Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-08 | Providence | Ri | Skanska/Manafort JV | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
On November 8, 2021, a wasp stung an employee while she was flagging traffic. She suffered an allergic reaction and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-10-25 | Providence | Ri | Lorac Tool LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a 150-ton machine press with compressed air. The employee's right hand was inside the point of operation when the machine was activated and crushed his right hand. The employee suffered injuries to his right hand to include fractures, lacerations, and amputation of his index and middle fingers. | |||||
2021-09-28 | Ovid | Ny | Seneca Stone Corporation | Multiple body parts | Roadway collision-moving in same direction |
An employee was operating a roller along the shoulder of a road to cone off a work area when they were struck from behind by a tractor trailer, resulting in orbital bone fractures, a broken collar bone, increased cranial pressure, spinal fractures, and respiratory problems. | |||||
2021-08-13 | Providence | Ri | O'Reilly Auto Parts | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee walked into a store, tripped on a carpet in front of the door, and fell. He suffered a broken femur. | |||||
2021-05-11 | Providence | Ri | Roger Williams Medical Center | Upper arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was working in a filing room, tripped over a box of copy paper and fell into a filing cabinet injuring her left upper arm. | |||||
2021-04-11 | Providence | Ri | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was sorting non-machinable mail into dispatch cages when she tripped on a bundle of magazines that had fallen to the floor. The employee fell to the ground and suffered a left hip bone fracture. | |||||
2021-04-04 | Providence | Ri | UMelt LLC. | Multiple face locations | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was cleaning a grill using water. The lid of the grill fell, causing hot water to splash onto the employee. The employee sustained burns to the face and eye. | |||||
2021-04-01 | Providence | Ri | THE MIRIAM HOSPITAL | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was walking into the facility entrance and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left hip. | |||||
2020-08-31 | Providence | Ri | Rhode Island School of Design | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
An employee was cleaning a meat slicer in the kitchen area that was powered off when his left middle finger struck the blade, resulting in a partial finger amputation (skin only). | |||||
2020-07-17 | Providence | Rhode Island | Peter Pan Bus Lines, Inc. | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was walking by a pit at the bus maintenance garage when he slipped and fell at least 6 feet down into the pit. The employee was hospitalized for broken ribs, a punctured lung, a head contusion and possible bleeding on the brain. | |||||
2020-07-11 | Providence | Rhode Island | U.S. Postal Service | Nonclassifiable | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
An employee was delivering a package and was bitten by a dog. The employee sustained serious lacerations and other injuries that required surgery. | |||||
2020-06-24 | Lake Providence | Louisiana | Tennessee Valley Authority | Pelvis | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
A contractor employee supervised by Tennessee Valley Authority was greasing a trackhoe when the bucket of the trackhoe moved, fracturing the employee's pelvis. | |||||
2020-05-30 | Providence | Rhode Island | J.H. LYNCH & SONS, INC. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a paving machine's hopper with a shovel. The employee noticed that the "auto" button was activated and tried to shut it off. The machine's front apron came down and caught the employee's right foot against the front bumper. He suffered a broken right foot, a broken left collarbone, and a burned right hand. | |||||
2020-05-23 | Providence | Rhode Island | McLane Company, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was rolling a fully loaded cart down a truck ramp to deliver products to a retail store when the cart struck the edge of the truck ramp, causing the load to shift forward and the employee to lose control of the cart. The employee then fell off the ramp to the ground below, breaking the left tibia. | |||||
2020-03-08 | Providence | Rhode Island | The Stop and Shop Supermarket Company, LLC | Upper arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
An employee was walking through the deli backroom area when her sneaker caught on the trim around a floor drain causing her to fall forward and strike a wall several feet away. The employee sustained a fracture to her left humerus, a laceration to her left knee requiring 6 stitches, and a contusion to the left wrist. The employee required surgery. | |||||
2020-02-17 | East Providence | Rhode Island | J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was standing on the tail end of a trailer, taking boxes off a scissor lift that was against the trailer. The scissor lift moved and the employee fell about 5 feet to the ground between the end of the trailer and the lift. The employee suffered a head contusion, a lacerated right leg, and a broken right arm. | |||||
2020-01-28 | Providence | Rhode Island | Rhode lsland Hospital | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee, walking down a flight of stairs, fell and struck a stationary pipe object at the bottom landing. The employee incurred serious injuries, including a lacerated spleen, a liver laceration, and a possible fractured rib. | |||||
2020-01-08 | New Providence | Pennsylvania | Mount Airy Lumber Company | Multiple head locations | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was trying to remove debris from a gang saw. He bent over and the wood became dislodged, hitting his face. He suffered a facial laceration requiring stitches, a concussion, and a nasal bone fracture. | |||||
2019-09-12 | Providence | Rhode Island | A/Z Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was setting up jack stands for a section of pipe to rest on when a contractor on site turned on a concrete pump hose that moved the jack stand out of position. The employee attempted to set up the jack stand again while a section of pipe was being positioned on it. His right middle finger was caught between the jack stand and the section of pipe, resulting in a finger amputation from the first knuckle behind the nail. | |||||
