Oklahoma City Oklahoma – Machine Injury & Accidents

Accidents happen, and when they do it’s important to know what to do in order to protect yourself and your loved ones. This article will provide you with information on Oklahoma City machinery accidents, what you should do if you are involved in one, and how to seek legal help if necessary.

Accident Statistics

Oklahoma City is home to a large number of machinery accidents. In 2013, there were a total of 26 machinery accidents in Oklahoma City. This is a significant increase from the 11 machinery accidents that occurred in 2012. The most common type of machinery accident in Oklahoma City is tractor-trailer accident. These accidents accounted for 36% of all machinery related accidents in Oklahoma City in 2013.

Manufacturing Companies

Manufacturing is a critical sector of the Oklahoma economy, employing more than 275,000 Oklahomans. In 2008, manufacturing accounted for nearly one-third of the state’s GDP.

The following are some of the major manufacturing companies headquartered in Oklahoma City:

Denali Incorporated
Semgroup Corporation
Wwsc Holdings, LLC
Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC
Quiktrip Corporation
W&W-Afco Steel LLC
The Charles Machine Works Inc

Argonaut Private Equity Fund III, LP
Hall Capital, LLC
Lopez Foods, Inc.
Tronox US Holdings Inc.
Seventy Seven Operating LLC
LSB Industries, Inc.
Aaon, Inc.

Machinery Accidents

There have been machinery accidents in Oklahoma City Oklahoma, and unfortunately, these often result in serious injuries or death. In order to help prevent these accidents from happening, it is important to understand the risks associated with machinery use and to take the necessary precautions. Contact an experienced lawyer if you or a loved one is injured.

These are some examples of the serious consequences that can result from a machinery accident in Oklahoma City:

