Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-18	Ball Ground	Ga	Awnex, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was welding aluminum brackets. The wires on the welding machine melted and a wire struck the employee's hand, shocking her.
2021-11-16	Pascagoula	Ms	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Foot (feet)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was inspecting a crane when his right foot became lodged between the crane's wire rope and the drum structure for the rope. The foot was amputated.
2021-11-12	Bastrop	Tx	Irby Construction Company	Jaw, chin	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was pressing a core on a power line conductor wire when the core gave way, causing the hoist to strike the employee's jaw. The employee sustained a laceration and was hospitalized.
2021-11-10	Lebanon	Mo	MARINE ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a terminator machine to add connectors to wire harnesses. The employee's finger got caught in the machine when a pedal was pushed, amputating their finger.
2021-11-09	Addison	Il	Shape LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a table-top laminating machine for transformers. As the employee reached beneath the machine frame to adjust the position of a wire on the transformer coil, his finger was caught in the point of operation where the metal lamination plates are automatically inserted into the transformer coil, resulting in amputation of the left middle fingertip.
2021-11-08	Fort Worth	Tx	Dustrol Inc.	Multiple body parts	Fire
An employee was servicing a mill with a reported hydraulic leak. A positive wire from a battery came into contact with a hydraulic hose causing a flash fire. The employee sustained burns to the upper body.
2021-11-05	Clearwater	Fl	Baycare Health System	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was circulating during a surgical case. The employee was using a wand machine and got their right foot tangled in a wire, causing them to fall to the floor. The employee sustained right hip and right foot fractures.
2021-11-05	Cadiz	Oh	Pilot Travel Centers LLC	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was exiting a pickup truck. The CB wire caught the employee's foot and the employee fell to the ground, suffering a broken right hip.
2021-11-04	Nampa	Id	Heartland RV	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a razor knife to strip wires. The knife slipped and amputated a piece of his left index fingertip.
2021-11-01	East Aurora	Ny	NYSEG	Nonclassifiable	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment
Two employees were climbing a utility pole to replace a wire. The pole broke and the employees fell, landing on the ground and suffering leg abrasions and fractures to the face, a left femur, and vertebrae.
2021-11-01	Mechanicsburg	Pa	Leer Electric, Inc	Multiple body parts	Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
An employee was pulling wire from an attic when he slipped and fell through the drywall ceiling to the floor, about 7 or 8 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to his elbow and ribs, as well as possible lung damage.
2021-10-30	Montgomeryville	Pa	Skyline Emissions, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
A machine operator was feeding wire into a plate bending machine when their right hand made contact with in-running rollers resulting in crushing injuries that led to surgical amputation of the second and third digit fingertips.
2021-10-25	Scott City	Ks	Murfin Drilling Co. Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was helping to dig up a swivel. While they were getting ready to add the thread protector, the wire broke on the boom line and sliced the tip of the employee's right middle finger, pinching it against the bellhousing on the swivel and resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-10-20	Dallas	Tx	Cotton Commercial USA, Inc.	Hand(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting a zip tie containing wires on a new trailer when the knife slipped out of his right hand, resulting in a laceration to his left hand.
2021-10-19	Humble	Tx	Centurylink, Inc.	Head and trunk	Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
An employee was walking on a rooftop, placing a telecommunications wire. The employee fell through a fiberglass roof lighting panel and landed about 20 feet below on a concrete floor. The employee suffered a head laceration requiring staples, a concussion, multiple rib fractures, a punctured lung, multiple abrasions, and a broken bone in the hip/pelvic area.
2021-10-15	Debary	Fl	WHITE SIGN COMPANY, LLC	Brain	Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
At 12:30 p.m. on October 15, 2021, an employee was pulling wires through a conduit. The employee fell through a skylight, hitting a partition wall and then the ground 16 feet below. The employee suffered a head injury and brain bleed.
2021-10-13	Mount Sterling	Oh	Stephens Pipe and Steel, LLC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On October 13, 2021, an employee was operating a wire draw machine. During the drawing operation, the employee was adding lubrication powder to the die area of the machine when the glove on their right hand was caught and pulled into the rotating spindle. The pinch point where the wire wrapped around the spindle caused a partial amputation of the employee's third digit and a severe laceration to the fourth.
