| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-29 | Brighton | Co | Wells Concrete | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was assisting with bending a rebar stirrup when their right thumb was caught between the stirrup, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-07-22 | Brighton | Co | Metalwest LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a banding machine when it injured his left little finger. The fingertip was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2021-07-20 | Brighton | Ma | Allied Waste Services, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| A winch on a waste collection vehicle was reeling in cable. An employee's left hand was caught between the cable and the vehicle; the employee suffered three broken bones and a laceration to the hand. | |||||
| 2021-07-09 | Brighton | Co | Sashco, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee had been packing product and sustained heat stroke and dehydration. | |||||
| 2021-06-25 | Brighton | Co | Novinium, Inc. | Hand(s) | Indirect exposure to electricity |
| An employee was assisting a crew in de-energizing a radial section of cable. The employee was switching cables to isolate a section he was working on when a probe contacted a cable, resulting in a shock and burns to both hands. | |||||
| 2021-04-27 | Brighton | Co | DICK BRICKELL & SONS, INC. | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| A mini-excavator backed into an employee, its track breaking his right leg. | |||||
| 2021-04-06 | Brighton | Co | MMM Deliveries LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was trying to open the door of a truck that was locked with the keys inside. He fell backward from the top exterior step of the truck. The back of his head struck the ground and he lost consciousness. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured skull and bleeding in the brain. | |||||
| 2020-09-24 | Brighton | Ma | United States Census Bureau | Hip(s) | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
| An employee was returning census equipment when she tripped on a curb and fell onto the sidewalk, fracturing her hip which required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2020-07-24 | Brighton | Massachusett | J. F. STEARNS CO., LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonclassifiable |
| On July 24, 2020, an employee sustained lacerations to the fingers on their left hand. | |||||
| 2020-05-07 | Brighton | Colorado | Weifield Group Contracting Inc | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was working from an extension ladder at the edge of a high-ceilinged room. The ladder's feet slipped on the floor and it fell; the employee fell with it and landed on the concrete floor, also striking the ladder itself on the way down. The employee suffered a broken right femur, a broken right elbow, and lacerations to both legs, and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-02-17 | Brighton | Colorado | Staples, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was backing up a dock stocker when it collided with a storage rack. The employee's foot was caught and crushed between the dock stocker and the rack. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery to the foot. | |||||
| 2020-01-14 | Brighton | Colorado | Elite Services, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was prepping an 8-inch by 20-foot long piece of steel to cut. The steel was being moved by a crane with a webbed piece of strap when the steel fell over and crushed the employee's finger against a table. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-08-02 | New Brighton | Pennsylvania | Valley Waste Service | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was hooking the latch from a truck to a dumpster. The truck's lifting lever was engaged, and the employee suffered a partial thumb amputation in the pinch point. | |||||
| 2019-07-29 | Brighton | Colorado | Vivint Solar Developer LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet |
| An employee was beginning to install solar panels. Anchors and ropes had been installed for the job that day. While mapping out the job, the employee fell off the roof two stories to the ground and landed on his left side. He sustained a broken left arm and a broken pelvis. | |||||
| 2019-07-17 | Brighton | Colorado | Vestas Nacelles America, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was screwing a nut onto a bolt using a battery-powered torque tool when their left index fingertip was pinched between the tool and the bolt. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2019-04-30 | Brighton | Colorado | Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC | Hand(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| The injured employee was working on the catwalk pedestal of an oil and gas drilling rig. While lifting a single joint of drill pipe, it fell out of the elevator and came down on the injured employee's left hand which was on the handrail. The employee sustained lacerations, fractures and nerve damage to the left hand. | |||||
| 2019-04-24 | Brighton | Massachusett | St. Elizabeth's Hospital | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Injured by physical contact with person while restraining, subduing-unintentional |
| An employee was trying to prevent a patient from leaving the hospital. The employee's head struck a door and the ground, and a bone in his neck was broken. | |||||
