Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-01-18 | Hillside | Il | Peter Troost Monument Company | Brain | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee fell from a 12-foot ladder, suffering a head injury and brain swelling. | |||||
2020-07-21 | Hillside | New Jersey | AAK Foodservice | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was removing excess butter from a machine when the filler caught the employee's disposable glove, forcing their finger into the mold. The employee sustained lacerations and fractures to two areas of their left middle finger. | |||||
2020-03-09 | Hillside | New Jersey | Oasis Foods Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was trying to remove built-up margarine that was clogging a machine. The machine caught her glove and amputated the tip of her finger. | |||||
2019-06-07 | Hillside | Illinois | Target Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
An employee was cleaning a slicer when the employee's right index fingertip was cut on the slicer blade, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-05-28 | Hillside | Illinois | MTH Enterprises LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was grinding stainless steel shim packs. The grinder kicked back and struck the employee's left hand causing a laceration to the index finger. | |||||
2018-08-30 | Hillside | New Jersey | Bay Crane | Thigh(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was directing two forklifts in the installation of an 800-pound aluminum chain basket. The basket became unstable and fell, striking him in the face and knocking him to the ground. He suffered lacerations to the face and head and factures to the femur and contusions to the pelvic area. | |||||
2018-05-21 | Hillside | Illinois | Commonwealth Edison Company | Hand(s) | Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was part of a crew that was replacing piping and cable. While removing a pipe with a C-clamp, his left thumb and index fingers were caught between the C-clamp, causing an open fracture on his hand that required surgery. | |||||
2017-09-14 | Hillside | New Jersey | Abeles & Heymann | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee reached into a machine in the packaging room and sustained a partial finger amputation. | |||||
2017-08-12 | Hillside | New Jersey | UNION BEVERAGE PACKERS LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was trying to correct the feed on a label machine. She placed the machine in manual mode to use the jogging button. She was trying to clear the roller when her right hand was caught in the roller, avulsing/crushing the middle and index fingertips. | |||||
2017-06-04 | Hillside | New Jersey | Globus Electric, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was hospitalized after an arc flash. | |||||
2016-02-01 | Hillside | Illinois | Federal Express | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on ice in the parking lot, breaking an ankle. | |||||
2015-10-31 | Hillside | Illinois | Transport Tech, LLC | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was standing on top of the mast of a forklift when a hydraulic pump shot up and struck his ankle. He fell and broke his left ankle. | |||||
2015-10-28 | Hillside | New Jersey | Jotech Electrical Contractors Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee was preparing electrical conduit and fittings for installation. The employee went to the lower level of the pumping station with the conduit and while handing the conduit to a coworker who was working from a ladder inside the lower pit, he fell into the floor opening, struck a light on the wall and pipes on the floor. The employee sustained seven broken ribs and injured the left knee. | |||||
2015-07-16 | Hillside | New Jersey | Abeles & Heymann | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee's right middle fingertip was amputated while pushing meat into an auger. |