| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-10-18 | Paramus | Nj | Shoprite of Paramus | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| An employee was escorting a customer to their car in the parking lot and was struck by a car as it was backing out of a space. | |||||
| 2020-03-26 | Paramus | New Jersey | Black Horse Carriers | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was using a pallet jack to move a container from inside a box truck to a lift gate. The employee set the container on the lift gate. When the lift gate was lowered, the pallet jack and the container shifted, and the container knocked the employee to the ground. His right leg was caught between the lift gate and its support and was broken in three places between the knee and the ankle; his right arm struck the ground and was broken between the elbow and the wrist. | |||||
| 2019-06-19 | Paramus | New Jersey | CEDAR PARK CEMETERY | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee reached down to check the lawn mower tire while the mower was running. The lawn mower blade lacerated his left ring finger and fractured the left middle finger that resulted in the amputation of the distal phalanx. | |||||
| 2018-08-19 | Paramus | New Jersey | Levy Restaurants | Leg(s) | Other jump to lower level |
| An employee dismounted from the back of a trailer and fractured her leg. | |||||
| 2018-05-25 | Paramus | New Jersey | Verizon New Jersey | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was working on a utility pole from an aerial lift bucket. He fell from the bucket to the concrete sidewalk below, suffering a laceration to his head, a fractured shoulder, and broken ribs. Fall protection equipment was not worn at the time of the incident. In addition, the safety chains on the door to the aerial lift bucket were not engaged. | |||||
| 2018-02-08 | Paramus | New Jersey | Nordstrom, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck against object or equipment |
| An employee walked into a knife, suffering lacerations under the rib cage of her left side. | |||||
| 2017-10-05 | Paramus | New Jersey | BBP Bergen LLC | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting kale when his knife slipped and partially amputated his left thumb tip. | |||||
| 2017-06-22 | Paramus | New Jersey | Sloan & Company, Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cutting wood with a miter saw when the wood kicked out, causing his left hand to contact the saw blade. His hand was lacerated and fractured, requiring hospitalization and surgery. The saw was guarded and proper PPE was worn at the time. | |||||
| 2017-05-26 | Paramus | New Jersey | BERGEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, L.P. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
| An employee's appendix became inflamed after being kicked by a patient, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-04-13 | Paramus | New Jersey | Ferreira Construction | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was dismantling a scaffold and stripping its platform when the employee fell approximately 8 feet from the platform to the concrete below. The employee fractured four ribs and four vertebrae, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-02-08 | Paramus | New Jersey | Suez | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee's left thumb was slammed in the door of a work vehicle, causing an open fracture to the thumb and an amputation of the distal tip. The employee required reattachment surgery. | |||||
| 2015-12-14 | Paramus | New Jersey | Pro Signs Co. | Brain | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was helping a sign hanger unbuckle a sign from a crane truck when the sign fell off and hit the employee on the head, causing head trauma. | |||||
| 2015-11-11 | Paramus | New Jersey | Crisdel Construction Corp. | Fingertip(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a paver on the parkway when the employee's right index fingertip got caught and amputated (no bone loss) between the screed extension of the paver and the wall of a bridge. | |||||
| 2015-07-13 | Paramus | New Jersey | Ciera Staffing | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped over a pallet and fell fracturing the left knee. | |||||