Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-30 | Kingston | Ma | ALVIN HOLLIS & CO., INC. | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee slipped and fell while descending a customer's basement stairs on a service call. The employee sustained a fractured elbow. | |||||
2021-07-16 | Kingston | Ny | Lowe's Home Centers, LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was reaching up to turn on a fan in the outdoor register hut. She fell off a bucket and landed on the floor, resulting in a back injury that required hospitalization. | |||||
2020-09-03 | Kingston | Ny | Charles River Laboratories | Scalp | Fall on same level |
An employee fell while cleaning animal cages, suffering a cut to the back of the head. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-07-28 | Kingston | Massachusett | Monro Auto Service and Tire Centers | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee had left the store to get supplies for the shop from a business next door. On his way back to the bay area of the store in a heavy rain, the employee lost his footing on the wet and slippery ground and fell. The right side of the employee's head hit the ground and he was unconscious for about a minute. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-07-07 | Kingston | Rhode Island | CVS Store #868 | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was carrying a box down stairs. She fell at the last step, landing on the floor and suffering a broken ankle. She was hospitalized and underwent surgery. | |||||
2019-03-11 | Kingston | New York | Suburban Propane, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Contact with cold objects or substances |
An employee was loading propane into a tanker truck at the end of the day. When the fill valve was opened, propane from the hose hit the employee on the left side of his chest, causing a cold burn. | |||||
2018-07-04 | Kingston | Massachusett | W.E. AUBUCHON CO., INC. | Leg(s) | Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle |
An employee was driving his motorcycle to lock up the propane tank area after clocking out for the day. He had an accident with the bike and suffered an severe laceration on the right leg. | |||||
2018-05-30 | West Kingston | Rhode Island | Meadowbrook Waldorf School | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was working with a table saw when it amputated part of his finger. The saw was unguarded at the time. | |||||
2018-05-13 | Kingston | New York | Shoprite Supermarkets, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was operating a cash register at a grocery store checkout lane when she chased after a non-paying customer and slipped and fell on an entranceway rug. She broke her hip and was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-02-28 | Kingston | New York | Cranesville Block Co., Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was dismounting from the step of a mixer truck when he lost balance and placed his hand on the pedestal that supports the barrel roller. When the mixing barrel came around, it caught his glove and pulled his right pinky finger into the barrel, amputating his fingertip. | |||||
2018-01-18 | Kingston | New York | US Crane LLC | Lower leg(s) | Nonclassifiable |
An employee was standing on a flatbed when a forklift truck slid on ice, causing the platform to tilt. The platform then hit and fractured the employee's left leg below the knee. | |||||
2017-08-05 | Kingston | New York | Hannaford Store #8348 | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a deli meat slicer to cut pepperoni when the slicer amputated the employee's left ring finger at the first knuckle and lacerated the left hand. | |||||
2017-02-21 | Kingston | New York | Urban Precast | Nonclassifiable | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was removing a tree when it hit the employee and caused injury requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-10-05 | West Kingston | Rhode Island | Modine Manufacturing Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a sanding cloth to smooth a long shaft in an engine lathe. As he got to the end of the shaft farthest away from the chuck end, his glove became caught between the sanding cloth and the shaft, wrapping his fingers on both hands within the shredding cut-resistant fibers of the gloves. He suffered one finger amputation, a broken left wrist, and right hand lacerations. | |||||
2016-05-13 | Kingston | New York | Ethan Allen Personnel Group, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in work zone |
An employee was flagging traffic at a road construction when an excavator backed over and crushed his lower left leg. He suffered severe lower leg fractures, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2015-06-29 | Kingston | New York | LHV Precast, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was cleaning off an 8' by 4' concrete form when it tipped over, striking his leg and fracturing his femur. |