| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-19 | Camden | Nj | COOPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
| An employee was pushed to the ground by a patient, resulting in an abdominal injury. | |||||
| 2021-10-10 | Camden | Nj | Covanta Camden | Head and neck | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was checking the water levels in an ash discharger. When the employee opened the discharger's viewing door, hot ash and gas were propelled outward. The employee suffered second-degree burns on the face and neck, as well as first-degree burns on the forearms. | |||||
| 2021-09-07 | Camden | Nj | EMR Eastern LLC | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was adjusting a car lift arm when the lift arm raised up, pinning the employee's hand between the lift arm and a car. The employee sustained fractures to the hand. | |||||
| 2021-08-09 | Camden | Nj | State Metal Industries, Inc. | Lung(s), pleura | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was responding to a chlorine leak and walked into a cloud of chlorine gas. The employee was hospitalized for pulmonary edema. | |||||
| 2021-03-26 | Camden | Nj | DELAWARE RIVER STEVEDORES, INC. | Brain | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was unloading cargo at a terminal. The employee was struck by a chain and hook, suffering facial lacerations and a concussion. | |||||
| 2021-03-16 | Camden | Ny | Northern Clearing , Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating a logging-type truck with a grapple attached. An outrigger had been set for the truck, and the employee was setting the second outrigger when the first one slipped, causing the truck to pitch sideways. The employee was ejected, struck the ground, and suffered a broken left leg and an injury to the right shoulder. | |||||
| 2021-02-02 | Camdenton | Mo | INNOVATIVE PROCUREMENT | Foot (feet) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking when they tripped over a pallet, resulting in two broken bones in their left foot. | |||||
| 2020-09-30 | Camden | Nj | Lehigh Hanson | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was unjamming a hopper and suffered a partial amputation of their left index and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2020-07-27 | Camden | New Jersey | Jupiter Painting Contracting Company, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was ascending a portable extension ladder to access a piece of equipment. The employee lost their footing and fell approximately 8 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained fractures to the collar bone and ribs. | |||||
| 2020-04-23 | Camden | New Jersey | Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital | Foot (feet) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell from the top of a ladder while checking a new property. The employee struck the ground and suffered a dislocation to the foot. | |||||
| 2019-08-24 | Camden | New Jersey | Southport Distribution LLC | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a forklift when his foot became pinned between the forklift and a rack, resulting in a broken foot/leg. | |||||
| 2019-08-22 | Camden | New Jersey | My Auto Store | Foot (feet) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was preparing to hook up a hoist to an engine when it fell off the table it was on and pinned his feet, fracturing them. | |||||
| 2019-08-12 | Camden | New Jersey | Eastern Metal Recycling | Leg(s) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
| An employee was using a floor cleaning machine. When he stepped off, the equipment moved and hit his left leg, fracturing it. | |||||
| 2019-05-13 | Camden | Arkansas | Gilchrist Bag Manufacturing, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a printing press with a rag when the press cycled and struck her right hand, amputating her right fifth digit at the first knuckle and fourth digit at the second knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-04-01 | Camden | New Jersey | JPC Group, Inc. | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was installing/splicing bulkhead sheet piling when the employee's hand was caught between sheeting. The employee was hospitalized with a hand fracture. | |||||
| 2018-08-07 | Camden | Maine | Hahnel Bros Co | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee did not feel well at the end of the day and experienced muscle cramps and vomiting. He was hospitalized for heat stress. | |||||
| 2018-06-29 | Camden | Delaware | Guardian Environmental Services, Co. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was operating a circular saw. The saw kicked back on the employee while trying to cut through a knot in a piece of 2 x 6. The employee's left ring finger was broken and the middle finger was cut. | |||||
