Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-13	Middletown	Oh	Ashley Distribution Services Limited	Upper arm(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was moving boxes on a trailer. He fell out the back of the trailer and suffered a broken left humerus.
2021-10-12	Middletown	Ny	Ball Metal Beverage Container Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee's right hand entered a vacuum blower. The blower fan amputated one of the employee's fingertips.
2021-10-06	Middletown	Ny	Genpak, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was cleaning a printer when his right hand was caught between two rollers. He suffered an amputation to the little finger.
2021-10-01	Middletown	Oh	Electro-Metallics Inc	Multiple body parts	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
Two employees were cleaning a hose that contained hydrochloric acid. After rinsing the hose, it was placed in a tank with bleach. Hydrochloric acid remaining on the hose reacted with the bleach, exposing the employees to chlorine gas that made it difficult to breathe. One employee was hospitalized for inhalation chemical burns.
2021-09-29	Middletown	Oh	Pilot Chemical Company of Ohio	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was helping fix a front entrance gate where a chain was twisted. The employee's right ring finger was caught between a rail guide and the rail, and the fingertip was amputated.
2021-08-25	Middletown	Ny	Walmart	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Three employees were emptying a full container of trash into an outside dumpster. As they were lifting the container over the edge of the dumpster, it came down and caught one employee's right hand against the dumpster's edge. The employee's middle and ring fingertips were amputated, including the nails.
2021-06-30	Middletown	Nj	Post Office	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was delivering mail and suffered heat stress.
2021-06-30	Middletown	Pa	Wexcon, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee had been overseeing a crew installing water lines. The employee was later hospitalized with heat exhaustion.
2021-06-16	Middletown	Ny	BALL CORPORATION	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was working on a press and went to remove aluminum scrap. The machine single-stroked one time, catching his right thumb between the punch and the bottom former. The thumb tip was amputated.
2021-06-16	Middletown	De	Melhorn Sales Service and Trucking	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was unloading chickens into a chicken house when they became dehydrated and were hospitalized.
2021-06-01	Middletown	Ri	All Island Landscape, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was mowing a lawn when a branch got caught on the front of the mower. As he was trying to free the branch, the rotating mower blade lacerated his foot.
2021-05-08	Middletown	Oh	Cleveland-Cliff Steel Corp Middletown Works	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was removing chain links on the carriage assembly of a drive motor. The carriage dropped approximately 20 feet after links were removed and pulled the employee's fingers into the chain and sprocket assembly. The employee's thumb was broken and their left pinky finger was amputated.
2021-04-27	Middletown	Oh	Cleveland-Cliff Steel Corp Middletown Works	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was stepping onto a platform when he lost his footing and fell from the top step to the concrete 20 inches below. He suffered a broken right leg and was hospitalized.
2021-03-31	Middletown	Oh	Metal Matic, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
At about 9:00 a.m. on March 31, 2021, an employee was using an overhead crane to pick up steel tubing to put it into a tube cutter machine. As the employee reached to remove a tag affixed to the tubing, his left middle fingertip was amputated by the guide gate of the tube cutter.
2021-03-10	Middletown	Ny	TPI Industries Inc	Head and trunk	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee's arm was caught in the rollers of an adhesive laminator. The employee suffered head and chest contusions.
2021-02-15	Middletown	Ny	GARNET HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on ice while walking in a crosswalk. The employee fell to the pavement, suffering a possible fracture to the right ankle.
2021-01-15	Middletown	Pa	Fed Ex Ground	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee got out of his truck and walked to the back of its trailer when he was pinned between the trailer and 28-foot truck, resulting in injuries to his pancreas and liver.
2021-01-13	Middletown	Ri	John Clarke Retirement Center	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was reaching for supplies in the supply room when she tripped over a box and fell, sustaining a fracture to her right leg that required hospitalization and surgery.
