West Covina California – Machine Injury & Accidents

In West Covina, California, there have been a large number of machinery accidents in the past few years. This is because many of these accidents involve heavy equipment, which can be very dangerous if not used correctly. Unfortunately, many people are not aware of the dangers posed by machinery, and they continue to operate these machines without any caution. As a result of this negligence, many people have lost their lives in machinery accidents in West Covina. If you or someone you know has been injured as a result of a machinery accident in West Covina, please do not hesitate to contact an experienced lawyer.

Manufacturing Companies

There are many manufacturing companies located in West Covina, California. Some of these companies include:

Baatz Enterprises, Inc.
Interspace Battery, Inc.
Synplus, Inc.
Macdonald Carbide Co.
Iheartraves, LLC
Valerios Tropical Bake Shop
Waisun Corporation

Ola Nation LLC
Bridgewater Distribution
Redline Crane, Inc.
Taurus Spice Inc.
Jamsyd Inc.
Interchange Pallet Solutions
Jackin U.S.A. Inc.

Each of these companies has a different focus, but all of them contribute to the economy of West Covina.

These are just a few of the many manufacturing companies located in West Covina, California. These companies provide jobs for residents and help to keep the economy strong.

Machinery Accidents

There have been a number of machinery accidents in West Covina California over the years. Some of these have been very serious, resulting in injuries or even death. If you or a loved one has been involved in a machinery accident, it’s important to know that you have options. An experienced personal injury lawyer can help you understand your rights and fight for the compensation you deserve. Don’t hesitate to reach out for help after an accident.

Here are some reports of accidents that have occurred in West Covina:

