| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-04 | Missouri City | Tx | M.J. SHERIDAN OF TEXAS, INC. | Knee(s) | Overexertion involving outside sources |
| An employee was emptying a half-full wheelbarrow of concrete when the wheelbarrow tipped over. The employee tried to stabilize the wheelbarrow and their left knee buckled, resulting in a dislocated left knee. | |||||
| 2021-04-23 | Butte | Mt | Les Schwab Tire Center #909 | Face | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
| An employee was inflating a wheelbarrow tire when it exploded. The employee suffered facial fractures and lacerations and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-09-14 | Braddock | Pennsylvania | United States Steel Corporation | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was filling a wheelbarrow with sand at a blast furnace when the employee became lightheaded. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration. | |||||
| 2019-05-30 | Oak Brook | Illinois | Hinsdale Nurseries | Head | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was in a truck loading a wheelbarrow when the employee slipped and fell off the truck to the ground, suffering a head contusion. | |||||
| 2018-09-08 | Pecos | New Mexico | Medra LLC | Ankle(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle |
| An employee was installing a walkway when a motorized wheelbarrow struck his foot, resulting in a cracked ankle and puncture wound that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-08-17 | Portsmouth | Rhode Island | Sealcoating, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was using a wheelbarrow to pour hot stone and rubber into a bridge plug joint when the wheelbarrow started to tip over. As he tried to stop it from falling, the hot rubber contacted his skin, causing a third degree burn to his right forearm between the wrist and elbow. | |||||
| 2018-05-14 | Axis | Alabama | Lenzing Fibers, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking backward with a wheelbarrow and as he transitioned between surfaces he slipped and fell onto his back and right side. He fractured five ribs and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-04-06 | Dallas | Texas | Sunco Commercial, INC | Brain | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| While going to grab a wheelbarrow, an employee stepped and fell through rotten metal decking, suffering a head injury that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-02-19 | Houston | Texas | Home Depot USA | Ankle(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was picking up a pallet when a nearby wheelbarrow tipped over and struck the employee's right ankle severing the Achilles tendon. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-03-05 | Houston | Texas | Camarata Masonry Systems, Ltd. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee and coworkers were setting up the small mortar mixer on a concrete masonry unit to allow the mortar to be poured into a wheelbarrow. As he was lifting the mixer, it moved forward, causing him to lose his grip. It slipped out of his hand and pinched his fingers between the top of the concrete masonry unit and the bottom of the back of the mixer, amputating his right index fingertip. | |||||