Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2019-08-10	Southampton	New Jersey	Beechwood Landscape Architecture & Construction LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was checking whether the safety pin on a piece of equipment was locked. The locking mechanism was engaged, and the employee's right little finger was pinched in the mechanism. The fingertip was amputated.
2019-04-13	Southampton	New York	F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was testing new padlocks on a water tank lid. The lid closed on the employee's right thumb, lacerating it at the nail bed.
2019-01-04	Southampton	Pennsylvania	Environmental Techonics Corporation	Lung(s), pleura	Exposure to change in air pressure
An employee suffered pulmonary edema after participating in a high-altitude simulation.
2018-05-17	Southampton	Pennsylvania	New Age Industries, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Vehicle or machinery fire
An employee was working at an injection molding machine. A fire started at an extruding tower, when some silicone tubing broke and fell into the oven. The employee tried to fight the fire and suffered smoke inhalation.
2017-09-07	Southampton	New Jersey	Beechwood Landscape Architecture and Construction, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was pouring cement when some landed inside his boot, burning his lower leg.
2017-08-18	Southampton	Pennsylvania	FBF Inc.	Wrist(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a brake press when the employee's hands were caught in the point of operation, causing a wrist contusion.
2015-10-04	Southampton	Pennsylvania	Giant Food Store	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
While unwrapping a shrink-wrapped produce pallet, an employee became tangled in plastic wrap. He lost his footing, fell, and broke his left hip.