Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-08-24 | Totowa | Nj | JJM Packaging | Hand(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee injured her hand in a machine. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
2020-03-30 | Totowa | New Jersey | Corbion/Caravan Ingredients Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning batter from the interior housing of a mixer. Moving parts in the housing caught the employee's right hand, causing the partial amputation of the index fingertip. The employee was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
2020-01-22 | Totowa | New Jersey | Precision Textiles Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was troubleshooting a machine when the employee's right thumb was caught in the belt and pulley at the in-running nip point, resulting in a thumb amputation and palm laceration. | |||||
2017-07-31 | Totowa | New Jersey | GAETA RECYCLING CO., INC. | Multiple body parts | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, roadway |
An employee fell from the passenger side rear step of a garbage truck during routine collection. The employee sustained head and arm injuries. | |||||
2015-10-03 | Totowa | New Jersey | Corbion Caraan | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee had greased a chain drive on a label machine. He was cleaning excess lubricant with a paper towel when the towel got caught in the sprocket and pulled his finger in, amputating his fingertip. |