Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-07-14 | Eaton | Oh | Neaton Auto Products Manufacturing, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee working at a loading dock entered the back of a truck. The truck pulled away causing the employee to fall out of the truck. The employee sustained a concussion, left forehead hematoma, broken left shoulder, and broken left heal. | |||||
2021-06-29 | Eatontown | Nj | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE NY CORP | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee had been delivering packages and was hospitalized for dehydration. | |||||
2021-05-26 | Eatonton | Ga | Cosmo Cabinets Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
While cleaning inside a machine, an employee contacted a rotating blade and sustained a hand laceration. | |||||
2021-05-20 | Eaton | Co | Agfinity Inc. - Corporate Office | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was attempting to clear the air lock by scooping the feed down with a grain shovel. While standing on the pile of feed, he lost his balance. As he went to catch himself, his hand was caught in the air lock resulting in a broken thumb/hand. | |||||
2021-05-20 | Eaton | Co | Alpine Staffing Solutions | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c. |
A temporary employee was cleaning an airlock from on top of a pile of feed. He began to fall, and his hand was caught in the airlock as he tried to catch himself. He suffered a broken thumb. | |||||
2021-01-27 | Wheaton | Mn | Raguse Family Partnership | Multiple body parts | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment |
An employee was using a manlift when the top pulley became detached from the anchor point in the manlift's head house and the employee fell within the manlift, resulting in two fractured arms and a fractured vertebra. | |||||
2020-05-20 | Wheaton | Illinois | Pipe Strong LLC. | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a flatbed trailer to the ground. The employee suffered a broken skull, with brain bleeding, and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-03-24 | Eatonton | Georgia | UFP Eatonton, LLC | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was moving lumber from a saw to a conveyor. The employee's right hand was pulled into the conveyor belt. The hand and finger(s) were lacerated and broken. | |||||
2019-08-21 | Wheaton | Illinois | Area Erectors Inc. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing onto a trailer when he fell to the ground, breaking his wrist and injuring his hip. | |||||
2019-08-15 | Wheaton | Illinois | Romexterra Construction Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was working from a ladder when he fell off, landing on the ground 7 or 8 feet below. He suffered a head injury requiring sutures and a concussion and was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-09-24 | Eaton | Colorado | Penhall Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was installing a new drum of sealant into the road sealant machine and caught their left thumb between the compression piston and plunger assembly resulting in amputation of the distal end. | |||||
2018-04-18 | Wheaton | Illinois | Catigny Foundation | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
On April 18, 2018, an employee was standing on a bale of hay while restacking straw in a barn when the straw bales moved, causing him to lose his balance and fall. He hit a railing as he fell and landed on the other side, breaking ribs and requiring surgery. | |||||
2017-10-09 | Eatonton | Georgia | United Forest Products Company | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was stacking wood about 28 feet from a rip saw when a piece of wood was thrown from the rip saw and struck the employee in the back. The wood impaled his back and went through his stomach. | |||||
2016-08-17 | Mount Eaton | Ohio | ARE Accessories LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was operating a 10-inch table saw to cut a piece of 1/4-inch plywood when the plywood kicked back and caught his finger. Due to the extent of the injury, his left index finger had to be surgically amputated. | |||||
2016-08-17 | Eatontown | New Jersey | HATTERAS PRESS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee's thumb was pinched and lacerated between the rollers of a folding machine, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-08-20 | Eaton | Ohio | Neaton Auto Products Manufacturing, Inc. | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was in the mold maintenance area unloading an approximately 4 ft. by 4 ft. steel mold from the transport trailer with a crane. He stepped up on the trailer (approximately 29 inches high) and as he was stepping down from the trailer, he slipped and fell to the floor fracturing his left elbow in multiple places. The employee was admitted to the hospital for surgery to repair the fractures. | |||||
2015-03-29 | Eaton | Ohio | Neaton Auto Products | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee fell on plastic pellets from a hopper and broke his left hip. He was hospitalized. |