2020-09-21	Middletown	Ct	Day & Zimmermann NPS, Inc.	Thigh(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
On September 21, 2020, an employee was performing boiler maintenance and was using a 6" hand held angle grinder with a wafer cutting wheel to cut block welds in order to remove the cyclone tubes for replacement. While cutting, the cutting wheel became pinched and the grinder kicked back. The employee lost control of the grinder and sustained a laceration on his right leg above the knee that required sutures and hospitalization.
2020-08-25	Middletown	Ny	Kenvil United Corp.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
An employee fell while installing metal roof sheeting, landing on the ground 41 feet below and suffering broken ribs, legs, and hips.
2020-08-11	Middletown	Ct	Conn Acoustics, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less
While installing sheetrock in a closet, an employee received a electric shock to the right shoulder and left hand from a 110-volt temporary light. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-07-02	Middletown	Connecticut	FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was utilizing crutches and fell while on the way to the presort meeting area. The employee sustained a fractured left hip.
2020-06-16	Middletown	Pennsylvania	Syncreon	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking across the dock when he fell and tripped over a handheld pallet wrapper, breaking his right ankle.
2020-05-11	Middletown	Connecticut	PAR Electrical Contractors, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was in the in the rear of a bucket truck making up material when another employee aloft in the bucket began to lower the basket to its cradled position. The employee in the back of the truck was struck on the right shoulder by the bottom of the basket, which caused forward momentum and positioned him between the basket rest and the basket as it came to its resting position. He suffered five broken ribs on the right side of his abdomen and a hemopneumothorax.
2020-04-10	Middletown	Pennsylvania	MJ AG Service LLC	Foot (feet)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee was driving a pallet jack to the back of the dry storage area to put away the dry mop. The employee exited the pallet jack as it was coming to a stop. The pallet jack rolled over the employee's right foot causing a crushing injury.
2020-03-29	Middletown	Delaware	Panda Express	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck against object or equipment while moving it
An employee was carrying a box of fortune cookies from the front of the store to the back of the store when the box became caught on the wall. The box struck the employee in the stomach and she was hospitalized with a liver laceration.
2020-03-26	Middletown	Ohio	Willow Knoll Post Acute of Middletown	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was caring for a patient. The employee's foot was caught by cords that were connected with a plastic tie. The employee fell to the floor, suffering a broken hip.
2020-01-27	Middletown	Delaware	Enterprise Masonry Corporation	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on the second landing of a recently poured concrete staircase, cleaning mortar droppings from handrails, when the employee lost balance and slipped/fell down six concrete steps.
2020-01-05	Middletown	Ohio	PAC Worldwide Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was adjusting a film roller in a vacuum forming machine. The employee was pulled into the machine, and all four fingers and part of the thumb on the employee's left hand were amputated.
2019-09-09	Middletown	Ohio	Metal Matic, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
While operating a machine, an employee's hand went into a pinch point and the thumb tip was amputated.
2019-08-24	Middletown	New York	President Container Group	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was transporting a 5-gallon ink bucket on a 3-wheel scooter when the rear right tire struck a conveyor, causing him to be ejected onto the concrete floor. He suffered a dislocated vertebra disc.
2019-08-20	Middletown	Ohio	AK Steel Corporation	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
A maintenance employee was preparing to rotate a degas vessel. He was looking up at the hoisted platform above the degas vessel when his foot was caught between the vessel and the platform, resulting in a fractured and de-gloved left great toe.
2019-08-02	Middletown	Pennsylvania	Mack Trucks, Incorporated	Forearm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was retrieving a fallen part from a shot blast machine. The employee's lower left arm was pinched and lacerated between the rotating internal bed and the machinery wall.
2019-07-17	Middletown	Ohio	Graycor Industrial Constructors, Inc.	Face	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using an abrasive wheel to cut water pipe when the wheel kicked back, knocked the employee's face shield off and caused facial lacerations.
2019-06-26	Middletown	Rhode Island	Systems Engineering Associates Corporation	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was unloading a flat bed truck. He slipped off the truck and fell to the ground breaking the left ankle.
