Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-25 | Scarborough | Me | NEPW Logistics - Portland | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was inspecting a paper roll on a paper rewinder machine when two of their right-hand fingers got caught in the roll, resulting in surgical amputation of the fingertips. | |||||
2021-02-19 | Scarborough | Me | NorDx Laboratory | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee fell while walking from a carpeted floor to a tiled floor. She landed on the floor and suffered a broken femur. | |||||
2018-05-30 | Scarborough | Maine | MaineHealth Systems | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure through unintentional needlestick or sharp injury |
An employee suffered a needlestick on her left index finger while using a syringe to subculture a pathogenic culture. The wound required surgical debridement. | |||||
2018-01-25 | Scarborough | Maine | NEPW Logistics, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was attempting to adjust the core in a winder when his finger became caught between the core and the spindle arm. His right index fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2017-10-10 | Scarborough | Maine | NEPW Logistics, Inc. | Upper arm(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was attempting to cut a 6" diameter core on a chop saw when his right upper arm contacted the saw blade and was severely lacerated. | |||||
2017-08-18 | Scarborough | Maine | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
While exiting the cab of a tractor-trailer rig, an employee slipped on the step and fell, hitting an adjacent truck and breaking some ribs. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-07-10 | Scarborough | Maine | NEPW Logistics | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was attempting to sand the edge of a paper roll in a paper winder when the employee's finger was caught and partially amputated in a pinch point. The winder was unguarded at the time. | |||||
2017-01-12 | Scarborough | Maine | Sam's Club | Brain | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee lost his grip while descending a fixed ladder and fell approximately 8 feet, hitting his head on the floor. |