Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-07-15	Trenton	Nj	THOMAS LINDSTROM & COMPANY INC.	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was leaning against a steel beam when the steel beam and the employee both fell approximately 5 feet to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured wrist.
2021-04-12	Trenton	Ne	Berexco LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was setting up a well rig when the counterweights spun free and caught his fingers. He suffered an amputation to the right ring finger at the top knuckle and an amputation to the right little finger at the tip.
2021-02-25	Trenton	Nj	Alpha Shredding Group, Inc	Multiple body parts	Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
An employee was cutting a catalytic converter with a torch. A spark from the torch set the employee's clothing on fire. The employee suffered a second-degree burn to the right side of the body.
2021-02-11	Trenton	Oh	Molson Coors Beverage Co.	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee had been disassembling glycol hoses. The employee fell over the hoses and broke an ankle.
2021-02-01	Trenton	Fl	Blac Investments Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On February 1, 2021, an employee was operating a roll form machine to make metal roofing panels. His left hand was on top of the panel when the roll form shear on the machine closed, resulting in amputation of his fingers and thumb.
2020-09-10	Trenton	Ga	Ingles Market	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was slicing deli meat and amputated the tip of his right thumb.
2020-08-24	Trenton	Oh	Magnode Corporation	Hand(s) and wrist(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was fixing a clamp on a metal saw. The clamp was moved and caught the employee's hand/wrist against the side wall of the machine, breaking them.
2020-07-03	Trenton	New Jersey	Fedex Ground	Brain	Nonclassifiable
An employee was found laying on the ground by a coworker. It is believed he was struck by a package. The employee sustained a concussion.
2020-07-02	Trent	Texas	GE Renewables	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was working on a wind tower when he began to experience cramping. He was hospitalized for heat stress.
2020-06-13	Trenton	New Jersey	Independence Excavating	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was torch cutting springs on a boiler. When the spring being worked on would not come off, the employee went to remove it by hand, and the spring struck his hand. The employee sustained a palm laceration and a fractured right middle finger.
2020-04-16	Trenton	Maine	The Hinckley Company	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was feeding a board through a shaper machine when the machine jumped and caught his left middle finger, causing a partial amputation of the fingertip.
2020-04-06	Trent	Texas	Mesa Line Services LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was operating an all-terrain forklift on a construction road. The forklift drove off the gravel road and rolled over onto its side. The employee sustained fractured ribs, a fractured C6 vertebra, and a vertebral wedge fracture.
2020-03-15	Trenton	New Jersey	USPS PDC	Arm(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
While operating a powered industrial truck (PIT), an employee's arm got caught between the cage and a door. The employee sustained a broken arm.
2020-02-26	Trenton	Illinois	KMK Metal Fabricators	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
A temporary employee was working at a brake press. The employee was sitting on a stool and lost balance. The employee extended their hand to the middle of the press to catch their balance and at the same time the machine cycled and amputated three fingers. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-02-05	Trenton	Georgia	Gill Industries, Inc.	Forearm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was working on an assembly line when he attempted to free a pallet that was stuck in the pallet elevator. When he released the pallet, a proximity switch was activated, causing the machine to cycle. His left arm was then caught between the pallet and the elevator, resulting in a lower left arm fracture.
2019-09-21	Trenton	New Jersey	Trane	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was dismantling equipment for scrap removal. As he was about to remove a motor from a height adjustment rack, the motor slid down the track and struck his left ring finger. He suffered a partial amputation and was hospitalized.
2019-09-16	Trenton	Illinois	Joiner Sheet Metal & Roofing, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
On September 16, 2019, an employee fell approximately 10 feet to the concrete floor while attempting to access an extension ladder from a barrel vault standing seam roof. The employee's shoulder and pelvis were fractured.
2019-09-13	Trenton	New Jersey	Aerotek	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee walked through an open loading bay door and fell 5 feet from the loading dock to the ground, breaking his femur. He was hospitalized.
2019-09-12	Trenton	New Jersey	Waste Management of NJ Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was collecting trash while a co-worker was using a winch to remove trash from the truck. The employee's hand became stuck in a pinch point between the winch and the truck, injuring his right index finger and resulting in a partial finger amputation.
2019-08-22	Trenton	New Jersey	HOME RUBBER COMPANY, LP	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was mixing rubber on a mill when the employee experienced shortness of breath due to heat stress, requiring hospitalization.
2019-07-09	Trenton	Missouri	GFG AgriProducts	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was climbing down from the back of a semi truck when he fell to the ground and sustained a broken leg.
2019-07-03	Trenton	Ohio	Magnode A Shape Corp. Company	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was working as a material handler on the back side of an aluminum extrusion machine when the employee's arms and legs started cramping. The employee was hospitalized with a heat injury.
