Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-13	New Milford	Ct	Neeltran, Inc.	Leg(s)	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was burned on the legs by isopropyl alcohol when it caught fire.
2021-09-20	Milford	Ct	Discount Fence of Connecticut, LLC	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was fixing the angle of speed limit signs. The signs (weighing 1,000 pounds) slipped and crushed the employee's leg.
2021-08-20	Milford	Nh	Marmon Utility LLC	Foot (feet)	Struck by falling object or equipment
A forklift was being used to remove a 1,500-lbs. pad of copper tape from a pallet. The pad fell and landed on the injured employee's left foot, breaking it.
2020-10-16	Milford	Ma	WATERS CORP.	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was monitoring an electrode insulation process. The employee inhaled vapors from the coating tank and developed respiratory irritation and blurred vision. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-10-12	Milford	Oh	Round Bottom Recycling LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was cutting copper on a shear machine and amputated their left thumb.
2020-10-08	Milford	Nh	HITCHINER MANUFACTURING CO., INC.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was loading a part into a machine when the clamping mechanism closed on their hand, resulting in amputation of the left index fingertip.
2020-10-05	Milford	De	UNITED STATES COLD STORAGE	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was walking down the hallway when a forklift pinned them against a wall, resulting in a chest injury.
2020-09-23	Milford	Ma	NPSG Global, LLC	Foot (feet)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
On September 23, 2020, an employee was reversing a stand-up powered industrial truck (PIT) and struck a warehouse rack pole. The employee was hospitalized with a crushed left foot.
2020-09-16	Milford	Nh	P&S Transportation	Multiple upper extremities locations	Other fall to lower level
An employee was securing a load on a flatbed trailer and slipped off the trailer to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured wrist, dislocated shoulder and a head laceration.
2020-09-04	Milford	Ct	True Blue Car Wash, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee was using a towel to dry tire rims on a vehicle that had just exited the car wash. After stopping at the bump stop, the vehicle began to slowly roll backwards. When this occurred the employee's right ring finger became stuck in the tire rim and amputated above the first knuckle.
2020-08-13	Milford	Ct	Edgewell Personal Care, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was conducting maintenance on a molding tool when it kicked out, causing a partial amputation to the employee's finger.
2020-08-04	New Milford	Ct	NEW MILFORD HOSPITAL	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over self
An employee was walking down a hallway when he tripped and fell, suffering a broken hip.
2020-08-01	Milford	De	QSI	Wrist(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a conveyor belt when the conveyor belt was turned on and crushed her left hand and wrist. The employee sustained a fractured left wrist that required surgery.
2020-07-09	Milford	Delaware	Baltimore Aircoil Company	Scalp	Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising
An employee was staging sheet metal for manufacturing. The employee bent down to pick up a sheet of paper from the floor. When he stood up, his head struck a piece of sheet metal in a storage rack, and the metal lacerated his scalp.
2020-06-01	Milford	Delaware	Perdue Farms, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was hanging chickens on shackles in the evisceration department. While removing a chicken from a hook, the employee's finger was lacerated by a double leg shackle resulting in a partial amputation.
2020-04-14	Milford	New Hampshir	Wilkins Lumber Company Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was walking away from a log conveyor when he tripped. His hand was caught on the conveyor belt, and he suffered two broken fingertips and a flesh amputation.
2020-03-25	New Milford	Pennsylvania	Williams	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was doing pipeline maintenance work. While the employee was inserting a pig into a barrel, the employee's left middle finger got stuck between the pig and the barrel. The fingertip was amputated.
2020-01-27	Milford	Delaware	Atlantic Concrete Company, Inc.	Forehead	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was sitting in a concrete truck that was stuck in the mud. The back of a second concrete truck was attached to the front of the concrete truck that was stuck in the mud by a ratcheting strap. The connecting strap snapped, flinging the metal ratchet device crashing through the driver side window of the concrete truck. The device struck the employee in the head, causing a forehead laceration that required sutures and hospitalization.
2020-01-08	Milford	Delaware	Ruby Tuesday, Inc.	Arm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
An employee was walking to a curb when she fell at a hole in the concrete sidewalk. She landed on the sidewalk and suffered a broken right arm. She was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
2020-01-02	Milford	Connecticut	R & R Freight Service. LLC	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell while exiting a tractor, landing on the ground about 4 feet below. He suffered a torn quadriceps muscle and was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
2019-09-09	Milford	New Hampshir	Hollis Line Machine Co. Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was cutting a steel plate using a grinder equipped with a cut-off wheel. The cut-off wheel jammed in the material causing the grinder to kick back. The employee dropped the grinder. The employee was hit by the spinning cut-off wheel and sustained a laceration to the right shin area.