AccidentDate	Employer	City	State	Description	Injury	Body Part	Event	Injury Source	Other Injury Source
18/11/2021	Clements Foods Co.	Oklahoma City	Ok	An employee was trying to remove some tape on a conveyor belt's pulley. The belt pulled the employee's right little finger under the guard, causing the amputation of the fingertip.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Conveyors-belt
11/11/2021	Aquahawk Energy	Oklahoma City	Ok	An employee was moving a water pump with a skid steer. When the employee reached the top of a hill, the water pump slid off the skid steer's forks and hit the cab. It entered the cab and struck the employee, who suffered a laceration to the left calf.	Cuts, lacerations	Lower leg(s)	Struck by shifting load during transport, nonroadway	Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
04/11/2021	Metal Container Corporation	Oklahoma City	Ok	An employee was using a rag to clean a liner while rotating the liner turret counter-clockwise with his left hand. The employee's right little finger was caught between the stationary dog leg channel and the rotating star wheel. The fingertip was amputated above the first knuckle.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery
24/10/2021	Rush Truck Centers of Oklahoma, Inc.	Oklahoma City	Ok	A Rush employee was working under a garbage truck cab that had been jacked halfway up. The cab fell and pinned his arms and leg against the engine. He was pinned for some time before being found, and was hospitalized to lower toxin levels in his leg.	Traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.	Leg(s)	Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached	Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
21/10/2021	ATC Drivetrain, LLC	Oklahoma City	Ok	An employee was assisting in an inventory count by removing a pallet of goods from the second-to-top shelf of an inventory rack using a forklift. The employee's forklift struck the cross beam of the shelf above and the pallet became unstable. A few boxes fell off the pallet, striking the forklift's protective cage. The employee then exited the forklift to move away from the scene and another pallet fell striking the employee's lower back. The employee sustained an abrasion and hematoma to the lo	Multiple surface wounds and bruises	Lumbar region	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.	Skids, pallets	Racks-garment and other
15/10/2021	Legend Senior Living, LLC	Oklahoma City	Ok	An employee tripped on a kitchen mat and fell, suffering an injury to the right shoulder and arm.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Shoulder(s) and arm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object	Floor	Floor coverings- nonstructural
01/10/2021	Scissortail Park Foundation	Oklahoma City	Ok	An employee was helping pump liquid chlorine from a larger vessel into a smaller vessel. The employee developed chlorine exposure symptoms.	Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode	Chlorine, chlorine bleach
25/08/2021	U.S. Postal Service	Oklahoma City	Ok	A postal employee was delivering mail to a residence when three large dogs broke through a fence and attacked. The employee suffered bites to both arms and the right thigh that required stitches.	Open wounds	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous	Dogs, canines-domestic
22/07/2021	Wright Tree Service, Inc.	Oklahoma City	Ok	An employee was descending a pole after performing trimming activities when he kicked his 20-inch pole saw and the saw began to fall. The employee attempted to catch the pole while it was falling and the blade lacerated the webbing of his right hand between the index finger and thumb.	Cuts, lacerations	Hand(s), except finger(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker	Saws-power not determined
08/07/2021	Manhattan Road & Bridge	Oklahoma City	Ok	An employee became dehydrated while finishing concrete. The employee felt weak and dizzy and became ill. The employee was hospitalized.	Effects of heat and light, n.e.c.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat	Heat-environmental
25/06/2021	Pratt Industries, LLC	Oklahoma City	Ok	An employee was loading paper product into a box folding machine when the conveyor system pulled his right hand into the machine, resulting in a laceration on his finger and a broken hand.	Fractures	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Paper production machinery
16/06/2021	Wynn Constuction Co., Inc.	Oklahoma City	Ok	An employee was walking the metal decking of a roof when he fell through the decking approximately 13-14 feet to lower level, resulting in a broken wrist, pelvis, femur, and leg.	Fractures	Multiple body parts	Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet	Existing roof openings, other than skylights	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
13/06/2021	Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc.	Oklahoma City	Ok	An employee was descending a 3 ft. aluminum ladder after retrieving merchandise and missed the bottom step, falling to the floor. The employee sustained a broken right hip and required surgery.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Step ladders	Floor, n.e.c.
07/05/2021	Clements Foods Co.	Oklahoma City	Ok	Two employees were operating a label machine when a label got stuck on a paddle. While removing the stuck label, the machine was turned on and pulled an employee's right arm into the point of operation. The employee sustained a crushing injury, loss of skin tissue, and may have tendon damage.	Crushing injuries	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Product labeling machinery
05/05/2021	US Department of Transportation-FAA	Oklahoma City	Ok	An employee was struck by the forks of a powered industrial truck (PIT) and pinned against an adjacent wall. The employee suffered leg pain, weakness, and loss of feeling.	Multiple nonspecified injuries and disorders	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
21/04/2021	Friend Tire Company	Oklahoma City	Ok	An employee was standing on a pallet of tires on an order picker. The pallet fell and the employee fell with it, striking the tires and the ground below. The employee suffered three broken back vertebrae and broken ribs.	Fractures	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered	Floor, n.e.c.
