Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-24 | Newton | Ms | Weir ESCO Newton | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee had just finished pouring a mold using a pouring ladle. The ladle would not stop pouring; while it was being moved by crane, it spilled molten metal onto the employee. The employee's right leg and foot were burned. | |||||
2021-07-31 | Newton | Nj | Parsons | Lower leg(s) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
An employee was trying to stop a car that had started rolling. She fell out of the car, which ran over her left calf and ruptured an artery, leading to an internal hemorrhage. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-04-27 | West Newton | Ma | Top Shelf Painting | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was injured when the extension ladder he was working on slipped out from underneath him. The employee suffered broken ribs. | |||||
2021-04-05 | Newton | Ma | Premiere Auto Body | Head and trunk | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
Two employees were working and got into an altercation. One employee struck the other with a 2x4 causing head and back injuries. | |||||
2020-07-07 | Newton Falls | Ohio | VENTURE PLASTICS INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning out a grinder. As the wheel was being spun, the machine's blade caught his left hand, cutting the fingers and amputating the middle fingertip. | |||||
2020-06-23 | Newton | New Jersey | Harbor Freight Tools | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee experienced shortness of breath and dehydration while restocking shelves in a warehouse, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2020-06-19 | Newton | Kansas | Kansas Electric | Multiple body parts | Small-scale (limited) fire |
An employee was working to ignite a scrap wood burn pile using gasoline. When the gasoline caught fire there was a large burst of flame and the employee sustained burns to both arms, a portion of the back, their lips, and hair. | |||||
2020-05-22 | Newton | Illinois | Skyline Steel, LLC | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was working on shop doors while standing on a step ladder when he fell to the ground and struck his head. He suffered broken ribs and a concussion, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2020-05-05 | Newton | Kansas | FUTURE FOAM INC. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
A temporary employee fell from a board to the ground about 5 feet below. The board was on top of a retracted scissor lift. The employee was hospitalized, having suffered a broken hip that required surgery. | |||||
2020-02-11 | West Newton | Pennsylvania | County Hauling LLC | Leg(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was setting a garbage tote back on the ground after emptying it into the back of a garbage truck when the arm of the garbage truck sprung open and struck his right leg, fracturing it. | |||||
2020-01-17 | Newton | Kansas | Newton Medical Center | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on an icy sidewalk while walking into a building. The employee fell to the concrete, suffered a broken left ankle, and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-08-07 | Newton | Texas | Southern Forest Products, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was working outside at a saw mill, sorting boards on a green chain line. He began to suffer from heat-related illness and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-05-17 | Newton | New Hampshir | TEREX ENVIRONMENTAL EQUIPMENT | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was working from a ladder when he fell approximately 7 feet to the concrete floor and suffered a shoulder injury. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-01-29 | Newton | Mississippi | Esco Group, LLC | Forearm(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was attempting to free a stuck casting from the casting feeder hopper door. The employee sprayed lubricant on the casting and the casting freed from the door. The employee's right forearm was inside the casting feeder hopper door when the casting was freed and the door closed on and crushed his forearm. | |||||
2019-01-21 | Newton | Mississippi | Biewer Sawmill-Newton, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee had been operating the strapper machine to strap a bundle of lumber. The employee stepped inside the strapper to remove plastic material from the machine. Plastic strap wrapped around her right leg, pulling her into the bundle of wood and breaking her right tibia. | |||||
2019-01-08 | Newton | Texas | Southern Forest Products | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was reaching for a scrap piece of wood and contacted the sawmill blade resulting in the amputation of digits on the left ring and middle fingers. | |||||
2018-07-13 | Newton | Massachusett | H.C. STARCK, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a table saw to cut wood when the saw amputated a finger. | |||||
2018-06-18 | Newton | Kansas | Norcraft Companies LP | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was assembling a wooden door when the employee's left index finger was caught in a pinch point, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2018-06-14 | Newton | Mississippi | La-Z-Boy | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting wood furniture parts on a band saw when the moving blade struck and amputated the employee's left pinky finger. | |||||
2018-05-25 | Newton | New Jersey | The Home Depot | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was unpacking doors from a pallet. As a door was being removed, the remaining doors separated from a wood support, tipped, and knocked him to the floor. His shoulder and chest were injured. | |||||
2018-04-24 | Newton | Mississippi | Mississippi Power Co. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
On April 24, 2018, an employee fell approximately 24 feet from a new power pole that was having a light installed. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured back. | |||||
2018-02-03 | Newton | Mississippi | La-Z-Boy | Hand(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was aligning a new fabric belt that was installed on a conveyor system. While handing a tool to a helper, the employee's left hand was caught between the conveyor belt and the tension roller. The employee suffered multiple fractures and abrasions to the left hand, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-09-15 | Newton | Wisconsin | Pheifer Bros Construction Co.,Inc. | Head | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was using a vertical hammer to pile drive when a steel piece of the hammer came loose and struck his head, lacerating it. He was has hospitalized overnight. | |||||
