Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-07-08 | Cranbury | Nj | Essendant Co. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in lifting, lowering |
An employee experienced a back strain while lifting a 25-pound box and placing it down. | |||||
2021-03-26 | Cranbury | Nj | Monarch and Yale Electric | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was delivering materials to a customer location. While removing materials from the truck, the employee fell off the lift gate and landed on the ground. The employee was hospitalized with three fractured ribs, multiple left transverse process fractures, and a left scapula fracture. The employee required surgery. | |||||
2021-01-22 | Cranbury | Nj | Wayfair | Hand(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee was driving an electric pallet jack down an aisle. The pallet jack collided with a moving stand-up forklift and the employee suffered fractures to fingers on their right hand. | |||||
2020-09-14 | Cranbury | Nj | W.B. MASON Co., Inc. | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a reach truck and pinned his left foot between the reach truck and the supporting beam resulting in a compound fracture. | |||||
2020-07-15 | Cranbury | New Jersey | Legacy Converting Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was operating a machine. While clearing a jam, the blade amputated their left ring fingertip. | |||||
2020-01-02 | Cranbury | New Jersey | World and Main, LLC | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
A forklift struck an employee's left ankle as it backed up. | |||||
2019-09-10 | Cranbury | New Jersey | Petco Distribution Center | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee got off a pallet jack and was walking down an aisle to a pick location. The employee tripped over a box and fell, sustaining a fractured left femur. | |||||
2019-07-30 | Cranbury | New Jersey | Loving Pets Products Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was feeding an extruder machine. As he tried to clear a jammed piece, the machine caught and lacerated his finger. | |||||
2019-07-27 | Cranbury | New Jersey | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | Leg(s) | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee fell off a powered industrial truck, suffering a broken leg. | |||||
2019-07-25 | Cranbury | New Jersey | Amware Logistics LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
An employee was hospitalized for head trauma after falling 20-25 feet from an order picker onto the cement floor. | |||||
2019-07-10 | Cranbury | New Jersey | Wendy's | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was retrieving a pan of chili meat and hot water that had been cooking inside the microwave. The pan slipped out of her hands and hot chili spilled over her left arm and hand. She sustained first and second degree burns. | |||||
2019-07-02 | Cranbury | New Jersey | Wayfair LLC | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was moving merchandise from a trailer truck when the employee was hit by three king-size headboards while pushing a hand dolly outside the trailer. The employee suffered a right-side head and shoulder injury (contusion). | |||||
2019-05-16 | Cranbury | New Jersey | Wayfair LLC | Nonclassifiable | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was loading a truck with the assistance of a power conveyor belt. The employee was struck by two boxes that fell on him while he was stacking the boxes. | |||||
2019-02-25 | Cranbury | New Jersey | Amazon TEB6 | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
A forklift operator's left leg was pinned between the forklift and a racking system. | |||||
2018-02-12 | Cranbury | New Jersey | Petco Animal Supplies | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was struck by a reversing forklift. | |||||
2017-10-03 | Cranbury | New Jersey | Trumpf Photonics | Multiple body parts | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee was attempting to lift laboratory equipment when it became unstable and fell on him, trapping him underneath. He fractured his ankle, leg, pelvis, and ribs on both sides. | |||||
2016-06-07 | Cranbury | New Jersey | World and Main, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a forklift when his hand was pinned between the forklift's safety cage and a storage rack, amputating his left index and middle fingers. | |||||
2016-04-25 | Cranbury | New Jersey | Legacy Converting Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee's hand was caught in a machine. | |||||
2016-03-05 | Cranbury | New Jersey | Crate & Barrel | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
While an employee was unloading a trailer of media cabinets, product fell on him and broke his lower right leg. | |||||
2015-11-05 | Cranbury | New Jersey | PetCo Animal Supplies | Ankle(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle |
An employee was operating the forklift and suddenly lost control. During impact, the operator was struck in the ankle by a piece of wooden pallet. The employee was bleeding profusely. | |||||
2015-04-10 | Cranbury | New Jersey | WILLIAM SONOMA | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects |
An employee's finger got stuck between two battery terminals in a forklift machine. The employee clipped a fingertip and was hospitalized. |