Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-02-08	North Brunswick	Nj	Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages LLC	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck by falling object or equipment
Cases of ice tea were knocked over and struck an employee on the back.
2019-06-04	North Brunswick	New Jersey	Costco Wholesale	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee at a gas station was walking across the pumps wearing a reflective vest and was grazed by a car. He lost his balance and fell. He was hospitalized for two broken bones in his neck.
2019-04-12	North Brunswick	New Jersey	USPL Nutritionals, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a tablet compression machine when it started, catching the employee's fingers and causing an amputation to a finger.
2019-01-14	North Brunswick	New Jersey	Silver Line Building Products, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee suffered a laceration to their pinky finger while operating a lock former.
2018-09-18	North Brunswick	New Jersey	Yankee Clipper Distribution, Inc.	Pelvis	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
Employee was using a stand-up forklift to load a pallet onto the a truck. As his lift backed up, it struck the closed door of another truck. He suffered a fracture to the left pelvis and was hospitalized.
2018-09-05	North Brunswick	New Jersey	Dan Lepore & Sons Company, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
While holding a grout hose, an employee suffered chemical burns from grout runoff. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-03-19	North Brunswick	New Jersey	Pro Tapes & Specialties Inc.	Multiple face locations	Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
An employee was offloading material from inside a tractor trailer using a forklift. The employee was backing out of the trailer when the tractor trailer pulled away from the loading dock. The employee and the forklift fell to the ground. The employee suffered a broken jaw and broken bones around the eye socket.
2016-07-04	North Brunswick	New Jersey	Walmart Store#2003	Knee(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was struck by a forklift, requiring hospitalization for a left knee laceration.
2015-01-23	North Brunswick	New Jersey	Bowlmor AMF	Nonclassifiable	Contact with objects and equipment
Employee was injured while cleaning a pin setter machine.