oven and was later hospitalized for a heat-related illness.
2021-02-24	Watonga	Ok	Cyclone Drilling Inc.	Cheek(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was standing in front of a heater, watching a casing being floated into a hole to seal it. A ball valve failed and burst apart, fracturing the employee's cheekbone and lacerating his cheek.
2021-01-22	Loveland	Co	Connell Resources, Inc.	Brain	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was watching a front-end loader scrape frozen aggregate from a sidewalk. After the front-end loader had made a pass, the employee moved towards the sidewalk to begin melting frozen aggregate with a torch. The front-end loader began to make another pass of the sidewalk, causing the loader bucket to swing and strike the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion and a strained neck.
2020-10-14	Laredo	Tx	Department of Homeland Security	Brain	Fall on same level
An officer was conducting border watch operations in a train yard area. While walking down a creek, he fell and hit his head on a tree trunk. He sustained a cut to the head and a potential concussion.
2020-10-06	Glen Mills	Pa	Carr & Duff Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was watching cable being pulled into a bored passage. He lost his balance, and his right ring finger was caught by a cable being drawn through a machine wheel. The cable pulling block partially amputated the finger.
2020-10-03	Oviedo	Fl	H&E Equipment Services	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee had been watching contractors unload equipment. The employee slipped on gravel and struck their head on a truck's bumper. The employee was hospitalized and received stitches.
2020-09-09	Emmett	Ks	Day and Zimmermann	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was performing fire watch duty when she walked backward and tripped over a fire extinguisher that was staged on the ground. She fractured two bones right above her ankle.
2020-07-30	Marietta	Pennsylvania	Perdue AgriBusiness LLC	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was watching the flow of product in a meal load sampler. The automatic sampler in the machine struck the employee's left arm, causing a break that required hospitalization and surgery.
2020-07-30	North Port	Florida	KING PLASTIC CORPORATION	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
The injured employee was watching another employee operate a machine when the saw table returned home and crushed his finger resulting in a severe laceration and partial amputation.
2020-07-25	Mauston	Wisconsin	Glacier's Edge Council, Inc., Boy Scouts of America	Nonclassifiable	Struck by discharged or flying object
An employee was watching another employee use an AR-15 during a team-building exercise. A metal object (possibly a piece from the target) struck the employee, causing an arterial laceration.
2020-07-23	Holly Ridge	Louisiana	Goetz & Sons, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was watching a lint cleaner machine. He was cleaning cotton from the machine when it cut the top of his hand.
2020-07-07	Huntington	West Virgini	J. H. Fletcher & Co.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was watching as equipment was loaded onto a flatbed truck. The employee was caught between the machine carrier's two moving poles while unhooking a chain, suffering four broken ribs.
2020-02-19	Albany	Georgia	Industrial Welding & Maintenance, LLC	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet
An employee was on a catwalk performing a fire watch for a welder when the catwalk collapsed during the weld. The employee fell 12 feet from the catwalk, sustaining a hairline fracture to his neck.
2020-02-13	Lancaster	Pennsylvania	Kunzler & Company, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was watching hotdogs on a packing machine to be sure they were straight. The employee was straightening them out when a block came down and struck the employee's right little finger, causing three fractures. The machine was unguarded at the time.
2020-01-19	Saint Clairsville	Ohio	Penn Mechanical Group, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
Employees were working to remove a blow-out preventer (BOP) by dragging it with a tandem bed truck on the BOP skid from between two rig subs during rig-down operations. An employee was spotting the BOP skid as it was being pulled out by a tandem bed truck so it did not contact the rig sub's cylinders. He was standing on each side of the BOP skid directly beside the gas well cellar that the BOP had been removed from in order to watch the skid pass the cylinders and communicate with the bed truck
2020-01-13	Bartonville	Texas	Fred Meyer Jewelers	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was stocking empty watch boxes onto shelves while on a rolling stool when the stool rolled out from underneath the employee. The employee fell to the floor, suffering a fractured hip.
2020-01-10	Baldwyn	Mississippi	Innocor Foam Technologies - ACP, Inc.	Shoulder(s) and arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was watching foam blocks travel down a conveyor. A piece of plastic that was on one of the blocks got wrapped around one of the conveyer's rollers. The conveyor stopped and the employee tried to remove the piece of plastic; the conveyor started again and the employee's hand was entangled in the plastic and pulled into the roller. The employee suffered a dislocated left shoulder and elbow.
2020-01-05	Skowhegan	Maine	Sappi North America	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
The injured employee was training another employee, watching the second employee conduct a pump swap. The expansion joint fitting failed during the swap and caustic lime solution sprayed about 10-15 feet, hitting the injured employee. The employee suffered chemical burns to the leg, torso, and left eye and was hospitalized.
