Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-01-14 | Newell | West Virgini | Marsh Bellofram Corporation | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources |
An employee had chest pains after shoveling snow, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2019-01-14 | Newell | West Virgini | Congo Corp | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was attaching a cable to a D-ring when the cable tightened, catching and fracturing his right hand between the cable and D-ring. | |||||
2018-09-24 | Newellton | Louisiana | Planters Gin Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was assisting another employee unchoke a lint cleaner and amputated two left-hand fingers. | |||||
2016-05-05 | Newell | West Virgini | Homer Laughlin China Company | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On May 5, 2016, at approximately 6:30pm, an employee was injured after being cut by a mold carrier tray. With a guard removed, the employee reached into the machine and the machine pulled him in, resulting in lacerations to the arm and hospitalization. | |||||
2015-09-02 | Newell | West Virgini | The Homer Laughlin China Company | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
On September 2, 2015, at approximately 3:15 p.m., a maintenance employee was attempting to adjust a moving conveyor that was off track (not centered) when he tripped on dry clay that had fallen from the conveyor onto the floor and fell into a slow moving conveyor, fracturing his right arm and requiring hospitalization. |