DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2020-04-02GarfieldNew JerseyPrimex Plastics CorporationWrist(s)Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was standing on a pallet that a forklift operator had lifted approximately 10 feet in the air to remove an exhaust pipe. The employee fell from the pallet while attempting to remove the exhaust pipe and struck his left wrist on a water pipe as he fell to the floor. He suffered a severe fracture of his left wrist resulting in hospitalization.
2019-01-29Garfield HeightsOhioDominion Energy OhioHip(s)Fall on same level due to slipping
An inspector was at a private residence performing general job duties, slipped on snow and ice and fell breaking the left hip.
2019-01-04GarfieldNew JerseyPRIMEX PLASTICS CORPORATIONWrist(s)Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was at a machine loading plastic film on a cardboard tube when the employee's wrist was fractured in the machine's roller.
2018-04-10GarfieldNew JerseyKuiken Brothers Company IncorporatedHip(s)Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport
An employee was operating a boom truck. He went to retrieve the outriggers from the driver's side and was caught in between the outrigger and the building wall. The employee suffered a fractured hip and internal bleeding.
2017-03-19Garfield HeightsOhioDaves SupermarketsLeg(s)Fall on same level
An employee was walking down a grocery aisle when she fell and broke her leg, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2016-10-04GarfieldNew JerseyCid Construction Services, LLCShoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was hit by a mini-excavator bucket while walking, suffering a right shoulder injury.
2016-06-22GarfieldArkansasNATIONAL PARK SERVICELeg(s)Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
While driving down a park road in a utility vehicle, an employee lost control of the vehicle and hit a ditch. The vehicle fell on its side and pinned the employee's leg underneath.
2016-06-07Garfield HeightsOhioTime Warner CableMultiple body partsOther fall to lower level
On or about 6/7/2016, at approximately 1425, an employee was working from a ladder to access a cable TV lock box when the ladder kicked out, causing the employee to fall. As he fell, he struck a stairway railing and injured his left wrist/hand and ribs.