In Fayetteville North Carolina, there were a total of 9 accidents in 2021. This is an increase from the 5 reported in 2020. In all accidents, someone was injured. This is a serious issue in the area because these accidents often result in large financial losses for businesses in addition to injuries suffered by workers. If you are involved in a machinery accident, don’t hesitate to contact an experienced lawyer. They can help you get the compensation you deserve.
Manufacturing Companies
Fayetteville North Carolina has a number of manufacturers, including:
| Mann+hummel Purolator Filters LLC Union Corrugating Company M.J. Soffe, LLC Fayetteville Publishing Company Vanguard Culinary Group, Ltd. Highland Paving Co., LLC Fayblock Materials, Inc. |
United Tool & Stamping Company of North Carolina, Inc. Concrete Service Co., Inc. Ensystex, Inc. Nitta Gelatin Usa, Inc. Arnold S Welding Service, Inc. Hercules Steel Company Inc Carolina Power & Signalization, LLC |
This means there is a wide variety of machinery available to companies in the area.
Machinery Accidents
In the past few years, there have been a number of machinery accidents in Fayetteville, North Carolina. In each case, the injuries and financial losses have been significant.
If you have been injured in a machinery accident in Fayetteville North Carolina, contact amachinery accident lawyer as soon as possible. A qualified lawyer can help you pursue the financial compensation that you deserve.
The following is a list of accidents that have occurred in Fayetteville North Carolina:
| AccidentDate | Employer | City | State | Description | Injury | Body Part | Event | Injury Source | Other Injury Source |
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| 03/11/2021 | Clear Creek Development Company LLC | Fayetteville | Ar | An employee was driving a golf cart with an attached utility trailer carrying a lawn mower. The cart path was wet, and when the employee braked, the cart slid and turned on its side. The employee's lower leg was fractured. | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | Golf cart, personnel transport cart | Liquids |
| 09/10/2021 | W R Murdock & Sons Inc | Fayetteville | Wv | An employee was moving a cylinder assembly with a crane. The employee's hands were between the barrel of the cylinder and the piston. When pushing on the assembly with their hands, the piston fell back into place, catching the employee's right middle and ring fingers between the barrel and the piston. The right middle fingertip was amputated. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Parts and materials | Parts and materials |
| 30/08/2021 | Infinity Productions III, LLC | Fayetteville | Ga | An employee was constructing a platform for a film set. The employee was standing on the platform, when he lost his footing and fell about 10 feet to the cement floor, landing on his left side. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to his left arm and pelvis. | Fractures | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Scaffolds-staging | Floor, n.e.c. |
| 28/07/2021 | NG Companies | Fayetteville | Nc | On July 28, 2021, an NG Companies employee was about to transfer mud to a bore pit. He had put the hydro excavation truck in position for the debris transfer and prepared it. When he opened a knife valve, hot water sprayed through the flange onto him, causing second-degree burns to his face, right arm, and right hand; a third-degree burn to part of the right arm; and a broken collarbone. He was hospitalized. | Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns | Arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances | Water | |
| 08/07/2021 | Moisture Shield Inc. | Fayetteville | Ar | An employee was operating the pulverizing machine in the Plastic Department. The employee used a computer to set up and adjust the temperature of the machine and was monitoring the machine for jams. As the employee was removing a jam, his left index and middle fingertips were amputated. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery | |
| 25/06/2021 | Monster Tree Service | Fayetteville | Ar | At 10:30 AM, on June 25, 2021, an employee was driving a mini loader up an incline when it struck a tree stump and tipped over. Both of the employee's legs were injured. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Leg(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. | Skid steer loaders, mini loaders | Trees, logs, limbs, n.e.c. |
| 24/06/2021 | Bill's Electric Inc. | Fayetteville | Ar | 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. | Bruises, contusions | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet | Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted | Switchboards, switches, fuses |