2021-10-13	Longview	Tx	PRIMORIS T&D SERVICES, LLC.	BODY SYSTEMS	Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was securing a guy wire. Voltage from a 19,000-volt circuit traveled down the wire and shocked the employee, whose heart stopped. The employee was resuscitated and hospitalized.
2021-10-08	Madill	Ok	Oklahoma Steel & Wire Co., Inc.	Arm(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was cutting weld tacks on a wire drawing machine's motor hood. After the last weld tack was cut, the hood fell on the employee's right arm and broke it.
2021-10-06	Cincinnati	Oh	Senco	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was adding a strand of bad wire to strands of existing wires that were being pulled onto a de-spooler. As the employee added the bad wire to the existing wires, the employee pushed down on the strands of wires which created a loop. The loop grabbed the employee's gloved left index finger and pulled the employee's left hand into the guides, resulting in a left index fingertip amputation.
2021-10-06	Opa Locka	Fl	Bryant Electrical, LLC	Multiple face locations	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was pulling wire with equipment and a 5/8-inch rope attachment. The rope snapped and struck him, causing bruises to the face and eye.
2021-10-05	Conyers	Ga	Diversitech, LLC.	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was cutting a wire rope on a plastic bale. The bale uncompressed and fell over onto the employee's left leg and ankle. The employee suffered a broken tibia and a left ankle dislocation.
2021-10-05	Fairfield	Al	United States Steel Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Entangled in other object or equipment
An employee was using a remote controlled overhead crane to position a steel chock measuring 3 feet by 2 feet onto a roll. The employee handled the crane remote with his right hand and the wire rope with his left hand when the wire rope caught his left thumb, resulting in an amputation.
2021-10-02	Ardmore	Ok	Michelin North America, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating the tire building machine at the first stage of the cycle. The employee was holding a wire bead rope material utilized in the manufacturing process. The material became caught in the machine and pulled the employee's left hand into the machine while his foot was stuck in the operation pedal. The employee suffered amputation of the left middle finger at the middle knuckle and a left ankle dislocation with a fracture.
2021-09-30	Stanton	Tx	PetroLegacy Energy, LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Struck by discharged object or substance
A subcontractor was monitoring a wireline. Employees were filling lubricant to start a pressure test when a piece of iron flew out of the lubricant, striking the injured employee on the right side of the chest. The employee suffered three broken ribs and a hematoma on his liver.
2021-09-28	Solon	Oh	Republic Steel Wire Processing LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was unjamming bars in a wire-drawing machine. His left little finger was crushed between two of the bars in the machine, and he suffered an avulsion and amputation to the finger.
2021-09-24	Portsmouth	Va	CP & O LLC	Face	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was unhooking a shackle and wire from a ship-to-shore crane spreader bar on a dock. The spreader bar flipper guide dropped down and struck the employee in the head. He suffered broken facial bones and was hospitalized.
2021-09-21	Auburndale	Wi	Wiskerchen Cheese, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
As an employee was removing a wheel of cheese from a hydraulic wheel cutter, her right little fingertip was pinched underneath a cutting wire, resulting in an amputation.
2021-09-15	Juno Beach	Fl	Florida Power & Light Company	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to tripping
On September 15, 2021, an employee was pulling wire out from under some bushes when he tripped and fell, resulting in a rib fracture and a punctured lung. He was hospitalized.
2021-09-11	Hamilton	Oh	Neturen America Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was wire drawing when two wires overlapped. The employee was working to unwrap the wires when his fingers were pinched by the draw-line machine. The employee's right index, middle, and ring fingertips were amputated. The machine was running at the time of the incident.
2021-09-10	Newport News	Va	Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, Incorporated	Eye(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee using twist pliers to install insulation panels was struck in the face by the pliers when a wire broke. The employee sustained a left eye orbital fracture and possibly a detached retina.
2021-09-09	Hinsdale	Nh	Continental Cable, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was working with a 50-ton swage machine pressing metal beads onto wire rope. The employee was using an Allen wrench to position the part between the dies when the machine closed on their right index finger resulting in a fingertip amputation to the first knuckle.
2021-09-07	Syracuse	Ny	US Ecology	Nonclassifiable	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was cleaning debris in a confined space (vault). Electric power surged through wires, and the employee was burned.
2021-08-23	Jacksonville	Fl	DOBSON ELECTRIC, INC.	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was reconnecting a demo fixture. He was shocked while stripping a wire and fell from an A-frame ladder, landing 3 feet below. He suffered a contusion and hematoma to the lower back.