2019-09-04	Milford	Massachusett	Noyes Sheet Metal, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a press brake when his hand slipped into the jaw resulting in fractures to four fingers.
2019-08-05	Milford	Connecticut	Baron Analytical Laboratories, LLC	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a ladder while accessing a mezzanine, suffering four cracked ribs and a fracture to the base of the head.
2019-08-05	Milford	Connecticut	Milford Health and Rehabilitation Center	Hip(s) and leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
At 7:40 a.m. on August 5, 2019, an employee slipped and fell on a wet floor, suffering contusions and left hip and leg pain. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-07-17	Milford	Connecticut	FEDEX FREIGHT	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was unloading freight inside a trailer while standing on a deck that was 3-4 feet above the floor of the trailer. The employee fell from the deck and landed on the trailer floor. The employee was hospitalized for injuries to the ribs, left clavicle, and back.
2019-07-15	West Milford	West Virgini	Ward's Pipeline Mowing. LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was operating a tractor with a bush clearing device attached to the rear to mow along the pipeline. While descending a steep grade, the tractor slipped, turned sideways, and then rolled over. The employee sustained multiple fractured ribs, collapsed lungs, and lacerations to the head and elbow.
2019-06-27	Milford	Connecticut	NY Blood Center	Ankle(s)	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
An employee was assaulted at a rest area along I-95 South by another driver resulting in a broken ankle.
2019-04-17	Milford	Delaware	Perdue Farms, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
An employee was in her car during her break when an unknown assailant approached the car and stabbed the employee with an unknown weapon.
2019-03-08	Milford	New Hampshir	Marmon Utility LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was setting up the butt welder to weld a cable. The employee's right hand was in the point of operation when the butt welder clamp activated, amputating two fingertips.
2019-01-29	Milford	Texas	Top Notch Temporaries, Inc.	Brain	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was opening a heavy steel door when a strong wind blew the door closed striking the employee's head.
2019-01-18	West Milford	New Jersey	Hydraulic Manifolds USA LLC	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee incurred several arm fractures while cleaning a machine.
2018-08-24	Milford	Nebraska	Daws Trucking Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was in a wash bay pulling a grate up to a drain when his right middle finger was caught in the grate, tearing off flesh from his fingertip.
2018-01-21	New Milford	Pennsylvania	Falcon Drilling Company, LLC.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
On January 21, 2018, an employee was rigging down rig stairs to be picked up by a mobile equipment telehandler. While the telehandler was scoping out to pick up the rig stairs by the handrails, the forks bounced and struck the employee on his left shoulder. He suffered pain and numbness on the right side of his body, as well as inflamed bulging discs.
2017-09-22	Milford	Delaware	Baltimore Aircoil Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was guiding a PVC sheet out of a mold onto a transport system. The transport system was in motion when the employee's right hand was caught between the system's chain and sprocket, amputating the right pinky finger.
2017-07-27	Milford	Connecticut	Panera Bread	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee's left index finger was amputated when it was caught in a door jam.
2017-07-24	Milford	Connecticut	Precision Metal Products, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was removing and/or inserting a point stake from/into an active air press when the machine's ram smashed and amputated fingers from both of her hands.
2017-05-22	Milford	Ohio	Environmental Protection Agency	Arm(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee lost his balance and fell over while using a urinal, cutting his head and fracturing his arm.
2017-05-20	Milford	Massachusett	Shaws Supermarkets	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was cutting bone-in pork on a band saw. When he fed the product into the blade, it kicked out and rolled below the height of the guard, bringing his hand into contact with the blade and partially amputating his finger.
2017-03-09	New Milford	Pennsylvania	Southwestern Energy Wellsite - RU 21 TNT 1 Limited Partnership West	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over self
An employee was attempting to load a piece of 3" iron pipe onto a forklift to load it onto a trailer when the employee stepped backwards and tripped on containment, dropping the pipe, fracturing the left tibia.
2017-02-09	Milford	Delaware	Baltimore Aircoil Company, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was bending a sheet metal part in a press brake when the employee's left middle fingertip was pinched and amputated between the tool bed of the press brake and the sheet metal part.