2019-06-07	Middletown	Pennsylvania	FEDEX EXPRESS	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
The injured employee was with another employee who was lifting a pallet of freight with a crowbar. The injured employee placed their hand under the pallet and the crowbar slipped causing a right index fingertip amputation.
2019-05-01	Middletown	Iowa	Valley Construction Company	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
On May 3, 2019, an employee was placing pipe in a trench and was working in the vicinity of an excavator. A hydraulic line on the excavator ruptured causing the bucket to swing down and strike the employee. The employee sustained a fractured right arm and kidney damage.
2019-04-11	Middletown	Delaware	Spring & Associates, Inc.	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Employees were drilling a water line/pipe when a sling, used to stabilize the pipe, caught an employee's arm and shoulders. His hands and arms were broken.
2019-01-23	Middletown	Connecticut	Night Trips Express, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A driver was about to hook a trailer up to a converter dolly. He bent over and used the handles to pick up the converter dolly, then lost his footing as he moved it forward. As he was catching himself, the eye of the converter dolly amputated the tip of his left thumb just below the bottom of the nail bed.
2019-01-23	Middletown	Rhode Island	National Water Main Cleaning Company	Fingertip(s)	Entangled in other object or equipment
Employees were using a cable grip device to remove the end cap of a water main. An employee's left hand became entangled in the device's metal cable; the tip of his ring finger was amputated and his middle finger was broken.
2019-01-14	Middletown	New York	President Container Group II, LLC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was attempting to push a waste bin when the waste bin became stuck on a hanger wire. As the employee attempted to get the waste bin unstuck, the employee fell on concrete and injured the right hip.
2019-01-09	Middletown	Delaware	Amazon Services LLC	Elbow(s)	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
On 01/09/2019 at 7:25 PM EST, an employee was walking from her vehicle to the seasonal entrance when she tripped and fell on a curb, fracturing her right elbow and requiring hospitalization.
2018-09-20	Middletown	Ohio	Stein, Inc.	Multiple leg locations	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
On September 20, 2018, an employee was cutting scrap metal with a cutting torch when the employee cut into a metal cylinder that had hydraulic fluid inside it. The torch ignited the fluid, and the employee received burns above both calves and below the waist, requiring hospitalization.
2018-09-18	Middletown	New York	FLEURCHEM INC	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was on a 5-foot tall scaffold painting above pipes while holding onto another pipe when the pipe broke and the employee lost his footing, falling to the concrete floor. He hit his head and landed on his shoulder, suffering a scalp hematoma, fractured shoulder, and fractured vertebra. The scaffold was unguarded at the time of the incident.
2018-08-18	Middletown	Idaho	Power Handling, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee suffered a left index finger amputation while operating machinery. The machine was unguarded at the time.
2018-08-06	Middletown	Pennsylvania	TruGreen Middletown	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a ladder checking a fertilizer tank for a potential leak when the ladder kicked out, causing him to fall to the ground. He suffered rib and facial fractures.
2018-07-26	Middletown	Ohio	Hayneedle, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was moving boxes with a stock picker. The employee backed into a box in the aisleway and fractured his ankle.
2018-06-10	Middletown	Ohio	PAC Worldwide Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On June 10, 2018, an employee was clearing a jam in the polybag machine. The machine cycled and the heated pins used to punch holes into the plastic bags amputated the tip of the employee's left index finger.
2018-06-04	Middletown	New York	International Game Technology (IGT)	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was ascending a 20 ft extension ladder to access the roof. The ladder was set on wet concrete ground. It slipped out and the employee fell to the ground and onto his ankle fracturing it.
2018-05-09	Middletown	Ohio	Miller Pipeline	Multiple body parts	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was relighting a residential pilot light when a fire/explosion occurred. The employee was hospitalized with second degree burns to the face and arms.
2018-03-23	Middletown	New York	ORANGE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to traumatic or stressful event, n.e.c.
