Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-18 | Spring Valley | Il | Riverfront Stamping LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On August 18, 2021, an employee was stamping a metal piece on a press. As he was retrieving the piece, the press came down and crushed his middle finger. The finger was amputated. | |||||
2020-02-03 | Spring Valley | Minnesota | U.S. Postal Service | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
On February 3, 2020, an employee slipped and fell while stepping over some snow. He suffered a broken lower right leg. | |||||
2018-07-14 | Spring Valley | New York | United Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
An employee was cutting insulation on a roof edge when the employee fell approximately 25 feet off the roof, landing on pavement. The employee injured the left hand and foot and sustained two spinal fractures. | |||||
2018-07-12 | Spring Valley | New York | JT Claery Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was using an underwater blaster to clear barnacle off of wooden columns when a wave came in and splashed against him, knocking him off balance and into the path of the blaster's water jet, which cut his left index finger. His left index finger was amputated. |