Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-03-27 | North Riverside | Il | Costco Wholesale | Ankle(s) | Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle |
An employee was turning an electric pallet jack down an aisle when it struck her ankle, resulting in a fracture. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-02-25 | Riverside | Al | Harris Rebar Nufab, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a rebar-bending machine when his left index finger was caught between a bending pin and a piece of rebar. The finger was partially amputated. | |||||
2020-09-14 | Riverside | Mo | Presto X | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee caught his foot on the corner of a desk and fell breaking his right hip. | |||||
2020-07-04 | Riverside | Missouri | ARGOSY CASINO | Knee(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was walking from the morning meeting to a turnstile. The employee fell to the ground and sustained a broken left knee. | |||||
2019-08-22 | Riverside | Missouri | Capital Electric Line Builders | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was helping others to pull a pole from a stack and load it onto a digger derrick when the pole fell and struck the employee, fracturing his pelvis and puncturing his bladder. | |||||
2019-01-16 | Riverside | Rhode Island | Athena Orchard View LLC | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee opened the top of the copier, which contacted a fire extinguisher on the wall. The fire extinguisher fell onto the employee's left foot. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the middle toe. | |||||
2016-04-22 | Riverside | Connecticut | Sunrise Tree Care LLC | Upper arm(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee was standing on a ladder and using a manual pole saw to cut a tree limb. The manual pole saw extended about 8 to 10 feet. The saw became caught in the limb, and the employee was trying to free the saw from the limb. When the saw was freed from the limb, it fell, and the blade struck the employee's left arm above the elbow. He suffered a severe arm laceration. | |||||
2015-09-17 | Riverside | Rhode Island | Athena Orchard View LLC | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped and fell over a walker. She was transported to the hospital where she was admitted overnight and had surgery for a left wrist fracture the following morning. | |||||
2015-06-25 | Riverside | Rhode Island | Verizon New England, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee fell 15 feet to the ground from an extension ladder while moving a drop line on a residential structure. He sustained multiple injuries to his right arm, right leg, and pelvis and was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-01-20 | Riverside | Rhode Island | Compass Group North America | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Nonclassifiable |
Employee strained his back while working at the restaurant and was unable to stand up straight, requiring the employee to go to the hospital. |