Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-15	Linden	Nj	A&C Catalysts, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee's right hand was caught by an agitator blade in a hopper; the employee suffered severe lacerations. The feeder bin's safety grate was not present at the time.
2021-07-14	Linden	Pa	William L Robinson Concrete Contractors, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was standing on a 10-inch step stool performing maintenance on a pickup truck engine when they fell off the step stool and landed on a wheeled tool chair. The employee suffered six fractured ribs and a collapsed lung.
2021-03-12	Linden	Nj	Evergreen North America, LLC	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
At about 3:30 p.m. on March 12, 2021, employees were loading hot water condensate from a utilities unit into a vacuum truck. When the truck was nearly full, the water supply was shut off. As an employee was disconnecting the hoses for the water, he was sprayed with residual pressurized water from a 6-inch coupling he was disconnecting at the truck. He suffered second-degree burns to both forearms and the left side of the face and neck.
2021-03-04	Lindenhurst	Ny	American Building Contractors Associates Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
A table saw lacerated four fingertips on an employee's right hand. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-01-13	Linden	Al	Linden Lumber, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was trying to adjust a chain and sprocket that was out of alignment and causing issues with the conveyor system. The conveyor system was engaged and the employee's fingers were caught between the chain and sprocket causing the amputation of his left index and middle fingers.
2020-06-03	Linden	Alabama	Black Belt Community Foundation	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was helping to load food boxes onto a school bus when he became overheated. He was hospitalized.
2019-07-09	Linden	Alabama	Linden Lumber, LLC	Leg(s)	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was shoveling wood chips in a sawmill near a chipper conveyor. He fell and broke his leg. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2019-04-30	Linden	New Jersey	LINDEN WAREHOUSE & DISTRIBUTION CO., INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was performing maintenance on a dock plate. The docking plate chain that holds the plate in place failed. The employee received a crushing injury that resulted in amputation of the right ring finger.
2019-01-27	Linden	New Jersey	Watco Terminal Port Services	Nonclassifiable	Nonclassifiable
An employee fell off a locomotive's ladder.
2018-07-27	Linden	New Jersey	L. Costa Construction Company	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was working atop a 7-foot-high refrigerator case, spackling a sheet rock column. He was about to climb down when he tripped on debris and fell to the concrete floor, suffering severe injuries including six broken vertebrae and two broken collarbones. He was hospitalized.
2018-05-03	Linden	New Jersey	Ryder Transportation	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell to the concrete floor while descending a refrigerated truck ladder, suffering a broken left hip, broken left collarbone, and broken rib.
2018-04-03	Linden	Alabama	Linden Lumber, LLC	Arm(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was replacing a hydraulic hose on a mobile log lift machine when the main boom of the machine came down and caught the employee's right arm between the boom and the machine frame. The employee suffered right arm lacerations and was hospitalized.
2017-10-05	Linden	New Jersey	Blue Apron	Foot (feet)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a powered industrial truck to load a trailer when his foot came off the pedal and was crushed between the truck and an adjacent rack system.
2017-08-29	Linden	Texas	BE-MOR INC. DBA TRICO LUMBER	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell off a scaffold while installing insulation, suffering a broken hip and heel.
2017-04-02	Lindenhurst	New York	Clear Flo Technologies	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a forklift while moving pallets in a warehouse. While he was backing up the forklift, his right hand was on the frame of the overhead guard. His right hand then made contact with a parked trailer, severely lacerating his fingers.
2017-02-10	Linden	New Jersey	Elrac LLC	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
On 2/10/17, an employee slipped on ice in the parking lot and suffered serious head injuries.
2017-01-09	Linden	New Jersey	LINDEN BULK TRANSPORTATION CO., INC.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee suffered a groin hernia while trying to lift a toppled 55-gallon drum, requiring hospitalization.
2017-01-03	Lindenhurst	New York	Rite Aid	Nonclassifiable	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was moving a folding table and fell fracturing two vertebrae.
2015-11-09	Linden	Alabama	Linden Lumber, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
On 11/08/15, an employee attempted to clear wood debris from a knot saw when the blade amputated the first digit of his right-hand middle finger.
2015-10-27	Linden	New Jersey	ROTUBA EXTRUDERS, INC.	Hand(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was walking into the warehouse and their watch got caught on a nail by the bay door. The employee's hand was lacerated.
2015-05-14	Linden	Alabama	Linden Lumber Company	Leg(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was putting lumber into the edger. More lumber was placed on the edger than the edger could handle, causing a piece to kick back and make contact with his thigh, breaking the leg.
2015-02-23	Linden	Alabama	Linden Lumber Company, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Employee's first three fingers were cut by the stacker while clearing a wood jam. He was hospitalized at Bryan Whitfield Memorial Hospital in Demopolis, Alabama. Amputation is still to be determined.