2017-08-23 | Newton | Kansas | Full Vision Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating the tube bending machine and amputated the right ring finger half way down the nail. | |||||
2017-08-11 | Newton | Kansas | LSI Staffing, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was taking a scrap piece of foam off a bailer saw and amputated the right ring fingertip. The saw was running at the time of the incident. | |||||
2017-07-07 | Newton | Massachusett | WT Rich | Fingertip(s) | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
A truck driver backed up, stopped, and put the vehicle into park. The injured employee lowered the tailgate. At the same time, the truck settled and rolled back. The employee's index fingertip was then caught and amputated between the truck and the adjacent wall of the building. | |||||
2017-03-24 | Newton | Kansas | Full Vision Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was moving a metal table on wheels next to another metal table when his right hand was smashed between the two. His pinky finger was avulsed and had to be surgically amputated to the knuckle. | |||||
2017-01-20 | Newton | Mississippi | ESCO Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was using a jib crane to lower a mold onto a carrier that had a bolt laying on top of it. When the employee attempted to pull the bolt from beneath the mold, it dropped down and smashed his left middle finger between the mold and carrier. His left middle fingertip was partially amputated. | |||||
2017-01-20 | Newton | Mississippi | ESCO Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
The wiring for an argon oxygen decarburization (AOD) motor caught fire and the AOD had to be operated manually. An employee attempted to insert a crank handle into the AOD crank. As the employee was manually tilting the AOD, it moved beyond the center of gravity and the crank handle started spinning rapidly. When the employee tried to grab the crank handle, his right middle finger was caught in the chain and sprocket, de-gloving the fingertip. The chain and sprocket was unguarded at the time of | |||||
2016-09-19 | Newton | New Jersey | Willowglen Academy-New Jersey, Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was engaged in a physical emergency safety intervention with a student while leaning against a free-standing table in the classroom. The student was struggling, causing the table to slide. The employee fell backwards on the floor, suffering a cervical spine sprain. | |||||
2016-08-11 | Newton | Massachusett | NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell while walking down the stairs and was hospitalized with an ankle fracture. | |||||
2016-05-18 | Newton | Kansas | Park Aerospace Technologies Corp. | Forearm(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
At 1705, on 05/18/2016, an employee and a coworker were cutting over on a roll of material when the cut edge flap fell over. When the employee grabbed the material, the nip roll caught his hand and arm. He suffered a double fracture to the left ulna and radius, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-04-29 | Newton | Illinois | Hi-Tech Industial Services, Inc. | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee's hand was broken while attempting to remove coal debris from between the journal and the table of the 2E coal mill base. | |||||
2016-04-26 | Newton | Mississippi | ESCO Corporation | Arm(s) | Vehicle or machinery fire |
On 4/26/16, at approximately 5:15 AM, an employee was using a pneumatic chipping gun to break up hardened mortar inside the mortar mixer. When he connected his chipping gun's quick-connect hose to the airline, he accidentally hooked it to an oxygen line, which was not properly labeled. While he was operating the chipping gun with oxygen instead of compressed air, a fire broke out inside the tool and enveloped his right arm, face, and neck. He suffered second and third degree burns to his arm, a | |||||
2016-02-03 | Newton | Illinois | REX VAULT & MAUSOLEUM SERVICE, INC. | Head | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was struck in the head while removing a concrete form used to manufacture burial vaults. The form was being removed when a bar swung and hit the employee in the head, knocking him to the ground. The employee was standing on the floor at the time and was wearing a protective helmet. He was hospitalized after being knocked unconscious with a cut to the head. | |||||
2015-09-08 | Newton | New Jersey | Northern Seamless Gutter Systems Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was installing gutters from a ladder when he lost his balance and fell approximately 7 feet to the ground below. He broke his wrist and lower back. | |||||
2015-08-27 | Newton | Kansas | Norcraft Companies, LP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee amputated the right hand index, middle and ring fingers while running a compound mitre saw. | |||||
2015-06-09 | Newton | New Jersey | Thorlabs Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee injured his right thumb below the nail area while operating a jet horizontal band saw. | |||||
2015-06-09 | Newton | Kansas | Voestalpine Nortrak, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was on a train car in the yard helping the mobile crane crew unload long pieces of steel from the train car. The employee had just hooked the crane hook to a piece of metal and the operator was tightening the hook when another piece of metal began to fall. The employee jumped down and the steel landed on his right hand, amputating his ring finger and pinky tip. | |||||
2015-06-03 | Newton | Massachusett | Shaws Market | Leg(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee fell on the same surface while moving a box of fruit and broke a leg. | |||||
2015-05-28 | Newton | Massachusett | Eversource Energy | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was inspecting a manhole vault at the intersection of Lyman Street and Centre Street in Newton, Massachusetts. As he transitioned from an extension ladder to the ground level, he fell approximately 11 feet, 7 inches, back into the manhole vault, breaking his right ankle and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-04-04 | Newton | New Jersey | Rosselli Roofing & Siding, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a scaffold. |