Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-03-21 | Darien | Wisconsin | Plasticraft Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
The injured employee had been supervising a group and working on a plastic molding machine. The employee's right index finger was partially amputated by the air cleanout device. | |||||
2019-09-08 | Darien Center | New York | Live Nation | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
An employee was walking across the venue when she tripped on a crack/uneven area of pavement and fell to the concrete surface. She hit her head on the ground and sustained injuries including a contusion/laceration to the forehead above the right eye, shoulder and upper arm pain on the right side, and numbness of the left arm. She was hospitalized and required neck surgery. | |||||
2019-08-01 | Darien Center | New York | Live Nation Darien Lake Amphitheatre | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
At about 11:15 p.m. on August 1, 2019, a stage hand was pushing a road case on stage when he fell (less than 6 feet) from the stage to the concrete floor. He hit his head, suffering a concussion, and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-02-16 | Darien | Illinois | Jewel Food Store, Inc. #123 | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Injured by object breaking in hand |
On February 16, 2019, an employee was placing a liquor bottle on a shelf. The bottle broke and lacerated his right palm. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-01-26 | Darien | Wisconsin | Birds Eye Foods LLC | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on ice and fell breaking his tibia in three places. | |||||
2017-07-11 | Darien | Wisconsin | Birds Eye Foods | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a stainless steel, 72-inch-long probe to break up frozen vegetables in a hopper when the stainless steel probe came into contact with the mechanical cluster buster at the bottom of the hopper, causing it to twist and pinch the employee's pinky fingertip between the top of the hopper edge and the stainless steel probe. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2016-07-26 | Darien | Wisconsin | Birds Eye Foods, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was cleaning a conveyor. The floor of the immediate area was wet due to cleaning. The employee slipped and attempted to catch himself by grabbing the conveyer. His thumb and forefinger became caught in the conveyor, which was operating in cleanup mode. His left index fingertip and thumb tip were amputated. | |||||
2016-05-20 | Darien | Wisconsin | Birds Eye Foods, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was inspecting a conveyer before starting production. The conveyer was in the off position at the time. The employee slipped while kneeling down to inspect the clean-out and then grabbed the side of the conveyor, which caused the clean-out cover to shut on the employee's finger, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
2016-02-20 | Darien | Illinois | Jewel Osco Store # 3123 | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee sustained an amputation of the right middle fingertip while using a meat saw. | |||||
2015-11-13 | Darien | Wisconsin | Tankcraft Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was rolling aluminum. The employee's gloved hand was drawn into the in-turning rollers of the rolling machine. The employee required pinky and ring finger surgery. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
2015-02-19 | Darien | Connecticut | Darien Animal Hospital | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
Employee was euthanizing a sick dog. The dog lunged unexpectedly and bit the employee on the hand/lower arm. |