Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-09 | Denver | Co | PROTECTO WRAP | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was attempting to adjust the position of cardboard cores on a wrapping machine when their right arm was pulled into the machine and their forearm was crushed between the rollers. | |||||
2021-11-04 | Mesquite | Tx | Ashley Furniture | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was wrapping product as it moved down a conveyor. Her left hand contacted the conveyor; a sensor detected it and caused the conveyor to move. Her hand was caught between the conveyor and the roller, causing multiple fractures to the hand and wrist. | |||||
2021-11-01 | Winfield | Al | Marion Moulding | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On November 1, 2021, an employee was feeding a wood bundle into a wrapping machine when a piece of wood dropped. Her left middle finger was caught between it and the incoming wood bundle. The finger was partially amputated. | |||||
2021-10-25 | Atlanta | Ga | EL MILAGRO DE ATLANTA | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was pulling jammed paper from a wrapping machine when the paper slipped and his left little finger went under the cutting jaws, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-10-24 | Hershey | Pa | THE HERSHEY COMPANY | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was performing maintenance on a wrapping machine. The machine crushed the employee's hands and caused a partial amputation of the left index finger. The machine was not locked out at the time. | |||||
2021-09-22 | Brooklyn | Oh | Tap Packaging Solutions | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was using a mitering machine to cut an oversized piece of wrapping material. The blade of the machine lacerated the employee's right index finger resulting in hospitalization. The machine was not guarded at the time. | |||||
2021-09-20 | Madison | Ms | DE BEUKELAER CORPORATION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee had been installing a new roll of foil on a cookie wrapping machine. The employee was pulling the foil towards herself when the foil cutting blades caught her right middle finger resulting in amputation up to the nailbed. | |||||
2021-08-13 | Dunmore | Pa | Barry Callebaut USA LLC | Head | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was wrapping plastic around a pallet when they tripped over a leg of a conveyor system, fell, and hit their head on the concrete floor, resulting in hematoma. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-08-04 | Jackson | Al | iSpice, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was replacing a roll of wrapping for a packaging machine. A box entered the machine and tripped the carrier/sealer; the machine caught the employee's finger and amputated the fingertip. | |||||
2021-07-30 | Sedalia | Mo | GENERAL CABLE | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was working at a wrapper on a recoiler, wrapping a coil with plastic. A pigtail became caught on a pipe; while an employee was pushing it back into a working position, the machine engaged and its rotating bearing hit the employee's left hand. The employee suffered partial amputations to the middle and ring fingers. The machine was unguarded at the time. | |||||
2021-07-23 | Kaukauna | Wi | Ahlstrom-Munksjo | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee was wrapping finished rolls of paper when their right leg became caught in a gap between the platform and the wrap machine's roller, resulting in fractures to their lower right leg and ankle. | |||||
2021-07-12 | Desoto | Tx | Walmart Distribution Center 6938 | Hip(s) | Standing, standing up-single episode |
An employee was shrink wrapping a pallet for transport at the loading dock. When the employee stood up from a kneeling position, they felt a "pop" and experienced pain in their hip. | |||||
2021-06-15 | Commack | Ny | Simply Natural Foods LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a wrapping machine when her right thumb and index finger were caught in the teeth of the machine's spinning blade. Both were amputated. | |||||
2021-04-21 | Green Bay | Wi | Ace Manufacturing Industries, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was wrapping a tub for shipment. He tripped over a roll of shrink wrap and fell to the floor, suffering a broken hip. | |||||
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. | |||||
2021-02-18 | Franklin Park | Il | New Albertsons, Inc. dba Jewel Osco | Ankle(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was wrapping a pallet when they were struck in the ankle by the fork of a forklift. The employee sustained a fractured ankle. | |||||
2021-01-21 | Mcdonough | Ga | Medline Industries, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee unwrapping the shrink wrap from a pallet stack. A reach truck ran over his right foot. | |||||
2021-01-06 | Atlanta | Ga | DSV AIR & SEA INC. | Multiple trunk locations | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was shrink-wrapping a pallet when he tripped over a strap on the bottom of the pallet. He fell, suffering a back and hip injury. | |||||
2020-09-18 | Buffalo | Ny | H&R Construction Equipment Parts, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was wrapping a component for shipping when the component tipped over onto the employee's leg. | |||||
2020-09-09 | Tampa | Fl | GMG Flooring, LLC dba WrapQuest | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a ladder performing house wrapping. The employee fell from the ladder and landed on the ground. The employee's right knee was injured and possibly broken. | |||||
