Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-09-28	Brunswick	Ga	THOMAS Industrial & Mechanical Constructors, LLC	Foot (feet)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Two employees were removing a large plate from a precipitator. As the plate was moved, both employees' feet were pinched on each side of the plate and lacerated. One employee was hospitalized.
2021-09-10	Brunswick	Ga	Brunswick Cellulose, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was climbing down the ladder of a scaffold when his hand slipped and he fell approximately 3 to 4 feet to the ground. The employee landed on his feet and sustained a broken left tibia.
2021-06-09	Brunswick	Ga	Pinova, (DE) Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was transferring hot oil from one tank to another. The bottom of the first tank ruptured and hot oil burned the employee's body.
2021-03-19	Brunswick	Ga	Diversified Fabricators and Erectors, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was in a trash chute removing jammed plastic. The chute had been lifted with a chain fall and was being held in place with a nylon chocker strap. When the plastic was removed, the chute dropped about 3 inches and a sharp object cut the strap, causing the chute fall another 3 feet. The employee's right leg was broken above the ankle.
2021-02-08	North Brunswick	Nj	Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages LLC	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck by falling object or equipment
Cases of ice tea were knocked over and struck an employee on the back.
2021-01-21	Brunswick	Ga	Brunswick Cellulose, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was boring a hole in a coupling on a lathe and amputated his right middle fingertip just above the fingernail.
2021-01-07	Brunswick	Ga	King & Prince Seafood Corporation	Multiple body parts	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was holding a pipe assembly, filled with CO2 pellets and sealed at the ends. The CO2 gas expanded, causing the end caps to fly off; they struck and injured the employee's chest, his right bicep, and his right hand.
2020-10-06	Brunswick	Ga	Speedco, Inc.	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
An employee was performing maintenance work underneath a recreational vehicle (RV). Pressure released from a hydraulic bottle jack that was elevating the RV off the ground. The RV struck the employee's chest resulting in a fractured collarbone.
2020-09-26	Brunswick	Oh	Installed Building Products	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was on the roof over a garage to install a gutter above the garage. He slipped and fell approximately 10 feet onto the concrete driveway. He sustained a fractured skull and a broken wrist. Fall protection was not worn at the time.
2020-08-20	Brunswick	Ga	International Auto Processing, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee developed heat-related illness about 45 minutes before the end of his shift offloading cars. He was hospitalized the next morning, suffering from dehydration.
2020-08-20	Brunswick	Me	Northern Turf Professionals, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was cleaning a lawn mower that was on a jack. When the employee was lowering the jack, the jack fell on his hand and amputated the tip of his left thumb.
2020-06-30	New Brunswick	New Jersey	Jam - N Cable	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
Employees were pulling cable strands with a rating of 5000 pounds. While they were tightening the cable on the right side of the street, there was some slack in the cable on the left side of the street. A tractor trailer pulled out of an industrial park and snapped the cable. The cable swung towards the bucket truck causing employee 1, who was wearing a harness, to jump out of the bucket truck to avoid being hit by the cable. Employee 1 sustained a fractured rib and a back injury. The cable then
2020-06-02	Brunswick	Ohio	Mielke Mechanical Inc.	Arm(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was bleeding down a pressurized line that was being pressure tested when the head of the line burst off the line and struck his right arm. He was hospitalized with a fractured right arm.
2020-03-18	Brunswick	Georgia	Rich Products Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee had been unloading cheese from a blender. The employee was holding two buttons used to control the cheese blender paddles/manually jog the equipment. The employee let go of the buttons and went to grab a piece of cheese that was stuck in the blender. There was a 4-second delay after letting go of the buttons before the paddles completely stopped moving. The employee's hand contacted the still moving paddles. The employee sustained an amputation to the corner of the left pinky fingert
2020-02-25	New Brunswick	New Jersey	Johnson & Johnson	Pelvis	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell onto the floor while picking up an item. The employee suffered a fractured pelvis.
2020-02-07	Brunswick	Georgia	US DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	BODY SYSTEMS	Running, without other incident-repetitive or prolonged
On February 7, 2020, an employee collapsed while running during training due to dehydration, resulting in acute kidney damage and hospitalization.
2020-02-07	Brunswick	Georgia	U.S Department of Homeland Security	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee tripped and fell in the parking lot while walking to a car, fracturing the right leg.
