Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-30 | Shrewsbury | Ma | Supercon, Incorporated | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
On August 30, 2021, an employee was operating a stationary electric bandsaw when the saw blade amputated the employee's fingertip. | |||||
2021-08-09 | Shrewsbury | Ma | United Rentals Trench Safety | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources |
An employee was using a sledge hammer when his back began to spasm. Unable to walk, he was hospitalized, suffering from a back sprain. | |||||
2021-06-19 | Shrewsbury | Ma | Table Talk Pies, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On June 19, 2021, an employee was working on a pneumatic hopper. The employee was cleaning food out of the machine when it crushed his right middle finger, leading to an amputation. | |||||
2021-01-21 | Shrewsbury | Nj | Pottery Barn Kids | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee's right index finger was amputated when it was caught in a closing pedestrian door. | |||||
2020-01-14 | Shrewsbury | Massachusett | Price Chopper Operating Co. of Massachusetts, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Intentional injury by other person, n.e.c. |
An employee drank liquid from a water bottle. The employee sustained chemical burns to the lips, mouth, throat, and legs and was hospitalized. A coworker had intentionally substituted the injured employee's water bottle with a water bottle containing sulfuric acid. | |||||
2019-06-10 | Shrewsbury | Massachusett | LCB SENIOR LIVING HOLDINGS, LLC | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee fell on a wet kitchen floor, suffering a concussion and back injuries. | |||||
2018-08-14 | Shrewsbury | New Jersey | CMP Steel LLC | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
An employee was connecting steel when he reached for a hoisted joist, lost his footing, and fell approximately 25 feet, fracturing his wrists and femur. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-08-06 | Shrewsbury | Massachusett | Trader Joe's | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee was on a two-step ladder retrieving and lifting a sign overhead when the employee suffered an abdominal hernia, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-01-07 | Shrewsbury | Massachusett | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE,INC. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was hooking a trailer dolly to a second trailer when he slipped on some black ice and fell on his right hip. He experienced severe hip pain and was hospitalized with a possible hip fracture. | |||||
2016-10-12 | Shrewsbury | Massachusett | Table Talk Pies, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
A temporary employee was operating a packaging machine and amputated the right index finger. The guard was removed at the time of the incident. | |||||
2016-06-14 | Shrewsbury | Massachusett | Shrewsbury Wings LLC | Foot (feet) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee was carrying either a box of chicken wings or a keg that dropped onto their foot. Part of the foot/toes were amputated. |