2020-09-05 | East Longmeadow | Ma | Cartamundi, LLC | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
While wrapping a bundle of board games on a pallet an employee jumped up to tap a box into position. The employee landed on their feet, but fell to the concrete floor and sustained a broken right femur and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-09-04 | Martinsburg | Wv | Hollingsworth LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was clearing some plastic caught in a conveyor and auto wrapping station. A roller cut off the tip of his right index finger. | |||||
2020-07-30 | Rincon | Georgia | Caravels, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was pushing the head unit on an automated cable-wrapping machine along its roller bar tracks. The employee's right hand was caught between the head unit and a support mount on the roller bar tracks, causing a partial amputation to the little finger. | |||||
2020-07-13 | Shawnee | Oklahoma | SHAWNEE MILLING COMPANY | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
At the feed mill, an employee was wrapping red duct tape around a metal trough. His left index fingertip went inside the trough housing through an unseen hole in the metal. The conveyor screw inside the trough caused a partial amputation of the left index fingertip. | |||||
2020-06-29 | Terrell | Texas | Madix Inc | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped on coil wrapping and fell to the concrete floor, suffering a broken hip. | |||||
2020-06-10 | Harborcreek | Pennsylvania | Port Erie Plastics, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was hand wrapping a skid to repair a section that was torn. The employee was walking counter-clockwise around the skid when the wrapping broke and he lost balance. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right femur. | |||||
2020-05-19 | Jacksonville | Florida | WinCup Plastics, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was clearing straws from a wrapping hopper. A transfer belt (which fed straws from the extruder machine to the wrapping hopper) made contact with the employee's right middle finger, amputating the tip just above the first knuckle | |||||
2020-04-08 | York | Pennsylvania | UPS Freight | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was manually shrink wrapping a pallet while walking around it. The employee tripped and fell to the floor of the loading dock. The employee sustained a broken left hip and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-03-23 | Tatum | Texas | Luminant Energy | Fingertip(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
Two employees were unwrapping a crate containing a new pump. The crate slipped and an employee's left hand struck against the pump. The employee suffered a laceration to the index finger and an amputation to the middle fingertip. | |||||
2020-02-14 | Anniston | Alabama | UNFI | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
After moving a box from one pallet to another, an employee turned to walk away; her foot caught in wrapping on a pallet and she fell, suffering a broken hip. | |||||
2020-02-10 | Empire | Louisiana | Westbank Fishing, LLC | Forearm(s) | Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle |
An employee was working as a net mender, tasked with positioning the nets for fishing operations. While the employee was wrapping a rope around the cathead to position the net, his left hand was caught in the cathead and he was wrapped around the cathead several times. The employee was hospitalized with a lacerated left forearm. | |||||
2020-01-18 | Commerce City | Colorado | VICKO CONSTRUCTION, INC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was in a basket on a forklift, wrapping a new home. The basket fell off the forklift to the ground, and the employee suffered a broken femur, broken ribs, and a collapsed lung. | |||||
2020-01-10 | Cartersville | Georgia | Shaw Industries Inc. Plant 12 | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was applying plastic stretch film to a roll of carpet using a trolley-mounted stretch film head. The film tore and retracted back into the head of the film machine, wrapping around some small middle tension rollers. The employee was removing the film from the rollers with scissors when the machine activated and fed more film. His gloved left hand was caught between the small rollers and the lid of the stretch wrap machine, causing friction burns to the back of the hand, the little fi | |||||
2019-09-10 | Rome | Georgia | Suhner Manufacturing INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee had finished grinding a shaft on a lathe and turned the machine off. As he went to remove the shaft, a switch was contacted and turned the lathe on. The shaft on the lathe grabbed his glove wrapping it around the shaft and causing an amputation to the left index finger. | |||||
2019-09-09 | Lititz | Pennsylvania | Keystone Koating | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was shrink wrapping a skid when his left index fingertip was amputated by the cutter on the shrink wrap machine. | |||||
2019-08-29 | Avery | Idaho | Don Reid Trucking, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
