Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-20 | Swedesboro | Nj | TD Synnex | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was walking when their foot was struck by a reach truck, resulting in a foot fracture. | |||||
2021-10-15 | Swedesboro | Nj | AG Trucking Inc | Leg(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was removing a cap from a truck. The cap was under pressure and flew off, striking and breaking the employee's right leg. | |||||
2021-10-07 | Swedesboro | Nj | Thomas Foods International | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was moving an item on a conveyor belt. The employee's right glove was pulled into the guide, and her little finger was caught between the guide and the conveyor belt. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2021-09-17 | Swedesboro | Nj | Thomas Foods International | Nonclassifiable | Nonclassifiable |
An employee suffered a partial amputation. | |||||
2021-06-28 | Swedesboro | Nj | Thomas Foods International | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was servicing a box machine. While wiping the gears with a paper towel, the employee was caught by the machine, resulting in partial amputations to their left middle and index fingers. | |||||
2021-06-02 | Swedesboro | Nj | Neshaminy Electrical Contractors, Inc. | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was using a screwdriver to clean out a hole saw attached to a drill. The drill was activated and the blunt end of the screwdriver struck the employee in the right eye. The employee suffered bleeding to the eye and permanent vision loss. | |||||
2021-04-26 | Swedesboro | Nj | MISSA BAY LLC | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was backing up a forklift when his left leg was caught between it and a shelving unit. His foot was broken. | |||||
2020-08-05 | Swedesboro | Nj | Thomas Foods International | Ankle(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was turning on a standing forklift when his left leg struck a shelving unit. He suffered a broken ankle. | |||||
2020-07-20 | Swedesboro | New Jersey | Jurin Roofing Services, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee had been repairing a roof and later that evening was hospitalized for dehydration. | |||||
2020-06-24 | Swedesboro | New Jersey | Omega Engineering | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was changing the die on a molding machine when the tip of her thumb was amputated. | |||||
2019-07-28 | Swedesboro | New Jersey | Taylor Farms New Jersey Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On July 28, 2019, a temporary employee was packing containers of product into boxes when the employee's left pinky finger got caught in a pinch point of the turn table and was amputated. | |||||
2019-02-23 | Swedesboro | New Jersey | Ready Pac, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was placing finished goods in the back hallway and was struck by a forklift. The employee suffered a lower left leg injury and a fractured right toe. | |||||
2019-02-01 | Swedesboro | New Jersey | Thomas Foods International | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting meat with a band saw and amputated his left thumb tip. | |||||
2018-04-18 | Swedesboro | New Jersey | Rastelli Foods Group | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting short ribs with a band saw. While pulling the meat through the saw with his left hand, his right index finger contacted the blade causing a partial amputation to the side of the finger. | |||||
2017-07-26 | Swedesboro | New Jersey | Freightliner of Bridgeport | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
While performing routine maintenance on an HVAC unit, an employee's shirt was caught in the pulley. The employee reached to pull their shirt free and sustained a right pinky fingertip amputation. | |||||
2017-05-15 | Swedesboro | New Jersey | Rastelli Brothers, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was feeding plastic film through a vacuum packing machine when it jammed. As the employee was trying to clear the jam, the machine's cutting blade amputated the employee's right index fingertip. | |||||
2017-02-25 | Swedesboro | New Jersey | Rastelli Brothers, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was helping to disassemble a meat extrusion machine to clean it when the machine unexpectedly activated. The slicer engaged and amputated the employee's left pinky finger. | |||||
2016-09-05 | Swedesboro | New Jersey | Univeg Logistics America | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On September 5, 2016, an employee was cleaning a conveyor belt when the employee's cleaning rag fell in the machine. While attempting to retrieve the rag, the employee's fingertip was caught and amputated in the conveyor belt rollers. | |||||
2015-11-06 | Swedesboro | New Jersey | Ready Pac | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was cleaning the floor, picking up pieces of tomato, when he slipped and fell on a tomato slice. He broke his left femur. | |||||
2015-08-22 | Swedesboro | New Jersey | Simco Logistics Inc. | Skull | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was unloading product from a box trailer. The driver pulled away from the dock and the employee fell out of the back of the truck to the ground, suffering a concussion and fractured skull. | |||||
2015-05-21 | Swedesboro | New Jersey | Taylor Farms New Jersey Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee broke his arm when it became caught in a conveyor roller. | |||||
2015-04-24 | Swedesboro | New Jersey | Lakeside Refrigerated Services LLC | Nonclassifiable | Nonclassifiable |
An employee was hospitalized after a forklift accident. | |||||
2015-02-25 | Swedesboro | New Jersey | Yarde Metals Inc | Brain | Fall to lower level |
An employee suffered head injuries and lacerations after falling off of a truck while strapping down materials. |