Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-05-27 | East Longmeadow | Ma | East Longmeadow Management Systems, Inc. | Brain | Fall on same level |
An employee was sanding an elevator door and fell striking their head on the elevator doorway. | |||||
2020-09-05 | East Longmeadow | Ma | Cartamundi, LLC | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
While wrapping a bundle of board games on a pallet an employee jumped up to tap a box into position. The employee landed on their feet, but fell to the concrete floor and sustained a broken right femur and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-02-12 | East Longmeadow | Massachusett | U. S Postal Service | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was delivering mail on her route. While walking up to an address to deliver a parcel, she slipped and fell on accumulated snow and ice breaking an ankle. | |||||
2019-01-25 | Longmeadow | Massachusett | JEWISH NURSING HOME OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, INC | Pelvis | Other fall to lower level |
On January 25, 2019, an employee was on a step ladder changing a lightbulb. The bulb dropped and as he tried to catch it, he lost balance and fell from the step ladder onto the floor. He was hospitalized with a broken pelvis. | |||||
2018-07-10 | East Longmeadow | Massachusett | Irwin Industrial Tool Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was aligning a grinding wheel when the employee's right middle finger was pinched between the wheel and flywheel, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2018-06-15 | East Longmeadow | Massachusett | Dynamic Dock & Door, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was attempting to remove a compressed spring and tension rod assembly from a dock leveler when the spring and tension rod came loose and struck the employee's left femur, breaking it and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-09-28 | East Longmeadow | Massachusett | A&R Logistics, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was opening a pipe cap on a pneumatic trailer to unload plastic pellets when the pipe cap and plastic pellets released under pressure and struck him. He suffered contusions and lacerations to the chest, arms, and legs. | |||||
2016-06-23 | East Longmeadow | Massachusett | Big Y Foods, Inc. | Knee(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
On June 23, 2016, an employee was found unconscious on the ground and was hospitalized with a knee injury. | |||||
2016-06-15 | Longmeadow | Massachusett | Berkshire Rentals, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was removing tables from a truck when the pile of tables collapsed on the employee, breaking the left femur and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-05-30 | East Longmeadow | Massachusett | Suddekor LLC | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee's arm was pulled into nip rollers while working at a drying rack, requiring hospitalization for tissue damage. | |||||
2015-04-07 | East Longmeadow | Massachusett | LENOX | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On or about April 8, 2015, an employee amputated the tip of his right index finger when reaching into a peen machine to clear a jam. His index finger got caught between the plastic and the blade. The machine was still running. Protective gloves were not worn at the time of the incident. |