A truck driver was wrapping and tightening a load at a logging site. He lost his balance while pulling on the wrapper, slipped and fell, suffering broken bones above the left ankle. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-08-21 | Schaumburg | Illinois | Nation Pizza Products, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On August 21, 2019, a temporary employee was applying grated cheese to a pizza crust moving on a conveyor line to a plastic wrapping system. He was attempting to grab grated cheese that drops into a catch bin under the conveyor when his finger was caught in the chain and sprocket system, resulting in a finger amputation on his right hand. | |||||
2019-08-20 | West Palm Beach | Florida | Walmart Supercenter 8157 | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was in the process of shrink wrapping a pallet when it shifted and struck him, fracturing his shoulder. | |||||
2019-07-19 | Hartford | Wisconsin | Chemical Research Technology | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was wrapping a box of shrink wrap using green banding. While moving around the box, the employee slipped on some of the shrink wrap causing him to fall on his right hip. The employee was hospitalized with a broken right hip. | |||||
2019-07-12 | Cleveland | Ohio | Cleveland Clinic - Main Campus | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee walking through the loading dock area became entangled in discarded plastic wrapping. The employee fell to the floor, sustained a fractured left femur, and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-07-10 | Winfield | Alabama | Clayton Supply a Division of CMH Manufacturing, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was at the feeding table, feeding molding/wood pieces into the wrapping machine. The employee complained of chest pains and then slumped over a pallet of wood. She was hospitalized for heat-related illness. | |||||
2019-07-09 | Roanoke | Texas | Gierisch Management LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was wrapping a pallet with shrink wrap when another employee noticed he was acting strange and seemed confused. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration. | |||||
2019-06-30 | Jonestown | Pennsylvania | Mastromardi Produce | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was manually wrapping a pallet when the wrap broke. He lost his balance and fell to the floor, injuring his left hip. | |||||
2019-06-11 | Chicago | Illinois | Primrose Candy Co. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was trying to retrieve stuck candy from a wrapping machine when the lid came down on the tip of her left ring finger, amputating it. | |||||
2019-05-03 | Toledo | Ohio | PEXCO PACKAGING CORPORATION | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was wrapping film around a new roll in a printing press during a roll change over. The employee's hand became caught in the press resulting in a fracture to the left forearm. | |||||
2019-04-17 | Dayton | Ohio | Mancor Ohio Inc. | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
A forklift had placed a pallet in a wrapper and was backing out of the wrapping area when it ran over an employee's foot, breaking it. | |||||
2019-04-08 | Senatobia | Mississippi | Carlisle Construction Materials, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a wrapping machine to wrap a roll of roofing material when the employee's hand was caught between the machine's guard and wrapping arm, resulting in a right little fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-02-20 | Bedford Park | Illinois | Dhaliwal Labs North, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was using a pallet wrapping machine to wrap product on a pallet. He had turned the machine off and was at the bottom with the wrap when the pallet shifted and knocked him off balance. His thumb was pinched between the pallet and the machine; the tip was amputated to the first knuckle. | |||||
2019-01-09 | Saint Louis | Missouri | Clartec | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was using a roll of shrink wrap to wrap a skid of plastic lugs. He was using a plastic "handle" that inserts into the cardboard tube holding the shrink wrap. He was wrapping the skid from the bottom to the top. As he neared the top and was pulling the last wrap tight, the handle came loose from the roll of shrink wrap . He stumbled a few steps and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture to the left femur. | |||||
2018-09-20 | Grand Junction | Colorado | INNOVATIVE TEXTILES, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
An employee was wrapping fishing line onto a spinning hub when the employee's right index finger became caught in the line. The employee pulled the finger away, resulting in an amputation above the top of the nail. | |||||
2018-09-07 | Hanover Township | Pennsylvania | Nardone Brothers Baking Co. Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was attempting to separate product as it was exiting a wrapping machine when her left hand was caught in the machine, crushing and fracturing her middle finger. She was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
2018-09-04 | West Palm Beach | Florida | Imperative Personnel | Hand(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was unwrapping a large coil around a conveyor belt. The coil bounced back, striking and breaking his left hand. | |||||
2018-08-28 | West Springfield | Massachusett | Kohl's Corporation | Upper arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
While unwrapping a product that was on a pallet, an employee tripped on a strap laying on the floor and broke the upper right arm. | |||||
