Oakland California is known for its high rate of machinery accidents. In fact, the city has the fourth highest rate of machinery accidents in the state. Many of these accidents are caused by careless or inexperienced workers who don’t follow safety guidelines. However, there are also many serious accidents that happen due to defective equipment. If you or someone you know has been injured in a machinery accident in Oakland, don’t hesitate to contact an experienced lawyer.
Manufacturing Companies
There are numerous industrial companies located in Oakland California. Some notable Oakland companies include
| The Clorox Company Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream Holdings, Inc. The Glad Products Company Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, Inc. The Clorox International Company Clorox Manufacturing Company E.L.F. Beauty, Inc. |
Clorox Services Company The Kingsford Products Company LLC Mettler-Toledo Rainin, LLC Ebara America Corporation Fleenor Company, Inc. Creative Energy Foods, Inc. Premisys Communications, Inc. |
Machinery Accidents
Oakland California machinery accident examples can be found in many forms, from industrial to transportation. Machinery accidents can be tragic and life-altering. If you or a loved one has been involved in such an accident, it is important to seek legal help as soon as possible. An experienced attorney can help you recover the compensation you deserve and hold the responsible parties accountable.
Here are a few reports of Oakland California accidents
| AccidentDate | Employer | City | State | Description | Injury | Body Part | Event | Injury Source | Other Injury Source |
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| 05/11/2021 | Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc. | Oakland | Ms | An employee was performing sanitation tasks on a conveyor. Moving parts in the machine caught his arm, breaking it. He was hospitalized. | Fractures | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Conveyors-powered | |
| 07/09/2021 | Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc. | Oakland | Ms | An employee was troubleshooting a dock plate on the loading dock with other maintenance workers. When the lockout pin on the dock plate was removed, the plate fell down and caught the employee's left leg. The employee sustained a compound fracture of the left femur and a head laceration. | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment | Ramps, loading docks, dock plates | |
| 26/08/2020 | Miami Wrecking Co | Oakland Park | Fl | An employee developed muscle cramps after working on a rooftop. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion. | Heat exhaustion, prostration | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat-environmental | |
| 24/08/2020 | Dosoles Electric Corp | Oakland Park | Fl | An employee fell, injuring his ankle and breaking his index finger. He was hospitalized. | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Fall, slip, trip | Nonclassifiable | |
| 16/03/2020 | Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc. | Oakland | Mississippi | An employee was pouring caustic into a kettle with hot water to sanitize the kettle. A chemical reaction occurred, causing caustic to splash back onto him. The employee sustained chemical burns to parts of the face, the eye, and also to the wrists, neck, thigh, and buttocks. | Chemical burns and corrosions | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue | Chemicals and chemical products | |
| 07/02/2020 | Shaddai Cleaning Services LLC | Oakland | Florida | An employee was sweeping a bedroom on the second floor of a new-built residence. She backed into a hallway and fell from a balcony in a place where the guardrail had not been completed. She landed about 12 feet below, on stairs at the bottom of a stairway; she then rolled down to the floor. She suffered three broken ribs on the left side, as well as a fractured lower-back vertebra. | Fractures | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level | Porches, balconies, decks, patios | Floor, n.e.c. |
| 27/08/2019 | Bottling Group, LLC | Oakland | Florida | While restocking a vending machine at a customer site, an employee began to fell unwell and suffered cramping. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration. | Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat-environmental | |
| 13/05/2019 | Nutrien Ag Solutions, Inc. | Oakland | Illinois | On May 13, 2019, at approximately 8:20 a.m., an employee was pumping anhydrous ammonia from bulk storage tanks into a 1000 gallon anhydrous ammonia mobile nurse tank. Ammonia released from the valve and burned the employee. | Chemical burns and corrosions | Pelvic region | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue | Ammonia, anhydrous ammonia | |
| 07/01/2019 | BRUSCO TUG AND BARGE INC | Oakland | California | An employee was on a loaded barge when he leaned over the stern of the barge and attempted to free the port stern wire from the lower port knee rubber. He was then crushed between the port knee and the barge, suffering a broken leg. | Fractures | Leg(s) | Water vehicle incident, n.e.c. | Barge | |
| 01/09/2018 | Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc. | Oakland | Mississippi | An employee was loading a metal locker onto a forklift when the locker door opened and slammed back, cutting his left ring fingertip and resulting in an amputation. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. | Lockers | |
| 13/02/2018 | Easley & Rivers, Inc. | Oakland | Pennsylvania | An employee was grinding while standing on a bakers scaffold and fell off the scaffold fracturing an arm. | Fractures | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level | Scaffolds-self-supporting staging | |
| 28/04/2017 | St. Moritz Security Services, Inc. | Oakland | Pennsylvania | An employee was walking down stairs while performing security guard rounds and fell down the stairs between the fifth and fourth floors. The employee was hospitalized for a possible ligament injury. | Traumatic injuries and disorders | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level | Stairs, steps-indoors | |
| 01/07/2016 | SSA Terminals | Oakland | California | An employee was hooking wire rope slings to a cargo container when one of the slings came loose and struck the employee on the chest. The employee suffered broken ribs, a cracked sternum, and a fractured left ring finger. | Fractures | Multiple body parts | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. | Slings | |
| 02/12/2015 | Ajinomoto Windsor | Oakland | Mississippi | An employee attempted to remove a metal object from the dough on a dough conveyor. The employee's right hand got caught and smashed between the conveyor and roller. | Crushing injuries | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Conveyors-roller | |
| 26/10/2015 | Ajinomoto Windsor, Inc. | Oakland | Mississippi | An employee was operating a Solbern conveyor. The products being transported on the conveyor became jammed at the end of the conveyor. The operator attempted to clear the jam by reaching underneath the conveyor and removing the product that was stuck between the conveyor and a tray. The operator's right ring finger was caught in a belt underneath the conveyor and the skin was peeled from the tip of the finger. The finger was amputated just below the finger nail at the hospital. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Conveyors-belt | |
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