2019-06-14	Ashley	Illinois	JF Electric	Upper and lower limb(s)	Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
On 6/14/2019, an employee was watching an apprentice lineman perform work. The employee took control of the work from the apprentice lineman, and grabbed the base of the utility pole. The pole came within proximity of a 69 KV line and an arc occurred, energizing the utility pole. The inside of the employee's right forearm contacted the pole at the time it became energized. The employee suffered superficial burns to the right forearm (just above the glove cuff) beneath the elbow, and burns to bot
2019-06-13	Bristol	Florida	Liberty Post & Barn Pole, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On June 13, 2019, an employee was standing on a post peeler machine by the motor watching his two coworkers change out a busted hydraulic hose. His coworkers turned on the machine. After the machine was energized, his right middle fingertip was amputated with bone loss by the machine's moving belt.
2019-06-03	Malvern	Arkansas	Arauco North America	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was on fire watch and fell 18 feet from an open catwalk to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured scapula and a broken rib on the left side, a head laceration and heavy bruising on the right arm.
2019-05-22	Jersey City	New Jersey	SIMS METAL Management	Arm(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was watching a crane operator lift a man-lift when the man-lift shifted toward the employee. He was pinned between the lift load and a piece of metal, fracturing his left arm.
2019-05-09	Cleveland	Ohio	DON WARTKO CONSTRUCTION INC.	Foot (feet)	Other fall to lower level
The injured employee was watching another employee utilize a drill reamer. The injured employee slipped or fell into the hole being reamed and contacted the drill reamer. The employee suffered a foot amputation.
2019-05-07	Perrysville	Ohio	MANSFIELD PLUMBING PRODUCTS LLC	Wrist(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was watching boxed product enter the tape machine when his shirt was grabbed by the machine, pulling the employee's arm into the equipment. The flight arm retracted and pinched the employee's wrist between the flight arm and the frame of the machine. The employee suffered a broken wrist that required surgery.
2019-03-13	Fairfield	Ohio	Perkins & Marie Callender's, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
A temporary employee was watching another, full-time employee adjust a whipped topping machine. Rotating parts in the machine amputated the tip of the temporary employee's thumb.
2019-01-02	Avon	Connecticut	Trend Offset Printing Services, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was watching a folder start up when printed books started jamming in the press equipment. He was attempting to pull the jammed paper out when his left hand was pulled in between the tape roller and jaw cylinder. His left hand was crushed, suffering lacerations and fractures.
2018-09-24	Fairview	Montana	Warren Well Service	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was watching the hydrotesting of tubing to find a leak. A release of water from the tubing sent the employee back into the tubing board; the employee suffered broken ribs and injury to their spleen.
2018-09-13	Lebanon	Pennsylvania	Benson Industries Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was acting as a fire watch during operations to weld off steel beams when a steel beam came loose and fell onto his left hand, resulting in partial amputations to four fingers (up to first knuckle) and lacerations to the wrist, face, and ear.
2018-08-09	Alpharetta	Georgia	Impact Alliance, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was watching a second employee assess a noise from a cut-off saw. The first employee grabbed the blade because he thought it looked loose. At the same time, the second employee "bumped" the saw, which caused the blade to grab the first employees right index finger and amputate the tip. The saw was not de-energized at the time of the incident.
2018-08-01	Somers	Connecticut	Galasso Materials, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was watching as equipment ripped curbing from the side of a roadway when a piece of the curbing became lodged between the middle blade and the wheel of the curb removal equipment. When the wheel was turned, the piece of asphalt was ejected and struck the employee's chest, breaking ribs.
2018-07-16	Archbold	Ohio	Miller Bros.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On July 16, 2018, two employees were performing maintenance on a piece of heavy equipment that was having issues with its rubber tracks. Employee #1 was operating the machine while employee #2 was watching the tracks. As the track was moving, employee #2's arm entered the track. His left arm was crushed, requiring hospitalization.
2018-06-17	Big Spring	Texas	Danos, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was getting a well head to stop on the down side and the weights on top. He was trying to roll up loose cable running from the rod rotator to a Samson post. His hand was on the brake and he was watching the weights when he pulled back on the brake to stop the weights. His hand then struck the top of the cross bar of the weight guards and his finger was struck in the middle. His right thumb was pinched and injured, resulting in a thumb tip amputation.
2018-05-17	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	U-Haul Co., Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was watching a forklift operator remove a pallet from a semi-trailer when he reached down to catch a box falling off a pallet. The forklift operator maneuvered the pallet into the trailer wall, causing the employee's finger to become caught between the two. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation.