AccidentDate	Employer	City	State	Description	Injury	Body Part	Event	Injury Source	Other Injury Source
15/11/2021	Academy Bus, LLC	West Palm Beach	Fl	An employee was working in the engine compartment of a bus. The bus was turned on and the employee's hands were caught in a pulley. The employee's left hand was injured.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Bus
10/11/2021	Eby-Brown	West Mifflin	Pa	A forklift trainer was teaching another employee how to use a stand-on powered pallet jack. The trainee backed up the powered pallet jack, then moved it forward. It pinned the trainer's leg against a guardrail, causing a compound fracture.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area	Pallet jack-powered
06/11/2021	Airgas Store	West Chicago	Il	On November 6, 2021, an employee was using a wrench to release pressure from a carbon dioxide supply pipe. The pipe had been venting and it suddenly stopped. As the employee was checking the pipe, it disconnected and smashed his right index, middle, and ring fingers. The employee suffered bruises too all three fingers and an amputated middle fingertip.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance	Pipes, ducts, tubing
03/11/2021	Feldkamp Enterprises, Inc.	Westerville	Oh	An employee stepped into a water-filled plumbing pit while looking at an overhead HVAC duct. The employee was hospitalized, suffering from back pain.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall through surface or existing opening	Existing floor opening	Confined spaces
01/11/2021	Walmart, Inc.	West Melbourne	Fl	An employee was walking into work when she tripped over a water hose and fell to the concrete, resulting in a broken hip and a broken rib.	Fractures	Multiple trunk locations	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces	Hoses
26/10/2021	Advance Auto Parts	West Homestead	Pa	An employee tripped and fell while walking through an aisle, landing on the floor and suffering a broken hip. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over self	Floor
26/10/2021	Cincinnati Incorporated	West Memphis	Ar	An employee was replacing springs in a counter balance unit on a shear machine when something shifted in the machine and his left hand was caught in the machine, resulting in amputation of the left ring fingertip.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	Shearing machines
24/10/2021	Torrid LLC	West Jefferson	Oh	On October 24, 2021, at approximately 8:45 a.m., a section of the belly pan of a conveyor was removed to inspect the snubber roller. The injured employee began to inspect the roller when their left hand was caught between the snubber roller and the conveyor belt while the conveyor was in operation, resulting in an abrasion, contusion, and crushing injury to their left hand and arm.	Crushing injuries	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Conveyors-belt
23/10/2021	Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi, LLC	West Point	Ms	On October 23, 2021, at 2:40 a.m., an employee's left index finger was caught between a dye holder and a bottom wedge, resulting in amputation at the first joint.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery
20/10/2021	Innovative Confection Solutions	Westlake	Oh	An employee was unjamming debris in a food processor pump. Moving parts in the pump caused the amputation of the employee's right thumb tip. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized
09/10/2021	Kia Georgia, Inc.	West Point	Ga	An employee was performing routine preventative maintenance checks and inspections on a capacitor bank while training a coworker on the inspection process. When the employee opened the panel an electrical arc flash occurred. One employee suffered second and third degree electrical burns to both arms, both hands, and the upper torso. The second employee suffered second degree burns to both arms, both hands, and neck. Both employees were hospitalized.	Third or fourth degree electrical burns	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity	Electric parts
01/10/2021	SERVICE ELECTRIC COMPANY	West Palm Beach	Fl	Employees were removing electrical cables for replacement. When one employee cut a cable, the employee was shocked in the abdominal area.	Electrocutions, electric shocks	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity	Electric parts
01/10/2021	DuraServ Corp. dba Overhead Door of South Florida	West Palm Beach	Fl	An employee was on a lift when he released a lift control. The lift fell and struck his right elbow. The employee suffered a contusion and musculoskeletal injury to his right elbow, and bacterial infections on his right elbow and forearm.	Bruises, contusions	Elbow(s)	Contact with objects and equipment	Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted
30/09/2021	R.H. White Construction Co., Inc.	West Hartford	Ct	An employee was loading a dump truck using a mini excavator. The employee dumped the load and backed up when the mini excavator tipped over and leaned against a tree. The employee jumped out of the excavator and landed on the ground, resulting in a lower back injury.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Lumbar region	Other jump to lower level	Mini excavators	Ground, n.e.c.
24/09/2021	Joann OMNI Distribution Center	West Jefferson	Oh	On September 24, 2021, at 8:50 a.m., an employee was driving a stand-up forklift when the forklift collided with palletized material. The employee's left foot was crushed under the lift, resulting in multiple toe amputations.	Amputations	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered	Skids, pallets
14/09/2021	SDV Transport Inc	Westerville	Oh	An employee fell down stairs while carrying a large package, suffering a broken elbow.	Fractures	Elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level	Stairs, steps	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
