| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-16 | Maplewood | New Jersey | MAPLEWOOD BEVERAGE PACKERS LLC | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| An employee was walking through a shipping area. A forklift backed into the employee, severely lacerating the employee's right leg. | |||||
| 2019-08-14 | Maplewood | Missouri | SAM'S CLUB | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cutting meat with a bandsaw. The saw cut his left middle finger. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery to amputate the fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-06-05 | Maplewood | New Jersey | State Reality Agency, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| An employee was pulling a riding lawn mower up a ramp onto a truck. The truck's tail gate gave out and fell, causing the ramp to fall; the lawn mower then fell onto the employee. | |||||
| 2018-04-21 | Maplewood | Missouri | CVS PHARMACY#4403 | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| A building became engulfed with smoke from a worn drive belt to a ceiling exhaust fan. An employee with asthma was overtaken by the smoke, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-04-10 | Maplewood | New Jersey | MAPLEWOOD BEVERAGE PACKERS LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was unjamming a graphic packer when the employee's right pinky finger was caught and de-gloved between the machine's belt and pulley, requiring an amputation at the knuckle. | |||||
| 2017-06-20 | Maplewood | Missouri | Airgas Health Care of St. Louis | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was operating the lift gate on a delivery vehicle and unfolding the lift gate platform when it became stuck. The employee reached up with his left hand to pull the platform downward. The platform unfolded and caught his left pinky finger in a pinch point, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-08-16 | Maplewood | New Jersey | Nature's Trees Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was climbing a tree to remove some limbs when the limb his climbing ropes were attached to broke. He fell at least 20 feet to the ground, suffering significant injuries and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-08-20 | Maplewood | Missouri | Sunnen Products Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was training a coworker on how to operate a CNC machine when she tried to adjust the clamp that holds the part being processed. The clamp is operated by a foot pedal on the floor. While adjusting the clamp, she inadvertently stepped on the foot pedal, activating the clamp and severing her right index and middle fingertips. She required surgery. | |||||
| 2015-02-20 | Maplewood | Missouri | Gross Mechanical Contractors | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| On February 20, 2015, an employee conducting preventative maintenance work on a heater was injured when the scissor lift he was standing on was struck by the structural steel beam for a gantry crane. He suffered multiple fractures on both sides of his body, as well as a dislocated left hip, when he fell approximately 15 feet to the ground. | |||||