| 2019-02-15 | Brighton | Colorado | Transwest | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was moving a fixture from a forklift. The fixture slipped and pinched his right index finger, amputating it at the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-01-05 | Brighton | Colorado | Rocky Mountain Specialty Services LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was on a trailer attempting to secure drilling equipment to the trailer for transport when the employee fell approximately 5 feet off the trailer to the ground. The employee suffered a concussion, loss of consciousness, and hand and wrist contusions. | |||||
| 2018-09-03 | Brighton | Colorado | Ensign United States Drilling, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| A rig hand was guiding pipe to a racking system on a rig floor to rack back the pipe. He slipped and fell on the rig floor. As he fell, the 90-foot drilling pipe was stabbed into the floor of the rig, pinching his finger against the floor. His finger was partially amputated. | |||||
| 2018-08-03 | Brighton | Colorado | The Amalgamated Sugar Company LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
| An employee was using a steel rod to break up sugar lumps in a silo when the rod was pulled in by the silo's screw conveyor and the employee's right hand was caught in the rod handle, amputating the right pinky, ring, and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2018-07-03 | Brighton | Colorado | Transwest | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was repairing a truck clutch when the clutch flywheel crushed the employee's left pinky and ring fingers. | |||||
| 2018-01-29 | Brighton | Colorado | Oliver H Van Horn Co LLC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was working in the tool supply room when she tripped over a box, fell to the ground, and broke her hip. | |||||
| 2017-07-13 | New Brighton | Pennsylvania | Col-Fin Specialty Steel II Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was pulling wire through a die on a draw block machine when the employee's left ring finger was caught and amputated between the machine's jaws and the drum. | |||||
| 2017-04-27 | New Brighton | Pennsylvania | Damascus Steel Casting Company | Nonclassifiable | Explosion, n.e.c. |
| An employee was melting steel in a furnace when the molten steel contacted piping carrying circulating water and caused an explosion. The employee was burned by steam and molten metal and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-01-27 | Brighton | Colorado | Ready Mixed Concrete | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was replacing a concrete discharge boot from atop a front end loader. While tightening a bolt, the wrench slipped and the employee lost his balance and fell approximately 10 feet. The employee struck the hood of the loader and fractured ribs. | |||||
| 2017-01-25 | Brighton | Massachusett | EAGLE SPRINKLER FIRE PROTECTION, INC | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee was relocating sprinklers above the ceiling and was shocked by live wires resulting in hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-10-13 | Brighton | Colorado | Intertape Polymer Group | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On 10/13/2016 at approximately 5:30 am, an employee was cleaning a film tear out of a film line MDO roll section when his right hand got caught in the film line MDO roll section and was crushed. The employee was hospitalized and the right hand was amputated the next day. | |||||
| 2016-09-19 | Brighton | Massachusett | Steward Healthcare-Saint Elizabeth's Hospital | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee slipped while throwing debris into a dumpster, causing the employee to collide with the dumpster and suffer broken ribs upon impact. | |||||
| 2016-07-21 | Brighton | Colorado | BNSF Logistics | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was transferring a rubber pad from the railroad flatcar deck to a table to be cut when he lost his balance and fell from the rail car. The employee received facial lacerations requiring stiches, a fractured nose and a fractured vertebrae. | |||||
| 2016-02-11 | Brighton | Massachusett | CVS Pharmacy, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped on ice and suffered a broken leg. | |||||
| 2015-11-24 | Brighton | Colorado | Vestas Nacelles America, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
| An employee was counting inventory while riding a lift when the vehicle struck the forks of an upright forklift working in the same area. He fell approximately 19 feet with the lift basket and struck the concrete below, breaking his upper right arm, pelvis, and left leg. He was wearing fall protection at the time. | |||||
| 2015-11-12 | Brighton | Colorado | Peet's Coffee and Tea LLC. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was pushing a dolly into the store when she slipped and fell on ice. She fell on her right side, fracturing her hip and requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2015-07-30 | Brighton | Massachusett | State Electric Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee was wiring an exit sign when he received an electrical shock and suffered a severe burn to his finger. | |||||
| 2015-05-29 | Brighton | Colorado | HEIMAN MASONRY | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee fell approximately 12 feet, suffering broken ribs and a collapsed lung. | |||||
| 2015-03-06 | Brighton | Massachusett | W. McKay Construction, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
| An employee suffered a partial amputation of the thumb tip while using a table saw. | |||||