2019-06-03	Trenton	Florida	Alliance Dairies	Forearm(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was separating a cow from a gate. The cow struck the gate which in turn struck the employee in the left forearm causing a forearm fracture that required surgery.
2019-06-02	Trenton	Florida	Sol Harvesting, LLC.	Ankle(s)	Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
On June 2, 2019, an employee was aligning watermelons on a conveyor belt when a forklift pushed a flat plastic pallet against his feet. He suffered an injury to the right ankle and was hospitalized.
2019-05-30	Trenton	Illinois	TOP AG COOPERATIVE, INC.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to other harmful substance-multiple routes of exposure
An employee was investigating a leak on a mobile nursery tank that was filled with anhydrous ammonia when the anhydrous ammonia released contacted the employee. The employee experienced temporary vision loss and respiratory issues.
2019-04-24	Trent	Texas	SCR Civil Construction LLC	Leg(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a saw to cut stakes for concrete forms when the saw slipped and struck the employee's leg, causing a laceration.
2019-02-08	Trenton	Ohio	Magnode Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
On February 8, 2019 an employee was checking the airflow in the aluminum chip collector on a saw when a right fingertip was removed by a flapper.
2019-01-28	Trenton	Maine	The Hinckley Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was removing adhesive with a jointer when the jointer caused a partial amputation of the employee's left middle finger.
2018-08-15	Trenton	Illinois	KMK Metal Fabricators, Inc	Arm(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was cleaning debris around a laser cutting table with an air hose when the table shifted and he was caught between the bracket arm of the cutting device and a portion of the table. He suffered a laceration and fractured arm, requiring hospitalization.
2018-08-14	Trenton	Georgia	Vanguard National Trailer Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee's right middle and ring fingers were caught between two pieces of metal that are parts of an automated rivet inserter. The two pieces of metal pressed together, partially severing her middle finger.
2018-06-23	Trenton	New Jersey	MERCER GROUP INTERNATIONAL	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
At 11:40 a.m. on June 23, 2018, a conveyor jammed while an employee was sorting garbage. As he attempted to clear the jammed conveyor belt, his hand was caught and his right little finger was amputated.
2018-04-14	Trenton	Missouri	MFA Inc	Forearm(s)	Jack-knifed or overturned, roadway
An employee was driving a fertilizer tender truck and moving over to accommodate traffic when the truck rolled over. The employee suffered lower arm avulsions.
2018-02-20	Trenton	New Jersey	ST. FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER	Nonclassifiable	Intentional injury by other person
An employee was hospitalized after being assaulted by a patient.
2018-02-19	Trenton	New Jersey	Capital Health	Brain	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
An employee was escorting a patient to an exit door when the patient punched the employee in the head, causing the employee to fall and hit their head on the floor. The employee suffered a concussion.
2017-09-27	Trenton	Missouri	CONAGRA FOODS	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was using a scouring pad to clean out meat in the door of a blender when the employee's left middle finger was caught in the blender ribbons, amputating the distal tip. The blender was not locked out at the time of the incident.
2017-07-06	Trenton	New Jersey	HOME RUBBER COMPANY, LP	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a ladder adjusting a Lally column when he slipped and fell to the ground, landing on his head and suffering a concussion.
2017-05-22	Trenton	Florida	Southern Corporate Packers, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was grating watermelons on a conveyor belt that was moving very slowly. He was attempting to make the conveyor belt move faster when it caught and amputated his right middle fingertip.
2016-09-30	Trenton	New Jersey	RBC Bearings	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was removing debris from the rotating tables of a grinder when his right hand came in contact with the abrasive wheel, amputating three fingers.
2016-05-06	Trenton	New Jersey	HOME RUBBER COMPANY, LP	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee's fingers were amputated after they were caught in a mill mixing machine.
2015-12-29	Trenton	New Jersey	Low Bid Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Nonclassifiable
An employee was in the boom lift cleaning when he got caught between a bar joist and the lift causing damage to his liver.
2015-09-09	Trenton	New Jersey	Serv Behavior Systems	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee preparing meals at a residential home slipped and fell on the floor, fracturing a hip.
2015-09-02	West Trenton	New Jersey	Homasote Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee lost two joints on their right middle finger while attempting to remove scraps from in and around a moving saw blade.
2015-07-06	Trenton	New Jersey	U.S. POSTAL SERVICE	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee tripped and fell while carrying mail, breaking her left hip.
2015-03-11	Trenton	New Jersey	Trane - Trenton Operations	Nonclassifiable	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee loosening a bolt with an open wrench fell and was injured when the wrench slipped.
2015-01-07	Trenton	North Dakota	Savage Services	Fingertip(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was attempting to close a door to a loading booth he was working from. The door closed on his hand, resulting in an amputation of his right-hand little fingertip.