Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-08-12	North Andover	Ma	Gourmet Specialty Foods	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped, fell, and struck the back of their head on the floor, resulting in head trauma that required hospitalization.
2020-10-12	Andover	Ks	Perfection Masonry, Inc.	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
While working on the top level of scaffolding an employee tripped and fell through the side guard rails to the concrete ground approximately 18 feet below. The employee was hospitalized with a broken left femur and a cut above the left eye.
2020-09-12	Andover	Ks	Atwood Distributing, LP	Fingertip(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was closing a gate. His middle and ring fingertips were caught between the gate and its guide wheel and amputated.
2020-05-13	Andover	New Jersey	Nolato Jabar LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was attempting to start an extruder. The extruder would not start, so the employee grabbed the belt to pull and rotate the motor with his right hand. Four of his right fingertips were then pulled by the belt into the pulleys, resulting in the amputation of the four fingers.
2019-06-07	Andover	Kansas	Flint Hills National Golf Course Club House	Shoulder(s) and back	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An arborist was climbing onto a roof from a ladder to trim trees near the roof and fell 10.5 feet to the flagstone and cement walkway breaking both shoulder blades and an upper thoracic vertebra.
2019-05-17	Andover	Kansas	SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY	Knee(s)	Other fall to lower level
A maintenance team member was walking down a set of stairs. He was holding the rail with one hand and was holding a tool bag in the other hand. He lost his balance and slipped on the last couple of stairs. As he attempted to catch himself he landed hard on his foot and felt pain in his knee. He was hospitalized for a tear in the tendon that stabilizes the knee cap.
2017-01-11	Andover	New Jersey	CARTRIDGE ACTUATED DEVICES, INC.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to slipping
On January 11, 2017, an employee slipped on ice/snow covered grass and fell sustaining broken ribs and punctured lung.
2016-07-29	North Andover	Massachusett	Mondelez International, Inc.	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
The employee was stocking merchandise and fell off the ladder breaking the left shoulder and knee.
2016-06-23	Andover	Massachusett	Healthcare Services Group, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell 5 to 6 feet while moving material into a dumpster, fracturing ribs and bruising the lower back and left hip.
2016-06-16	Andover	Massachusett	RAYTHEON	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity
While testing a circuit card in a thermal test chamber, an employee attempted to adjust the fiber optic cable connection and received an electric shock.
2015-12-09	Andover	Massachusett	RAYTHEON	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee slipped and fell while walking down stairs, breaking their hip.
2015-09-09	Landover	Maryland	Smithsonian Pennsy Support Center	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was cutting board for an exhibit on a table saw when the board kicked back and struck the employee's abdomen.
2015-03-19	Andover	Massachusett	VICOR CORPORATION	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
At approximately 1:00 p.m. on 3/19/15, an employee was unsteady and fell while approaching the water cooler. The employee did not have any serious complaints that afternoon and left at her usual time. She was hospitalized for a broken hip.