Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-05 | Chicopee | Ma | Estes Express Lines | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee pulled the fifth wheel release to drop his trailer and fell back onto the asphalt, resulting in a broken right hip. | |||||
2021-07-14 | Chicopee | Ma | Greif Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee was hospitalized after being assaulted by another employee. | |||||
2021-06-29 | Chicopee | Ma | Consumer Product Distributors, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was clearing a jammed conveyor belt. His fingertips became caught in the belt resulting in amputations to the ring and middle fingers on his right hand. | |||||
2021-06-11 | Chicopee | Ma | U.S. Tsubaki Automotive, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee removed a cap while prepping a tote in a wastewater treatment area and was exposed to sulfuric acid, resulting in chemical burns. | |||||
2021-02-17 | Chico | Tx | Targa Resources | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
On February 17, 2021, an employee was completing rounds through a natural gas planet when he slipped and fell on an ice spot. He was hospitalized, having suffered a broken left hip. | |||||
2021-02-12 | Chicopee | Ma | Commonwealth Packaging Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting corrugated cardboard with a bandsaw when the blade lacerated a finger and amputated a fingertip. | |||||
2020-02-20 | Chico | Texas | Hubbard Construction | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was reaching over an asphalt machine. The employee's jacket sleeve was caught between the trunnion and a tire, causing a partial amputation of the left ring finger and the laceration of the left little and middle fingers. | |||||
2019-06-21 | Chicora | Pennsylvania | Shields Asphalt Paving | Pelvis | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee was performing paving work and was pinned between the paver the employee was standing on and a roller machine. The employee suffered a fractured pelvis. | |||||
2017-06-20 | Chicopee | Massachusett | VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL, INC. | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was standing on the sidewalk supervising children at play. A child approached the employee and attempted to hug her. The employee was surprised, lost her balance, and fell to the sidewalk, breaking both femurs. She was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2017-04-13 | Chicopee | Massachusett | Callaway Golf Ball Operations, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was walking around the waste hampers to size up the load for a forklift, tripped over metal equipment on the floor, and fell breaking bones in his leg. | |||||
2016-09-21 | Chicopee | Massachusett | U.S. Tsubaki Automotive, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Contact with hot objects or substances |
On September 21, 2016, an employee was hospitalized after receiving burn injuries while operating a tempering/polishing machine. | |||||
2016-09-16 | Chico | Texas | Jagoe Public Company, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was replacing a motor when an asphalt plant component fell and hit the lift platform, knocking the employee to the ground. He suffered a back vertebrae injury. | |||||
2016-08-12 | Hico | Texas | Flores Construction, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee fell approximately 12-13 feet off of a roof and suffered a broken hip that required surgery and four broken ribs. Fall protection was not used at the time of the incident. | |||||
2016-07-07 | Chicopee | Massachusett | DMG MORI SEIKI USA | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was hospitalized following second degree burns to right hand and fingers resulting from an arc flash that occurred while replacing the cover on an electrical control panel. | |||||
2015-05-29 | Mishicot | Wisconsin | Fox Hills Resort | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was trimming weeds with a gas powered trimmer near a cement culvert. The employee noticed a small branch resting in the culvert and tried to reach for it. The employee slipped and fell approximately ten feet. The employee did not have anything in his hand at the time of the accident. |