| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-13 | Cumberland | Wi | Dirks Heating & Cooling, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| On July 13, 2021, an employee was drilling a hole for piping in a concrete wall using a core drill. The employee's gloves caught the shaft of the core drill causing a partial amputation to the left index finger and lacerations to the left middle and ring fingers. | |||||
| 2020-10-19 | Cumberland | Wi | SENECA FOODS CORPORATION - VEGETABLE DIVISION | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| A conveyor belt on the green bean line was slipping due to some icing on the drive motor. An employee went over to start it manually. While tugging on the belt, the employee's hand got pulled into the underside of the conveyor. The employee sustained third degree burns on his left arm and hand requiring skin grafts. | |||||
| 2020-10-15 | Cumberland | Ri | Hindley Manufacturing Co., Inc. | Brain | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| A toolmaker was setting a pin in a die set using a hand-operated press with an overhead pull-down bar when the die set slipped. This released the resistance against the downward force causing the toolmaker to fall backward against a storage rack and then to the floor. The toolmaker suffered a head injury. | |||||
| 2020-04-23 | New Cumberland | Pennsylvania | Defense Logistics Agency | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was standing on the fork of a forklift 2 feet off the ground pulling on shrink wrap when he slipped and fell to the ground, fracturing his hip. | |||||
| 2019-08-15 | Cumberland | Rhode Island | Tiffany and Company | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking across a parking lot when she tripped on some sidewalk repair material, fell, and struck her knee on the curb. She suffered a broken bone in her right leg. | |||||
| 2019-07-18 | New Cumberland | Pennsylvania | The Arc of Cumberland & Perry Counties | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee slipped while walking down the stairs, fell to the ground, and sustained a broken ankle requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2019-03-25 | Cumberland City | Tennessee | TVA | Foot (feet) | Collision between water vehicles |
| An employee was walking up onto a barge via the steps between the two tow knees. The tow boat and the barge made full contact, and the employee's right foot was crushed between the two vessels. | |||||
| 2018-06-27 | New Cumberland | Pennsylvania | E.K. Services, Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was getting out of a dump truck and facing the truck with three points of contact. As he stepped onto the slip-resistant tread, his foot slipped off and he fell backwards, striking his head on the step of a backhoe that was parked next to him. He suffered a head laceration and lost consciousness. | |||||
| 2017-08-11 | New Cumberland | Pennsylvania | Donald B Smith Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| On August 11, 2017, at 8:30 a.m., an employee was dismounting a ladder onto a roof when the metal shingle that he stepped on detached and he fell 15 feet to the ground, fracturing his lower lumbar, cervical spine, and three ribs. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-10-13 | Cumberland City | Tennessee | HEADWATERS INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On October 13, 2016, an employee was troubleshooting a squealing roller on a conveyor. The guard was removed and the employee tapped on the roller with a hammer. The roller caught the hammer and pulled his finger into it. He was transferred to the hospital where the left index finger was amputated at the first joint. | |||||
| 2016-10-06 | Cumberland City | Tennessee | Tennessee Valley Authority | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was moving a piece of pipe on a cart when it shifted and crushed his right-hand middle and index fingers, fracturing both. The index finger above the first knuckle had to be surgically amputated. | |||||
| 2016-08-05 | Cumberland | Rhode Island | CUMBERLAND FOUNDRY COMPANY, INC. | Hand(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was tipping over (breaking open) a mold that contained liquid molten iron. The molten iron came in contact with the cuff of his leather glove and traveled down the inside of his glove to the palm and fingers, burning his hand. | |||||
| 2015-10-31 | Cumberland | Rhode Island | LKQ Route 16 Used Auto Parts, Inc | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| The injured employee was helping a nearby forklift operator move a pallet of copper wire to a staging area. The employee was standing directly next to the load as it was being lifted. Once the operator attempted to move the forklift, the top unit of copper wire slid off the bottom unit, striking the employee in his left leg. The employee sustained two broken bones in the left leg requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2015-09-30 | New Cumberland | Pennsylvania | Underground Solutions, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was loading pipe into a fusion machine when the pipe became crooked. The employee tried to remove the pipe by lifting it with a coworker. His right pinky and ring fingers got caught between the pipe, amputating his fingertips. | |||||
| 2015-01-26 | New Cumberland | Pennsylvania | Defense Logistics Agency | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| Employee was setting up an iron worker, aligning lower and upper dies, when it fully cycled. A piece of the upper die came off when it hit the lower die, striking the employee in the right eye. | |||||