2020-01-24	Brunswick	Georgia	USMS Training Division, FLETC	Nonclassifiable	Multiple types of overexertions and bodily reactions
A police trainee suffered an exertion-related muscle injury during training.
2020-01-08	Brunswick	Georgia	Waste Management of Georgia, Inc.	Multiple foot (feet) locations	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was helping to connect a container dumpster to a roll-off truck when another employee engaged the hook lift system of the truck. The employee's left foot was then caught between the metal hoist rails of the truck, causing deep lacerations to the left foot and the first and second toes.
2019-09-23	Brunswick	Georgia	U. S. Dept of Homeland Security	Lower leg(s)	Self-inflicted shooting-unintentional
An employee was taking a law enforcement handgun training class. As she pulled the gun out of the holster it discharged, shooting the employee in the right calf.
2019-08-22	Brunswick	Georgia	Brunswick Cellulose, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was performing maintenance on a paper machine inside the facility when he started to feel fatigue and sat down. Shortly thereafter, the employee became unresponsive and stopped breathing. He regained consciousness and was hospitalized for dehydration.
2019-08-01	Brunswick	Georgia	Johns Manville	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was trying to check the tension on a belt and pulley attached to a pump assembly. The motor started and the employee's fingers were fractured and amputated.
2019-06-04	North Brunswick	New Jersey	Costco Wholesale	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee at a gas station was walking across the pumps wearing a reflective vest and was grazed by a car. He lost his balance and fell. He was hospitalized for two broken bones in his neck.
2019-05-10	New Brunswick	New Jersey	Genesis Engineers, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was accessing the area above a drop ceiling using a ladder. While he was ascending the ladder, it shifted and he lost his balance, falling approximately 4 feet. He struck a table and then landed on the floor, requiring hospitalization for fractures.
2019-04-23	Brunswick	Georgia	Doug Coffey Electric, Inc.	Head and trunk	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was working inside a single-phase pad-mounted transformer, pulling wires to energize street lights. A cordless drill that was being used to tighten a lug created a phase-to-phase contact inside the transformer, resulting in an arc flash. The employee suffered second-degree burns to the face and torso.
2019-04-12	North Brunswick	New Jersey	USPL Nutritionals, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a tablet compression machine when it started, catching the employee's fingers and causing an amputation to a finger.
2019-03-25	East Brunswick	New Jersey	Comcast	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell while descending a 28-foot ladder, suffering two broken wrists.
2019-03-22	Brunswick	Georgia	Buchanan Hauling & Rigging	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was kneeling between the rear end of a crane load (an aircraft tug) and the crane's outriggers. While the back end of the tug was being lowered, it swung toward the employee, striking him and pinning him against an outrigger. He suffered a broken jaw, a collapsed lung, and broken ribs.
2019-02-08	Brunswick	Georgia	U.S. Department of Homeland Security	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure through scratch or other open wound
An instructor contracted MRSA through an abrasion on his right knee from bacteria on the padded mats used by personnel during training.
2019-01-22	New Brunswick	New Jersey	Grease Guard LLC	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell off an extension ladder while bringing material up.
2019-01-14	North Brunswick	New Jersey	Silver Line Building Products, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee suffered a laceration to their pinky finger while operating a lock former.
2018-09-18	North Brunswick	New Jersey	Yankee Clipper Distribution, Inc.	Pelvis	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
Employee was using a stand-up forklift to load a pallet onto the a truck. As his lift backed up, it struck the closed door of another truck. He suffered a fracture to the left pelvis and was hospitalized.
2018-09-05	North Brunswick	New Jersey	Dan Lepore & Sons Company, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
While holding a grout hose, an employee suffered chemical burns from grout runoff. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-08-14	New Brunswick	New Jersey	WENNER BREAD PRODUCTS, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was removing bread from equipment when the equipment caught and lacerated her right index finger. The equipment was unguarded.
2018-08-07	Brunswick	Georgia	Southeastern Pathology Associates	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was cutting paraffin blocks on a microtome when the microtome blade partially amputated the employee's left ring finger.
2018-08-03	Brunswick	Georgia	U. S. Dept of Homeland Security	Jaw, chin	Pedal cycle collision in nonroadway area
An employee collided with a vehicle while riding a bicycle at the work site, suffering facial trauma and a broken jaw.
