Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-09-21 | Selbyville | De | Mountaire Farms, Inc. | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
A live haul trailer backed into an employee as he walked through a trailer bay toward his workstation. He suffered injuries to his left knee and lower left leg (including an arterial injury) and was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
2019-06-19 | Selbyville | Delaware | Mountaire Farms, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was diverting product trays along a conveyor system when his left ring finger was pinched between the conveyor and a stationary metal tray diverter, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-05-09 | Selbyville | Delaware | Haines Fabrication & Machine, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was feeding rebar into a rebar bending machine when the employee's glove became caught and was pulled into the conveyor belt, resulting in the amputation of the employee's left pinky and ring fingers. | |||||
2016-07-19 | Selbyville | Delaware | GKJ Painting LLC | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee fell off a porch roof approximately 10' above the ground and was hospitalized for a broken ankle and shoulder. | |||||
2016-06-02 | Selbyville | Delaware | R & F Metals Inc. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was climbing a ladder and attempting to step onto a roof when his foot slipped. The ladder gave way and he fell 13.5 feet to the ground, fracturing his wrist and requiring surgery. | |||||
2016-05-28 | Selbyville | Delaware | Mountaire Farms, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was adjusting a machine when his right-hand middle finger came in contact with the chain drive, amputating the fingertip. The machine was in operation at the time of the incident. | |||||
2015-09-22 | Selbyville | Delaware | Mountaire Farms of Delmarva | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was working in the giblet department loading paper into the wrapping machine and suffered a partial amputation of the right hand middle fingertip. |