| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-13 | Elmwood Park | Nj | Dr. Praeger's Sensible Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was fixing a jam in a machine when the machine caught her glove and pulled in her hand, resulting in amputation of the left middle finger. | |||||
| 2019-03-21 | Elmwood | Nebraska | Midwest Farmers Cooperative | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was opening the overhead bay door at the back of the shop. His right middle finger was pinched between the cable and the roller and was medically amputated to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2018-07-25 | Elmwood Park | New Jersey | Soundview Paper Holdings | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning paper donuts from a scrap conveyor when his hand contacted the underside of the conveyor and was caught in the moving part. He fractured his right radius. | |||||
| 2018-05-04 | Elmwood Park | New Jersey | Penn Color Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| After driving a forklift to retrieve an empty drum, an employee was found unconscious next to the forklift, which was parked with the forks lowered. He suffered a head laceration, head contusion, and shoulder contusion. | |||||
| 2018-03-18 | Elmwood Park | New Jersey | Soundview Paper Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was poking at a sprocket on a machine from a ladder when the sprocket amputated his index fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-01-20 | Elmwood Park | New Jersey | Dr. Praeger's Sensible Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee suffered a partial amputation of the right index finger. | |||||
| 2017-09-18 | Elmwood Park | New Jersey | National Freight Industries | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| An employee was backing a trailer into a building dock when the right trailer door came unlatched and hit the building. The employee pulled forward and walked to the back of the trailer to re-secure door. The door then broke from the hinges and started to fall toward the employee. As he tried to move out of the way, he tripped and fell, landing on a chock block, fracturing three to four ribs and suffering a collapsed left lung. | |||||
| 2017-05-17 | Elmwood | Louisiana | Deubler Electric Inc | Brain | Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet |
| An employee was about to throw water out of a 5-gallon container while leaning on a stair railing when the railing broke and gave way. The employee fell 30 feet to the ground and struck his head, losing consciousness and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-02-15 | Elmwood Park | New Jersey | Cutting Edge Hockey, LLC | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was giving a hockey lesson on an ice rink when his hockey stick broke under pressure, causing him to lose his balance, twist his body, and fall on the ice. He fractured his right fibula and ankle. | |||||
| 2016-06-28 | Elmwood | Oklahoma | S & J Well Service | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was pulling a rope connected to tubing when the tubing bent and the attached clamp struck him in the face and collarbone. He suffered a facial laceration and fractured collarbone, requiring hospitalization. | |||||