Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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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. | |||||
2020-06-13 | 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. | |||||
2020-03-15 | 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. | |||||
2019-02-08 | 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. |