2018-07-30 | Buena | New Jersey | Comar, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was clearing a jam in the wrapping machine and suffered an amputation injury. | |||||
2018-07-09 | Humble | Texas | Reactive Downhole Tools | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a manual wrapping machine to wrap pipe for an oil field when he tried to manually adjust the machine and his hand was pulled into it, breaking his right forearm. | |||||
2018-06-01 | Kearney | Nebraska | BALDWIN FILTERS MFG. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was running a filter element wrapping machine when a part became lodged in the machine. She was attempting to retrieve the part when the machine cycled and pinched her finger, causing an avulsion to the bottom pad of the right middle finger. | |||||
2018-05-31 | Lakewood | New Jersey | Fieldbrook Foods Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
A temporary employee was cleaning a wrapping machine when the employee's left middle and ring fingers were caught by the crimper bar, amputating the fingertips. | |||||
2018-05-29 | Hodgkins | Illinois | Wm Bolthouse Farms, Inc. | Lumbar region | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was wrapping a pallet by hand when he fell and fractured his lower back. | |||||
2018-03-25 | West Palm Beach | Florida | Aldi's Super Market | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee tripped while wrapping a pallet, fracturing a leg and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-03-02 | Jamaica | New York | CHEMCLEAN CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
An employee was using a forklift to transfer boxes from one building to another. Strong gusts of wind blew the boxes over, and the employee reached to grab the plastic wrapping that held the boxes together. The wind continued to pull the boxes and twisted the wrapping around his index fingertip, severing it. | |||||
2018-01-29 | Pecos | Texas | Willow Creek Co., LLC | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was securing a bell hook by wrapping a strap around the A-frame of a side boom when the operator moved the winch, causing the strap to fasten around the A-frame and the winch mounting bracket. The employee's left hand was then caught between mounting bracket and A-frame. The employee suffered a broken left hand, a ring finger compound exposure, and broken middle finger. | |||||
2017-10-15 | Chatsworth | Georgia | Shaw Industries, Inc. | Face | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was assisting with carpet roll wrapping. He was starting to roll on the wrap cradle when his hands were caught in loose carpet and pulled into the wrap cradle. He suffered bilateral contusions to both arms, muscle trauma, and an avulsion to the right side of his face near his eye. | |||||
2017-09-01 | Omaha | Nebraska | James Skinner Baking Co | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was working on a shrink wrapping machine when the side seal became wrapped around the seal bar. As the employee was trying to remove the side seal, the machine's blade cut and amputated the employee's left index fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time. | |||||
2017-08-16 | Saint Louis | Missouri | Walsh & Associates, Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was unwrapping a pallet of four drums to prepare an outbound shipment. The four drums were secured together and to the pallet with stretch wrap. After cutting away the wrap with a utility knife, the employee pulled on the wrap to free it from the pallet and drums. He had also staged his forklift next to the drum pallet. The forklift utilizes an implement known as a "drum picker," which would be used to lift individual drums from the full pallet to fill the outbound load/order. While | |||||
2017-08-03 | York | Pennsylvania | Ollies Distribution Center | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
While shrink wrapping a pallet of merchandise, an employee tripped and fell 20 feet through a hole where a piece of decking was missing, suffering a broken elbow and ribs, as well as various cuts and bruises. | |||||
2017-08-02 | Blytheville | Arkansas | JMS Russel Metals Corp. | Leg(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was wrapping a coil of steel with an ID band at an exit turnstile and slitter cart. His right leg was over the rail between the cart and the end stop when the cart moved and pinned his right leg, breaking it. | |||||
2017-07-14 | Jamaica | New York | World Wide Flight Services, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was shrink wrapping a pallet and had mounted a box to reach the plastic wrap when the employee fell to floor, suffering a fracture. | |||||
2017-06-26 | O Fallon | Missouri | STRAIT-FLEX INTERNATIONAL INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was wrapping PVC material on a rolling table when her right hand was caught between the table core and the material, amputating her fingertip. | |||||
2017-06-07 | Middleboro | Massachusett | PAVESTONE COMPANY OF MASSACHUSETTS, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was aligning bolt holes on the turn table of a shrink wrapping machine when the turntable fell on/amputated his finger. | |||||
2017-05-24 | Carrollton | Georgia | Dixie Converting Corporation | Lower leg(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was standing on the floor positioning a roll of paper onto a wrapping station. A forklift came up behind the employee and lowered the roll of paper towards him when his left leg was caught between the wrapping table and the roll of paper resulting in a fractured fibula. | |||||
