| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-26 | Rumford | Me | Brace Integrated Services, NE | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
| An employee was climbing down to dismantle a scaffold when they fell 40 feet from the scaffold to the ground, resulting in a broken ankle, a dislocated shoulder, and broken ribs. | |||||
| 2020-02-06 | Rumford | Rhode Island | JP Lillis Enterprises, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| On February 6, 2020, an employee fell from a ladder to the ground about 20 feet below. The employee suffered broken bones and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-06-11 | Rumford | Maine | ND Paper, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was "rodding" a boiler (unclogging a plug of smelt) when the plug let loose. The smelt, which was under pressure, then sprayed the employee. The employee was severely burned by molten smelt on the face, neck, shoulder, and leg, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2019-03-18 | Rumford | Maine | ND Paper Rumford Division | Wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was applying tape to the loose trim on a paper roll. Her right jacket sleeve was caught in the shaft of the winder, pulling in her arm. She suffered a severe laceration of the forearm and a broken wrist, and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-08-08 | Rumford | Rhode Island | NC3 LLC | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was working next to wrapped pallets of boxes when the boxes fell and struck her leg, fracturing it. She was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
| 2016-05-06 | Rumford | Rhode Island | Trimark USA | Elbow(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment |
| An employee was installing an ice machine at a customer's location. While doing so, he bumped his left elbow on the machine and received a small scratch. The next day it started to swell and turn red. He was hospitalized for an infection in the wound. | |||||
| 2016-01-19 | Rumford | Rhode Island | Multi-Wall Packaging | Fingertip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was operating a bandsaw. He slipped on a floor mat, fell forward and his right thumb made contact with the saw blade resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||