2021-08-21	Solon	Oh	Solon Specialty Wire	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a wire drawing machine when it partially amputated his right index finger.
2021-08-21	Owego	Ny	V & S New York Galvanizing	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was cutting a tie wire used to suspend parts for hot-dip galvanizing. A metal grate fell when the wire broke, striking his leg and lacerating the shin/calf area. He was hospitalized.
2021-08-20	Arcola	Il	Ares Holdings, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
On August 20, 2021, an employee was performing maintenance work on an air conditioner. The employee's steel-toed boot made contact with a 240-volt wire. The employee lost consciousness and suffered a broken right clavicle, a laceration between the right thumb and finger, and bruising to the right side of the face.
2021-08-16	Rogers	Ar	Preformed Line Products	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was unjamming a forming machine when her fingers contacted the rollers that pull wire through the machine, resulting in a pinched ring finger and injuries to the little finger that required amputation down to the middle phalange. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.
2021-08-14	Paducah	Ky	C.J. MAHAN CONSTRUCTION CO. LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
An employee was removing face wire from a kevel on a barge when their finger became pinched between the face wire and the kevel, resulting in a fracture and removal of soft tissue from the left ring finger.
2021-08-13	Houston	Tx	Tomball Sheet Metal	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was on a ladder installing HVAC ducting. The employee's back made contact with a wire that was hanging out of an open electrical box. The employee sustained an electric shock, and later had a stroke and was hospitalized.
2021-08-11	Tallahassee	Fl	Universal Electric of Tallahassee, Inc.	Hand(s)	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
On August 11, 2021, a temporary employee was installing a factory-made screw in a 277/480-volt panel cover when it penetrated the insulation of a wire, causing an arc flash. The employee suffered a burn to the hand.
2021-08-09	Muscle Shoals	Al	PowerGrid Services, LLC	Multiple body parts	Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
During a rewiring operation, an employee was repositioning wire lying on the ground. The new wire contacted an energized phase and the employee suffered burns to the lower torso, left leg, and left foot. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-08-05	Edon	Oh	PLAS-TEC Corp.	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity
On August 5, 2021, an employee was checking an injection molding machine when they were shocked by a live wire in the machine's electrical cabinet. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-08-02	Franklin	Wi	Nova Coil, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was cutting heating element wire. The employee was adjusting the cutting blade when the piston arm activated and their finger was pinched in the machine, causing a laceration and a broken finger. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-07-30	Augusta	Ks	Cox Administrative Offices	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was attaching communications cable to tensioned strand wire using a lashing device from the ground and alternating work tasks to include working from a bucket truck. The employee began to display signs of heat exhaustion and was hospitalized.
2021-07-29	Montrose	Pa	Rock Hard Stone Inc	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was cutting bluestone with a wire saw. As the employee used a crowbar to get the wire out of the block, the piece of stone that was being cut broke in the middle, fell at an angle, and rotated down. It struck the employee's right foot, causing amputations to the second and third toes.
2021-07-23	Jackson	Al	Blue-Grass Concrete Cutting, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was carrying out a diamond wire cutting process on a tank. When the employee pulled on the diamond wire cable, his right ring finger was pinched between it and the pulley. The finger was amputated to the last knuckle.
2021-07-23	Cambria	Il	Ameren Illinois	Upper and lower limb(s)	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
A substation employee was removing bolts from a recloser bushing. The employee's hand made contact with an energized wire, causing electrical burns to the employee's hand and leg.
2021-07-19	Akron	Ny	Whiting Door Manufacturing	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was trying to manually untangle wire from a rack when the coil of wire became unsteady and fell toward employee. The employee fell to the concrete floor and the coil fell on their lower body. The employee sustained a fractured hip.
2021-07-17	Ardmore	Ok	Novo Logistics	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was trying to pick up a roll of wire that had tipped over. The roll began to slip and caught the employee's left middle finger, causing an amputation to the fingertip.
2021-07-16	Remlap	Al	Cross Metals LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was inspecting a malfunction in the wire tie of a baler. The tension release bar engaged and caught the employee's right index fingertip resulting in an open fracture and partial amputation.
2021-07-13	Birmingham	Al	Metalplate Galvanizing, L.P. - Plant 2	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was working with steel frames. He was cutting wires when the frames fell on him resulting in a fractured right femur and a fractured left leg. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.
