Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2019-07-10	Mount Laurel	New Jersey	Brightview	Forehead	Nonroadway noncollision incident
On 7/10/2019, an employee fainted while riding a self-propelled walk-behind mower. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration on his forehead.
2019-01-09	Mount Laurel	New Jersey	Costco Wholesale #749	Ankle(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a fork truck during fork truck training. At approximately 12:05 PM the fork truck collided with a bollard outside of the building pinning the employee's foot between the fork truck and the bollard and injuring the ankle.
2018-08-06	Mount Laurel	New Jersey	Neshaminy Electrical Contractors Inc	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was climbing a wall-mounted ship's ladder while holding a PVC pipe under his arm when his hand slipped off a rung and he fell 10 feet to the floor, fracturing both legs.
2018-07-25	Mount Laurel	New Jersey	Bancroft Neuro Health	Nonclassifiable	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
An employee was hospitalized after being bitten by a resident.
2016-02-17	Mount Laurel	New Jersey	Republic Services of New Jersey	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was repairing a piece of equipment when his thumb was crushed between the equipment.
2016-01-18	Mount Laurel	New Jersey	UPS SCS	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee slipped on ice while moving a skid on his delivery truck and fell from the truck resulting in fractured ribs on the left side.
2015-10-01	Mount Laurel	New Jersey	Blooming Glen Contractors, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
While an employee was pressure testing a pipe, the test ball shot out of the pipe and severely lacerated the employee's left thumb. The employee was hospitalized.