Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-12 | Hillsborough | Nj | Sodexo | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on a paper plate while working at a high school cafeteria and fell, resulting in a broken left femur. | |||||
2021-11-04 | Hillsborough | Nh | Vortex Companies - Livermore, ME | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, n.e.c. |
Two employees were moving a trailer mounted compressor by hand after disconnecting it from a truck. The two employees were pulling the trailer forward, moving closer to the back end of the original tow vehicle. As the momentum behind the trailer increased, employee 1 attempted to control the trailer by placing his hand on the trailer tongue. Employee 1's finger became caught between the towing truck's bumper and the edge of the trailer tongue. The employee' s little finger was amputated. | |||||
2021-10-18 | Hillsborough | Nj | Allied Oil Company | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was unloading a trailer. His foot was caught on a tire and he fell to the ground, suffering a broken ankle. | |||||
2021-08-16 | Hillsboro | Tx | IKO Industries, LTD | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was troubleshooting a back surfacing and granule chute that was clogged when their right middle, index, and little fingers were amputated. The machine was not locked out at the time. | |||||
2021-05-17 | Hillsboro | Tx | Wisenbaker Builder Services | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was adjusting a machine when a rail slid into place. His right middle finger was caught between a piece of angle iron and a strap, and the fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2020-01-09 | Hillsborough | New Hampshir | First Student | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee reached into the running engine of a bus and severed the tip of his finger. | |||||
2019-07-10 | Hillsborough | New Jersey | Pretium Packaging, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was setting up a new product line for plastic bottles. The employee's finger was caught in a mold, causing an amputation. | |||||
2019-07-10 | Hillsborough | New Jersey | Pretium Packaging, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was changing a die on a stretch blow molding machine when the die press fell and crushed his right hand, resulting in index and middle finger amputations. | |||||
2019-05-20 | Hillsboro | Texas | Clayton Supply | Forearm(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was placing broken glass into a hopper when the glass hit another piece of glass, which then struck the employee. The employee suffered a severe laceration to the lower forearm. | |||||
2019-04-15 | Hillsboro | Texas | McGill AirFlow, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a beading machine. The machine caught his left glove, causing the amputation of his middle fingertip. | |||||
2019-04-11 | Hillsboro | Texas | Gate Precast Co. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was using a hammer to loosen a piece of cement from the paddle inside a mixer. The paddle amputated three fingers and part of his right hand. | |||||
2019-02-12 | Hillsborough | New Jersey | LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE SERVICES, Inc | Hand(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee's hand got caught in the gate resulting in partial amputation. | |||||
2018-05-29 | Hillsborough | New Jersey | CEI Contractors | Nonclassifiable | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was loading a forklift into a trailer when it overturned. | |||||
2018-04-11 | Hillsborough | New Jersey | HERCULES ENTERPRISES, LLC | Brain | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee was taking a tractor-trailer apart when he fell and hit his head. | |||||
2018-02-23 | Hillsboro | North Dakota | American Crystal Sugar | Foot (feet) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee received second degree burns to both feet after walking through a containment of hot (190 degrees) beet juice from a process disruption. | |||||
2018-01-25 | Hillsboro | Texas | Clayton Supply | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was reaching to pull paper off a spindle when she was pulled into the equipment. She suffered a compound fracture to her right arm, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-01-09 | Hillsboro Beach | Florida | INTEGRITY STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached |
An employee was placing straps for a pile of plywood to be picked up by an excavator when the excavator operator released the excavator bucket, which fell and struck the employee's right middle finger. His right middle fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2017-08-18 | Hillsboro | Ohio | SEAL TITE LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On 8/18/2017, an employee was operating a sheet metal electric power rotary beading and crimping machine to make collars. The employee's leather glove was caught between the roller and the crimping of the machine wheel, and the left index finger was amputated. | |||||
2017-04-12 | Hillsborough | New Hampshir | OSRAM SYLVANIA | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a hi-lift forklift and was pinned against a racking system causing a chest injury and a possible punctured lung. | |||||
2017-03-15 | Hillsboro | Texas | Wisenbaker Builder Services | Jaw, chin | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was using the forks of a forklift to remove a post. When the post was pulled up, it struck the employee in the face fracturing the jaw. | |||||
2016-10-22 | Hillsboro | Ohio | Seal Tite LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee had just unjammed a roll former and was running another flat piece through the rollers to try and determine what had caused the jam. The flat metal piece became caught in the rollers. The employee was trying to pull it through with his hands when his gloves were caught and both of his hands were pulled between the rollers. Two of his right-hand fingertips were amputated, and four left fingers were smashed. The machine was unguarded at the time. | |||||
2016-06-15 | Hillsboro | Kansas | Flint Hills Industries, Inc. | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was discovered non-responsive in a supply room adjacent to the wash bay. The employee may have tripped over a hose and fell to the ground, hitting his head. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-04-26 | Hillsboro | Ohio | THE SHELLY COMPANY | Multiple upper extremities locations | Other fall to lower level |
After greasing equipment, an employee fell while descending metal stairs, breaking a shoulder and wrist. | |||||
2015-10-31 | Hillsboro | Texas | Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was working on a truck that was on a jack stand. The truck came off the jack stand and struck the employee's torso, causing internal injuries and bleeding. | |||||
2015-10-13 | Hillsboro | Ohio | Lowes | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell or jumped off a truck at the loading dock and broke the left leg. | |||||
2015-09-16 | Hillsboro | Texas | Pate Jones Paving | Leg(s) | Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport |
An employee was cleaning an asphalt paving machine when the roller struck him in the leg. | |||||
2015-09-01 | Hillsboro | Illinois | Hixson Lumber | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was loading plywood into a truck when his fingertip got smashed between the sheets of plywood. While pulling his finger out, the tip of the skin on his left ring finger tore off. | |||||
2015-06-05 | Hillsborough | New Jersey | Pritium Packaging | Arm(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee tore the tendon in his left arm while replacing a hydraulic pump on a blow molding machine. | |||||
2015-04-29 | Hillsboro | Texas | Classic Panel of Texas | Elbow(s) | Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c. |
An employee walking with a tool in hand ran into a second employee, lacerating the second employee's right elbow. |