2021-07-09	Canal Winchester	Oh	Rebco Electric	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was working on an electrical power panel. Wires slipped out of the employee's hands and the device he was using to hold the wires, resulting in an arc flash. He suffered electrical burns to the hands, forearms, and neck and was hospitalized.
2021-07-07	Cutler	Me	SNK Technologies	Hand(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Two employees were changing a guy wire, trying to remove the pin using a hammer and bull pin. When the pin came free, it crushed one employee's hand in the guy wire eyelet.
2021-07-02	La Place	La	Atmos Energy	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle
An employee was riding a Segway reading meters. As the employee was riding between two poles a wire that was hanging between the poles knocked him off the Segway. The employee struck his head and lost consciousness. The employee was hospitalized with a neck laceration.
2021-06-29	Coffeyville	Ks	CSE Enterprises	Hand(s)	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was installing capacitor wires for switchgear and checking the wire length. During this process, the employee's hand contacted one of the vertical busbars, resulting in a severe electrical burn between their right thumb and index finger that required hospitalization.
2021-06-24	Longwood	Fl	Sunrun	Cheek(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
On June 24, 2021, an employee was pulling wires through the conduit in an attic when he stepped off a rafter and fell 8 feet through the sheetrock ceiling onto the garage floor. The employee suffered a facture to his cheek bone and was admitted to the hospital.
2021-06-24	Trussville	Al	Hohmann & Barnard, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was trying to adjust the wire alignment in knurled wheels on a ladder wire line when the machine cycled and their hand was pulled into a knurled wheel, resulting in a middle finger amputation.
2021-06-24	Fayetteville	Ar	Bill's Electric Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
On June 24, 2021, at 11:00 a.m., an employee was on a scissor lift 20 feet high splicing wires together from a panel to the rooftop units inside junction boxes. The employee was shocked, causing him to fall out of the scissor lift onto the ground and resulting in contusions and bruising that required hospitalization.
2021-06-16	Petersburg	Wv	RCD Electrical Services Inc	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was placing a wire reel/spool on jack stands. The employee's right index finger was pinched between the bar going through the reel and the top of a stand. The fingertip was amputated.
2021-06-14	Glens Falls	Ny	GREAT ELECTRIC GROUP, LLC	Hand(s)	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was pulling wire through a junction box when an arc flash occurred and burned the employee's hands. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-06-13	Carthage	Mo	Leggett and Platt	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a wire drawing machine when their glove was caught and drawn into the machine. The employee sustained partial amputations to their left ring and middle fingers.
2021-06-09	White Castle	La	Alder Vegetation Group	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was working in an aerial bucket lift when his left shoulder contacted an energized overhead wire. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery to the shoulder.
2021-06-07	Metamora	Il	Snyder Village	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Other fall to lower level
On June 7, 2021, an employee was standing on a 6-foot fiberglass step ladder, addressing an issue with a heat pump. The heat pump was turned on to build pressure. While checking the refrigerant in the heat pump, the employee contacted a wire, was shocked, and fell from the ladder. The employee was hospitalized, having suffered electrical burns to the left thumb, index finger, and middle finger, as well as a bruise to the left arm from the fall and neck/back strain.
2021-06-06	Opa Locka	Fl	Stainless Marine, Inc.	Eye(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was filling air pockets in seam welding for structural support on an aluminum platform. As the employee was grinding the platform with a grinding disk, a piece of metal from a wire brush (which had been embedded in the aluminum) came free and injured his left eye.
2021-06-02	Downers Grove	Il	Commonwealth Edison	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee and a co-worker were getting ready to splice underground wires when a screwdriver that had put on a wall made contact with the old wire, causing a flash. The employee suffered burns to their arm, hand, leg, and face that required hospitalization.
2021-06-02	Lewis Center	Oh	ATS Ohio Inc	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee had just finished helping a co-worker secure a 9-foot section of wire trough, that was secured to a cross member that was elevated approximately 11.5 feet above the concrete floor. The employee was descending a fiberglass step ladder when the ladder shifted from beneath him in one quick movement, causing him to lose his balance and fall approximately 5 feet. The employee suffered an L-1 lumbar fracture and was admitted to the hospital.
2021-05-27	Kansas City	Mo	Best Buy	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was on a mobile ladder installing speaker wire. The ladder shifted and the employee fell about 10 feet, suffering a head laceration, a broken leg, and a broken arm.
