High Point North Carolina – Machine Injury & Accidents

Machinery accidents can happen at any time, in any location. Over the past few years however, there have been no machinery accidents reported for High Point North Carolina. Many accidents go unreported, so if you have been injured in a machinery accident, it’s important to follow protocol and report the accident and contact an attorney to learn more about your legal rights.

Manufacturing Companies

High Point is home to a number of manufacturing companies, including

Samson Investment Holding Co.
Hdm Furniture Industries Inc
Culp, Inc.
Tfi Wind Down, Inc.
Carolina Container LLC
Universal Furniture Limited
Twe Nonwovens Us, Inc.

Syntha Group, Inc.
Mickey Truck Bodies Inc.
Patheon Softgels Inc.
Innospec Active Chemicals LLC
Baltek, Inc.
KAO Specialties Americas LLC
Freud America, Inc.

These companies generate a large amount of economic activity in the area and help to support local businesses.

Machinery Accidents

There have been no reported machinery accidents in High Point North Carolina over the years. This could be due to increased safety measures put into place by the city or it could be that there are fewer projects requiring machinery in this location or it could simply be a smaller population combined with underreporting.

AccidentDate	Employer	City	State	Description	Injury	Body Part	Event	Injury Source	Other Injury Source
20/09/2021	Hannaford Supermarket	Highland	Ny	An employee was using a bandsaw to cut bone-in pork loin. The sawblade cut the employee's right thumb, amputating about 1/4 inch from the tip.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment	Butchering machinery
18/09/2021	Tee Bar Corp.	Highland	Ny	An employee was saddled in their horse monitoring other horses on a walking trail when a guest dropped their reins. The employee leaned forward to grab the guest's reins. The employee's horse then backed up about 10 steps, reared up, and fell over, causing the employee to fall off and the horse then landed on the employee's left leg. The employee was hospitalized with a broken tibia.	Fractures	Lower leg(s)	Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden	Horses and other equines
12/08/2021	Progressive Casualty Insurance Company	Highland Heights	Oh	An employee tripped and fell onto the office floor, suffering a broken right femur.	Fractures	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over self	Floor
10/08/2021	Levy Restaurants at Ravinia	Highland Park	Il	At 12:45 p.m. on August 10, 2021, an employee was driving an electric cart when his right leg struck a gate. He suffered lacerations and contusions to the leg.	Cuts and abrasions or bruises	Leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident	Off-road or industrial vehicle-powered	Gates
06/07/2021	SER Infrastructure Services	Highlands	Tx	On July 6, 2021, at approximately 8:30 AM a semi-truck was delivering rebar to the site. As an employee went to the rear of the truck to help guide it, a loader grabbed one side of the rebar and caused the other side to bounce and strike the employee on his left leg. The employee suffered fractures to his tibia and fibula.	Fractures	Lower leg(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle	Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)	Loaders
29/06/2021	US Post Office	Atlantic Highlands	Nj	An employee was hospitalized due to heat stress after delivering mail.	Effects of heat and light	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat	Heat-environmental
15/06/2021	National Coatings II Inc.	Highlands Ranch	Co	An employee fell from a wastewater clarifier, landing 10 feet below and suffering broken ribs and a broken pelvis.	Fractures	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet	Special process machinery	Nonclassifiable
11/06/2021	PLASTIPAK PACKAGING, INC.	Highlands	Tx	While taking a level reading from a silo, an employee stepped out and slipped on a mixture of condensation and mud. The employee fell to the ground and sustained three broken ankle bones.	Fractures	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces	Mud
21/04/2021	D'Annunzio & Sons Inc.	Highland Mills	Ny	A water main line failed while being pressure-tested. It sent a bolt flying that struck an employee, causing internal injuries.	Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by discharged object or substance	Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers	Pressure lines, except hoses
08/04/2021	Prime Conduit, Inc.	High Springs	Fl	On April 8, 2021, an employee was setting and securing the dock plate when she fell onto the concrete floor landing on her right side.	Traumatic injuries and disorders	Nonclassifiable	Fall, slip, trip	Nonclassifiable
23/03/2021	Celtic Iron, Inc.	Highland Park	Il	An employee was standing on a sidewalk rigging a steel column when a masonry wall was struck by the tines of an all-terrain forklift. The wall toppled onto the employee causing a leg injury.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Leg(s)	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment	Walls	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
08/02/2021	FedEx Express	Highland Park	Il	An employee was walking back to his truck after delivering mail when he slipped and fell on snow and ice in a driveway, resulting in torn quadriceps in the upper left leg that required hospitalization and surgery.	Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Street, road, driveway	Ice, sleet, snow
09/10/2020	U-Haul of West Central Colorado	Highlands Ranch	Co	An employee was operating a forklift when it tipped over. The employee was pinned under the forklift and sustained a broken pelvis and a leg injury.	Fractures	Pelvis	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
28/09/2020	Plouse Machine Shop Inc.	Highspire	Pa	An employee slipped on grass near a break patio. He fell to the ground, broke his right fibula, and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.	Fractures	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Ground