2018-06-22	Brunswick	Georgia	International Auto Processing, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
While on foot helping offload autos from a rail car, an employee was crushed between two of the autos.
2018-06-04	Brunswick	Georgia	Xchanger Mechanical	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level
An employee was sitting down and passed out when he stood up possibly due to heat-related illness. The employee sustained rib fractures and a back injury.
2018-05-19	Brunswick	Georgia	OCI, LTD.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An iron worker was repairing a platform at a paper machine when the employee suffered dehydration or a heat-related illness, requiring hospitalization.
2018-05-07	East Brunswick	New Jersey	ReMed Recovery Care Centers, LLC	Lumbar region	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was lifting a client's folded wheelchair into the back of a vehicle when she felt a sharp pain in her lower left back, then felt the pain radiate down her left leg. She suffered a possible muscle strain or pinched nerve.
2018-04-17	New Brunswick	New Jersey	B. Garretson Roofing, Inc.	Leg(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee was walking across a warehouse roof when he fell through a deteriorated section and broke his leg, requiring hospitalization.
2018-04-02	Brunswick	Georgia	U. S. Department of Homeland Security	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
While running timed laps on a track, an employee slipped on a wet patch and fell to the pavement, fracturing the left tibia.
2018-03-19	North Brunswick	New Jersey	Pro Tapes & Specialties Inc.	Multiple face locations	Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
An employee was offloading material from inside a tractor trailer using a forklift. The employee was backing out of the trailer when the tractor trailer pulled away from the loading dock. The employee and the forklift fell to the ground. The employee suffered a broken jaw and broken bones around the eye socket.
2018-03-16	Brunswick	Georgia	United States Department of Homeland Security	Lower leg(s)	Running, without other incident
While participating in running exercises, an employee suffered a shin splint, requiring hospitalization.
2018-02-21	Brunswick	Georgia	United States Deparment of Homeland Security	Nonclassifiable	Running, without other incident-single episode
An employee experienced muscle pain while running and was hospitalized with muscle damage.
2018-02-08	Brunswick	Ohio	Yost Foods, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was testing a food metal detector when his hand entered the point of operation on the machine. His right middle finger was caught and amputated in the machine.
2018-01-30	Brunswick	Georgia	YANCEY BROS. CO.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was preparing to re-install a repaired hydraulic cylinder onto an excavator when the cylinder detached and fell on the employee's left index fingertip, amputating it.
2018-01-25	East Brunswick	New Jersey	Triple M Sanitation Services, Inc.	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee accessed a truck's roll-off container and fell to the ground, fracturing his left leg and requiring hospitalization.
2017-10-16	Brunswick	Georgia	Certified Electric, Inc.	Forearm(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell from a 6-foot stepladder and hit the floor, suffering a compound fracture to the right forearm that required hospitalization and surgery. The stepladder was not braced at the time.
2017-10-15	East Brunswick	New Jersey	ECCE PANIS INC.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a conveyor belt roller when it caught and lacerated her right hand.
2017-09-26	Brunswick	Georgia	KING & PRINCE SEAFOOD CORPORATION	Forearm(s)	Moving in opposite directions, oncoming, nonroadway
An employee was reversing a stand-up forklift when the employee collided with another reversing forklift, breaking the left forearm and requiring surgery.
2017-07-26	Brunswick	Georgia	L & D Transport Express Inc	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was loading vehicles onto a two-level vehicle hauler. After driving a vehicle onto the upper level of the hauler, the employee exited the driver-side door, slipped, and fell to the concrete ground, breaking both ankles.
2017-07-21	New Brunswick	New Jersey	Hagen Construction, Inc.	Head, neck, and trunk	Other fall to lower level
An employee was climbing a fiberglass extension ladder tied above to a stanchion post. While moving off of the ladder onto the roof, the employee's foot slipped on the roof deck and his hand slipped off of the ladder resulting in a fall. The employee suffered fractured ribs, vertebrae in the neck and a concussion.
2017-07-11	Brunswick	Georgia	CJ's Sales and Service of Ocala, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was repairing an electrical generator when the motor started unexpectedly, amputating two of his fingers. The generator was not locked/tagged out at the time.
2017-06-08	Brunswick	Georgia	BRUNSWICK CELLULOSE	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was attempting to lock out a pump at an electrical box when an arc flash occurred, causing electrical burns to the employee's hands, arms, face, torso, and back.