An employee had a seizure after a stressful staff meeting. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-03-20	Middletown	Rhode Island	US Foods Inc. Rhode Island	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was standing on the delivery ramp at the rear of his straight truck closing the back door of the trailer when he mis-stepped and then fell approximately 4 feet to the ground, fracturing his right arm.
2018-02-10	Middletown	Pennsylvania	Delta Airlines Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was closing the main cabin door of the plane and caught the ring finger between the door frame and the door resulting in a partial amputation.
2018-02-02	Middletown	New Jersey	Guttenplans Frozen Dough, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was attempting to remove a piece of dough ball from a machine when his right hand contacted the chain and sprocket mechanism. His right index finger was amputated to the second knuckle. The chain and sprocket were unguarded at the time of the incident.
2018-01-26	Middletown	New York	LOWE'S HOME CENTERS LLC	Wrist(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Two employees were carrying a glass shower door that had been returned to the store. One employee dropped his end of the door, causing the glass door to shatter. The shattered glass then lacerated his left wrist.
2018-01-18	Middletown	Ohio	BUILDING CRAFTS, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee got a finger caught between a suspended valve and a bolt. When the employee pulled the finger back quickly the fingertip was amputated.
2018-01-04	Middletown	Connecticut	Pratt & Whitney	Brain	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was installing test equipment on an engine and climbed a 6-step ladder to remove the electrical connectors. As the employee was reaching to disconnect the electrical connector, the ladder pushed outward from underneath the employee. The employee then fell 5 feet from the top step and suffered a contusion, concussion, and chest abrasion.
2017-10-09	Middletown	Ohio	AK Steel Holdings	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Two employees were lifting a moisture sensor onto a platform when one employee caught a finger between the sensor and the platform resulting in amputation of the right ring finger at the first knuckle.
2017-09-19	Middletown	Connecticut	Lyman Products	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Nonclassifiable
An employee amputated a finger.
2017-09-11	Middletown	New York	Orange & Rockland Utilities, Inc	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was auguring in a new pole on top of the digger derrick. The old pole cracked even more as it moved and falling telephone cables struck the employee on the chest knocking him about 10 feet to the ground. The employee sustained three fractured ribs.
2017-09-05	Middletown	Connecticut	Norpaco, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was sweeping the floor around an olive pitting machine when her hand entered the auger chute, which then amputated her pinky finger and lacerated her middle/ring fingers.
2017-07-25	Middletown	Pennsylvania	Zeager Brothers, Incorporated	Arm(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Two employees were changing the grinding hammers on a tub grinder that is used to grind mulch. As one employee was using a sledgehammer to pound one of the grinding hammers, a piece of the sledgehammer chipped off and struck the second employee in the arm, cutting an artery and requiring surgery.
2017-07-14	Middletown	Pennsylvania	Fed Ex Ground	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was entering the building when he slipped on the floor and ran into a bollard, breaking his left ribcage.
2017-07-09	Middletown	Pennsylvania	Precision Pipeline LLC	Lower leg(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was sitting on a casing pipe. The road bore operator could not see the employee and then activated the machine and moved it forward. The right leg of the employee sitting on the pipe became caught/pinched between the track and pipe. He suffered a broken tibia and was hospitalized.
2017-07-05	Middletown	Delaware	J W Walker & Sons, Inc.	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was dismantling scaffolding. The employee raised a platform section from the lowest position (at four feet high) up to approximately eight feet in order to access and unbolt the top tower section to take it down. The employee removed the four corner bolts holding the section in place then proceeded to climb back down. The employee inadvertently grabbed the unbolted tower section while attempting to climb back down and it fell onto the employee pushing the employee off the platform a
2017-06-30	Middletown	Ohio	Valicor	Nonclassifiable	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was pouring a bag of lime into the loading tank and breathed in a plume of lime. The employee was hospitalized.
2017-06-11	Middletown	New York	Hampton Inn, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was cleaning a motel room and preparing it for the next customer. As she was re-dressing the bed, she backed up and slipped on the bed sheet lying on the floor. She fell and fractured her left hip, requiring hospitalization.
