The Concord California area is known for its many factories and industrial sites. Unfortunately, this also means that there is a higher risk for accidents involving machinery. In fact, Concord California has one of the highest rates of machinery accidents in the state. Here are some statistics on machinery accidents in Concord California:
-There were a total of 28 machinery accidents in Concord California in 2018.
-Of those 28 accidents, 4 were fatal.
-The most common type of accident was a machine operator being caught in or crushed by machinery.
-Other common types of accidents included workers being struck by flying objects, or being caught in between moving parts of machinery.
If you work in a factory or other industrial setting in Concord California, it is important to be aware of the dangers posed by machinery. Be sure to follow all safety protocols and procedures to help reduce the risk of an accident.
Manufacturing Companies
Concord California is home to a number of different manufacturing companies. Some of these companies include:
| Cerus Corporation Lehigh Southwest Cement Company Senior Carlton Living Inc Systron Donner Inertial, Inc. Acme Press, Inc. Hofmann Construction Co. Pulse Systems, LLC |
March Nordson Inc Cal Ranch, Inc. Biomicrolab, Inc. Pacific Instruments, Inc. Airvapor, LLC Pacific Plaza Imports, Inc. Cal-Asia Truss, Inc. |
Each of these companies has their own unique safety protocols and procedures in place to protect their workers. However, accidents can still happen. In the event of a machinery accident, it is important to know what to do and who to contact.
Machinery Accidents
Concord, California is known for its beautiful scenery and thriving economy. However, the city is also home to several machinery accidents that can leave victims injured or dead. If you have been injured, contact a personal injury attorney, you may be entitled to compensation.
Here are reports of of Concord accidents that left victims injured:
| AccidentDate | Employer | City | State | Description | Injury | Body Part | Event | Injury Source | Other Injury Source |
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| 11/05/2021 | Concord Hospital | Concord | Nh | An employee ran into a fixed desk and fell to the floor. The employee's hip was injured by the fall and required surgery. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Hip(s) | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. | Floor | Desks |
| 06/05/2021 | MK Construction, Inc. | Concord | Ma | An employee was working on the roof and fell off the roof edge. The employee sustained a leg injury. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level | Roof edges | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces |
| 05/04/2021 | Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinic | Concord | Nh | An employee tripped and fell on stairs, injuring their knee. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping | Stairs, steps | |
| 23/02/2021 | Walmart Supercenter | Concord | Nh | An employee was stocking shelves when they fell from a stock cart to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level | Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered | Floor, n.e.c. |
| 08/08/2020 | NeuroInternational | Concord | Nh | An employee was in a kitchen, helping prepare dinner for group home residents. An aggressive patient entered the kitchen with a rock and struck the employee with the rock and his fists, then took the employee's frying pan and struck her in the head with it. She fell to the ground and the resident continued to strike her. She was hospitalized, suffering from bruising to the face and body and general soreness. | Bruises, contusions | Multiple body parts | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving | Patient | Rocks, crushed stone |
| 06/08/2020 | US Postal Service | Concord | Nc | A mail carrier was bitten by two dogs, suffering a hand injury. | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Hand(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous | Dogs, canines-domestic | |
| 17/02/2020 | Highlands Fuel Delivery, LLC | Concord | New Hampshir | An employee slipped and fell, suffering a broken hip and requiring hospitalization. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces | |
| 10/07/2019 | Champlin Tire Recycling, Inc. | Concordia | Kansas | An employee operating a tire shredder was using a pry bar to free a jammed tire from the tire shredder's conveyor guard. The employee's hands became caught between the pry bar and the guard. The employee sustained four fractured metacarpal bones in the left hand and the right thumb was amputated and later reattached. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Crowbars | |
| 21/05/2019 | E.D. Swett, Inc. | Concord | New Hampshir | An employee was walking in the storage yard, tripped and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with head and neck injuries. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Head and neck | Fall on same level due to tripping | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces | |
| 01/02/2019 | W.G. Waldbam | Concord | Nebraska | An employee had just started his shift in the pullet house and noticed a pullet chick caught in the feed chain end wheel. He attempted to retrieve it and his finger was caught in the chain and sprocket resulting in partial amputation of the right ring finger. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Special process machinery | |
