Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-10-05 | Putnam Valley | Ny | The Brothers that Just do Gutters HV, Inc. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
On 10/05/2020, an employee performing gutter installation/repair fell approximately 15 to 18 feet from a roof and sustained a broken ankle/leg. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-06-21 | Putnam | Connecticut | Price Chopper | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was removing narcotics from a safe when the steel door closed on her finger, resulting in a right ring fingertip amputation. | |||||
2018-06-06 | Putnam | Connecticut | Superior Plastics Extrusion Company, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
A temporary employee was working at an extruder shear when a plastic sheet became jammed. As the employee attempted to remove it, the employee's thumb became caught in the equipment, amputating the tip between the first joint knuckle and the nailbed. The shear was guarded at the time. | |||||
2017-08-30 | Putnam | Connecticut | Price Chopper Supermarkets | Eye(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell, hitting her eye on a doorknob as she fell. She injured her eye/retina and was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-08-24 | Putnam | Connecticut | Staples | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
After stocking and organizing product in a warm warehouse, an employee felt ill. She was hospitalized with heatstroke. | |||||
2017-06-26 | Putnam | Oklahoma | Diamond WTG Engineering and Services | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was removing a low-speed pin bracket during a main bearing replacement. When the bracket came loose, it swung and caught the employee's left middle fingertip between it and the bearing, amputating his fingertip. | |||||
2017-04-04 | Putnam | Connecticut | Day Kimball Health Care | Upper and lower limb(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was speaking to a fellow employee. Her right ankle gave out when she turned in the hallway and she fell striking her shoulder on the wall. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured left humerus and left patella. | |||||
2016-01-13 | Putnam | Connecticut | Phillips-Moldex Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On January 13, 2016, at 4:40 a.m., an employee was working on a press. At the time, one sensor was not in all the way. She had her hand on one of the hand controls while she made the adjustment with the other hand. Her finger was crushed in the process. | |||||
2015-11-17 | Putnam | Connecticut | Ensinger Precision Components | Fingertip(s) | Nonclassifiable |
An employee had the tip of the left index finger amputated by a 3" peek tube mold. |