Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-07-18 | South Portland | Me | MTM Acquisitions, Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
An employee was delivering a newspaper. The employee's car started rolling and the employee was run over by the car as he tried to stop it. The employee sustained a broken clavicle and a fractured left ankle. | |||||
2020-10-08 | South Portland | Me | PODS Moving & Storage | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
As a PIT was backing up, it hit an employee, knocked him to the ground, and ran over his foot. The employee was hospitalized with a compound fracture of the foot. | |||||
2020-06-24 | South Portland | Maine | Harbor Freight Tools | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
While unloading a truck, an employee fell to the ground from the back of the truck. The employee was hospitalized with multiple contusions. | |||||
2019-05-03 | South Portland | Maine | AWS, INC. | Multiple foot (feet) locations | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee operating a pallet jack turned a corner and his foot was caught between a rack and the pallet jack. The employee sustained a fracture to the top of the left foot and fractured toes. | |||||
2019-01-14 | South Portland | Maine | Berlin City Auto Group - Honda | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a tire machine and attempted to see if the tire was coming off the rim. The spinning tire then amputated the employee's fingertip. | |||||
2019-01-08 | South Portland | Maine | MTM Acquisitions, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee's hand was caught in a printing press roller. The employee suffered an open fracture of the right thumb and a partial amputation of the thumb tip. | |||||
2018-04-20 | South Portland | Maine | Casco Bay Steel Structures, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was working on a steel beam that was sitting on a work bench when a chain from a crane (being operated by a different employee) hit the beam, knocking it off the bench. The beam fell on the employee's left foot, resulting in a foot amputation. | |||||
2017-03-14 | South Portland | Maine | Delhaize America | BODY SYSTEMS | Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources |
An employee was assisting another employee with shoveling snow and suffered a heart attack. | |||||
2017-01-30 | South Portland | Maine | Casco Bay Steel Structures, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was removing a steel cross brace from a steel I beam. The crane hook was not centered over the brace and when the brace came free, it struck the employee in the leg and head. The employee suffered a leg contusion and was hospitalized for blood clots that developed in his leg. | |||||
2017-01-17 | South Portland | Maine | Above and Beyond LLC | Fingertip(s) | Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was cutting shingles with a manual shingle cutter and amputated the left index fingertip. | |||||
2016-10-24 | South Portland | Maine | United Parcel Service, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
An employee slipped/tripped on an uneven surface while descending the front steps of a residence and fell breaking her hip. | |||||
2015-06-04 | South Portland | Maine | Messer Petroleum Equipment | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was replacing a suspension spring on a rig. He had to insert a pin in the spring as he let out the jack. His fingertip got caught. |