Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2018-09-14 | Southbridge | Massachusett | Southbridge Associates, LLC | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
The rollers of a mangle caught an employee's right arm, causing a crushing injury. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-02-07 | Southbridge | Massachusett | JB Hunt Transport Inc. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was getting out of his truck, slipped on ice and fell breaking a leg. | |||||
2017-06-14 | Southbridge | Massachusett | Harrington Healthcare System, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing |
On June 14, 2017, an employee was stabbed by a patient wielding a knife, suffering lacerations to the arm, face, and neck. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-03-23 | Southbridge | Massachusett | SUPERIOR CAKE PRODUCTS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was clearing a jam on an indexing conveyor belt when the belt indexed unexpectedly, catching and amputating the employee's right ring finger at the first digit. The conveyor's emergency stop was not activated at the time of the incident. | |||||
2015-09-21 | Southbridge | Massachusett | UNITED LENS COMPANY, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a polisher when the machine pulled in her cleaning cloth and caught and amputated her left index fingertip. The machine was running at the time. | |||||
2015-07-14 | Southbridge | Massachusett | HYDE TOOLS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was adjusting blades on a grinding machine while the machine was still in motion. The employee got two fingers crushed and one amputated by the grinding wheel. |