10/09/2021	V&M ERECTORS, INC.	Weston	Fl	An employee fell about 40 feet from a manlift while setting a steel beam and was hospitalized for multiple sprains.	Sprains	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet	Manlifts	Nonclassifiable
08/09/2021	Resource Partnering Group Inc.	West Palm Beach	Fl	An employee was replacing high hats when he was shocked by electricity and fell from the second step of a ladder to the ground. In addition to being shocked, the employee sustained a leg injury and was hospitalized.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level	Movable ladders	Electric parts
03/09/2021	Medline Industries	West Jefferson	Oh	An employee was operating a reach truck. During a turn, his left foot was crushed between the vehicle and the yellow upright bumper guard of some racking.	Crushing injuries	Foot (feet)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered	Racks-garment and other
02/09/2021	FAMILY DOLLAR DISTRIBUTION CENTER	West Memphis	Ar	An employee was mounting a tugger and engaged the throttle. The tugger spun backward in a circle and pinned her left leg against a short beam and desk which resulted in fractures to the leg.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident	Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c	Desks
31/08/2021	Alpha Coating Technologies, LLC- PPG West Chicago	West Chicago	Il	On August 31, 2021, an employee was running an extruder. As the employee used a metal spatula to scrape built-up extrudate from the chill knife, he lost his balance and his little finger was caught in the rollers. The fingertip was degloved.	Avulsions, enucleations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Extruding machinery
27/08/2021	R F OWENS CO, INC.	West Bridgewater	Ma	On August 27, 2021, an employee was using a patty machine to make hamburger patties. The employee was straightening a metal mold plate below the knockout cup when the machine amputated the tips of two fingers on the employee's left hand. The machine was not guarded at the time.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery	Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized
13/08/2021	DS Containers, Inc.	West Chicago	Il	An employee was cleaning a printing roller when his index and middle fingers were pinched between two rollers. The index finger was medically amputated.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Printing machinery and equipment
12/08/2021	Walmart Supercenter Store 2223	Westminster	Co	An employee slipped on a broken piece of cardboard and fell to the floor, breaking her hip.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Floor	Cardboard
10/08/2021	King Soopers	Westminster	Co	An employee slipped on water on a floor and fell, breaking her femur near the hip.	Fractures	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Floor	Water
09/08/2021	VCA Veterinary Specialists of CT	West Hartford	Ct	A veterinary employee was bitten on the arm by a cat as she restrained it on an exam room table.	Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds	Arm(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous	Cats, felines-domestic
06/08/2021	Shawmut Corporation	West Bridgewater	Ma	An employee was removing masks from the conveyor. A mask was stuck in the main conveyor and as the employee attempted to remove the mask, her finger was caught in the sprocket pinch point and amputated.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Conveyors-powered
03/08/2021	BOISE CASCADE	Westfield	Ma	An employee was operating a stand-up forklift in a warehouse. He backed into a parked forklift and suffered an injury to his right leg.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Leg(s)	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
02/08/2021	ABM Industries Inc.	Weston	Fl	An employee was performing maintenance while on a ladder when they fell approximately 5 feet to the ground, resulting in a fractured wrist.	Fractures	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Ladders	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
27/07/2021	PRG CONSTRUCTION INC	West Roxbury	Ma	An employee suffered an amputation while working on a table saw.	Amputations	Nonclassifiable	Contact with objects and equipment	Table saws
24/07/2021	The Jel Sert Co.	West Chicago	Il	On July 24, 2021, at 4:15 p.m., an employee and a co-worker were verifying prior work done on a machine. The employee had his hand in the freezer bar sealer area when the co-worker activated the machine by opening the air valve that powered the sealer. The sealer then closed on the employee's right hand, resulting in an open fracture and an amputation of the middle fingertip.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.	Special process machinery
22/07/2021	Green Acre Construction	West Chester	Pa	An employee was climbing down a ladder from a roof. The ladder slipped out and the employee fell to the ground, suffering a broken L4 vertebra.	Fractures	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level	Movable ladders	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
21/07/2021	Ceco Concrete Construction	West Palm Beach	Fl	An employee stepped onto a mason scaffold that collapsed. The employee fell with the scaffold, sustaining a head laceration, and fractures to the ribs, clavicle, and thumb.	Fractures	Multiple body parts	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment	Scaffolds-self-supporting staging	Structures and surfaces
20/07/2021	B&B ENTERTAINMENT, LLC	West Park	Fl	Employees were standing outside when a drive-by shooting occurred. Three employees sustained gunshot wounds.	Gunshot wounds	Nonclassifiable	Shooting by other person-intentional	Person, other than injured or ill worker	Firearm