2019-09-03 | Providence | Rhode Island | Woonasquatucket Valley Community Build, Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode |
An employee was on a small stepladder, getting a nut and bolt needed to fasten a steel tool storage cabinet's roof to its frame. A weight shift caused his right arm twist, and his shoulder was dislocated. | |||||
2019-09-02 | Providence | Rhode Island | Miriam Hospital | Pelvic region | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee was assisting other workers in moving a patient from a bariatric bed to an exam table using a lifting device. Two employees were pushing the patient and two were pulling. While pushing the patient, the injured employee felt pain in her lower back, radiating up to her shoulder blades. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvic injury. | |||||
2019-08-22 | Providence | Rhode Island | Rhode Island Hospital | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
While working in a power plant, an engineer became dehydrated due to the heat. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-08-19 | Providence | Rhode Island | Prospect Charter Care, Roger Williams Medical Center | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was painting while standing on the second rung of a ladder. He leaned over to move a pole that was holding up a plastic barrier and lost his balance, falling to the floor and fracturing his right hip. | |||||
2019-08-15 | Providence | Rhode Island | Rhode Island Hospital | Upper arm(s) | Fall on same level |
On Thursday, August 15, an employee was walking from the cafeteria to her office when she tripped, slipped, or fell to the floor. She broke her right humerus and was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
2019-04-08 | Providence | Rhode Island | U.S. Postal Service | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was standing near the top of a step ladder, trying to clear a jam on an overhead transport belt, when the ladder legs kicked out. The employee fell to the floor, breaking two ribs on her right side. | |||||
2019-03-05 | Providence | Rhode Island | RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee slipped or tripped in a hospital parking lot on the way to the building. She fell to the ground and broke her left tibia and fibula. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
2019-02-21 | North Providence | Rhode Island | Rhode Island Medical Imaging, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to slipping |
A maintenance employee was spreading ice melt outside of the building when the employee slipped and fell to the ground, fracturing three ribs. | |||||
2019-02-05 | Providence | Rhode Island | Prospect CharterCARE RWMC, LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was walking down the stairs, tripped and fell hitting her head on the door at the bottom of the stairs. The employee sustained a laceration under her left eye and a head injury. | |||||
2019-01-24 | Providence | Rhode Island | Ira Green Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a polishing machine when the polishing wheel caught his gloved right hand. The tip of his middle finger was amputated. | |||||
2018-09-15 | Providence | Rhode Island | Rhode Island Hospital | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was recording patient information at a hospital while a crew was performing cleaning operations nearby with a bleach-based cleaner. The cleaner triggered an asthmatic reaction in the employee, who required hospitalization. | |||||
2018-06-26 | Providence | Rhode Island | LMG Rhode Island Holdings Inc. | Cheek(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a mobile ladder stand clearing a stacker transfer when she slipped and fell, striking her face on the concrete floor. She suffered a fractured cheekbone. | |||||
2018-05-12 | East Providence | Rhode Island | Homestead Baking Co. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a machine when two of the employee's fingers were caught in a rotating roller. The employee broke a thumb and required stitches. | |||||
2018-04-05 | Providence | Rhode Island | Rhode Island Hospital | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was walking from her car when she fell on some steps outside the cafeteria and landed on the ground, striking her head and suffering a brain hematoma. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-03-26 | Providence | Rhode Island | SMM New England Corporation | Multiple body parts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was erecting signage while other employees loaded scrap metal into a ship for export. During these loading operations, a piece of metal fell from a grapple and struck the employee's side and back. He suffered five broken ribs and two fractured vertebrae, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-03-19 | Providence | Rhode Island | Providence Pancakes, Inc. | Skull | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee was physically assaulted by a customer while standing in the dining area, suffering a fractured skull. | |||||
2018-01-29 | East Providence | Rhode Island | Consolidated Concrete Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was carrying and stacking cement blocks when his gloved left pinky finger became caught under a block. As he attempted to pull the finger from underneath the block, his hand came out of the glove and suffered an amputation to the top of his left pinky finger. | |||||
2017-10-12 | Providence | Rhode Island | Rhode Island Hospital | Multiple body parts | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee went to the elevator to help other employees with a combative patient. She was kicked by the patient, knocking her to the floor and breaking her right radius and right hip. | |||||
2017-09-09 | Providence | Rhode Island | Rhode Island Hospital | Lower leg(s) | Injured by physical contact with person while moving that person-unintentional |
An employee and a security guard were trying to get an upset patient out of a locked room. Once the patient was out of the locked room, the employee and the security guard attempted to physically move the patient onto a bed when both the patient and the security guard fell onto the employee, fracturing her tibial plateau. | |||||
2017-08-28 | Providence | Rhode Island | Rhode Island Hospital | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was registering a patient into the hospital when she suffered a severe allergic reaction to a visitor's perfume, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-08-03 | Providence | Rhode Island | Rhode Island Hospital | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was crossing from one building to another through a glass-enclosed walkway when she slipped and fell to the ground, breaking her right hip and requiring surgery. | |||||