26/08/2020	Tibbetts Lumber Co. LLC	Lehigh Acres	Fl	An employee was working outdoors in the lumber yard and building material orders. The employee became light-headed and had chest pain. The employee was hospitalized due to heat exhaustion.	Heat exhaustion, prostration	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat	Heat-environmental
25/03/2020	Herrick Corporation	Highland	California	An employee was erecting a steel beam. The employee fell to the ground 13 feet below, suffering a broken hip.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet	Nonclassifiable	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
02/03/2020	O'Steen Brothers, Inc.	High Springs	Florida	A truck driver had stopped to adjust the loose tarpaulin over the load of dirt in the dump truck. While climbing down after adjusting the tarpaulin, he fell to the ground breaking two ribs on the left side.	Fractures	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level	Dump truck	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
20/09/2019	St. Luke's Hospital Blue Mountain Campus	Lehighton	Pennsylvania	At about 9:30 p.m. on September 20, 2019, an employee was entering a hospital's behavioral health unit in response to an alarm. A patient struck him in the face, causing severe facial injuries. The employee was hospitalized.	Fractures	Eye(s)	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving	Patient
16/09/2019	BEALLS OUTLET	High Springs	Florida	An employee was standing on a three-step, 3-foot ladder working on a wall. As she stepped down, she fell 18 to 24 inches to the floor. She suffered a broken right ankle and was hospitalized.	Fractures	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Step ladders	Floor, n.e.c.
16/09/2019	Pro Disposal and Recycling, LLC	Highlands Ranch	Colorado	An employee was in a truck picking up trash at a residential site. When he exited the truck to pick up the trash, the truck rolled back and pinned him against another vehicle. He was hospitalized with a broken right leg. The truck was not in neutral at the time of the incident.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object	Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck	Highway vehicle, motorized
10/09/2019	OnPoint Medical Group	Highlands Ranch	Colorado	An employee walked into a storage closet and fell into an uncovered crawl space. The light was off at the time.	Traumatic injuries and disorders	Nonclassifiable	Fall through surface or existing opening	Crawl spaces	Floor, n.e.c.
26/04/2019	Academy Roofing Inc.	Highlands Ranch	Colorado	The injured employee was installing metal cap facia using a 20-foot extension ladder at a residence. The ladder was set up on top of gravel and shifted laterally. The employee fell approximately 13 feet to the ground breaking the left humerus.	Fractures	Upper arm(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet	Extension ladders	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
17/04/2019	LEESAR, INC.	Lehigh Acres	Florida	An employee was driving a forklift in reverse and hit a shelf which caused a pallet to break the employee's leg.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered	Skids, pallets
12/03/2019	Homestat Farms	Highspire	Pennsylvania	An employee was moving a 55-gallon drum of malt liquid weighing 655 pounds. The employee's right middle finger was caught between the drum and a frame, causing a partial fingertip amputation.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Barrels, drums-except pressurized
18/09/2018	MC Foundations	Highlands Ranch	Colorado	An employee fell from a scaffold to the ground while removing foundation pins, suffering a broken pelvis.	Fractures	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level	Scaffolds-staging	Ground, n.e.c.
09/08/2018	San Manuel Casino	Highland	California	An employee had been in a kneeling position using a power tool to bolt slot bases together when he stood up and felt pain in his abdomen due to a hernia.	Hernias due to traumatic incidents	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Multiple types of exertions and bodily reactions	Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
09/07/2018	Zumtobel Lighting	Highland	New York	On 07/09/2018, at 12:30 PM, an employee was sitting in a chair at a desk. When he stood up and stepped away from the chair, his foot was caught underneath the chair's wheel, causing him to lose balance and fall to the ground. He fractured his hip.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c.	Floor	Chairs
03/07/2018	Plouse Machine Shop Inc.	Highspire	Pennsylvania	An employee hand-fed parts into the mechanical power press. His arm was resting on the bolster plate when his right hand and fingers went underneath the light curtain at the front of the press. While either loading or unloading a part from the die, the press activated and the die then closed on his right index fingertip, resulting in a fingertip amputation down to the distal interphalangeal joint.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Presses, except printing
08/06/2018	Maxim Health Care Services	Highland Heights	Ohio	An employee was walking into work, tripped and fell onto her right side breaking the right arm.	Fractures	Arm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
06/03/2018	Derr & Gruenewald Construction, LLC	Highlands Ranch	Colorado	An employee was walking on tube steel at ground level when he slipped and fell to the ground, breaking his left leg and requiring hospitalization.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Structural metal materials
02/10/2017	Gateway Cylinder Technologies, LLC	Highland	Illinois	An employee was unhooking acetylene cylinders. One cylinder was still under pressure and released gas that ignited, causing the cylinder to explode. The employee suffered burns to the back, left arm, right arm, and abdomen.	Heat (thermal) burns	Multiple body parts	Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire	Containers-pressurized
11/09/2017	King Soopers #110	Highlands Ranch	Colorado	An employee was walking through the parking lot on her way into work to begin her shift. A parked car, operated by a customer, backed out of a parking space and hit the employee, knocking her to the ground. She broke six ribs and possibly broke her leg.	Fractures	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area	Automobile
