Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-07-08 | Ayer | Massachusett | Family Dollar | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee's hand was crushed in a propane cage while exchanging propane cylinders, requiring hospitalization and a finger amputation. | |||||
2019-07-24 | Ayer | Massachusett | Catania-Spagna Corporation | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was operating a shrink wrapper. The employee stepped out from behind a pallet on the shrink wrapper and was struck by a powered industrial truck causing a right leg fracture. | |||||
2017-06-07 | Ayer | Massachusett | Central Packaging Facility Co-op., Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was clearing a clogged paddle wheel on a transfer assembly unit when the paddle wheel rotated and amputated his right index fingertip without bone loss. |