19/04/2021	Crest Foods	Oklahoma City	Ok	An employee was operating a reach lift. The employee's lower left leg was crushed between the reach lift and metal shelving.	Crushing injuries	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered	Shelves, shelving
09/04/2021	Averitt Express, Inc.	Oklahoma City	Ok	An employee was driving a forklift inside a box truck. While adjusting the load, the employee's leg was pinned by the forklift, resulting in a leg fracture.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Nonclassifiable	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
11/03/2021	Standard Iron & Metal Co., LLC	Oklahoma City	Ok	An employee was picking trash and metal off a conveyor belt when their right arm became trapped in the conveyor belt roller drum, resulting in amputation below the shoulder.	Amputations	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Conveyors-belt
03/03/2021	United Engines, LLC	Oklahoma City	Ok	An employee was making repairs to a 480-volt generator. A cable came in contact with a lug on the load side of the transfer switch, causing an arc flash that burned the employee's hands, left arm, and neck.	Electrical burns	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity	Generators
03/03/2021	Herbert Malarkey Roofinf Company	Oklahoma City	Ok	An employee was splashed by hot asphalt while unloading a truck. The employee suffered burns to the back and both arms.	Heat (thermal) burns	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances	Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement
01/03/2021	Dobson Technologies/Dobson Fiber	Oklahoma City	Ok	An employee was working in a shallow trench preparing to install fiberoptic cable. When he stood up, he hit his head on the bucket of a trackhoe and had a seizure.	Intracranial injuries, n.e.c.	Brain	Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising	Backhoes, trackhoes
24/02/2021	Locke Supply Co.	Oklahoma City	Ok	An associate was troubleshooting a faulty electrical component on a golf cart equipped with a flatbed when the cart energized and started to move backward. The associate grabbed the front of the cart; the cart's directional switch was then flipped, causing the cart to move forward and push him against a stationary forklift. The associate was hospitalized with a fractured right hip.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object	Golf cart, personnel transport cart	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
22/02/2021	Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages	Oklahoma City	Ok	A forklift operator had just finished loading a trailer and was trying to return a dock leveler machine to its neutral position. The flap remained extended; as he tried to close it with his right hand, the dock plate lowered and pinched his right middle finger in the flap pinch point. The fingertip was amputated.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
19/02/2021	US FOODS	Oklahoma City	Ok	An employee was shoveling snow at a delivery location, experienced chest pains, and was hospitalized for a heart attack.	Myocardial infarction (heart attack)	Heart	Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources	Shovels
10/02/2021	U.S. Postal Service	Oklahoma City	Ok	An employee slipped and fell on ice in a parking lot, suffering a broken left leg.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Parking lot	Ice, sleet, snow
27/01/2021	Madison Painting	Oklahoma City	Ok	An employee was moving material on a dolly. The dolly tipped over and the employee suffered a broken leg.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment	Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
25/01/2021	JORDAN CONTRACTORS, INC	Oklahoma City	Ok	An employee was working near a mini excavator and was struck by the excavator's bucket. The employee sustained a brain bleed.	Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages	Brain	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle	Mini excavators
18/01/2021	CLEMENTS FOODS COMPANY	Oklahoma City	Ok	An employee was removing a bottle that was stuck on the production line when his right pinky finger was caught between the conveyer belt and a pole that directs the bottles to the filling station, resulting in amputation.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Conveyors-belt
02/10/2020	BRAUM'S, Inc.	Oklahoma City	Ok	An employee slipped in water that was on the ground next to the sink, fell, and struck the back of her head. The employee was hospitalized.	Intracranial injuries	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping	Floor	Water
16/09/2020	DENVER ACOUSTICS & DRYWALL, INC.	Oklahoma City	Ok	An employee was working from a perry style scaffold that was 3 feet off the ground when he stepped backward off the scaffold and fell to the ground. He broke his right tibia, requiring hospitalization and surgery.	Fractures	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Scaffolds-self-supporting staging	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
10/09/2020	Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.	Oklahoma City	Ok	An employee was operating a standup forklift and struck a steel beam. The employee's leg was crushed between the beam and the forklift resulting in amputation of the foot above the ankle.	Amputations	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered	Girders, beams, structural steel
31/08/2020	Insulation Distributors, Inc	Oklahoma City	Ok	Material was being loaded in a metal building laminating machine. The machine's saw blade came off, cutting an employee's foot.	Cuts, lacerations	Foot (feet)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle	Saw blades-unattached	Special process machinery, n.e.c.
11/08/2020	TA Operating LLC	Oklahoma City	Ok	An employee was working on the driveline of a semi-truck when the driveline shaft fell onto their fingers. Two fingers were amputated.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached	Engine parts and accessories
22/07/2020	Anytime Labor	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Two temporary employees were installing a fence post. The post was driven down with a post driver; one employee's hand was on the post, and that employee suffered a severe laceration that resulted in the amputation of the right little finger.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person	Striking and nailing handtools-nonpowered