2017-05-24 | Channelview | Texas | Cheetah Transportation | Skull | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was unloading a pallet from the bed of a pickup truck. The employee went to grab shrink-wrapping to pull the pallet back. The shrink-wrapping failed and the employee fell from the truck bed and landed on his head, fracturing his skull. | |||||
2017-05-10 | Plattsburgh | New York | Nova Bus Plattsburgh | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was working on a pneumatic nut runner (air ratchet) equipped with a long extension to bolt seat rails to a bus. The employee was wearing gloves at the time. She was holding the air ratchet overhead with her left hand near the rotating ratchet head when the ratchet head and extension caught her glove, wrapping it around her left pinky and partially de-gloving it. Her left pinky finger had to be partially amputated. | |||||
2017-05-06 | Portland | Oregon | Specialty Finishes | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee had just installed a paint mixing paddle onto a drill. He then picked up the drill with his right hand while he held the paddle with his left. He contacted the trigger, engaging the drill. The drill turned quickly, wrapping this left hand around the drill. His middle and ring fingers were amputated below the distal joint. | |||||
2017-03-30 | Deland | Florida | Kingspan Insulated Panels, Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was performing maintenance on a conveyor belt wrapping machine when his right arm became caught in the belt. He sustained compound fractures in his right arm, fractured both ankles and lacerations to his head and face. | |||||
2017-02-24 | Nashville | Georgia | Willacoochee Industrial Fabrics, Inc. | Multiple upper extremities locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
While shrink wrapping a roll of fabric on a re-roll machine, both of an employee's hands and arms were pulled into the machine resulting in bruising. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-10-05 | West Kingston | Rhode Island | Modine Manufacturing Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a sanding cloth to smooth a long shaft in an engine lathe. As he got to the end of the shaft farthest away from the chuck end, his glove became caught between the sanding cloth and the shaft, wrapping his fingers on both hands within the shredding cut-resistant fibers of the gloves. He suffered one finger amputation, a broken left wrist, and right hand lacerations. | |||||
2016-07-22 | Carrollton | Texas | Duro-Last Roofing, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee had finished rolling and wrapping a deck sheet and was using a hoist with hooks to lift it when he noticed a problem and grabbed the hook. At the same time, the deck sheet came out of the hook on his side. His finger became wedged between the air bar with the rolled deck sheet and the bracket that holds the air bar on the power roller, partially amputating his left ring fingertip. | |||||
2016-07-14 | Homestead | Florida | BROOKS TROPICALS, LLC | Arm(s) | Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was placing a sticker on a pallet when he was hit by the arm of the pallet wrapping machine. His arm was broken. | |||||
2016-07-08 | Athens | Georgia | Pilgrim's Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee's right index finger was amputated when a roll of wrapping plastic fell on his hand while he attempted to load the roll onto the wrapping machine. | |||||
2016-07-06 | Clayton | Delaware | Hanover Foods Corporation | Multiple leg locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was power washing an idling pea picker (combine) when a leading length of power wash hose was caught and began wrapping around the picking head of the combine. A length of the power wash hose dragged on the ground as the leading length uncontrollably wrapped, roping around the employee's right leg from behind and pulling the employee foot-first into the picking head. The employee's right leg was forcefully pulled into the combine up to the knee, causing multiple fractures and lacer | |||||
2016-06-27 | Moosic | Pennsylvania | Preferred Meal Systems, Incorporated | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating the sandwich wrapping machine and amputated the left ring fingertip. | |||||
2016-06-23 | Brooklyn | New York | Purchasers Estimators & Design Inc. | Heel(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was on top of crates, helping to rig them to a boom lift, when he stepped into a hollow area in a crate that was covered by plastic wrapping and fell approximately 10 feet to the ground. He suffered multiple right-heel fractures. | |||||
2016-06-21 | Jacksonville | Florida | Swisher International, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
The employee was performing maintenance on the PMB SUK Cigar Over Roll Machine when he accidentally hit the jog switch which turns on the machine. His right hand was then caught between the wrapping device and the wrapper die roller assembly. He was admitted to the hospital for surgery to repair the laceration and fracture to his right hand. | |||||