2018-05-11	Vicksburg	Mississippi	Anderson-Tully Lumber Co.	Hand(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was watching a 30-foot belt sander when the grinder belt got in a bind, causing the motor stand to tip over and catch the employee's hand between the stand and a rail. The employee's right hand was crushed, requiring hospitalization.
2018-05-01	Fort Collins	Colorado	Transpro Inc	Cheek(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was walking through the shop when she stopped to watch a mechanic doing maintenance on a truck. The mechanic was changing the rear spring axle on the front of the vehicle. The bottle jack was keeping the spring open to pull out the pins. As the mechanic was tapping the pins out, the bottle jack shifted and shot out, hitting the employee and injuring her right cheek.
2018-04-05	Fort Worth	Texas	HEC Holdings Electrical Contractors, LP	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was watching a mini excavator operator drive the equipment when the excavator ran over and fractured the employee's right leg.
2018-03-03	Cotulla	Texas	Greene's Energy Group	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was watching the wrench. When the wrench moved, the employee's hand was caught resulting in a partial amputation of the right ring finger.
2018-02-15	Sunbury	Ohio	American Showa	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee got the right middle finger caught in a running machine while watching a maintenance employee troubleshoot the machine resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2017-09-18	Towanda	Illinois	Alexander Manufacturing Co.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was watching the operation of a shuttle machine when parts jammed and fell beside the machine's rail. He was attempting to remove the parts when the machine cycled. The clamp then caught and amputated the first digit of his right middle finger.
2017-08-15	New Hyde Park	New York	Allied Universal Security	Leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was standing at the back of a truck watching the truck driver load a dolly of shrink wrapped boxes containing printer paper. The driver pushed the dolly onto the truck tailgate and raised the tailgate to the truck bed. The shrink wrap gave way and the boxes fell off the tailgate, striking the employee and knocking him to the ground. He broke his leg and suffered a bump on his head.
2017-06-05	Denver	Colorado	Patriot Glass, Inc.	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over self
An employee was watching a load of glass being moved from a delivery truck to his company truck when the load lost its lean, became unstable, and fell. The employee tripped and fell as he attempted to jump out of the way, and a load of glass fell on and broke his leg.
2017-04-11	Hubbard	Ohio	Marucci & Gaffney Excavating Co.	Ankle(s) and knee(s)	Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
An employee was disassembling an 75-ton conventional truck crane. The employee was watching the cables as they moved through the sheaves. The employee removed a pin out of the boom and the boom dropped, pinning the employee to the ground. The employee's knees and ankles were crushed.
2017-03-04	Mc Shan	Alabama	McShan Lumber Company, Inc.	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was performing fire watch duties and fell approximately 12 feet to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized for brain contusion, broken ribs, a collapsed lung and broken vertebrae.
2017-02-15	North Berwick	Maine	Hussey Seating Company	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was watching an operator load materials with a forklift. The operator tilted the forks slightly, which caused the material to break its straps and roll off the forks. The employee jumped to get out of the way and fell on the cement floor, fracturing his hip.
2017-02-06	Parlin	New Jersey	Atlantic Pile Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was watching a crane drive a timber pile into the ground. His hand was between the cable and the timber pile as the crane operator lifted the cable. The cable then pulled tight, pinching and amputating his right thumb tip.
2016-10-15	New York	New York	Hellman Electric Corporation	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in work zone
An employee was watching for oncoming traffic while a fellow worker was installing wiring on a light pole. The employee was struck by a motor vehicle that was driving illegally in reverse down a one way street in the wrong direction. The employee sustained a sprained right ankle, contusions to the left hip, thigh and forearm and lacerations to the left side of the face.
2016-10-08	Dallas	Texas	Borden Dairy Plant	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was watching bottles go down the trimmer line to make sure the blow molds were working correctly. When the employee attempted to remove a bottle, the trimmer engaged and hit the employee's hand, lacerating and crushing it. The guard was in place at the time.
2016-09-19	Ellsworth	Kansas	The Ellsworth Coop	Leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was outside of a grain elevator watching the auger operation. When he entered the grain elevator, his left leg was caught and amputated in a running auger.
2016-08-26	Chapman	Alabama	Coastal Forest Products	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was adjusting the feed roller to the spec saw. The employee's watchband was caught in the keyway and the employee's hand was caught between a driveshaft and the feed roller resulting in tendon damage to the left hand and a laceration that required hospitalization.
2016-08-09	Dallas	Texas	Aviall, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was trying to identify where a noise was coming from on a conveyor belt when his watch and then left hand were caught in the conveyor, de-gloving some skin. He was hospitalized.
