Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-09-05 | Agawam | Massachusett | Hampden Fence Supply, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was lifting the upper part of a galvanizing basket guard when the employee's finger was pinched between the guard and hard surface, crushing/amputating the fingertip. | |||||
2018-04-12 | Agawam | Massachusett | Riverside Park Enterprises, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was walking under an amusement park ride track to diagnose a fault error when the ride's cart bogie (wheel) struck the employee. The employee suffered right shoulder and right ribcage injuries. | |||||
2018-03-07 | Agawam | Massachusett | SIX FLAGS NEW ENGLAND | Wrist(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting insulation on a large diameter wire to repair an amusement ride when the knife slipped out and deeply lacerated his left wrist just above the leather work gloves he was wearing. | |||||
2017-09-25 | Agawam | Massachusett | Riverside Park Enterprises, Inc | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was walking down a staircase, tripped and fell breaking both legs. | |||||
2017-08-02 | Agawam | Massachusett | Carando Gourmet Frozen Foods Corp | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On August 2, 2017, an employee was clearing meat from a meat grinder when the blade amputated a fingertip. | |||||
2017-03-15 | Agawam | Massachusett | North American Industrial Services, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was inside the boiler removing broken pieces of refractory from the hopper using a water hose when the wall directly in front of the employee released hot ash and refractory onto the employee. The employee rolled into the hopper and was engulfed by the hot ash and debris. The employee suffered burns to 65% of his body ranging from first to third degree burns. The worst of the burns were to his legs and ankles. | |||||
2016-08-22 | Agawam | Massachusett | DIANAS COMMONWEALTH BAKERY | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was moving a mobile conveyor belt when his hand was caught between a roof support column and the conveyor, amputating his left pinky finger just below the nailbed. | |||||
2015-08-18 | Agawam | Massachusett | SolarCity Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects |
An employee was helping a forklift operator load two pallets of solar panels into a flatbed truck. The employee was holding a piece of dunnage and his finger got pinched when the forklift operator pushed the second pallet farther into the box truck. The employee's right ring fingertip and nail were amputated. |