Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-05-29 | Biddeford | Maine | Barn Fresh Classics, LLC. | Brain | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was using a pair of vice grips to hold a piece of metal that the employee was grinding on a bench grinder when the vice grips came loose and hit the employee in the head. | |||||
2020-02-11 | Biddeford | Maine | Valmet, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was using a clamp when the clamp closed on his finger resulting in a partial amputation of the left index fingertip. | |||||
2020-01-06 | Biddeford | Maine | Fiber Materials, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was backing up an electric pallet jack. The employee's left elbow was caught between the pallet jack's handle and a rolling stairs stand, causing trauma to the forearm. | |||||
2017-07-01 | Biddeford | Maine | Count & Crush LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee suffered heat stress symptoms (cramps and excessive sweating) while loading returnable bottles and cans on a truck. He was hospitalized with heat-related illness. | |||||
2017-02-21 | Biddeford | Maine | Valmet Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was changing out the tensioner wheel on a roll grinding machine when the pneumatic positioner activated. His left thumb and index finger then became wedged between the positioner guide and the sanding belt housing. His index finger was partially amputated. |