Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-04-14 | Exeter | Rhode Island | Hardwood Design, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
After planing the edge of a piece of wood with a jointer, an employee was inspecting the wood when the jointer's cutting head caught his left glove at the little finger. The finger was amputated at the first joint, below the fingernail. | |||||
2019-02-14 | Exeter | New Hampshir | McFarland Ford Sales Inc. | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was moving cars on the lot, slipped on ice and fell backwards hitting his head on the ground. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-07-03 | Exeter | Missouri | Hardwood Lumber | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to clear a piece of wood that was jammed on a conveyor belt when his left hand was pulled into the moving belt, resulting in a partial ring finger amputation. | |||||
2018-04-19 | Exeter | Pennsylvania | Bekaert Corporation | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity |
An employee suffered an electrical shock when he touched a metal cart that had become energized by an electric welder that was mounted on it. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-04-03 | Exeter | Pennsylvania | KEYSTONE AUTOMOTIVE OPERATIONS INC | Lumbar region | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee was processing returns and moving 3-pound plastic totes by hand. He picked up an empty tote to stack it and hurt his lower back, requiring hospitalization for severe back pain. | |||||
2016-04-21 | Exeter | Pennsylvania | Warp Processing Co., Incorporated | Hand(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee's right hand was caught between a beam and a pressure roller and amputated. | |||||
2015-10-30 | Exeter | Pennsylvania | Keystone Automotive | Brain | Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet |
Two employees were changing lighting on a flat roof. The first employee was descending the 30 foot extension ladder when he fell off the ladder to the ground and was hospitalized with a head injury. |