An employee was working in the food service warehouse when he experienced chest pain, difficulty breathing, and lost consciousness. The employee sustained carbon monoxide poisoning.
Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Carbon monoxide
More severe injuries at U.S. Department of Justice/Federal Bureau of Prisons/Federal Correctional Institution-El Reno
An employee was helping to move a cart full of stock metal tubing when the cart hit a seam in the concrete. Two slabs came together, pinching his left thumb in the tubing. While pulling his hand away, the employee suffered an avulsion to the skin and nail on his left thumb.
An employee was trying to calm a bull to separate it from cows. The bull pinned the employee against a fence; the employee suffered broken ribs and abrasions and bruising to the right bicep, back, and both calves.
An employee was replacing a belt on an exhaust fan motor. While rotating the bottom pulley with their right hand, the employee's left index finger became caught between the pulley and belt, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was performing janitorial duties on the 15th floor of a building that was under construction. She began having trouble breathing. The employee was hospitalized with lung irritation caused by dust.
An employee was sweeping in an area with powdered PVC on the floor and began having difficulty breathing and coughing up blood, The employee was hospitalized for inhalation of PVC.
An employee opened a flammables storage cabinet to get something out, smelled a chemical odor, and began to feel unwell and dizzy. She was hospitalized, having been exposed to formic acid from a leaking bottle at the bottom of the cabinet.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 922140)
An employee was responding to a physical altercation between two inmates when they slipped and fell on the ground, landing on their left arm. The employee was hospitalized with a compound fracture to their left forearm.
An employee was working on an out-of-service forklift when his hand was caught in the door frame as the stuck cab door was being opened. The employee sustained a middle fingertip amputation.
An employee was cutting grass on the grounds when grass became stuck under the mower. He was struck by the rotating mower blades while clearing the jam, resulting in lacerations to his right index and middle fingers.
An employee was helping to move a 1,300-pound coil on a cart. The steel caster hit a crack in the concrete, the weld holding the caster onto the cart broke, and the coil and cart tipped over onto the employee. He was hospitalized with a laceration on his forehead and a pelvic fracture on his right side.
An employee was cutting a piece of metal rod with a metal cutting machine. His right middle finger became caught between the rod and the machine's table. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated.
An employee was working at her desk. She went to stand up and fell to the floor beside the desk. The employee sustained a hip displacement and required surgery.
An employee was processing wood boards at a chop saw when the saw malfunctioned and the blade cut her left hand and fingers. She was hospitalized and her little finger was surgically amputated.
An employee was driving a powered industrial truck (PIT) carrying a nesting sheave on the back counterweight of the PIT. He was holding the sheave when the PIT struck a pothole in the floor, causing the sheave to roll forward and crush his right index fingertip against the back of the PIT seat frame. The employee's fingertip was amputated, requiring hospitalization and surgery.