| 2018-06-19 | Camden | New Jersey | Mafco Worldwide | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was working on a machine when his left hand entered the machine, resulting in a pinky fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-01-23 | Camden | Alabama | Browder Veneer Company, Inc. | Multiple lower extremities locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to get an infeed belt to a chipper running again. He applied pressure to the belt with his foot so the belt would gain traction. At the same time, another employee was toggling the forward and reverse switch for the belt. The first employee's right foot then became caught between the conveyor belt and the end roll of the conveyor, breaking bones in the right foot and leg area. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-01-17 | Camden | Texas | Georgia Pacific Wood Products | Face | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was splashed in the face with caustic material as he was filling a holding tank. He was hospitalized with burns to the face. | |||||
| 2018-01-16 | Camden | New Jersey | Campbell Soup Company | Multiple body parts | Trip without fall |
| An employee tripped and contacted a kettle of hot water, receiving burns to the arms, face, and neck. | |||||
| 2017-09-20 | Camden | New Jersey | Camden Mechanical LLC | Arm(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was drilling a concrete anchor with a hammer drill when he pulled on a loose duct hanger, which then cut his arm. | |||||
| 2017-08-17 | Camden | New Jersey | DALE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was cutting wood with a saw when it amputated the employee's left middle finger. The saw was guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2017-07-20 | Camden | New Jersey | Innovative Recovery Products | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was using a walk-behind loader to remove fluff in the working area under the mini mill. While cleaning with the equipment, he wanted to clean the other side of the crossbeam further. When he got closer to the crossbeam, the loader hit a bump and raised upward. His right hand was then pinched between the loader handle and the crossbeam, fracturing his second metacarpal bone. | |||||
| 2017-04-20 | Camden | Alabama | McGraw Webb Chevrolet, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to unjam a wire cable from a winch when the employee's left hand entered the winch, amputating the middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-05-23 | Camden | Arkansas | Esterline Defense Technologies | Multiple body parts | Explosion, n.e.c. |
| Two employees were loading explosive pyrotechnics into a drying tumbler when the material exploded, burning the face and hands of both employees. One of the employees also fractured her elbow and lacerated her leg. | |||||
| 2016-03-12 | East Camden | Arkansas | Spectra Technologies LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was running a crimper on the 40 mm line when her right thumb and index finger were crushed by the machine. Her thumb and index finger were surgically amputated. | |||||
| 2016-03-08 | Camden | New Jersey | Central Metals Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was injured after they climbed on top of a forklift and inadvertently kicked it into gear. The employee became pinned between the roll bar and the mast, suffering a cracked sternum. | |||||
| 2016-03-04 | Camden | New Jersey | Camden Metal Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was feeding stock into an alligator shear when the shear amputated the employee's middle finger. | |||||
| 2016-01-29 | Camden | New Jersey | Synagro Technology | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee had an asthma attack as a result of paint fumes. | |||||
| 2015-11-16 | Camden | New Jersey | M&T Erection Enterprises | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell off a roof deck and broke bones. | |||||
| 2015-10-08 | Camden | Texas | Georgia Pacific Wood Products | Multiple body parts | Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source |
| On October 8, 2015, at approximately 12:00 noon, a Georgia Pacific Wood Products employee was performing maintenance on the Number 1 Lathe. The employee was welding with a Lincoln welding machine when his shirt caught on fire. The employee was wearing FR clothing. The fire watch immediately started spraying water on the employee as the employee laid down in an attempt to smother the flames. The employee suffered second degree burns under his left arm and his left torso area. | |||||
| 2015-08-13 | Camdenton | Missouri | Bud-Alan Plastics | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was brushing plastic shavings to one end inside the CNC machine so that the shavings could be removed. The auger inside the machine started, and the employee's hand came into contact with the auger, breaking bones. | |||||
| 2015-03-12 | Camden | Arkansas | AEROJET ROCKETDYNE | Brain | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee lost consciousness and fell on the same level onto a concrete floor, injuring his head. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-02-06 | Camden | Arkansas | Douthit Tie & Lumber Company | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| Employee was walking in an open area when a forklift weighing 26,000 pounds struck his right lower leg and rolled over the leg. | |||||