| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-27 | Fall River | Wi | The Fall River Group, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| On September 27, 2021, a maintenance employee was adjusting a chain on a machine. The chain went back in place on the sprocket and the employee's finger was caught between the chain and sprocket. The employee sustained an amputation to his finger. | |||||
| 2021-04-06 | Fall River | Ma | Cresco Labs | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| While on a 6-foot rolling platform ladder, an employee was using a bandsaw to cut a section of piping. As the employee finished making a cut, the ladder tilted forward, then moved backward, before toppling over. The employee fell over the handrail of the platform and struck his ribs on the handrail of a nearby emergency exit staircase. The employee was hospitalized with four broken ribs and a punctured lung. | |||||
| 2020-09-16 | Fall River | Ma | Tesla, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| An employee tripped and fell to the floor, suffering a serious injury. | |||||
| 2020-07-21 | Fall River | Massachusett | PEOPLE, INCORPORATED | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
| While loading a dumpster, an employee turned, fell to the ground, and sustained a fractured hip. | |||||
| 2020-05-06 | Fall River | Massachusett | Amazon | Head and neck | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| A product fell on an employee who was working on an order picker. The employee suffered neck and head injuries and was hospitalized on May 7, 2020. | |||||
| 2020-01-10 | Fall River | Wisconsin | Badger Custom Pallets, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. |
| On January 10, 2020, an employee was struck by a falling skid of stringers after a forklift had struck the skid and caused it to fall. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured lower left leg. | |||||
| 2019-08-01 | Fall River | Massachusett | Borden and Remington | Nonclassifiable | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was disconnecting a hose when it struck him. He was burned by ammonium hydroxide from the hose. | |||||
| 2019-03-04 | Fall River | Massachusett | ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL | Elbow(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking to her car when she slipped and fell on ice in the parking lot, breaking her elbow. She was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-09-04 | Fall River | Massachusett | Republic Services | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee suffered from heat stress while torch-cutting a waste disposal container outside, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-08-09 | Fall River | Massachusett | Steward Healthcare | Heart | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode |
| On August 9, 2018, while bending over a patient's stretcher to draw blood, an employee developed back pain and difficulty breathing possibly related to a heart attack. | |||||
| 2018-07-05 | Fall River | Massachusett | TECH-ETCH, INC. | Brain | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was operating a machine and fainted possibly due to heat resulting in a concussion. | |||||
| 2018-04-20 | Fall River | Wisconsin | Robbins Manufacturing, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was attempting to wipe something off a drill press table when the employee's glove was caught in the press, which then pulled the employee's hand into the drill bit. The employee's left pinky finger was injured and eventually had to be amputated. | |||||
| 2017-06-28 | Fall River | Wisconsin | VP Holding Corporation | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| On June 28, 2017, at approximately 11:30 a.m., an employee was on a ladder cleaning an empty metal bin when he fell into the inside of the bin, suffering a cut on his arm, cracked rib, chipped hip bone, cracked pelvic bone, and cracked upper arm/shoulder bone. | |||||
| 2017-06-06 | Fall River | Wisconsin | Fall River Foundry | Elbow(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a punch press and caught his arm in the press resulting in an elbow injury. | |||||
| 2017-05-17 | Fall River | Massachusett | Republic Services | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was manually moving a small dumpster when it toppled over onto his leg, breaking it. | |||||
| 2016-07-20 | Fall River | Massachusett | SOUTH COAST HEALTH SYSTEM GROUP | Forearm(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee suffered burns to their forearms and dizziness from exposure to a chemotherapy drug (Sevoflurane/Ultane) that had spilled. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-04-11 | Fall River | Wisconsin | Badger Custom Pallets, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| While cutting boards of wood on an up-cut saw, an employee's right thumb and part of his index finger were amputated by the saw blade. | |||||
| 2016-02-28 | Fall River | Massachusett | Saint Annes Hospital | Arm(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee slipped and fell against the wall and floor while trying to assist a falling patient, breaking her left arm. | |||||
| 2016-01-30 | Fall River | Massachusett | FALL RIVER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee's left pinky finger was amputated at the last joint while he was using a horizontal press/trimming machine. | |||||
| 2016-01-07 | Fall River | Massachusett | FABCON PRECAST, LLC | Ankle(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was helping a forklift lift a metal brace that was frozen to the ground when the brace became free and popped up, hitting and breaking the employee's ankle. | |||||
| 2015-12-19 | Fall River | Massachusett | Cardi Corporation | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
| Workers were moving Jersey barriers. An employee suffered a broken lower left leg and a broken right foot when the backhoe ran over his leg. | |||||
| 2015-11-23 | Fall River | Massachusett | Southeastern Mass Home Health Aides | Forehead | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee tripped and fell down some stairs, striking her head on the handrail. She cut her forehead and required stitches. | |||||
| 2015-11-05 | Fall River | Massachusett | MCKESSON CORPORATION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was pushing a four wheeled dolly and pinched his finger between the dolly and a door frame resulting in a left hand ring finger amputation. | |||||
| 2015-10-21 | Fall River | Wisconsin | Schumann Printers, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was pushing a pocket stream feeder cart sideways across the floor. The cart tipped over and fell onto the employee's foot crushing two toes that were later amputated. | |||||
| 2015-09-14 | Fall River | Massachusett | Steward Health Care System LLC | Lumbar region | Overexertion and bodily reaction |
| An employee received a severe compression fracture to his back (L1) while buffing a floor. The employee had been polishing the floors near the end of the shift and felt the sudden onset of severe back pain causing him to fall backwards. | |||||
| 2015-03-19 | Fall River | Massachusett | GOLD MEDAL BAKERY | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was injured when his arm was caught in a roll packing machine while oiling it. He sustained severe lacerations and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-02-09 | Fall River | Wisconsin | Robbins Manufacturing, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was injured by forklift extensions when lifting a load of sheet metal. | |||||