| 22/06/2021 | Thine Selves Productions, LLC | Fayetteville | Ga | An employee was moving a chain and trolley while preparing to hoist a wooden set wall into position. The chain broke and the trolley hoist struck the employee, resulting in a contusion on their back left shoulder blade, as well as a laceration to the medial aspect of the left orbit. | Cuts and abrasions or bruises | Multiple body parts | Struck by object or equipment | Overhead hoists | Chains, n.e.c. |
| 04/02/2021 | AT&T | Fayetteville | Ga | An employee was testing a signal at the cross box, approximately 20-30 feet from the highway when a tire came off of a vehicle that was traveling on the highway and struck the employee. The employee sustained a broken leg. | Fractures | Leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely | Tires, except bike | Highway vehicle, motorized |
| 19/10/2020 | TYSON MEXICAN ORIGINAL, INC. | Fayetteville | Ar | An employee was attempting to unclog a pipe in the taco department line between the holding tank and the mixer when their right index finger contacted the ball valve and the pneumatic actuator cycled causing amputation of the finger between the first and second joint. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized | |
| 09/10/2020 | TYSON MEXICAN ORIGINAL, INC. | Fayetteville | Ar | An employee was operating a press machine. He was removing a piece of product stuck to the underside of the press when the fingers on his right hand were pinched between two press plates. The middle and ring fingertips were amputated. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Presses, except printing | |
| 13/08/2020 | AAF International | Fayetteville | Ar | A temporary employee was attempting to place an empty bin under a shredder. The bin was not in alignment so two co-workers pushed the bin forward while the injured employee guided it through. The injured employee's right thumb was pinched between the bin and the shredder frame. The employee was hospitalized for an open fracture of the right thumb. | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Shredders | |
| 05/08/2020 | Munie Greencare Professionals | Fayetteville | Nc | A landscaping employee suffered cramps and dehydration due to a heat-related illness. | Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat-environmental | |
| 04/06/2020 | G. A. Carlson & Company | Fayetteville | West Virgini | Two employees were installing braces on trusses. One of them was using a nail gun when it struck the other employee's head and discharged, firing a 3 1/2-inch framing nail into his head. | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Head | Struck by discharged object or substance | Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers | Nail guns-powered |
| 23/09/2019 | McCarthy Electric, Inc. | Fayetteville | Arkansas | An employee was on a fiberglass extension ladder strapping electrical conduit to a hanger wall when the ladder slipped on the polished floor. The employee fell to the concrete floor and fractured a femur. | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level | Extension ladders | Floor, n.e.c. |
| 13/08/2019 | Kimbel Mechanical Systems, Inc. | Fayetteville | Arkansas | On August 12, 2019, an employee was installing HVAC ductwork in a residential attic. The employee felt ill and was hospitalized, suffering from a kidney infection and dehydration. | Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat-environmental | |
| 12/08/2019 | Frontier Management | Fayetteville | Georgia | An employee was helping a resident when she slipped and fell on a recently mopped floor, injuring her right knee and left thumb. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Upper and lower limb(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping | Floor | Liquids |
| 05/02/2019 | Bargo Engineering Co Inc | Fayetteville | Arkansas | An employee was carrying a 10-pound box of aluminum parts when he fell backwards to the concrete floor. He struck his tailbone and then his head, suffering a fracture to the tailbone and a laceration to the head. | Fractures | Coccygeal region | Fall on same level | Floor | |
| 26/07/2018 | DAUGHERTY & DAUGHERTY INVESTMENTS LLC | Fayetteville | Arkansas | An employee was putting a piece of chicken on a hook to run through a cutter/saw machine. The machine caught his right hand, partially amputating his right index finger. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Butchering machinery | |
| 13/04/2018 | JAF, Inc. | Fayetteville | Arkansas | Employees were using a pallet jack stand to move several pallets of stacked ceramic tile weighing approximately 2,200 lbs. from one end of the floor to the opposite end when the tile hit a hole and the bundles of tiles began to wobble. The injured employee was standing on the side of the tile bundles and was attempting to balance them when they eventually tipped over and fell on him. He was pinned beneath the floor tile and a wall, sustaining a displaced open wound fracture to his left foot and | Fractures | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Skids, pallets | Off-road or industrial vehicle-powered |
