In West Valley City, Utah, machinery accidents are not a common occurrence. This is because West Valley City has enacted many safety laws and regulations. These laws and regulations include requiring criminal background checks for employees who work with dangerous machines, installing automatic shut-off switches on dangerous equipment, and installing warning signs near dangerous machines. Overall, West Valley City has done a good job of protecting its citizens from machinery accidents. However, there is still room for improvement. For example, the city could improve its enforcement of safety laws and regulations. In addition, the city could create more awareness about the dangers of machinery accidents among the public.
Manufacturing Companies
West Valley City Utah is home to many manufacturing companies. These companies produce a variety of products, including machinery and equipment. Some of the manufacturing companies located in West Valley City Utah are
| Boart Longyear Company Boart Longyear Manufacturing and Distribution Inc. Cover-Pools Incorporated Kore Refrigeration, LLC Fc Printing Sun Lithographing and Printing Company Biovation Labs LLC |
B & D Dental Corp. Granite Mill & Fixture Company Wize Solutions, Inc Controlled Entry Distributors, Inc. Silencerco Weapons Research Desert Tech LLC Onramp Trailer Services, LLC |
Machinery Accidents
West Valley City Utah has seen nearly zero machinery accidents in recent years, however this does not exclude the possibility of one.
| AccidentDate | Employer | City | State | Description | Injury | Body Part | Event | Injury Source | Other Injury Source |
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| 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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If you or someone you know has been hurt as a result of a machinery accident in West Valley City, please contact an experienced personal injury attorney to discuss your legal options.