Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-02-02 | Markesan | Wi | Del Monte Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was manually rotating a 4-foot-wide grater drum (without its drive chain and motor attached) to do maintenance. The employee's right little finger was pinched between the bar and another part, causing an amputation to the finger. | |||||
2020-10-14 | Denmark | Me | Douglas W Jones, Inc. | Arm(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was approaching an excavator and was caught between the swinging tail of the excavator and a tree. The employee's arm was crushed and had to be amputated. | |||||
2020-06-23 | Marksville | Louisiana | T T Laborde Air Conditioning and Electrical, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee received an electrical shock while changing fuses on a portable trailer. | |||||
2020-06-23 | Markham | Illinois | METROPOLITAN STEEL, INC. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was using a sleever bar to separate a steel bar joist from a bundle that contained five steel bar joists. The nearest steel bar joist fell on the employee and rolled on the front of the employee's abdomen. The steel bar joist weighs approximately 1,500 pounds. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-08-20 | Mark | Illinois | Mennie's Machine Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was loading a part into a press when it actuated, resulting in the amputation of the two left middle fingers. | |||||
2019-08-03 | Markesan | Wisconsin | Del Monte Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a bean-grading machine in preparation for sanitation. The employee was opening the doors to clean the machine with a power washer when his right ring finger was caught by a roller with a solid bar. The finger was amputated at the second knuckle. | |||||
2019-07-25 | Markesan | Wisconsin | Del Monte Foods, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was working with an automatic can palletizer when he noticed cans had fallen off a pallet. While the employee was resetting the cans, he was struck in the right leg by the machine causing a fracture to the tibia and fibula. | |||||
2019-07-17 | Newmarket | New Hampshir | Masonry Unlimited LLC | Skull | Other fall to lower level |
While an employee was using a wet-saw to cut a concrete wall for a door header, he fell from staging and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a laceration to the right side of the head and a fractured skull. | |||||
2019-03-11 | Newmarket | New Hampshir | Deventry Construction LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
On the morning of 3/11/2019, a temporary employee working for Deventry, was working on an exterior facade that was located on the rear of the school on top of a lower roof using a 16' extension ladder. The employee fell approximately 10 feet from the ladder and struck his head on the lower roof. | |||||
2018-08-31 | Markesan | Wisconsin | Del Monte Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On August 31, 2018, an employee was clearing debris from a small piece remover machine. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the left index finger, a full amputation to the left middle finger, and an injury to the left ring finger. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
2018-07-13 | Markesan | Wisconsin | Del Monte Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to remove green bean debris from a machine when his hand became caught in a roller, partially amputating his right middle finger. The machine was guarded at the time. | |||||
2018-04-07 | Denmark | Wisconsin | Vos Electric, Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was working from a straight ladder putting the cover on a junction box while another employee braced the ladder. The foot of the ladder slid out and dropped the employee 3 to 4 feet to the ground. The employee suffered a concussion and was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-04-03 | Denmark | Wisconsin | Professional Fabrications Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was forming parts with a press brake when his left hand slipped on a part. His left index finger was then pinched between the tool and the v-die, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2017-09-20 | Markesan | Wisconsin | Schulz Transport Markesan LLC | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was trying to manually unlatch a beam on a trailer to unload it when he fell and landed on the ground, fracturing his L3 vertebra. | |||||
2017-01-02 | New Market | Maryland | U. S. Postal Service - New Market | Ankle(s) | Trip on uneven surface without fall |
An employee was delivering mail in a residential neighborhood. While walking down a driveway, she stepped on an unstable object and twisted her ankle. | |||||
2016-09-29 | Markesan | Wisconsin | Del Monte Foods | Foot (feet) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. |
An employee was moving a conveyor into place when the wheel became caught on a gutter cover, which caused the cover to lift up. His right foot was then caught in the gutter, fracturing and dislocating it. | |||||
2016-06-13 | Markleysburg | Pennsylvania | South Fayette Nursing Center | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee working in the laundry department inhaled laundry cleaner vapors while transferring residual chemicals from one container to another. The employee was hospitalized overnight. |