| 11/04/2018 | JML Management, Inc. | Fayetteville | Texas | An employee was operating an excavator to clear trees when a tree shifted in the bucket and broke through the front window of the machine. The tree came in contact with the travel controls, pushing them into the forward position. The machine moved forward farther into the tree, causing it to go through the cab and forcing the employee out the back window of the machine. The employee then attempted to re-enter the machine to shut it down. At this point, the moving machine caused the moving branch | Crushing injuries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. | Backhoes, trackhoes | Trees |
| 24/03/2018 | Elkhart Products Corporation | Fayetteville | Arkansas | An employee was manufacturing copper pipe fittings using a hydraulic press when a fitting fell into the machine. The employee was attempting to retrieve the fitting when the die came down on the employee's left index finger, amputating it at the first knuckle. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. | Presses, except printing | |
| 05/03/2018 | DAUGHERTY & DAUGHERTY INVESTMENTS LLC | Fayetteville | Arkansas | An employee was being trained by a second employee on how to close a golf cart tailgate when the second employee closed the tail gate on the employee's left ring finger, amputating the fingertip. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Golf cart, personnel transport cart | |
| 04/01/2018 | Everett Chrysler | Fayetteville | Arkansas | An employee's hand was on a paint can that was on a paint shaker machine when another employee activated the machine. The employee's right ring finger was then caught and smashed in the machine, amputating the fingertip. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Paint mixing machinery | |
| 04/10/2017 | AAF/Flanders | Fayetteville | Arkansas | An employee was manually attaching a roll of media to a cardboard core on a rolling machine when another employee cycled the machine, causing the employee's right forearm to become pinned and fractured. | Fractures | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery | Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery | |
| 03/10/2017 | Elkhart Products Corporation (EPC) | Fayetteville | Arkansas | An employee was attempting to remove a copper elbow that was jammed in an elbow machine. When the part was removed, the machine cycled and amputated two of the employee's right-hand fingers. The machine was unguarded at the time. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery | |
| 31/08/2017 | TRUEBLUE, INC. | Fayetteville | New York | An employee slipped on a wet surface while performing pool maintenance and fell into the pool, fracturing the left leg. | Fractures | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Pools | Liquids |
| 29/08/2017 | Tyson Foods, Inc. | Fayetteville | Arkansas | An employee was removing boxed chips on a moving conveyor when his left index finger went into an opening between the guardrails, amputating his fingertip. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Conveyors-powered | |
| 28/08/2017 | R. G. Hence & Sons Inc. | Fayetteville | New York | An employee was removing a gas tank from a vehicle when a work light fell into the flammable liquid and ignited. The employee suffered thermal burns and was hospitalized overnight. | Heat (thermal) burns | Nonclassifiable | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids | Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel | Lighting equipment, n.e.c. |
| 25/08/2017 | Active Pest Control South Inc. | Fayetteville | Georgia | An employee was struck on the head by a falling metal cabinet, suffering a concussion. | Concussions | Brain | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Cabinets, cases-display, storage | |
| 16/05/2017 | Marvin Allan Door Company, Inc. | Fayetteville | North Caroli | An employee had just repaired an overhead door chain in an ambulance garage and was climbing down a 12-foot A-frame ladder. His left hand was resting on the chain he just repaired when a paramedic came in and activated the switch to raise the garage door. His hand was caught between the chain and sprocket to the garage motor, amputating both middle fingertips. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. | Garage doors | |
| 06/03/2017 | HARNESS ROOFING, INC. | Fayetteville | Arkansas | An employee was replacing shingles on a steep pitched roof. As he was walking across the roof, he slipped and fell approximately 12 feet. The employee's fall protection was not hooked to the anchor point at the time. | Traumatic injuries and disorders | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Roofs | |
