Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-04-26 | West Gardiner | Maine | WYMAN & SIMPSON | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
While unloading a tractor-trailer, an employee fell off the flatbed trailer platform to the ground. The employee suffered a broken skull and possible brain bleeding. | |||||
2019-04-02 | Gardiner | Maine | Pine State Trading Co. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee was taking a half-keg of beer off his truck. The keg fell onto his right ring finger, crushing it and causing the amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
2018-07-23 | Gardiner | New York | Tuthilltown Spirits, LLC. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was carrying a pitcher with a heavy-duty caustic liquid cleaner (containing 50% sodium hydroxide) to a large drum. The liquid spilled onto his legs, causing third-degree chemical burns to his ankles/shins. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-05-11 | Gardiner | Montana | XANTERRA PARKS & RESORTS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was guiding horses through a gate and into a corral for mane shaving when a horse pulled on its halter, causing the employee's left hand to become trapped between the stock and gate. The employee suffered a broken left thumb. | |||||
2017-01-09 | Gardiner | Maine | Augusta Fuel Company | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was making a home delivery of propane when the gas released and ignited, causing a flash fire that burned his right hand, left leg, and face. | |||||
2016-08-24 | Gardiner | Maine | N.S. GILES FOUNDATIONS | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was loading plywood onto a pallet to be lifted out of a tank. Three sheets of plywood fell on the employee causing the employee to fall and fracture the left tibia and fibula. | |||||
2015-10-26 | Gardiner | Maine | R C Management | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was working the front counter when a counter top refrigerator slipped off the counter and struck her left leg. She was hospitalized with a deep laceration and contusion to her left leg. | |||||
2015-09-25 | Gardiner | New York | Victorian Builders & Remodeling, Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
On September 25, 2015, at approximately 11:00 to 11:30 a.m., an employee was working from a ladder and reached for a nail gun. The ladder slid down the wall approximately 15 feet to the ground. The employee broke his left arm and left leg. | |||||
2015-08-05 | Gardiner | Maine | Maine General Hospital | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonclassifiable |
An employee amputated two fingers. |