2016-06-16 | Lawrenceville | Georgia | Fleet Pride, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift (order picker) to take a 40-pound roll to the wrapping machine. She loaded the roll on top of the front edge of the order picker, above the operator department and behind the mast of the order picker. As she was going forward, she came to a stop and the roll fell, striking her hand and the control panel. This caused the order picker to go in the reverse mode. The employee quickly exited the order picker, and the back wheels ran over her foot, resulti | |||||
2016-06-10 | Hays | Kansas | MIDWEST ENERGY INC. | Nonclassifiable | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was hot wrapping a pipe using flammable glue and a flame torch. The mixture ignited and the employee suffered second degree burns. | |||||
2016-06-01 | Plant City | Florida | AG-Mart Produce, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was wrapping a box of tomatoes when he was struck by a forklift, fracturing his right ankle. | |||||
2016-05-26 | Pocatello | Idaho | Safway Services, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
A work crew was wrapping the steep tank with poly to protect it against the weather. To do so, the crew was moving the grating away from the tank so that they could slide the poly down and tie it to the tank. While setting down the end of the grating, the injured employee's left fifth finger became caught between the grating and the I-beam. When he went to pull his finger out, he partially severed the fingertip, which had to be surgically amputated. | |||||
2016-05-23 | Cartersville | Georgia | Samuel Strapping System | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was wrapping a finished pallet on a stretch wrap machine. While attempting to cut the excess stretch film from the pallet, the employee's left index fingertip was amputated between the pallet and the guarding around the turntable. The machine was still running at the time of the incident. | |||||
2016-05-05 | Hollywood | Florida | Publix Super Markets, Inc. Store #88 | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was wrapping meat using a deli meat wrapping machine. The machine fell onto her right leg causing a laceration. | |||||
2016-05-04 | Chicago | Illinois | Primrose Candy Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On May 4, 2016, at approximately 1:30 p.m., an employee sustained an amputation injury to the left hand index finger when the employee reached into the candy wrapping machine to clear out a loose piece of plastic wrap. | |||||
2016-04-19 | Breinigsville | Pennsylvania | Nestle Waters | Lumbar region | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was taking plastic bottles from a conveyor and placing them on a pallet. While walking between the stretch wrapping machine and the conveyor, the employee tripped over the stretch wrapping machine and fell to the ground, fracturing the lower back. | |||||
2016-03-24 | Hegins | Pennsylvania | MI Windows and Doors, Inc. | Shoulder(s) and arm(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was wrapping some windows on a stretch wrapper machine when the windows fell over onto his right arm/shoulder. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-03-08 | Middleburg | Pennsylvania | Professional Building Systems Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
On Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at approximately 7:15 AM, an employee was wrapping the walls of a modular home for shipping. The wall fell and injured the employee when he tried to grab it to stop it from falling. He was hospitalized overnight for treatment of back injuries. | |||||
2016-02-15 | Akron | Ohio | AVI Food Systems Inc. | Pelvis | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
On February 15, 2016, an employee was pushing a cart and tripped over pallet wrapping resulting in a fall to the floor and a fractured pelvis. | |||||
2015-12-20 | Denton | Texas | United Copper Industries Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
The employee reached over a safeguard to push a coil towards the wrapping machine. While pushing, he triggered the proximity switch for the seal bar to come down. The seal bar came down on top of his hand, which was between the seal bar and the coil. The safety device, which makes the seal bar retract when it makes contact with an object, failed. The seal bar remained in the lowered position. The employee tried to pull his left hand out of the equipment resulting in the amputation of the mi | |||||
2015-12-14 | Fairfield | New Jersey | Allergen Free Bakers LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee's finger was amputated while operating a cookie wrapping machine. | |||||
2015-10-20 | Southaven | Mississippi | Ballew's Aluminum Products, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
While operating a stretch wrapping machine, an employee's finger got caught between two rollers. Approximately two-thirds of the employee's right little finger were amputated. | |||||
2015-10-04 | Southampton | Pennsylvania | Giant Food Store | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
While unwrapping a shrink-wrapped produce pallet, an employee became tangled in plastic wrap. He lost his footing, fell, and broke his left hip. | |||||
2015-09-22 | Silver Springs | Florida | The Forest BBQ, LLC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
The cook was unwrapping meat when a hornet attacked him. He turned to run and fell, breaking his hip. | |||||
2015-09-22 | Selbyville | Delaware | Mountaire Farms of Delmarva | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was working in the giblet department loading paper into the wrapping machine and suffered a partial amputation of the right hand middle fingertip. |