07/08/2017	U. S. Postal Service	High Point	North Caroli	An employee was delivering mail to a business, tripped over a wooden walkway separator and fell striking a concrete planter and breaking several ribs.	Fractures	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces	Structural elements, n.e.c.
13/07/2017	Northern Trust Company	Highland Park	Illinois	An employee slipped and fell while walking in the lobby, twisting/rolling an ankle.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Floor
10/07/2017	Colonial Roofing, Inc.	Lehigh Acres	Florida	While climbing an access ladder through a roof hatch, an employee slipped and fell to the ground, suffering a lower leg fracture that required hospitalization.	Fractures	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level	Ladders-fixed
03/07/2017	Kemper Sports Management, Inc.	Highland Park	Illinois	On July 3, 2017, an employee was operating a range ball picker when it became stuck. The employee exited the range ball picker to push it and was run over by the picker.	Traumatic injuries and disorders	Nonclassifiable	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle	Off-road passenger vehicles-powered, n.e.c
19/06/2017	U. S. Postal Service (USPS)	North Highlands	California	An employee experienced tightness in the chest and was disoriented during his mail route. The employee was hospitalized for heat stroke.	Heat stroke	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat	Heat-environmental
29/04/2017	Bergelectric Corp.	Highland	California	An employee was installing electrical work from a steel frame when he fell approximately 20 feet to the lower level and sustained broken ribs and a spine fracture. His personal fall arrest system was disconnected at the time of the incident.	Fractures	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet	Structural elements
03/04/2017	Eaton B-Line	Highland	Illinois	The injured employee was setting cribbing for the landing of c-channel shaped metal material on the ground. The injured employee was standing next to the powered industrial truck that held the stacked material that was going onto the cribbing when the stacked material rolled onto the employee's left leg resulting in a fractured ankle.	Fractures	Ankle(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part	Structural metal materials	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
06/01/2017	Donald B. Remmey, Inc.	Lehighton	Pennsylvania	On January 6, 2017, at approximately 11:45 a.m., an employee was operating a radial arm saw and amputated a ring finger.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment	Arm saws, radial arm saws
05/10/2016	JC Steel LLC	Highlands Ranch	Colorado	An employee was welding structural steel. While descending a ladder, the employee fell to the ground and dislocated an ankle, requiring hospitalization.	Dislocation of joints	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level	Ladders
01/10/2016	Rubio's	Highlands Ranch	Colorado	An employee was using a chef's knife to cut steak when the knife cut her thumb, amputating the tip.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker	Knives
17/09/2016	Petco Animal Supplies Stores, Inc.	Highland Park	Illinois	An employee was walking a dog from the back kennel area to the bathing area when the dog suddenly started to run causing the employee to trip on a mat and fall. The employee was hospitalized with a broken right hip and injuries to the knee and neck.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object	Floor	Floor coverings- nonstructural
08/08/2016	YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas	Highland Village	Texas	An employee was tubing when she hit her head and suffered a concussion.	Concussions	Brain	Water vehicle incident	Water vehicle	Water sports equipment
15/07/2016	Xcel Energy Inc.	Highlands Ranch	Colorado	With the assistance of a sling swing the employee was loading a big gas valve into a truck with his bare hands. During the loading, the sling rotated thus rotating the valve, which caused the employee to pinch his finger between the sling and the valve resulting in the amputation of his thumb just below the fingernail.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Valves, nozzles	Slings
06/06/2016	Eaton B-Line	Highland	Illinois	An employee was using a utility knife to wrap parts in cardboard when the knife slipped and amputated the middle fingertip.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker	Box cutters and razor knives
15/05/2016	Home Depot - Highlands Ranch	Highlands Ranch	Colorado	An employee was connecting the hitch of a wood chipper to a customer's truck when the hitch ball fell on top of his left foot. He had surgery and was hospitalized.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Foot (feet)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.	Vehicle and mobile equipment parts	Pickup truck
29/04/2016	Duffield Aluminum, Inc.	High Springs	Florida	The employee was on a ladder securing facia board to the roof. The employee fell to the ground and suffered multiple left rib fractures.	Fractures	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level	Movable ladders
22/04/2016	King Soopers #27	Highlands Ranch	Colorado	An employee laid the dock plate down on a trailer bed to unload a trailer. A piece of wood was sticking out from the trailer wall, preventing the dock plate from laying all the way down. The employee used his foot to kick the wood out of the way, which caused his foot to become stuck under the dock plate. His ankle broke and started bleeding.	Fractures	Ankle(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Ramps, loading docks, dock plates	Trailers
09/04/2016	Waste Management of Palm Beach	Highland Beach	Florida	An employee was picking up a garbage dumpster when his left middle finger was caught between the cable and dumpster, crushing his fingertip.	Crushing injuries	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck	Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
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