Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-09-07 | Elizabeth | Nj | KFC | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee had been washing dishes. The employee's right leg gave out and she fell. | |||||
2021-08-24 | Elizabeth | Nj | CMC Food Inc | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was working on the production floor in a staging area where she was folding and labeling cartons. The employee stepped out of the aisles of stacked pallets and was struck by a reversing forklift transporting a pallet of cartons. The forklift struck her right foot and she was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-05-28 | Elizabeth | Nj | Maher Terminals LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
A shipping yard laborer had just helped a straddle carrier operator connect lifting gear to a flat rack's arms. The straddle carrier was lifting the arm when the flat rack slid toward the yard laborer and pinned him against the bumper of the straddle. The laborer suffered a broken sternum. | |||||
2021-03-10 | Elizabeth | Nj | APM TERMINALS | Nonclassifiable | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
Two employees were operating company vehicles in the yard and collided with each other. | |||||
2020-08-13 | Elizabeth | Nj | APM TERMINALS | Multiple leg locations | Other fall to lower level |
At around 4:45 p.m. on August 13, 2020, an employee had just parked a rubber tire gantry and was climbing down from it. He slipped and fell from the fourth rung to the ground, suffering a broken leg and a possible broken tibia and fibula. | |||||
2020-08-11 | Elizabethville | Pa | DRS Construction | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was cleaning up the job site and suffered heat exhaustion. | |||||
2020-06-25 | Elizabeth | New Jersey | Home Depot | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
A truck's lift gate was raised while the driver's hand was on it. The gate pinched the driver's left thumb, | |||||
2020-05-21 | Elizabethtown | Pennsylvania | Greiner Industries, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was helping to remove pipe from a structure when the pipe fell and struck the employee's right leg, fracturing the tibia and fibula. | |||||
2020-05-11 | Elizabeth | New Jersey | Maher Terminals LLC | Arm(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
While operating a straddle machine, an employee attempted to make a right turn when the straddle tipped over. The employee sustained a left arm fracture. | |||||
2020-02-20 | Elizabeth | New Jersey | Maher Terminals | Arm(s) | Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle |
An employee was standing on a hatch cover, removing twist locks on the forward end of a container. A container attached to a crane spreader struck and pushed the employee, breaking the employee's right arm. | |||||
2020-02-19 | Elizabeth | New Jersey | APM Terminals | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
A truck knocked over an employee, who suffered broken bones. | |||||
2020-01-29 | Elizabeth | Colorado | HEI Civil | Hip(s) | Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c. |
An employee came up behind a second employee, who was getting parts off a shelf, to put snow down his shirt. The second employee stood up and turned around, which knocked the first employee over. He fell against a tire and broke his right hip. | |||||
2019-07-26 | Elizabethtown | Pennsylvania | Nordstrom East Coast Fulfillment Center | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over a box and fell to the floor, fracturing a fibula. | |||||
2019-07-15 | Elizabeth | Colorado | Romero's Transportation, Inc. | Ear(s) | Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment |
An employee was in a trench cleaning soil off of the water line in preparation for a connection. The trench collapsed along with the soil pile that was approximately one foot from the edge of the trench. The employee was completely covered with soil and was hospitalized for a broken jaw and lacerations to the ear and right arm. | |||||
2019-06-27 | Elizabeth | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania American Water | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was getting equipment from a truck when the truck door closed on him, rupturing a disc in his back. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-06-04 | Elizabeth | New Jersey | Jacobson & Company, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was confirming measurements on the fascia/soffits. While dismounting the ladder, he lost balance, caught his foot on the front rail of the ladder, and fell onto metal cutting shears that impaled his right side. He suffered injury to his kidney, liver and colon. | |||||
2019-04-08 | Elizabeth | New Jersey | Wakefern Food Company | Lower leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was turning the corner with an electric pallet jack when the employee's leg was caught between warehouse racking and the jack, breaking the employee's tibia. | |||||
2019-03-18 | Elizabeth | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania Coach Lines | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
An employee tripped on the lip of a concrete pad near the rear entrance of a bus garage. The employee fell to the concrete, suffering a knee injury. | |||||
2019-01-21 | Elizabethtown | Pennsylvania | LCL Bulk Transport, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
After one of the mechanics repaired the chocolate pump on the trailer, an employee reached into the hose opening and sustained the amputation of the left middle fingertip. The pump was in operation at the time. | |||||
2018-09-16 | Elizabeth | New Jersey | MAHER TERMINALS, INC. | Nonclassifiable | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was driving a straddle when the equipment tipped over. | |||||
2018-09-05 | Elizabeth | New Jersey | US Intermodal, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
At 10:30 a.m. on September 5, 2018, an employee unlocked a shipping container that was mounted on a train, then lost his balance and reached out to grab the container. It shifted, and his right hand was caught between two containers. Three of his fingertips were crushed/amputated. | |||||
2018-08-28 | Saint Elizabeth | Missouri | Loethen Construction Inc | Thigh(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee was working at a residential construction site when he fell from a window opening to the ground, breaking a femur. | |||||
2018-07-27 | Elizabeth | New Jersey | Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was transiting between units within the hospital when the employee slipped on a wet floor and fell to the ground, fracturing the left patella and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-07-20 | Elizabethtown | Pennsylvania | McGrath Technical Staffing Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