2016-07-18	Blytheville	Arkansas	Crop Production Services, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee had been outside in hot temperatures for approximately three hours standing on the ground watching bags of feed being loaded into a hopper bottom truck. The employee began feeling ill so he went and sat down for a while. When he stood up he seemed to be confused. He was admitted overnight for heat exhaustion.
2016-06-24	Sugarcreek	Ohio	Belden Brick Co.	Foot (feet)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was watching the railing to determine the height that the railing needed to be raised when he slipped and fell back. His left foot was then caught between the staging and the transferring railing, causing a foot injury.
2016-05-24	Atlanta	Georgia	L&W Supply	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Entangled in other object or equipment
An employee was watching the contractor crane up materials that had been taken from a truck when he noticed a tag line near the materials. He grabbed the tag line to move it to the side. As he grabbed it, the crane began the lift and the line became tangled in his hand, amputating his right index finger between the first and second digits.
2015-12-09	Dayton	Ohio	Mahle Behr Dayton, LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was watching maintenance being performed on injection molding machine number seven. The employee fell backwards three feet off the steps on the side of injection molding machine number six and broke ribs and vertebrae.
2015-11-24	Wilton	Maine	Vining and Son	Pelvis	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
An employee was watching an excavator operator dig a hole and he decided to get some measurements in the hole. As he was walking, a large rock rolled down and struck him in the pelvis, breaking his pelvic bones.
2015-10-27	Linden	New Jersey	ROTUBA EXTRUDERS, INC.	Hand(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was walking into the warehouse and their watch got caught on a nail by the bay door. The employee's hand was lacerated.
2015-10-21	Port Arthur	Texas	Tubal Cain Gas Free Services	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
The employee was watching a vacuum truck. For shade the employee sat underneath a gangway. A tanker vessel traveled by where the barge was stationed. The waves rocked the barge allowing the gangway to fall on the employee. The employee's entire right side, upper torso, back and pelvis sustained injuries.
2015-10-08	Camden	Texas	Georgia Pacific Wood Products	Multiple body parts	Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
On October 8, 2015, at approximately 12:00 noon, a Georgia Pacific Wood Products employee was performing maintenance on the Number 1 Lathe. The employee was welding with a Lincoln welding machine when his shirt caught on fire. The employee was wearing FR clothing. The fire watch immediately started spraying water on the employee as the employee laid down in an attempt to smother the flames. The employee suffered second degree burns under his left arm and his left torso area.
2015-08-18	Orange City	Florida	Allen Plumbing & Backflow Services, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Stings and venomous bites
An employee was standing beside a truck watching the septic tank get pumped out. The employee bent to pick up the hose and was bitten by a coral snake on the right index finger.
2015-07-19	Sanford	Florida	BENADA ALUMINUM PRODUCTS, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was performing maintenance on a press. The employee was watching the motor and the belt of the press. He reached his left hand in to touch the belt and the belt engaged. His left middle finger was amputated by the belt and pulley.
2015-07-06	Ackerman	Mississippi	Southeastern Timber Products, LLC	Brain	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was helping a forklift operator by watching the operator as he pushed a batch of green wood into a dry kiln. The wood was on a metal crate on rail wheels. The employee had the forklift operator stop to check the wood and a 4 x 6 board fell from the top of the stack, which was about 10 to 15 feet in the air, and hit the employee in the head. The employee was wearing a hardhat at the time of the incident.
2015-07-02	Falls City	Texas	Cinch Energy Services, L.L.C.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Several employees were getting their tools ready for the day after performing JSA at a jobsite outside of Kennedy, Texas. One employee went to uncradle the lubricator from the wire line rig, and the employees put the line through the sheave, which is connected to the wellhead. The operator watched the weight indicator and pulled 300 pounds of tension on the line, which released the wire line clamp. With the camp being removed manually, the injured employee noted that the wire was wrapped around
2015-06-16	Savannah	Georgia	SSA Cooper, LLC	Upper and lower limb(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was watching a surge pile in the staging area while supervising the work, when he was struck by a forklift that was loading out trucks in the vicinity. The employee's right leg and elbow were injured, resulting in surgery and hospitalization.
2015-04-12	Emporia	Kansas	Hostess Brands LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On 4/12/2015, at 9:30 a.m., an employee was cleaning the used bin of the icing equipment. The equipment door would not open, so an engineer was called to troubleshoot the issue. The employee was performing a visual check and watching the chains to see which one moved so the engineer could work on the issue. The employee stuck his right hand into the airlock, which resulted in an amputation of three middle fingertips.
2015-03-26	Dodge City	Kansas	Cargill Meat Solutions	Brain	Nonclassifiable
An employee was found near a night watch station located close to knife room #1. He was walking disoriented and was unable to speak or hear. The accident occurred around 1:50 p.m. He was hospitalized with swelling on the right side of his head.