| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-03 | Cranston | Ri | Stone Depot of RI, Inc. / Pinnacle Kitchen & Bath | Leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee was measuring a piece of granite with a tape measure. The granite tipped and fell onto him, breaking his leg. | |||||
| 2021-05-18 | Cranston | Ri | NORTH-EASTERN TREE SERVICES INC. | Arm(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
| An employee was removing a tree limb. When the limb came free, a tag line that was wrapped around the employee's right arm caused serious rope burns and possible tissue damage to his forearm. | |||||
| 2020-08-21 | Cranston | Ri | Penske Truck Leasing | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell from the top of a truck cab to the ground, suffering injuries. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-03-16 | Cranston | Rhode Island | Pepsi Beverages Company | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee fell in a parking lot after stepping on a small animal. He sustained a back injury and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-02-13 | Cranston | Rhode Island | Ocean State Job Lot | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
| An employee was bent over, picking up stacks of boxes from the floor to put into a carriage. He picked up multiple boxes and turned and felt a pop in his back. He was hospitalized with a back strain. | |||||
| 2018-06-19 | Cranston | Rhode Island | Greene Construction Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was installing shingle siding from a scaffold when he fell through the guardrails to the ground below, fracturing his vertebrae, pelvis, and arm. | |||||
| 2018-06-05 | Cranston | Rhode Island | XPO Logistics Freight, Inc. | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was unloading cargo off a trailer. The employee removed the retention strap from a pallet leaning against the wall of the trailer. As the employee walked by the pallet, it fell to the floor, pinning the employee's foot between the pallet and the trailer floor. The employee sustained fractures to his foot and ankle. | |||||
| 2017-09-27 | Cranston | Rhode Island | Dryvit Systems, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was loading sticks of material into a multi-saw when a stick became jammed as it was being fed it into the saw blade area. She opened a side door hatch to access the feed compartment and used her fingers to try and adjust the jammed stick. The machine’s pneumatic feeding system pushed air into the material feed compartment, which then pushed the stick and the employee’s left index finger into the rotating saw blades. Her left index finger was amputated just below the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2017-06-29 | Cranston | Rhode Island | GSM METALS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee suffered a left ring finger amputation while operating a chopper machine to cut metal scrap. | |||||
| 2017-05-02 | Cranston | Rhode Island | Edgewood Services Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee suffered a fingertip amputation while operating an automotive lift. | |||||
| 2016-08-16 | Cranston | Rhode Island | Kmart | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee had removed money from a safe in the office area and was closing the safe door when her hand was crushed between the safe door and the door jam. Her right thumb was partially amputated. | |||||
| 2015-12-18 | Cranston | Rhode Island | Pepsi Beverages Company | Hip(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was hospitalized for a broken hip when he was struck by a passing forklift that was carrying pallets. | |||||
| 2015-11-09 | Cranston | Rhode Island | Antaya Technologies Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was attempting to remove scrap material from the stamping press. The injured employee's hand got caught in the material, and the right-hand middle finger was partially amputated. | |||||
| 2015-05-13 | Cranston | Rhode Island | Pepsi Beverages Co. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode |
| An employee was getting ready to get into his delivery truck when he bent over to pick up an air bag and sustained a back injury. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-03-18 | Cranston | Rhode Island | Pepsi Beverages Co. | Ankle(s) | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee suffered an ankle injury and required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-02-10 | Cranston | Rhode Island | Pepsi Cola Bottling Company Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| On or about 2/10/15, a worker fell from a stainless steel tank to the ground, approximately 9 feet below, and sustained multiple rib fractures. He was hospitalized overnight. | |||||