2017-06-03	Middletown	New York	Revere Smelting & Refining Corporation	Foot (feet)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was returning to his station at a molten lead kettle when a coworker added a sodium hydroxide treatment too quickly to the molten lead, causing it to react and spill over onto the injured employee. He suffered second degree burns on his left foot and was hospitalized.
2017-05-10	Middletown	Ohio	Vail Rubber Works, Inc.	Upper and lower limb(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
On May 10, 2017, an employee was removing pins and bolts from a roller when the roller opened up and moved, pinning the employee between the bench and the open roller. The employee suffered a smashed leg and shoulder.
2017-03-28	Middletown	New York	Orange Regional Medical	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on a landscaping stone in the parking lot and fell, breaking her hip and requiring hospitalization.
2017-03-16	Middletown	Ohio	Packaging Corporatin of America (PCA)	Lower leg(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On 3/14/17, an employee was trying to attach a transfer cart. While attaching the cart his leg was caught in a pinch point between the cart and the safety bar when the cart moved. The employee's lower leg was broken.
2017-03-02	Middletown	New York	Pratt and Whitney Advanced Coating Technologies	Nonclassifiable	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was unloading a shipment of totes from a delivery truck. While the employee was putting the last tote onto a cart, the cart's leg broke, causing the totes to fall off of the cart and land on top of the employee.
2017-03-01	Middletown	Ohio	Asplundh Tree Expert Co.	Multiple trunk locations	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was cutting down a tree. When the tree fell, the base of the tree struck the employee resulting in a fractured pelvis, a collapsed lung and two broken vertebrae.
2017-02-13	Middletown	Ohio	PAC Worldwide Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Entangled in other object or equipment
The employee was standing on a catwalk and using a cord tied to his hands to remove an empty film roll from a machine. The cord got caught in a roller beneath the catwalk and amputated the employee's left ring and index fingers.
2017-02-10	Middletown	Ohio	Weisbrod Masonry, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 21 to 25 feet
Two employees were working on a scaffold when the scaffold's saddle hanger broke, causing them to fall approximately 24 feet to the concrete below. They were hospitalized.
2017-02-10	Middletown	Delaware	DSH Enterprises, Inc.	Whole body	Vehicle or machinery fire
On February 10, 2017, an employee was using a compressor to spray concrete forms with Clean Strip J1A when the compressor hose became clogged. He attempted to unclog the hose by applying heat. The hose then ignited, burning the employee from his head to toes and requiring hospitalization.
2016-10-03	Middletown	Ohio	AK Steel Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was trying to free a planet car from a temporary guardrail. When the car became free, the employee's right thumb was amputated below the nailbed.
2016-09-27	Middletown	Pennsylvania	Penn Line Service Inc	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
An employee was moving a tree log with a remote mechanical grapple when the log came loose and rolled onto his left lower leg. He was hospitalized for a leg fracture.
2016-07-22	Middletown	Ohio	Metal-Matic, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was preparing to unjam a machine when the machine cycled and amputated the employee's right index fingertip.
2016-06-15	Middletown	Delaware	Mr. Tire	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee had lifted a vehicle 4 inches off the ground to make sure it was sitting on the pinch rail. The vehicle slipped off the cleat and pinched his right middle finger between the vehicle and the lift. He suffered a phalangeal amputation of his right middle finger.
2016-06-01	Middletown	Pennsylvania	Fedex Freight, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was helping another employee move a skid of metal. The skid rolled over onto the right pinky finger of the injured employee resulting in amputation of the finger at the first joint.
2016-04-21	Middletown	Delaware	M Auger Enterprises, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was working with a screwdriver to remove a screw from a 480-volt circuit breaker when he hit an energized switchboard. An arc flash occurred, burning the employee's face and arm and requiring hospitalization.