2017-04-01 | Providence | Rhode Island | East Side Service Center Inc | Pelvis | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle on side of road |
An employee was outside of his tow truck helping a customer with a tow in the breakdown lane when he was struck by a car, breaking his pelvis. | |||||
2017-02-18 | East Providence | Rhode Island | Metacomet Country Club | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was carrying hot oil for disposal when he slipped on ice on the pavement splashing hot oil onto his face, neck, chest, arms and legs. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-01-17 | East Providence | Rhode Island | HOMESTEAD BAKING COMPANY | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was adjusting a set screw inside a dough divider machine when the machine activated and amputated his fingertip. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
2016-09-14 | Providence | Rhode Island | Benchmark Senior Living | Lumbar region | Overexertion in lowering-single episode |
An employee was finishing her morning medication administration cycle when she was called into an apartment by another worker to help move a resident from her bed to a wheelchair. The resident began to lose her balance, so the employee tried to help her to the ground, suffering acute severe lower back pain with disc protrusion in the process. | |||||
2016-09-02 | Providence | Rhode Island | Brown University | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was performing maintenance on an air handler unit. The equipment was shut down, but the belt was still moving. The employee shined a flashlight on the belt to inspect it and the flashlight contacted the belt, causing her glove to be pulled into the moving belt. She sustained a partial amputation to her right ring finger. | |||||
2016-07-08 | Providence | Rhode Island | Mars 2000, Inc. | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was evaluating a machine operation as it pertained to the air pressure pushing plastic molded parts out of the tool and dropping them into the container below. He was standing on top of the machine looking down into the tool area as it opened and closed when he saw that the plastic molded part was hung up in the tool. When he attempted to remove the stuck part, the machine cycled and caught his hand between two tool sections, crushing his right hand and fingers. | |||||
2016-05-16 | East Providence | Rhode Island | A & M Sheetmetal & Roofing, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
An employee fell through a rotted section of a commercial flat roof while stripping material from the center of the structure. The employee fell approximately 16 feet to the floor, breaking bones in the right arm and elbow, cracking the tailbone, and fracturing the pelvis. | |||||
2016-04-21 | Providence | Rhode Island | Pizza Hut | BODY SYSTEMS | Ingestion of harmful substance |
On 4/21/16, at approximately 9:20 AM, an employee accidentally drank cleaning solution while mixing an iced tea. | |||||
2016-04-15 | New Providnce | New Jersey | PK General Contracting, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee fell 17 feet, 6 inches, and was hospitalized with injuries. | |||||
2016-04-06 | Providence | Rhode Island | Rhode Island Hospital | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
On 4/6/16, an employee suffered an asthmatic reaction to a degreasing chemical that was sprayed on the floor and required hospitalization. | |||||
2016-03-21 | Providence | Rhode Island | Frito - Lay Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was attempting to enter the back of his delivery truck when he stepped on the dock plate, slipped, and fell, breaking his left hip. The dock plate was wet from the snow. He was hospitalized overnight. | |||||
2016-03-02 | Providence | Rhode Island | Rhode Island Hospital | Brain | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was struck on the head by a piece of concrete that fell from the ceiling. He suffered a concussion. | |||||
2016-02-16 | Providence | Rhode Island | Park View Nursing Home | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on an icy surface, fell to the ground, and struck his head. | |||||
2015-12-16 | Providence | Rhode Island | STAND CORPORATION | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to electricity |
Two employees working from a man-lift received an electrical shock. | |||||
2015-11-19 | Providence | Rhode Island | PRI I, L.P. | BODY SYSTEMS | Ingestion of harmful substance |
An employee ingested Tilex cleaning solution. | |||||
2015-08-27 | Providence | Rhode Island | SMM New England Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was entering or exiting the cab or a front end loader and amputated the tip of his left thumb (without bone loss) while closing the cab door. | |||||
2015-08-13 | East Providence | Rhode Island | Aspen Aerogels, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
While conducting a routine valve cleaning operation, the employee inserted his finger into the valve body then activated the valve causing the ball valve to sever the tip of his finger. | |||||
2015-08-04 | Providence | Rhode Island | Trimark USA | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was unwrapping a pallet on the back of a truck. The employee slipped on the plastic, fell off the truck, and was injured, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-07-25 | Lake Providence | Louisiana | Lansing Trade LLC** | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee operating an articulating man lift was overcome by heat. | |||||
2015-07-22 | Providence | Rhode Island | Miriam Hospital | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in lifting, lowering |
An employee suffered a back injury while stocking linens. | |||||
2015-04-07 | Providence | Rhode Island | U.S. Postal Service | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
On Tuesday, April 7, 2015, a maintenance employee was standing on the fourth step of an 8-foot step ladder, reaching with a pole to unjam an overhead mail tray. He fell from the ladder to the ground below, fracturing his hip and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-04-07 | Providence | Rhode Island | Cardi Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was cutting a wooden 2-by-4 board. As he cut close to his hand, the saw kicked back and pulled his gloved thumb into the blade, severely cutting his thumb just below the nail. |