| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-12 | North Kingstown | Ri | Poseidon Electric Solutions, LLC | Brain | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| An employee was riding on the bumper of a work van. He fell off and his head struck the pavement, causing a head/brain injury. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery. | |||||
| 2020-09-17 | North Kingstown | Ri | Cardi Construction Corporation | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was walking alongside a skid steer that was carrying a hoisted cage used to pour foundations. He was holding onto the cage to keep it steady when he tripped over a nearby portable generator. The skid steer then ran over his foot, fracturing his right ankle. | |||||
| 2020-07-28 | North Kingstown | Rhode Island | North Atlantic Distribution, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| Two employees were moving the hood of a car. One of the employees sustained a back strain and fell to the ground. | |||||
| 2020-06-11 | North Kingstown | Rhode Island | Electric Boat Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was adjusting the guardrail of an elevated lift platform. The employee was pushing the guardrail up while another employee, who was standing on the lift, was pushing down on the guardrail. The injured employee got his right middle finger caught in a pinch point on the guardrail and sustained a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2020-03-12 | North Kingstown | Rhode Island | Taylor Farms, New England, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee suffered a partial amputation of his left middle finger while cleaning a dicer machine. | |||||
| 2020-02-10 | North Kingstown | Rhode Island | Manafort Transit, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Collision between water vehicle and object |
| An employee was working from a floating platform to remove a concrete form when a wave in the water caused the platform to rise up above the protective bumpers. His left little finger was then caught between the formwork bolt and the platform, causing a partial amputation of the left little finger. | |||||
| 2019-09-05 | North Kingstown | Rhode Island | Anvil International, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| A flat bar was being cut on an automatic horizontal bandsaw. A piece of steel tubing was being used to guide the parts being cut into a bin. The tubing moved and the rotating sawblade caught an employee's glove. His left index finger was partially amputated. | |||||
| 2018-08-17 | North Kingstown | Rhode Island | Ocean State Job Lot, Inc. | Sole(s) | Stepped on object |
| An employee was unloading a container of merchandise at a receiving dock when he stepped on a nail in the container, puncturing his right foot. | |||||
| 2018-08-06 | North Kingstown | Rhode Island | Electric Boat | Leg(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
| After performing a welding operation inside of a tank, an employee was exiting the tank when his leg caused a welding lead to short against the side of the tank and an electric arc occurred. His leg was burned, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-07-11 | North Kingstown | Rhode Island | Electric Boat Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was helping to transfer a steel plate off a flatbed truck with an overhead crane. The rigging equipment was put under tension while the employee's left ring finger was between the shackle and the plate hook; the employee's fingertip was pinched and amputated. | |||||
| 2018-06-22 | North Kingstown | Rhode Island | Electric Boat | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee had put a pipe in a vise and was adjusting the flange to insert a ring into the unit. The unit slipped from the vise; as the pipe fell and the employee tried to grab it, the vise pinched the employee's finger. He suffered a fingertip amputation on his left hand. | |||||
| 2018-01-18 | North Kingstown | Rhode Island | Hareld Glass Co., Inc. | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking across the parking lot to enter the building when he slipped on a patch of ice and fell to the ground, striking his head and suffering brain bleeding. | |||||
| 2017-07-19 | North Kingstown | Rhode Island | ELCO PAINTING INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee had been painting outside in high temperatures when he felt ill, experiencing nausea and vomiting. He was hospitalized overnight for dehydration and heat stress. | |||||
| 2017-06-08 | North Kingstown | Rhode Island | TORAY PLASTICS (AMERICA), INC. | Wrist(s) and arm(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was walking around a machine and stepping up and down to various positions to thread sheet film through the machine. He held the edge of the sheet film with one hand and stepped down to the floor from a 20-inch-high platform, resulting in tension on the film. While one of his feet was on the platform and the other foot was approaching the floor, the film in his right hand tore from the sheet. He lost his balance and fell to the floor. As he tried to break his fall, he broke his right | |||||
| 2017-04-13 | North Kingstown | Rhode Island | Rite Aid | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking behind the front counter when she tripped over a phone cord and fell into the counter striking her ribs on the counter. The employee was hospitalized for a rib fracture and collapsed lung. | |||||
| 2017-03-03 | North Kingstown | Rhode Island | Ocean State Job Lot | Brain | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was picking cartons of merchandise and placing them on a conveyor. The employee lost control of a box and several boxes fell over and struck another employee on the head resulting in a concussion. | |||||
| 2016-05-31 | North Kingstown | Rhode Island | Amex Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee injured the tip of the left ring finger when it came in contact with the rotating chuck on a hand-held power drill. | |||||
| 2016-03-07 | North Kingstown | Rhode Island | Greencore USA | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in lifting-multiple episodes |
| An employee was attempting to move a box of labels, which weighed approximately 42 pounds. The box was located on a pallet on a lower shelf of a warehouse rack system. The employee lifted one box and placed it on an adjacent pallet. When he stood up and turned to get another box, he lost strength in his legs and fell to his knees. He was hospitalized with a back injury. | |||||
| 2015-03-18 | North Kingstown | Rhode Island | S & R Enterprises, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee sustained a partial amputation to the left thumb while offloading steel from a truck. The hoisted material shifted, pinching the thumb between the load and the hook. | |||||