| 06/09/2016 | Marshalltown | Fayetteville | Arkansas | An employee opened the door to the compressor room. As he exited the room, a passing forklift ran over his right foot and lower right leg, pulling him to the floor. He suffered a broken right leg, rib, and jaw. | Fractures | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area | Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered | |
| 04/08/2016 | Your Cleaning Specialists | Fayetteville | Arkansas | Two employees were pressure washing the inside of a stairwell when they were overcome by carbon monoxide fumes. They were both hospitalized. | Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode | Carbon monoxide | |
| 27/07/2016 | Sony Pictures | Fayetteville | Georgia | While preparing set props, an employee backed into an unguarded area and fell approximately 10 feet, suffering facial bruises, a right arm radius injury, and a right orbital injury. | Fractures | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Floor | |
| 12/06/2016 | AAF International | Fayetteville | Arkansas | An employee was moving a free rolling blanket cart when he stopped and grabbed his chest. He sat down on the blanket cart and complained about chest pain. Temperature in the area ranged from 90 to 100 degrees. The employee was admitted to the hospital. | Effects of heat and light | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat-environmental | |
| 18/05/2016 | Elkhart Products Corporation (EPC) | Fayetteville | Arkansas | The employee was operating a Hydro T machine that produces copper plumbing fittings. The employee was clearing a jam and amputated the left middle finger and lacerated the left ring finger. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery | |
| 08/04/2016 | U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs | Fayetteville | North Caroli | An employee's right thumb was caught in a safe door she was closing, crushing/amputating her thumb tip above the nail. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Cabinets, cases-display, storage | |
| 06/04/2016 | Ace Glass Construction Corporation | Fayetteville | Arkansas | An employee was on a 4-foot stepladder, cleaning caulking off of a window frame to install a new window. He fell from the second step to the concrete below and broke his left ankle. | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Step ladders | |
| 29/12/2015 | AAF International | Fayetteville | Arkansas | An employee was cutting cores with a radial chop saw and amputated the tips of the left index and middle fingers. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Sawing machinery-stationary | |
| 11/11/2015 | Chep & Brambles Co. | Fayetteville | Arkansas | An employee was cutting a 2x4 with a chop saw. While holding the board in place, he lost his grip, and his left ring fingertip hit and was amputated by the blade. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Sawing machinery-stationary | |
| 10/11/2015 | See's Candies, Inc. | Fayetteville | Arkansas | An employee working in the storage area tripped over a box on the floor, fracturing their left femur. | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Floor | Boxes, crates, cartons |
| 19/10/2015 | Service Source | Fayetteville | North Caroli | An employee was weed-eating when a rock was thrown into the employee's face. Safety glasses were worn. The employee was unstable and disoriented and may have suffered a head injury. | Intracranial injuries | Brain | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Rocks, crushed stone | Lawn edgers, clippers, trimmers-powered |
| 30/04/2015 | Brent Scarbrough & Company, Inc | Fayetteville | Georgia | An employee was hospitalized after being struck by soil/dirt while working within a sloped trench that was approximately 9-feet deep. The employee injured the right leg. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Leg(s) | Excavation or trenching cave-in | Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations | |
| 16/03/2015 | PINNACLE FOODS Group, LLC | Fayetteville | Arkansas | An employee was descending a fixed ladder after he sanitized the second level. He fell off of the ladder and hurt his left pelvic area. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Pelvic region | Other fall to lower level | Ladders-fixed | |
| 17/02/2015 | Federal Aviation Administration | Fayetteville | Arkansas | Employee was walking from the building to a government vehicle and slipped and fell on icy ground. Employee sustained a head concussion. | Concussions | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces | Ice, sleet, snow |
| 31/01/2015 | Hiland Dairy Foods Co. | Fayetteville | Arkansas | Employee was working on a platform ladder, sorting labels on milk jugs and putting them away for inventory. The employee turned to descend the ladder and missed a step. The employee fell approximately 6 feet. | Traumatic injuries and disorders | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Ladders-fixed | |
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