Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-08-07 | North Adams | Massachusett | B&B MICRO MANUFACTURING, INC. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was installing plywood on a roof. The plywood was staged on forklift forks that were raised approximately 12 feet. The employee climbed from the roof onto the forks of the forklift to retrieve the plywood. The employee was kneeling on the stack of plywood when it fell to the ground. The employee fell with the plywood approximately 12 feet onto concrete, requiring hospitalization for a fractured left ankle. | |||||
2017-09-28 | Adams | North Dakota | CHS, Inc. | Hand(s) | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
An employee was filling a tire with air when the tire exploded, breaking a bone in his left hand and lacerating his left knee. He was hospitalized. No tire cage was used at the time of the incident. | |||||
2017-06-14 | Adamsville | Ohio | Excel Mulching and Trenching, LLC. | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On June 14, 2017, an employee was oiling the thumb of an excavator when the employee's hand became trapped between the excavator's bucket and thumb. The employee suffered left hand fractures and lacerations, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-02-16 | Adams | Wisconsin | Westrock, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was re-installing a roller assembly after working on a motor beneath it when the roller assembly slipped and pinched his fingers between it and a cross-member. His right middle and ring fingertips were amputated. | |||||
2016-09-20 | Adams | New York | Great Lakes Cheese of New York, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was trying to troubleshoot a case sealer when his left finger was caught in the belt and pulley drive, amputating his left ring finger. | |||||
2016-03-29 | Adams | Nebraska | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee lost balance and fell sideways to the concrete floor, breaking the left leg. | |||||
2016-03-01 | North Adams | Massachusett | NORTH ADAMS COMMONS | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
On 3/1/16, an employee was lifting a patient using a mechanical lift when the lift malfunctioned and struck the employee's back. | |||||
2015-08-19 | Adams | Nebraska | E ENERGY ADAMS LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was performing maintenance on a Cellunator when their left glove got entangled in one of the disks, amputating the left ring fingertip to the first knuckle. |