Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-27 | West Bridgewater | Ma | R F OWENS CO, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
On August 27, 2021, an employee was using a patty machine to make hamburger patties. The employee was straightening a metal mold plate below the knockout cup when the machine amputated the tips of two fingers on the employee's left hand. The machine was not guarded at the time. | |||||
2021-08-06 | West Bridgewater | Ma | Shawmut Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was removing masks from the conveyor. A mask was stuck in the main conveyor and as the employee attempted to remove the mask, her finger was caught in the sprocket pinch point and amputated. | |||||
2021-05-21 | Bridgewater | Ma | Donovan Services, Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was trying to re-enter a store after being locked out. He fell while climbing over the front counter, landing on the floor and suffering a broken leg and shoulder. | |||||
2020-07-02 | Bridgewater | New Jersey | Ingredion Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee finished cleaning the feeder from the extruder line and was descending a step ladder. The ladder moved unexpectedly, causing the employee to lose balance and fall. The employee's left ring finger contacted a slowly rotating agitator resulting in a broken bone and lacerated tendon. | |||||
2020-01-22 | Bridgewater | Massachusett | Kiessling Transit | Leg(s) | Nonclassifiable |
While helping a client out of a paratransit vehicle, an employee was knocked to the ground and suffered a broken leg. | |||||
2019-07-12 | East Bridgewater | Massachusett | Boston Solar | Foot (feet) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee sustained a foot injury when he fell off a roof and landed on the ground. | |||||
2019-06-24 | Bridgewater | New Jersey | Ingredion Incorporated | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was exposed to fumes from solvent/adhesive that entered the building's air handler as a result of roofing contractor activities. The employee was hospitalized with back pain from coughing and other respiratory ailments. | |||||
2019-05-03 | Bridgewater | Massachusett | Wellpath | Multiple body parts | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee was trying to stop an aggressive patient that was springing toward a nurse and was pushed into a door frame, suffering head, neck, and elbow injuries. | |||||
2019-04-11 | West Bridgewater | Massachusett | Turner Steel Company Incorporated | Head and trunk | Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source |
An employee was cutting steel at a burning table. His clothes caught fire and he suffered burns to the chest and face. | |||||
2019-02-19 | Bridgewater | New Jersey | AGL Solar LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
An employee's left ring finger was amputated after a pressurized airline ruptured in his hand. | |||||
2018-05-29 | West Bridgewater | Massachusett | BEACON SALES ACQUISITION, INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was installing a piece of sheet metal in the CNC press brake and suffered a finger amputation. | |||||
2018-01-20 | Bridgewater | Massachusett | Rite-Aid | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was walking behind the checkout counter when she tripped on a box and fell onto shelving, fracturing her left hip. | |||||
2017-08-09 | Bridgewater | New Jersey | Wegmans | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was walking by a freezer case when he tripped and fell over the guard, fracturing his left femur. | |||||
2016-02-26 | East Bridgewater | Massachusett | Ware Rite Distributors Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee suffered an amputation injury while cutting particle board on a table saw. | |||||
2015-03-04 | Bridgewater | Connecticut | Fedex | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was delivering a package when ice and snow fell from the roof and struck her. She sustained a fractured ankle, as well as rib and lung injuries, and was admitted to the hospital. | |||||
2015-01-26 | Bridgewater | Massachusett | Coins and Things | Multiple cranial region locations | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped in the parking lot and suffered a concussion and fractured skull and was admitted overnight to hospital. |