Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-07-06 | Chatham | Ny | The Chatham Berry Farm LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was operating a roll-up side mechanism on a greenhouse and suffered a right thumb amputation when their shirt was snagged by the mechanism and twisted tightly around his upper arm and hand. | |||||
2020-01-22 | Chatham | Massachusett | EASTWARD COMPANIES BUSINESS TRUST | Hand(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was operating a table saw to cut wood. When he attempted to clear debris from the saw, his left hand contacted the blade causing lacerations to his left hand that resulted in an amputation. The blade was unguarded and in motion at the time of the incident. | |||||
2019-06-28 | Chatham | Illinois | U.S. Postal Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was hospitalized for dehydration after feeling dizzy and lightheaded while on his route. | |||||
2018-06-20 | Chatham | Massachusett | Chatham Shellfish Company | Fingertip(s) | Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle |
An employee as pulling the motor out of the water into the locked position. When it didn't lock, the motor descended and the employee was pulled overboard pinching her right thumb between the motor and the clasp to the bracket. Her fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2016-08-14 | Chatham | New Jersey | Bimbo Bakeries USA | Multiple body parts | Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode |
On 8/14/16, at 0800 hours, an employee was climbing stairs when he felt a sharp pain in his lower back shooting down his leg. The pain worsened and he was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-02-04 | Chatham | Illinois | Defender Security Company | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet |
Employee was sitting at the kitchen table of a customer's house filling out paperwork when the chair broke underneath him. The employee fell and hit his neck, suffering a herniated disk in his neck that will require surgery. |