| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-25 | Millsboro | De | David G. Horsey & Sons, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee became ill while installing the wall of a storm drain. The employee was hospitalized, suffering from heat stress. | |||||
| 2021-04-10 | Millsboro | De | LF Multicraft Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was working inside a building on a fixed platform, feeding pipe upward through a hole to a roof. Ammonia leaked from a pipe about 15 feet away. The employee was hospitalized, suffering from a respiratory illness. | |||||
| 2021-02-20 | Millsboro | De | DELMARVA ROOFING & COATING, INC | Pelvis | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was working on a roof while installing a membrane roofing system over an existing metal roof. The employee was pulling a generator cord out of the way when he fell off the roof edge approximately 20 feet into muddy ground, resulting in a fractured pelvis and right lung contusion. | |||||
| 2020-04-23 | Millsboro | Delaware | Tidewater Utilities Inc. | Foot (feet) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was climbing a ladder. The employee's foot got caught between two rungs; she lost balance and fell about 3 feet to the ground, suffering a broken right foot. She was hospitalized and underwent surgery. | |||||
| 2020-02-16 | Millsboro | Delaware | Defco, Inc. | Head and trunk | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee fell approximately 20 feet through an unsecured grate that was being refurbished. The employee was hospitalized for a broken left leg and five broken ribs, a concussion and lung contusions. | |||||
| 2019-06-20 | Millsboro | Delaware | Mountaire Farms | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was checking the tension on an exhaust fan belt when his finger was caught between the fan's belt and pulley, injuring his fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-01-26 | Millsboro | Pennsylvania | Highlands Drilling | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee picked up a wear bushing that weighed approximately 50-60 pounds from a table. The employee carried it and went to set it down when it slipped. His finger was pinched between the bushing and the sub-setting. The employee sustained the amputation of his right ring fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-08-13 | Millsboro | Delaware | Mountaire Farms | Foot (feet) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was unjamming a metal chicken cage on a cage dump conveyor when he was caught between two cages, suffering left foot ligament damage and lacerations. | |||||
| 2018-01-02 | Millsboro | Delaware | Mountaire Farms of Delaware, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was unjamming a screw auger when his right hand became caught in the auger. He suffered a traumatic laceration and fracture to his right hand, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-03-01 | Millsboro | Delaware | Enoch Construction, LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was working early in the morning at a residential construction site, using a ladder to reach a gable to install corners finishing work. He stepped onto the icy roof, slipped, and fell approximately 10 to 12 feet to the ground, crushing/fracturing his vertebrae. | |||||
| 2015-04-28 | Millsboro | Delaware | Food Lion #960 | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee amputated the left thumb while slicing bread in the deli. | |||||
| 2015-02-18 | Millsboro | Delaware | MOUNTAIRE FARMS OF DELAWARE,INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| Am employee working in the receiving area, sustained amputations of his right middle and ring fingertips on 2/18/15 at 7:30 PM. The employee's fingers were caught and amputated by receiving line gears while attempting to dislodge a cage. He was treated at Beebe Medical Center and hospitalized for 23 hours. | |||||