Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-03-11 | Berkeley Heights | Nj | MEHL ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was climbing up a fixed ladder to a roof access to look at AC units that would need to be labeled when he lost his grip and fell 15 feet down the ladder, resulting in fractures that required hospitalization. | |||||
2019-03-08 | Berkeley | Missouri | C.L. SMITH COMPANY | Nonclassifiable | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee fell through a sheet-metal-covered opening to the concrete floor below. He landed on his feet, then fell down. He suffered soreness, pain, and difficulty putting weight on his feet and was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-07-24 | Berkeley | Missouri | The Boeing Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An assembly mechanic was reinstalling an aircraft wing when his fingers were crushed. He suffered a potential amputation of the right middle finger. | |||||
2018-07-19 | Berkeley Springs | West Virgini | Resteel Supply Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On July 19, 2018, an employee was operating a rebar bender. While attempting to correct a previous bend, the rebar bent back around itself and pinched the employee's finger resulting in a laceration requiring three stitches and a partial amputation. | |||||
2017-09-25 | Berkeley | Illinois | Preferred Meal Systems, Inc. dba Preferred Meals | Multiple back regions | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
On September 25, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. the injured employee was loading a semi-trailer at the dock of the facility using a forklift. The truck driver pulled away from the dock with the forklift still in the trailer section of the truck. The forklift and the employee fell out of the back of the truck onto the concrete parking lot. The employee suffered a lumbar fracture and a spinal injury. | |||||
2017-06-23 | Berkeley | Illinois | Champion Logistics NJ LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee attempted to force a dock plate open with his hands because the container chassis was pinching the dock plate. The plate then opened and pinched his right index and middle fingers, amputating the fingertips. | |||||
2016-06-09 | Berkeley Springs | West Virgini | Caperton Furnitureworks, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was handing a coworker pieces of wood after cutting them with a chop saw when the saw activated and partially amputated his right thumb. | |||||
2016-02-19 | Berkeley Springs | West Virgini | Caperton Furnitureworks LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On February 19, 2016, at approximately 8:15 a.m., an employee was cutting 6-foot lengths of fiberboard down to 43 inches using a miter saw. While holding the material with her left hand, she used her right hand to lower the blade of the saw. The blade made contact with and amputated her left thumb tip. | |||||
2015-12-01 | Berkeley Heights | New Jersey | SUMMIT MEDICAL GROUP | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee lost her footing and fell in the parking lot, breaking her hip. |