Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-06-08 | Morristown | Nj | The Napp-Grecco Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was cleaning up a work area after conducting pipeline construction and excavation operations. The employee developed severe leg cramps and was hospitalized, suffering from heat stress. | |||||
2020-02-24 | Morristown | New Jersey | KM Contracting Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was conducting demolition and repair work on a concrete parking garage stairwell. The employee began to remove concrete slabs from the top of the second-floor platform when the metal sub-sheet underneath him collapsed and he fell approximately 10 feet through the opening. He landed on the concrete ground and sustained fractures to his hands and pelvis. | |||||
2019-08-08 | Morristown | New Jersey | WSP (Louis Berger US) | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee tripped on carpet in an office area and fell sustaining a fractured hip that required surgery. | |||||
2019-06-14 | Morristown | New Jersey | C&W Services East Region | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was conducting cleaning services inside a school when she mis-stepped on a step, tripped, and fell on the last step of a stairway. She attempted to stop her fall with her hands and fractured her wrist. | |||||
2017-01-17 | Morristown | New Jersey | United States Postal Services | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped and fell while delivering mail, fracturing the right ankle. | |||||
2016-03-26 | Morristown | Tennessee | U.S. Postal Service | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell on wet grass while delivering a package, breaking her ankle in two places and requiring surgery. | |||||
2015-11-21 | Morristown | New Jersey | COLGATE PALMOLIVE COMPANY | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee slipped, fell, and broke his wrist in an attempt to adjust boxes on a pallet that was on the palletizer. | |||||
2015-09-16 | Morristown | New Jersey | SCHINDLER ELEVATOR CORP. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell down stairs in an office building resulting in a shoulder injury. | |||||
2015-05-01 | Morristown | New Jersey | Atlantic Health System | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee tripped walking down stairs when exiting the building and broke the left ankle. | |||||
2015-04-13 | Morristown | New Jersey | Shop Rite | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped while running through a mopped area and hit their trachea on a vertical pole. The employee required surgery. | |||||
2015-02-04 | Morristown | New Jersey | Atlantic Health System Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee missed the step while exiting the ambulance and fell from the ambulance rear door, striking his head. |