2017-02-09	Milford	Delaware	Perdue Farms, Inc.	Multiple upper extremities locations	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
While spraying a runaround conveyor machine with a pressure washer, an employee noticed something on the conveyor belt. The employee was attempting to remove the object when the employee's hand was caught between the belt and a moving sprocket. The employee suffered a right arm fracture and tissue damage.
2016-09-28	Milford	Massachusett	MILFORD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fainted and fell to the ground while walking down stairs from the second to the first floor, suffering an ankle sprain and multiple contusions requiring hospitalization.
2016-09-08	Milford	Massachusett	Meineke	Leg(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee struck his leg on a car tire and opened up a previous wound, which would not stop bleeding and required hospitalization.
2016-08-04	Milford	Pennsylvania	North American Packaging, dba	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
While attempting to put the chain back on a cartoner machine, an employee's fingertip became caught in the chain and sprocket and was amputated.
2016-07-15	Milford	Pennsylvania	North American Packaging, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On Friday, July 15, 2016, an employee was operating a packing machine and suffered the amputation of two fingers and one partial finger after their left hand was caught in the drawer of the packing machine while attempting to clear a jam.
2016-06-02	Milford Center	Ohio	Advanced Technology Products	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was grinding tubing and then turned the grinder off. He opened the grinder and attempted to remove the ground-up tubing. The blades were still moving at the time, and they amputated three fingers on his left hand and two fingers on his right hand.
2016-03-08	Milford	Pennsylvania	Lobar, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Workers were removing a load of rebar from the jobsite with a rough terrain forklift when the load of rebar shifted. An employee on the ground was struck by the falling load and ended up falling onto cribbing, fracturing the right ring finger, left pelvis, and tailbone. The employee was hospitalized.
2016-02-05	Milford	Connecticut	Schick Manufacturing, Inc. Division of Edgewell Personal Care	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was trouble shooting the bar sealer. The employee's hand triggered the optics resulting in a partial amputation of the right middle finger.
2016-01-18	Milford	New Hampshir	Contemporary Automotive	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level
An employee fractured his back when he fell trying to access a raised Jeep.
2015-09-01	Milford	Connecticut	Central Transport	Hip(s)	Fall on same level
An employee was walking when she fell and broke her hip.
2015-08-08	Milford	Delaware	Unicon, Inc.	Upper and lower limb(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was operating a diesel powered forklift to move cages off a truck. He exited the forklift and walked away to inspect the cages. Another employee entered the forklift to operate it, moved it forward, and struck and pinned the employee. The employee was struck on the right leg and hand. The employee suffered a right tib/fib fracture and right thumb and index finger fractures.
2015-07-30	Milford	Pennsylvania	Econo-Pak	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee operating a baler-compactor was injured at 2:52 PM on July 30, 2015. The employee's right hand was caught between the machine and a raised bucket. The employee was hospitalized overnight and required surgery to amputate two right-hand fingers.
2015-06-25	West Milford	New Jersey	United Water, Inc.	Forearm(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was hospitalized for an infection to the forearm as a result of receiving a laceration while handling a davit crank handle.
2015-04-14	Milford	Delaware	PERDUE FARMS, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
A maintenance employee was on his hands and knees extending the legs of a wing segmenter. Another employee bumped her hand truck into a free standing metal table, which then fell and amputated the tip of the maintenance employee's right-hand pinky finger.
2015-04-09	New Milford	Connecticut	Motion Industries	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee in the Kimberly Clark Plant in New Milford was working near some machinery that creates a lot of heat. The employee reported feeling ill and fainted. The employee went to the emergency room and was admitted to the hospital.
2015-04-01	Milford	Ohio	SORENSEN COMPANIES, INC.	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was standing underneath a pole when a mass pipe came loose, fell 185 feet, and hit the employee's leg. The employee sustained a compound fracture to the leg and was hospitalized.
2015-03-25	Milford	Massachusett	Planet Aid, INC.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee stopped a conveyor belt and then climbed on top of it to clear a jam. Another employee, who did not know he was on top, turned the conveyor back on. The employee's hand got crushed between the two conveyor rollers.
2015-01-20	Milford	Delaware	General Doors Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
On 01/20/2015 at approximately 8:00 am, an accident occurred while the employee was operating a table saw ripping 1/8" hardboard. The employee was ripping 28" wide sheets of 1/8" hardboard 9' long by 23" wide using a table saw. His hand inadvertently slid under the front of the guard and caught the blade resulting in the loss of the right index finger between the first and second knuckle and broken bones and extensive lacerations on his middle finger, thumb and palm. He was taken to Milford Memo