Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-16 | Livingston | Tx | Century Complete Homes | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
A contract employee was cutting a band on a package. The employee slipped and fell from the package to the ground, suffering a broken tibia and fibula. | |||||
2021-06-08 | Livingston | Nj | Consensus Medical Group LLC | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on a puddle of water near an outpatient drop-off area. She suffered a broken right kneecap. | |||||
2021-03-10 | Livingston | Mt | Total Electric of Montana, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was running a jointer with gloves on when their right middle finger contacted the interior portion of the jointer, causing a laceration on the finger that included tissue and bone. The employee was hospitalized and suffered a subsequent amputation between the top and middle joints of their finger. | |||||
2020-09-19 | Livingston | Tx | CLW, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was attempting to pull a switch in the back of a forklift to release the brake. His hand contacted the radiator fan blade and half of his right pinky finger was amputated. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-03-06 | Livingston | Louisiana | LKQ Gulf Coast | Fingertip(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
A front loader operator was salvaging parts of a car. As he was loosening the bolt on a spring assembly, his hand struck against the interior of the car's wheel well, injuring his left ring finger. The fingertip was surgically amputated. | |||||
2018-07-26 | Livingston | Wisconsin | Biddick, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was working from a step ladder to repair a hole on a shipping container. While climbing down the 8-foot step ladder to retrieve a new battery for the grinder, the ladder and the employee fell to the ground below. The employee sustained a concussion and fracture of the spine. | |||||
2018-07-05 | Livingston | New Jersey | Van Leer South, LLC | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was trying to move 8 sheets of sheetrock when a sheet fell on the employee. The employee suffered a broken leg/kneecap. | |||||
2018-05-15 | Livingston | Texas | Cotton Utility Constructors, Inc. | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was climbing onto the operator's seat of a digger derrick when he lost his balance and fell backwards 6 to 8 feet to the ground. He suffered a lower back compression fracture. | |||||
2018-02-23 | Livingston | Texas | CLW, Inc. | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee changing out a belt on a trimmer was struck by the machine's door when it disengaged from the position in which it was propped, causing injury to the employee's left hand requiring surgery. | |||||
2016-09-21 | Livingston | New Jersey | Penske Logistics | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
A driver was attempting to access the dock door on a loading dock, fell off the dock, and fractured their right leg. | |||||
2016-08-19 | Livingston | New Jersey | Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. | Knee(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was pushing a chair with wheels into a conference room. The employee's knee "popped" and she fell. The employee suffered a knee injury that required surgery. | |||||
2016-07-28 | Livingston | Texas | CLW, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a trimmer to cut sections of wood when his hand entered the blade area. At the same time, the blade activated and amputated three fingers on the employee's right hand. | |||||
2016-04-13 | Livingston | Texas | GCA Education Services, Inc. | Hand(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was removing gauges from a compressor when refrigerant came out and caused first and second degree burns to his right hand. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-03-30 | Livingston | New Jersey | Aqua Doctor | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a drill when the glove was caught in the machine resulting in a pinky finger amputation. | |||||
2016-03-14 | Livingston | New Jersey | NED STEVENS | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was cleaning gutters on a residential roof. The employee fell 20 feet off the roof while pulling on a hose that was stuck, dislocating a shoulder and requiring stitches. |