Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-05 | Chicopee | Ma | Estes Express Lines | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee pulled the fifth wheel release to drop his trailer and fell back onto the asphalt, resulting in a broken right hip. | |||||
2021-07-14 | Chicopee | Ma | Greif Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee was hospitalized after being assaulted by another employee. | |||||
2021-06-29 | Chicopee | Ma | Consumer Product Distributors, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was clearing a jammed conveyor belt. His fingertips became caught in the belt resulting in amputations to the ring and middle fingers on his right hand. | |||||
2021-06-11 | Chicopee | Ma | U.S. Tsubaki Automotive, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee removed a cap while prepping a tote in a wastewater treatment area and was exposed to sulfuric acid, resulting in chemical burns. | |||||
2021-02-17 | Chico | Tx | Targa Resources | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
On February 17, 2021, an employee was completing rounds through a natural gas planet when he slipped and fell on an ice spot. He was hospitalized, having suffered a broken left hip. | |||||
2021-02-12 | Chicopee | Ma | Commonwealth Packaging Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting corrugated cardboard with a bandsaw when the blade lacerated a finger and amputated a fingertip. | |||||
2020-02-20 | Chico | Texas | Hubbard Construction | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was reaching over an asphalt machine. The employee's jacket sleeve was caught between the trunnion and a tire, causing a partial amputation of the left ring finger and the laceration of the left little and middle fingers. | |||||
2019-06-21 | Chicora | Pennsylvania | Shields Asphalt Paving | Pelvis | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee was performing paving work and was pinned between the paver the employee was standing on and a roller machine. The employee suffered a fractured pelvis. | |||||
2017-06-20 | Chicopee | Massachusett | VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL, INC. | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was standing on the sidewalk supervising children at play. A child approached the employee and attempted to hug her. The employee was surprised, lost her balance, and fell to the sidewalk, breaking both femurs. She was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2017-04-13 | Chicopee | Massachusett | Callaway Golf Ball Operations, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was walking around the waste hampers to size up the load for a forklift, tripped over metal equipment on the floor, and fell breaking bones in his leg. | |||||
2016-09-21 | Chicopee | Massachusett | U.S. Tsubaki Automotive, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Contact with hot objects or substances |
On September 21, 2016, an employee was hospitalized after receiving burn injuries while operating a tempering/polishing machine. | |||||
2016-09-16 | Chico | Texas | Jagoe Public Company, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was replacing a motor when an asphalt plant component fell and hit the lift platform, knocking the employee to the ground. He suffered a back vertebrae injury. | |||||
2016-07-07 | Chicopee | Massachusett | DMG MORI SEIKI USA | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was hospitalized following second degree burns to right hand and fingers resulting from an arc flash that occurred while replacing the cover on an electrical control panel. |