12/07/2020	Lopez Foods, Inc.	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	An employee was clearing a piece of meat from the drain plug of a meat grinder and suffered amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Meat grinders
09/07/2020	W & W - AFCO Steel LLC	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	On July 9, 2020, an employee was in a training class, practicing how to rig and flip I-beams using a chain. His right thumb was slammed between the chain and the beam, causing an avulsion; the thumb tip was medically amputated on July 10, 2020.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Beams-unattached metal	Chains, n.e.c.
27/06/2020	G L Z Acoustics, LLC	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	An employee was working on a scaffold raised to a height of approximately four feet to install can light trim and sheet rock the ceiling. As the employee exited the end of the scaffold, he mis-stepped on the rung of the ladder integrated to the scaffold. He fell backward and struck his head on the wall. His hard hat fell off and then his head struck the floor. He was hospitalized for a fractured skull and bleeding in the brain.	Skull fracture and intracranial injury	Brain	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Scaffolds-staging	Floor, n.e.c.
26/06/2020	Telco Supply Company	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	As an employee was working in a shallow trench, the ground beneath an excavator collapsed, causing the excavator to fall into the trench and strike the employee. The employee was temporarily pinned between the excavator and a communication box installed in the trench, suffering broken ribs and back vertebrae.	Fractures	Multiple trunk locations	Excavation or trenching cave-in	Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations	Excavating machinery
20/05/2020	McClarin Plastics, LLC	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	An employee was maneuvering a piece of melamine material through a table saw. The employee's hand came into contact with the spinning sawblade, which cut his hand and finger.	Cuts, lacerations	Hand(s) and finger(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment	Table saws
13/05/2020	Nortek Air Solutions	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	An employee was lowering a component onto a welding table using a crane when the employee's left small finger was caught between the load and the table, resulting in a fracture and partial fingertip amputation.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Cranes	Tables, worktables
17/04/2020	Mid-Continent Rental Company	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	An employee was attempting to position a power cylinder head into storage with an overhead crane. While placing the power cylinder in the bottom part of the rack, the rack shook and knocked off another power cylinder that struck the employee, who suffered broken ribs and a collapsed lung.	Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.	Machine, tool, and electric parts	Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
13/04/2020	Love's Travel Stops and Country Stores Inc.	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	An employee was walking out of a shower he had just cleaned. The closing door caught his prosthetic left leg, causing him to trip and fall to the tile floor. His hip was broken.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object	Floor	Doors, except garage and vehicle
27/03/2020	Pratt Industries, LLC	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	An employee was helping replace plastic straps on a unit of corrugated boxes. He tripped on a plastic strap that had been removed during this process and fell to the floor, breaking the ball joint in his left hip.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object	Floor	Strapping
19/03/2020	Downing Wellhead Equipment LLC	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	A CNC part fell from an overhead crane sling. An employee jumped out of its way and struck a tool cabinet, suffering a broken rib.	Fractures	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.	Cabinets, cases-display, storage	Parts and materials
13/03/2020	Baker Hughes	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	An employee was positioning an oilfield drill bit when it fell from the connection fixture it was connected onto. The bit fell onto the employee's left ring fingertip and crushed it against the work surface. The fingertip was medically amputated.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part	Drill bits-unattached	Cranes
15/02/2020	Raising Cane's Restaurant C318	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	An employee suffered a punctured lung while carrying a sauce bucket. The employee dropped the bucket and the bucket bounced off a door and struck the employee.	Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker	Buckets, baskets, pails
13/02/2020	US FOODS	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	An employee was working in a freezer unit, slipped and fell, suffering a bruised back and ribs and a blood clot. He was hospitalized.	Bruises, contusions	Multiple trunk locations	Fall on same level due to slipping	Floor
13/01/2020	Waukesha Pearce Industries LLC	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	An employee was power-washing engine parts with a high-pressure water hose. The water from the pressure wand cut through the employee's steel-toed right shoe, lacerating the foot.	Cuts, lacerations	Foot (feet)	Struck by discharged object or substance	Pressurized water-blast	Power washers
10/01/2020	Cook Compression	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	An employee was trying to extract a pipe liner out of a pipe, holding and positioning a bar inside the pipe (through an opening on the pipe) while another employee used a press to press the liner out. The first employee's wrist was crushed between the liner and the pipe.	Crushing injuries	Wrist(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	Pipes, ducts, tubing
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