Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-10-03 | Piscataway | Nj | RGB Disposal Services | Arm(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
A sanitation truck driver's arm was caught between his truck and a dumpster. The driver sustained lacerations on his arm. | |||||
2020-09-08 | Piscataway | Nj | ALL AMERICAN POLY CORPORATION | Multiple body parts | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
An employee was drilling a hole in a can containing aerosol spray glue. The can exploded, causing second-degree burns to the employee's arms, face, and neck. | |||||
2020-08-05 | Piscataway | Nj | Hoffman International Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was servicing a crane. The employee's right index finger was stuck in a pinch point, and the fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2020-03-09 | Piscataway | New Jersey | Montrose Molders Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating an extruder machine. While aligning a plastic string inside the cutter, the employee's fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2020-02-17 | Piscataway | New Jersey | PEPSI BOTTLING GROUP LLC | Arm(s) | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was performing maintenance work and replacing strips on a conveyor. The employee tripped and fell onto the conveyor hitting their arm. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured arm. | |||||
2020-01-14 | Piscataway | New Jersey | Main Street American Home Manufacturing, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee's hand entered a CCS machine, resulting in a left hand amputation. | |||||
2018-08-15 | Piscataway | New Jersey | Quality Uptime Services | Nonclassifiable | Explosion, n.e.c. |
An employee was hospitalized after an electrical explosion took place. | |||||
2018-02-12 | Piscataway | New Jersey | Force Concrete & Masonry Corporation | Foot (feet) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment |
An employee was installing bracing on the top of a concrete column form when it fell over. He then fell to the ground, breaking his right foot and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-10-16 | Piscataway | New Jersey | Jaflo Tree Inc | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was struck by a falling tree limb, suffering a fractured back and multiple broken ribs. | |||||
2017-06-18 | Piscataway | New Jersey | ALL AMERICAN POLY CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was descending a fixed caged ladder when he missed the top rung and began to fall. He grabbed onto a vertical member of the cage assembly to catch himself and caught his right pinky in a 1/2-inch gap between the upright and a toe board section. His right pinky fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2016-07-06 | Piscataway | New Jersey | Aaron & Company, Inc. | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee fell approximately 10 feet from the second level while stocking materials, suffering head and back trauma. | |||||
2016-05-01 | Piscataway | New Jersey | ALL AMERICAN POLY CORPORATION | Hand(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was clearing debris from the line. The blower did not come to a complete stop and the employee's left hand was lacerated. | |||||
2016-04-20 | Piscataway | New Jersey | MACEDOS CONSTRUCTION CO. | Brain | Struck by falling object or equipment |
On 4/20/2016, a piece of plywood sheeting, used in poured concrete construction, fell from a floor above and struck the head of an employee standing on the ground, cracking his hardhat. He was hospitalized with a concussion and lacerations. | |||||
2016-01-13 | Piscataway | New Jersey | SJS Construction LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
On 1/13/16, an employee fell to the concrete floor while working from an 8-foot step ladder. The employee suffered a head injury and was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-01-07 | Piscataway | New Jersey | Foley, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonclassifiable |
Finger amputation. | |||||
2016-01-05 | Piscataway | New Jersey | Tropicana Products Inc | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was carrying product down a flight of stairs when he tripped and fell, hurting his knees and elbows. | |||||
2015-05-15 | Piscataway | New Jersey | Dawn Foods | Nonclassifiable | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee was reversing a forklift in the freezer area. He believed he was going to hit the storage rack, so he jumped off and got caught between a pallet and the forklift. |