| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-09 | Leominster | Ma | New England Wire Products, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee's finger was caught and amputated in a CNC machine while in setup mode. | |||||
| 2021-10-21 | Leominster | Ma | STI Precast | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was working in a manufacturing area when loose pins fell out of a concrete bucket and the bucket fell onto the employee's right foot and crushed it, resulting in toe amputations. | |||||
| 2021-07-02 | Leominster | Ma | ALPHA WIRE CORP. | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was putting a shaft into a cable machine and amputated fingertips on both hands. | |||||
| 2021-03-26 | Leominster | Ma | Dicks Sporting Goods, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was putting a bicycle together when their left index finger struck the disc brake, resulting in an amputation to the fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-04-25 | Leominster | Massachusett | Timber Pro, LLC | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating a landscaping vehicle when it flipped over. The employee's arm/hand was caught between the vehicle and a tree. | |||||
| 2019-08-11 | Leominster | Massachusett | EasyPak, LLC | Arm(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was adjusting something on a rack when the rack above bent/failed, causing a large roll to fall onto and crush the employee's arm. | |||||
| 2019-07-29 | Leominster | Massachusett | EasyPak, LLC | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was standing on a 12-foot step ladder when a powered industrial truck struck the ladder, causing the employee to fall and hit the floor. The employee received multiple facial, hand, and finger injuries. | |||||
| 2019-07-12 | Leominster | Massachusett | Mexichem Specialty Compounds, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a dicer machine when a sharp part of the machine amputated their left index finger. | |||||
| 2018-03-12 | Leominster | Massachusett | Quad/Graphics, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was removing a roll shaft from an expired roll of paper. The employee put the other end of the roll shaft into the new roll to use the weight to free the old core. When the core came free, the shaft going into the roll pinched the employee's finger between the core and the roll shaft, resulting in amputation of the right middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-02-25 | Leominster | Massachusett | EasyPak, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was checking flow rates on a material pump. As he descended from the pump platform, his wedding band was caught on an exposed machine screw head. The band pinched and partially amputated his ring finger. | |||||
| 2016-08-18 | Leominster | Massachusett | CLAREMONT FLOCK CORPORATION | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell off a portable ladder while fixing a machine, breaking three ribs and puncturing a lung. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-05-05 | Leominster | Massachusett | EasyPak, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee operating a sheet extruder received a laceration requiring 17 stitches to his left hand from the knife that cuts the edges. | |||||
| 2016-04-06 | Leominster | Massachusett | Home Depot Store Support, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c. |
| While descending a rolling ladder and carrying a product, an employee tripped on the last few steps and fell onto the ladder, suffering multiple fractures and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-03-02 | Leominster | Massachusett | Bstate Service Company | Wrist(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was assembling 5-pack boxes, cutting the plastic strapping from a bundle of cartons using a retractable snap blade utility knife, when his left wrist was lacerated. | |||||
| 2015-12-11 | Leominster | Massachusett | LKQ Corporation | Ankle(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was dismantling a vehicle on a lift. The vehicle fell and crushed the employee. The employee was hospitalized for a broken ankle and hip contusion. | |||||
| 2015-02-18 | Leominster | Massachusett | F & D Plastics, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| Employee's fingertip was amputated while cleaning the high-speed mixer. At the hospital, they sewed it back on. | |||||
| 2015-01-22 | Leominster | Massachusett | Alphagary Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| While clearing the line #2 plastic dicer machine, an employee suffered an amputation of the middle and ring fingertips of the right hand. | |||||