2017-05-20	Brunswick	Georgia	TA Operating LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
An employee was holding a socket on top of a kingpin while a coworker struck the pin with a hammer. The coworker missed the pin and hit the employee's right middle finger, fracturing it. The employee was hospitalized overnight and had surgery.
2017-04-04	New Brunswick	New Jersey	118 Churchhill Ave. Corp.	Leg(s)	Fall, slip, trip
On 4/4/17, an employee was walking on the conveyor cleaning edge, slipped and fell fracturing the right leg.
2017-03-15	East Brunswick	New Jersey	XPO Logistics	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
On 3/15/17, an employee slipped and fell on some black ice in the yard while cleaning off a tractor. The employee was hospitalized for a broken right ankle.
2017-02-09	Brunswick	Maine	Mid Coast Hospital	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on the left side of his back while shoveling snow from the loading dock. He fractured three ribs and suffered bruising.
2016-10-21	New Brunswick	New Jersey	Unitex Textile Rental Services	Forearm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was transporting soiled laundry when she tripped and fell over a plastic banding strap that had fallen onto the floor. She broke her left arm in the fall.
2016-10-19	Brunswick	Maine	General Dynamics	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
During repositioning of a load of angle bars, an employee caught his fingers in the bundle of iron resulting in a fingertip amputation and lacerations/fractures to two other fingers.
2016-09-30	New Brunswick	New Jersey	ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee felt light-headed and suffered asthma exacerbation while walking down a recently waxed hallway. The employee was hospitalized.
2016-07-13	Brunswick	Georgia	Goodwill of the Coastal Empire	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
The employee was placing material from the back of the truck onto a door that was lying across the forks of a forklift. When he stepped backwards, he stepped onto the edge of the door, lost his balance and fell to the concrete 4 to 5 feet below. The employee sustained a compound fracture to the leg and injured his foot and ankle.
2016-07-04	North Brunswick	New Jersey	Walmart Store#2003	Knee(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was struck by a forklift, requiring hospitalization for a left knee laceration.
2016-05-13	Brunswick	Maine	Hammond Lumber Company	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was strapping down a load of lumber onto a flatbed truck. While attempting to get down from the back of the flatbed, he fell 3.5 to 4 feet and hit the ground. He was hospitalized with a collapsed lung.
2015-10-30	Brunswick	Georgia	Mid South Feeds, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Two employees were changing the belt on a 201 feed drag conveyor when the machine started to back up. One employee incurred an amputation of four fingertips on the right hand when his hand went over the top of the pulley. Then second employee incurred abrasions to the hand and a strain injury when his hand went underneath the pulley.
2015-08-06	New Brunswick	New Jersey	Berlin Steel Construction Company	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee fell approximately 15 off a ramp.
2015-07-20	Brunswick	Ohio	GRIND ALL INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee performing wheel dressing operations on the TGI Centerless Grinder was injured when he reached into the grinding wheel to extract the dummy plug. He sustained a right index finger amputation.
2015-07-08	Brunswick	Georgia	C & G Concrete, Inc.	Arm(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting foam board with a concrete saw when the saw kicked back. The blade impacted his arm, causing a laceration that required hospitalization.
2015-04-03	New Brunswick	New Jersey	Bristol Meyers Squibb	Multiple trunk locations	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee drove a golf cart into a brick wall, injuring her chest and abdomen.
2015-03-12	Brunswick	Georgia	Customs and Border Protection Academy	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Multiple types of exertions and bodily reactions
An employee performing baton training received a rotator cuff tear and was admitted to the hospital.
2015-01-23	New Brunswick	New Jersey	Eastern Freight Ways	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to other harmful substances
An employee became infected with MRSA.
2015-01-23	North Brunswick	New Jersey	Bowlmor AMF	Nonclassifiable	Contact with objects and equipment
Employee was injured while cleaning a pin setter machine.
2015-01-16	Brunswick	Georgia	Customs and Border Protection Academy	Knee(s)	Other exertions or bodily reactions
Employee dislocated a knee during a weapons training exercise.
2015-01-06	East Brunswick	New Jersey	Centrim Electric Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
A stack of 12 x 4 foot panels of sheet rock in the hallway of an under construction building fell on the employee and broke his leg.