2021-05-25	Philadelphia	Pa	Tony Origlio, Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was lowering a pallet from the second shelf of the warehouse storage rack using a forklift. The pallet struck the wire frame shelf that it was on and knocked the horizontal bar on the rack down. The employee was putting the bar back on the rack when it fell and amputated their finger against the wire frame shelf.
2021-05-21	Conway	Ar	Conway Corporation	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on top of a ladder pulling network cable through an open ceiling to wire for a security camera. The bottom of the ladder slipped out and the employee fell close to the wall. A large piece of crown molding was sticking out from the wall and the employee hit his head on it as he fell. The employee was rendered unconscious and was hospitalized for a head injury and a laceration above the right eye.
2021-05-21	Westerville	Oh	CLAYPOOL ELECTRIC, INC.	Hand(s)	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was working on a lighting junction box above the ceiling and cut an energized 277-volt circuit wire. The employee was shocked and received an electrical burn on their right hand.
2021-05-18	Beloit	Wi	Rock Road Companies, Inc.	Thigh(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was connecting a wire rope choker to a section of 36-inch concrete sewer pipe. After connecting the choker, a backhoe lifted the section of pipe. As the pipe section was being lifted it began to spin and struck the employee pinning his right leg against a section of stationary pipe. The employee sustained a fractured right femur and lacerations.
2021-05-17	Oconto Falls	Wi	ST Paper, LLC	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was adjusting wire on a wet lap machine when their left arm was crushed in an in-going nip point.
2021-05-17	Wausau	Wi	Great Lakes Cheese, Inc.	Arm(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
On 5/17/2021, an employee was removing a broken harp wire from a giant block of cheese when the employee's arm was caught between the push plate and the frame holding the harp, resulting in an arm fracture.
2021-05-17	Quakertown	Pa	Klover Contracting, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was working from a ladder, installing a copper welding wire spool. The spool fell and knocked the employee from the ladder. The employee suffered broken left-side ribs and was hospitalized.
2021-05-14	Tampa	Fl	Certified Slings, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Contact with hot objects or substances
The injured employee was training another employee and they were heating and pouring zinc into wire rope sockets (spelter sockets). The injured worker stepped backward, lost his footing, and fell into the hot kettle, knocking it over. The employee sustained a third degree burn on his back that required hospitalization and surgery.
2021-05-12	Springfield	Mo	Jenfab Cleaning Solutions	Hand(s)	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was hooking up a washing machine to be tested. The employee touched two live wires and suffered a shock to the entire body, as well as burns to both hands.
2021-05-12	Laredo	Tx	Wilkinson Gary Iron & Metal, Inc.	Eye(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was feeding strands of aluminum conductor steel-reinforced wire into a chopper machine. A strand tangled up in the machine, which jammed. The employee disengaged the feed rollers and was trying to free the tangled wire when the end of it sprung back, striking him in the left eye. He lost the eye.
2021-05-01	Glenside	Pa	Neshaminy Constructors, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Indirect exposure to electricity
An employee was standing on the bed of a crane, waiting to unhook a concrete block that the crane had just lifted off the ground. The crane hit an energized electrical wire and the employee was shocked, suffering internal burns and a heart arrhythmia. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-04-30	Mckinney	Tx	Encore Wire Corporation	Brain	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was removing a motor. The motor fell suddenly, swung sideways on wires it was connected to, and struck the employee's head. The employee suffered a head laceration and a concussion.
2021-04-28	Toms River	Nj	OCEAN COUNTY MALL	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was separating lighting on electrical relays. The employee was shocked by wires and fell from a ladder to the ground, suffering a broken hip.
2021-04-28	Chicago	Il	O & K AMERICAN	Face	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was manually operating a wire-drawing machine to remove the remaining wire coil. The wire came free of the guide roller and struck the safety cage, which lifted quickly and struck the employee in the face. The employee suffered a contusion and a laceration.
2021-04-26	Marysville	Oh	Honda of America Manufacturing, Incorporated	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was performing preventative maintenance on the control panel for a piece of equipment. The employee was using a spring loaded manual hand tool to cut a wire when the blade of the tool partially amputated his left thumb tip.
