Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-09-27	Pittsfield	Me	Walpole Outdoors, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting a length of vinyl material with a table saw. The employee's hand slipped and the sawblade amputated the tip of his thumb.
2020-08-19	Pittsfield	Ma	Haddad's Motor Group Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell out of a vehicle after it was lifted 4 feet with him inside it. He landed on the concrete floor, suffering lacerations and broken bones.
2019-06-27	Pittsfield	Massachusett	Price Chopper Operating Co. of Massachusetts, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting chicken with a saw when his hand contacted the saw, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2019-06-10	Pittsfield	Massachusett	Stop & Shop Holdings, Inc.	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee tripped and fell while leaving a walk-in cooler. She suffered a broken left femur.
2019-05-15	Pittsfield	Massachusett	Interprint, Inc.	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was using a sponge to remove dried ink from a press ink pan when the employee's right hand and arm were caught by a rotating cylinder that was near the ink pan. The machine was operating at the time.
2019-02-05	Pittsfield	Massachusett	HILLCREST COMMONS	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Fall on same level
On February 5, 2019, an employee fell to the ground while exiting or entering his vehicle in a parking lot. He suffered broken bones in his leg/ankle.
2018-08-08	Pittsfield	Massachusett	Healthcare Services Group, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting tomatoes with a hand knife when the knife caused amputation injuries to the employee's right thumb tip.
2018-05-21	Pittsfield	Massachusett	NEW ENGLAND NEWSPAPERS INC DBA THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE	Skull	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a fixed ladder while performing maintenance on a large press, suffering a skull fracture that required hospitalization.
2018-05-03	Pittsfield	Massachusett	COGHLIN ELECTRIC	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
On May 3, 2018, an employee was opening the concrete composite cover of a hand hole with a screwdriver when the cover slipped off the screwdriver and fell on the employee's finger, pinching off the fingertip.
2017-09-27	Pittsfield	Maine	Hancock Lumber	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was placing boards in a planer when a board slid over and pinched the employee's finger between it and the guide fence, amputating the fingertip.
2017-01-20	Pittsfield	Massachusett	Interprint, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating the press. He sustained a de-gloving injury and a broken finger when his hand was caught between the clutch and the roll.
2016-02-29	Pittsfield	Massachusett	Climate Heating and Cooling, INC.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on the first floor when he was called down to the basement level to assist with a repair. Coworkers had drained water from a boiler into a sump pit, which was approximately 3 feet deep and 2 feet in diameter. There was no cover on the pit, and the sump pump had trouble keeping up with the volume of water being added and quickly filled up. When the employee came down from the first floor to help, he fell into the sump pit and suffered second and third degree burns on his lower tor
2016-01-06	Pittsfield	Massachusett	UNISTRESS CORP.	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee was driving a pickup truck down a driveway to the employer's site across the street. The employee moved to the side to avoid an oncoming vehicle and collided with a trailer that was parked there. The employee suffered two broken neck bones.
2015-12-17	Pittsfield	Massachusett	UNISTRESS CORP.	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level
While stepping onto a trailer, an employee lost his balance, fell, and hit his head on the ground resulting in hospitalization for head and rib injuries.
2015-11-23	Pittsfield	Massachusett	UNISTRESS CORP.	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was finishing a concrete double v-beam with a trowel when a coworker entered the building with a forklift. As the coworker passed the injured employee, his tire caught the employee and pinned him against the form and forklift. The injured employee suffered scrapes to his back, right arm, and right torso.
2015-07-16	Pittsfield	Massachusett	General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee on travel status fell over a railing to the floor below while waiting for a flight and suffered multiple fractures.
2015-06-17	Pittsfield	Massachusett	PRICE CHOPPER	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level
On 6/17/15, an employee was hospitalized after falling in the bottle return room and breaking ribs.
2015-04-27	Pittsfield	Massachusett	People's Linen Service	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell and fractured his/her back after a fall from the rear of a truck.
2015-02-24	Pittsfield	Illinois	Liberty Village of Pittsfield	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On February 24, 2015, at approximately 7:00 AM, an employee tripped on a call cord and fell. This fall resulted in a fractured hip, requiring hospitalization.
2015-01-19	Pittsfield	Massachusett	Berkshire Health Systems	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
A home health aid slipped on ice on a driveway at a client's home which resulted in a ligament sprain in both knees and a patellar tracking disorder of the right knee requiring hospitalization.