15/07/2021	Lyons and Hohl, Inc.	West Chester	Pa	An employee was cutting a 15-inch concrete pipe with a 20-inch radial hand saw. The saw kicked back and deeply lacerated the employee's chest. The employee was hospitalized.	Cuts, lacerations	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker	Saws-powered, except chainsaws
15/07/2021	Qualiwash Holdings	West Memphis	Ar	An employee was preparing to clean a chemical tanker when a pressure release occurred, spraying the employee with acrylic acid and resulting in chemical burns to their legs and abdomen.	Chemical burns and corrosions	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue	Acids
09/07/2021	Red Lion Insulation - Masco Contractor Services	West Berlin	Nj	An employee was installing insulation when they fell to the basement floor below, resulting in broken ribs.	Fractures	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall to lower level	Nonclassifiable
09/07/2021	The Port-O-Lite Company Inc.	West Swanzey	Nh	An employee's thumb was pinched and lacerated while making adjustments to the shutter on a press machine.	Cuts, lacerations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Presses, except printing
07/07/2021	Peays Electric II, Inc	West Melbourne	Fl	On July 7, 2021, an employee was using a wooden platform that was about 10 to 12 feet high to install the overhead can lights on a new two-story home. The wooden platform gave way causing the employee to fall on his feet. He was hospitalized for a broken right ankle.	Fractures	Ankle(s)	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet	Scaffolds-improvised staging	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
07/07/2021	Target Food Distribution Center	West Jefferson	Oh	On July 7, 2021, an employee was operating a standup forklift. When they lifted their left foot to apply the brake, their foot extended outside the operator compartment and was caught between the forklift and a concrete curb, resulting in a fractured left ankle and lacerated shin.	Fractures	Ankle(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered	Curbs
28/06/2021	FERREIRA CONSTRUCTION CO.	Westerly	Ri	An employee was hand digging in a trench 4 feet deep. As the employee was about to exit the trench using a ladder, he tripped on a pipe and fell against a spreader bar with a locking pin sticking out. The employee's lower torso impacted the locking pin when he fell, resulting in a severe bruise and contusion.	Bruises, contusions	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object	Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations	Pipes, ducts, tubing
24/06/2021	KING BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION LLC	West Seneca	Ny	An employee was dismantling a pole scaffold when they fell approximately 15 to 18 feet to the ground below, potentially making contact with the scaffold as they fell. The employee suffered injuries to their shoulder, leg, and ribs.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet	Scaffolds-staging	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
24/06/2021	3L of Ohio LLC.	Westerville	Oh	An employee was descending a ladder after repairing a dormer on a roof when they fell 10 feet to the ground, resulting in a concussion and a fractured leg and arm.	Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet	Movable ladders	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
23/06/2021	United Natural Foods Inc.	West Chesterfield	Nh	An employee was operating a dock plate while making a delivery when their little finger got caught in the dock plate at the delivery site loading dock. The employee suffered a crush injury that resulted in surgery and a fingertip amputation.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
22/06/2021	Peco Foods, INC	West Point	Ms	An employee was helping change trays for a shaker table. As the employee was closing a latch for a tray, it caught his index fingertip. About a quarter of the fingertip was amputated.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	Machinery
15/06/2021	CBRE Inc.	West Henrietta	Ny	An employee was standing on the fourth or fifth rung from the top of a 10-foot A-frame ladder, using an impact drill to remove cottonwood debris from louver screens. He fell to the concrete floor below and suffered injuries to the right side of his body: a wrist fracture, broken ribs, a pelvic fracture, and a partially collapsed lung.	Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level	Step ladders	Floor, n.e.c.
15/06/2021	Industrial Tube & Steel Corporation	West Chester	Oh	An employee was using a bandsaw to cut piping. The blade caught the employee's gloves and pulled in the employee's hands, causing a finger amputation.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Band saws	Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
10/06/2021	Valvoline Oil Change	West Roxbury	Ma	An employee drank from an electrolyte solution bottle in the refrigerator that had been filled with degreaser. The employee became sick and was hospitalized.	Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect	BODY SYSTEMS	Ingestion of harmful substance	Solvents, degreasers
08/06/2021	Blast Cleaning Technologies	West Allis	Wi	An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut metal tubing. As the employee was wiping down the metal tube with a rag, his hand contacted the saw blade resulting in a fingertip amputation.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment	Band saws
07/06/2021	West-Camp Press, Inc	Westerville	Oh	An employee was backing away from a desk when she tripped on a pallet and fell, hitting the metal shelving under a nearby work table with her right elbow and the right side of her rib cage. She suffered three broken ribs, scrapes and bruises to the elbow, and a possible partially collapsed lung.	Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object	Floor	Skids, pallets
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