2021-04-22	Perry	Ok	Highridge Consulting Services LLC	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level
An employee was rolling wire back to the truck and had to cross a creek. While crossing, the employee became stuck in the creek causing him to sustain a fractured right femur.
2021-04-15	Newnan	Ga	Golden Insulation LLC	Arm(s)	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was wrapping ductwork with insulation in an area where wires were hanging out of an existing conduit. The employee bumped the wires and the wire nut fell off which caused the employee to sustain an electric shock and second degree burns to the right arm.
2021-04-14	Mansfield	Oh	Brost Foundry	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
On April 14, 2021, at 7:30 AM, an employee was throwing a 78-pound casting into a wire basket when the flashing on the casting caught their leather glove and pinched their right middle finger between the two castings, resulting in an amputation.
2021-04-03	Mckinney	Tx	Encore Wire Corporation	Leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was working with another employee on the wire spooling machine. The employee's leg was caught on the wire being spooled, causing the employee to fall and break his leg.
2021-03-29	Stratford	Wi	Growmark, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a box cutter to strip wire. The box cutter slipped and lacerated the employee's left index finger, resulting in an infection.
2021-03-27	Boston	Ma	Costal Marine Construction LLC.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Entangled in other object or equipment
An employee had been climbing a tug boat mast. The employee was working to untangle crane block rigging when high winds blew the rigging over. The employee was entangled in rigging wires and suffered internal injuries.
2021-03-22	Pflugerville	Tx	Shambaugh & Son, L.P.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was descending a concrete stairway with wire rope guardrails. He began to fall and grabbed the guardrail, which gave way. He fell to the concrete floor about 15 feet below, suffering a left-side impact that caused an eye socket fracture and other fractures. He was hospitalized, requiring treatment including a rod in his back.
2021-03-12	Needham	Ma	J.W. CAMPBELL CONSTRUCTION, INC.	Head	Struck by discharged object or substance
Two employees collided while one of them was climbing down a ladder carrying a nail gun. The gun discharged, firing a wire nail fastener into the other employee's head. That employee was hospitalized.
2021-03-11	Lubbock	Tx	AT&T Garage	Heel(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was installing wire from a utility pole to a house. He became nauseated and began climbing down, but as he was descending he got dizzy and fell, landing on the ground 14 feet below and suffering a broken heel.
2021-03-08	Imperial	Pa	Fabcon Precast, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was rigging a precast concrete panel to a crane when their left index finger became caught between the wire rope sling and the crane hook, resulting in an amputation.
2021-03-07	Thomson	Ga	DM Conlon, Inc.	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
An employee was operating a motorized walk-behind wire wheel brush inside a road work barricade. A car from live traffic entered the area and hit the employee, breaking the employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.
2021-03-04	Philadelphia	Pa	Urban Outfitters, Inc	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was on an A-frame ladder fixing an electrical wire on an HVAC unit in a ceiling. The employee was holding onto the unit with their left hand when the employee was shocked with 480V of electricity. The employee let go of the unit and fell 6 feet from the ladder. In the midst of falling, the employee hit their head on a metal work station. The employee was hospitalized for two skull fractures, burns to three fingers on their left hand and one finger on their right hand, and unspecified
2021-03-03	Orlando	Fl	C&I Distribution	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On March 3, 2021, an employee was re-spooling a wire on a spooler. While the reel was on its side, the wire got tangled. His right thumb was caught and lacerated in the tangled wire. He was hospitalized.
2021-03-02	Crestline	Oh	Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was using a flip dolly to rotate a rack of glass. The employee used their right hand to operate the flip dolly's wire control box when the dolly rotated downward and pinched their right thumb, resulting in a partial amputation.
2021-02-24	Laredo	Tx	Energy Erectors Inc	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee had been grounding copper wire to the ground grid and was helping move cable jack reel stands out of the way. As the employee was tipping a reel stand onto its side, the adjustable roller head slid down and pinched the employee's right middle finger against the top of the stand. The fingertip was medically amputated about 1/4 inch from the end.
2021-02-22	Pomfret Center	Ct	Loos & Co., Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was working on a furnace line in a wire mill department, running material line on a spool. A piece of material caught his left index finger as he tried to cut it, amputating the fingertip.
2021-02-11	De Leon Springs	Fl	AT&T	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
A service technician was on a ladder, installing an enclosure for a communication wire when he fell approximately 7 feet to the concrete surface below. The employee sustained a fractured tibia.