A temporary employee was cleaning behind the radial saw and contacted the saw blade causing a laceration to the right index finger and amputation of the right middle finger. | |||||
2018-07-12 | Elizabethtown | Pennsylvania | Mars, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was manually jogging a belt pulley on a dust collector motor when he sustained a partial right pinky finger amputation above the first knuckle. | |||||
2018-06-04 | Elizabeth | New Jersey | Wakefern Food Corporation | Nonclassifiable | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee tripped on the gap between the dock plate and a trailer and fell to the ground. | |||||
2018-05-31 | Elizabethtown | Pennsylvania | Talco Home Improvement | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was walking down steps when her foot became stuck on a step and she fell, dislocating both ankles. | |||||
2018-05-25 | Elizabethtown | Pennsylvania | Masonic Village | Brain | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was mowing grass using a riding mower and struck a tree. The employee was hospitalized for a concussion. | |||||
2018-05-15 | Elizabeth | New Jersey | Clean Venture, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was helping another employee lower a lift gate on a truck. His left hand was on the edge of the lift gate when the latching mechanism closed, catching his left pinky fingertip and resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2018-04-21 | Elizabeth | New Jersey | ACTAVIS ELIZABETH, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell off an A-frame ladder. | |||||
2018-01-17 | Elizabethtown | Pennsylvania | MWI Animal Health | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was driving a high-reach forklift into a cooler in the outbound warehouse when her foot was pinched between the lift and a beam. Two of her toes had to be surgically amputated. | |||||
2017-10-11 | Elizabeth | New Jersey | DGI Menard Inc | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was bending down and cleaning out a box when a piece of angle iron fell on his left ring finger, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
2017-06-21 | Elizabethtown | Pennsylvania | Nordstrom, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was attempting to track a conveyor belt when he tripped. His right hand came down on the moving conveyor belt, amputating his right middle fingertip to the first knuckle. | |||||
2017-03-24 | Elizabeth | New Jersey | Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was walking when she missed a small step and fell down, fracturing her right elbow and right foot. | |||||
2017-03-11 | Elizabeth | New Jersey | Amazon.com.dedc, LLC | Elbow(s) and arms(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee on a ladder was removing packages from an overhead conveyor when the employee slipped and fell approximately 8 feet to the floor, fracturing the left humerus and dislocating the left elbow. | |||||
2017-03-01 | Elizabethtown | Pennsylvania | Leo Kob Co. Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a chop saw to cut a pipe. The pipe was wet and his hand slipped from the pipe up into the saw blade. The employee's left index finger was amputated at the first knuckle and the left middle finger was lacerated. | |||||
2017-01-08 | Elizabethtown | Pennsylvania | Kmart Corporation #3842 | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was coming down a mobile staircase when he missed the last two steps and fell. He fractured his lower left leg and left wrist and dislocated his left elbow. He required surgery. | |||||
2016-10-06 | Elizabeth | New Jersey | Amazon Delivery Station DEW2 | Hand(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was pulling a mobile cart backwards from a packing station. The cart was located between a guard rail and the wall, which had a dry erase board mounted on it with an aluminum marker storage tray located along the bottom edge. While passing the tray, the back of the employee's hand came across the edge of the tray, pulling his glove down and lacerating the back of his left hand. | |||||
2016-09-29 | Elizabeth City | North Caroli | U.S. Dept of Homeland Security | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee severed a finger while using a stationary horizontal bandsaw to cut material. The finger had to be amputated. | |||||
2016-07-28 | Elizabeth | New Jersey | U.S. Customs | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c. |
An employee was getting into a car when the driver pulled away before the employee was inside. The employee's ankle was run over and fractured in three places. | |||||
2016-07-13 | Elizabeth | New Jersey | Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was walking, tripped on a shoe lace, and fell fracturing the right hip. | |||||
2016-07-08 | Elizabeth | New Jersey | E & J Gallo Winery | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On 7/8/2016, an employee was trying to repair a conveyor when the right hand was caught in the conveyor belt resulting in amputation of the pointer fingertip. | |||||
2016-06-06 | Elizabeth | New Jersey | TRINITAS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee suffered an asthma attack after being exposed to chemical fumes from a nearby floor stripping and waxing operation. | |||||
2015-12-14 | Elizabeth | New Jersey | United Parcel Service, Inc. | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
While walking in the crosswalk from the parking lot to the building, an employee was struck by a feeder shifter (powered industrial vehicle), fracturing his leg. | |||||
2015-11-25 | Elizabeth | New Jersey | Michael Foods | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonclassifiable |
An employee suffered a partial amputation of the right middle finger. | |||||
2015-10-06 | Elizabeth | New Jersey | APM Terminals | Hand(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee's right hand was amputated while rigging new hoisting cables on a crane. | |||||
2015-06-18 | Elizabethville | Pennsylvania | RITE SCREEN COMPANY, INCORPORATED | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
An employee pushing five screen doors felt pain in his back and had difficulty breathing. The employee was hospitalized with a collapsed lung. | |||||
2015-05-29 | Elizabethtown | Pennsylvania | Mora Installations Inc. | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee standing on the second floor of the building fell approximately 10 feet to the floor below, injuring his left arm. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery. |