Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-05-20 | Sanger | Tx | Civil Search International LLC | Lower leg(s) | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee was unloading materials from a truck. Their leg buckled while lifting the materials and the employee's lower leg was fractured. | |||||
2020-08-12 | Sangerville | Me | Gorman Bros., Inc. | Lumbar region | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was cleaning a paving machine. He was on the machine's conveyor belt when it actuated. He fell onto the conveyor belt and fractured the L1 vertebra. | |||||
2018-05-25 | Sanger | Texas | Walmart Distribution | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was replacing a roller on a conveyor. The conveyor started up, catching the employee's right hand (which was lacerated) and arm (which suffered a fracture). | |||||
2017-10-08 | Sanger | Texas | Walmart | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
Employees were moving pallets to a different trailer when one employee was struck by the pallet as they were opening the trailer door. The employee suffered an injury to the right shin below the knee. | |||||
2017-09-05 | Sanger | Texas | Walmart | Lower leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was driving powered equipment when his leg was caught between the equipment and a nearby electrical panel, breaking his fibula. | |||||
2016-08-28 | Sangerville | Maine | A.E. Robinson Oil Co., Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a dough press machine while it was running. The machine caught the rag in the employee's hand and pulled her index finger into the blades. The index finger was amputated from the first knuckle. | |||||
2015-07-07 | Sanger | Texas | WALMART DISTRIBUTION CENTER #6068 | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was found lying on the floor inside the Wal-Mart Distribution Center. He had been unloading boxes and materials from a conveyor and loading them into a truck. He was in and out of consciousness and was initially diagnosed as being dehydrated. The employee was hospitalized for further testing. |