2016-04-07	Middletown	Ohio	Midway Storage & Distribution	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On April 7, 2016, an employee was using a walk-behind skid steer machine to pick up steel debris in the basement of the mill. While picking up a piece of steel with the bucket, the bucket became stuck due to the weight of the steel. The back end of the skid steer raised up and moved the employee's hand to a flange, where the employee's left ring fingertip was amputated.
2016-03-07	Middletown	New York	Petco	Hand(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
On 3/7/16, an employee using the mobile vet clinic was hospitalized with an infection after being bitten by a cat.
2016-01-07	Middletown	Ohio	Wausau Paper Towel & Tissue, LLC	Eye(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
A maintenance employee was using a pipe wrench to unstick a machine shaft when his hand or the wrench slipped off the shaft as he put his weight down. He then fell onto the wrench, which contacted his right orbital. He was hospitalized.
2016-01-07	Middletown	Pennsylvania	Canteen Vending	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee mopped the floor of the dish room and then slipped and fell on the wet floor. The employee sustained a fractured right hip, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2016-01-06	Middletown	Connecticut	PRATT & WHITNEY	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
On or about January 6, 2016, an employee was removing roller tables. The employee stacked one table on top of another other table. When the employee turned to retrieve straps to secure the tables for transportation, the top table slid and struck the employee's left leg, breaking the tibia and fibula and requiring surgery.
2015-12-11	Middletown	New York	High Hotels LLC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was making a bed in the guest room. The sheet ripped and the employee fell breaking the right hip.
2015-11-16	Middletown	New York	PRESIDENT CONTAINER GROUP	Hand(s) and finger(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a machine using a rag. The rag got caught in a nip point, and the employee's right hand was pulled into the machine. He was hospitalized with injuries to his palm and three middle fingers. The machine was running and unguarded at the time of the incident.
2015-11-07	Middletown	Pennsylvania	Exelon Generation	BODY SYSTEMS	Indirect exposure to electricity
Employees were installing H beams when one employee felt a static shock through his leather gloves. He was hospitalized with atrial fibrillation.
2015-10-21	Middletown	Pennsylvania	Giant Food Stores, LLC	Forearm(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee attempted to hurdle a cart return stall in the parking lot and fell fracturing the lower left arm and sustaining facial lacerations. The employee was admitted to the hospital to set the fracture and is scheduled to have rods placed in the arm.
2015-10-10	Middletown	Pennsylvania	HERSHEY EQUIPMENT COMPANY	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee fell through a hole in the 3rd floor to the 2nd floor and landed onto a set of chicken cages. The employee broke two ribs and sustained a fracture in the upper neck.
2015-09-21	Middletown	New York	Genpak, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was moving a mold cart into a thermoformer for a different product. The employee was pushing the cart from the side when the cart rolled and caught the employee's fingertip between the thermoformer framing and the cart, amputating the right index fingertip (full nail removed).
2015-08-25	Middletown	New Jersey	USPS	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
A mail carrier was hospitalized due to a heat related illness.
2015-08-16	Middletown	New York	Revere Smelting & Refining Corp.	Arm(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
Molten lead from recycled batteries erupted from a kettle, causing second degree burns to an employee's right arm. An aluminized suit was not worn at the time of the incident.
2015-08-14	Middletown	Pennsylvania	Fedex Freight, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was using an impact tool to tighten lug nuts on a truck wheel when the truck fell, pinning his hand between the truck frame and the impact tool. His left middle finger was amputated.
2015-07-24	Middletown	Connecticut	Ferazzoli Imports of New England, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Nonclassifiable
An employee sustained an amputation while working on a machine.
2015-06-03	Middletown	New York	Genpak LLC	Nonclassifiable	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was injured and then hospitalized after receiving a wound from a hole punch from a trim press.
2015-04-24	Middletown	New York	Lowes Home Centers LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was handling lumber and cut his finger. After bandaging the cut, he walked away, passed out, fell to the floor, and struck his head. The employee was unconscious and hospitalized.
2015-04-20	Middletown	New Jersey	Guttenplans Frozen Dough, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
A worker experienced a partial finger amputation while removing dough from a machine.