Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-06-30 | New Brunswick | New Jersey | Jam - N Cable | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system |
Employees were pulling cable strands with a rating of 5000 pounds. While they were tightening the cable on the right side of the street, there was some slack in the cable on the left side of the street. A tractor trailer pulled out of an industrial park and snapped the cable. The cable swung towards the bucket truck causing employee 1, who was wearing a harness, to jump out of the bucket truck to avoid being hit by the cable. Employee 1 sustained a fractured rib and a back injury. The cable then | |||||
2020-02-25 | New Brunswick | New Jersey | Johnson & Johnson | Pelvis | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell onto the floor while picking up an item. The employee suffered a fractured pelvis. | |||||
2019-05-10 | New Brunswick | New Jersey | Genesis Engineers, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was accessing the area above a drop ceiling using a ladder. While he was ascending the ladder, it shifted and he lost his balance, falling approximately 4 feet. He struck a table and then landed on the floor, requiring hospitalization for fractures. | |||||
2019-01-22 | New Brunswick | New Jersey | Grease Guard LLC | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell off an extension ladder while bringing material up. | |||||
2018-08-14 | New Brunswick | New Jersey | WENNER BREAD PRODUCTS, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was removing bread from equipment when the equipment caught and lacerated her right index finger. The equipment was unguarded. | |||||
2018-04-17 | New Brunswick | New Jersey | B. Garretson Roofing, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee was walking across a warehouse roof when he fell through a deteriorated section and broke his leg, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-07-21 | New Brunswick | New Jersey | Hagen Construction, Inc. | Head, neck, and trunk | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing a fiberglass extension ladder tied above to a stanchion post. While moving off of the ladder onto the roof, the employee's foot slipped on the roof deck and his hand slipped off of the ladder resulting in a fall. The employee suffered fractured ribs, vertebrae in the neck and a concussion. | |||||
2017-04-04 | New Brunswick | New Jersey | 118 Churchhill Ave. Corp. | Leg(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
On 4/4/17, an employee was walking on the conveyor cleaning edge, slipped and fell fracturing the right leg. | |||||
2016-10-21 | New Brunswick | New Jersey | Unitex Textile Rental Services | Forearm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was transporting soiled laundry when she tripped and fell over a plastic banding strap that had fallen onto the floor. She broke her left arm in the fall. | |||||
2016-09-30 | New Brunswick | New Jersey | ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee felt light-headed and suffered asthma exacerbation while walking down a recently waxed hallway. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-08-06 | New Brunswick | New Jersey | Berlin Steel Construction Company | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee fell approximately 15 off a ramp. | |||||
2015-04-03 | New Brunswick | New Jersey | Bristol Meyers Squibb | Multiple trunk locations | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee drove a golf cart into a brick wall, injuring her chest and abdomen. | |||||
2015-01-23 | New Brunswick | New Jersey | Eastern Freight Ways | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to other harmful substances |
An employee became infected with MRSA. |