| 30/01/2019 | Millbank Manfacturing | Concordia | Missouri | An employee was attempting to secure material in the shear machine when the machine activated and amputated the left middle fingertip. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Shearing machines | |
| 30/01/2019 | M.G. Waldbaum | Concord | Nebraska | An employee was cleaning the egg processing machinery. The tool she was using to clean the machinery fell and her right hand contacted the rotating machinery resulting in amputation of the index fingertip. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized | |
| 20/07/2018 | MPS Products Corp | Concord | New Hampshir | An employee fell 12 feet while decking a first floor resulting in broken ribs, a fractured wrist and a ruptured spleen. | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Nonclassifiable | Nonclassifiable |
| 19/06/2018 | East Coast Integrated Systems | Concord | New Hampshir | An employee was on site troubleshooting magnetic door holders and investigating a short in the low voltage wiring. She was on a 6-foot ladder in the access hatch of a first floor rotunda when she located an unmarked junction box near the assumed trouble area and removed the cover. She then came into contact with a high-voltage bare wire (287 volts) and received an electrical shock, requiring hospitalization. | Electrocutions, electric shocks | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts | Electrical wiring-building | |
| 18/06/2018 | Refresco North America, Inc. | Concordville | Pennsylvania | An employee was operating a machine when the employee's arm was caught between the bottom edge of the machine's door and its conveyor system. The employee suffered a laceration and fractured forearm. | Fractures | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Machinery | |
| 03/06/2018 | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Concord | California | An employee dismounted her vehicle to make a delivery and then noticed the vehicle was moving. She attempted to stop the runaway vehicle and fell onto her elbows and knees. The employee sustained a dislocated right elbow. | Dislocation of joints | Elbow(s) | Fall on same level | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces | |
| 02/10/2017 | Liberty Utilities | Concord | New Hampshir | An employee slid down a utility pole during training and suffered a broken leg. | Fractures | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level | Utility and telephone poles | |
| 25/08/2017 | Integrity Building & Design, Inc | Concord | Massachusett | An employee was clearing material from a table saw when it partially amputated his left thumb. The saw was running at the time. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Table saws | |
| 12/05/2017 | HABCO, Inc. | Concordia | Kansas | While installing a catwalk on top of a grain elevator, an employee fell approximately 15 feet through an opening in a platform to a lower level, suffering a broken ankle and requiring surgery. | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet | Scaffolds-staging | |
| 11/08/2016 | Vestas-American Wind Technology Inc | Concordia | Kansas | An employee was conducting maintenance on the nacelle of the wind turbine when he slipped and fell onto a stair, landing on his right-side ribcage and suffering a 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 slipping | Floor | |
| 19/07/2016 | Concord Litho Group, Inc. | Concord | New Hampshir | An employees' finger was amputated when it was caught in a roller of a print roll machine. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery | Printing machinery and equipment | |
| 05/04/2016 | Sodexo | Concord | Massachusett | An employee slipped on ice and fell on the sidewalk while walking into work, fracturing his leg. | Fractures | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping | Sidewalk, path, outdoor walkway-paved | Ice, sleet, snow |
| 16/01/2016 | Irving Oil | Concord | New Hampshir | An employee was hospitalized due to an air bubble in his blood that occurred while delivering propane. The employee cut his hand and forced air entered the cut. | Cuts, lacerations | Hand(s) | Nonclassifiable | Nonclassifiable | |
| 30/10/2015 | Foley Equipment Company | Concordia | Kansas | An employee was using a cutting torch to cut hooks from the bucket of a front end loader. Slag inadvertently fell onto his left pants leg catching his pants leg on fire. The employee was burned on his shin and hospitalized. | Heat (thermal) burns | Lower leg(s) | Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source | Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts | Molten or hot metals, slag |
| 27/06/2015 | Concord Hospital | Concord | New Hampshir | An employee tripped on her chair and fell, fracturing her femur bone. | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Floor | Chairs |
| 14/04/2015 | AT & T | Concordia | Kansas | An employee working on an aerial, drop-wire telephone cable fell 14 feet from a ladder. The employee injured their right ankle and hips. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Ladders | |
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