| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-22 | Warwick | Ri | United Parcel Service, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
| An employee tore his Achilles tendon while lifting a heavy package. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2020-07-30 | Warwick | New York | Meeco Sullivan, LLC | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| Two employees were using a gantry crane to flip a dock (approximately 45 feet long by 4 feet wide) from pontoons side up to pontoons side down. While the dock was at an approximately 45-degree angle, with the pontoons facing down, the injured employee began lowering the dock to the floor using the gantry crane’s pendant. He then saw an issue and began to lift the dock back up, to roll the dock backwards and position it vertically. At this point, the rigging slipped out of the gantry crane’s hook | |||||
| 2020-06-01 | Warwick | Rhode Island | Kenney Manufacturing Company | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was walking towards his car in the parking lot after his work shift was over. A car backed out of a parking spot, then drove forward striking the employee. The injured employee sustained a laceration to his left foot. | |||||
| 2020-02-12 | Warwick | Rhode Island | Antaya Technologies Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| The injured employee was training another employee on a molding machine and observed that the mold needed adjustment. While the injured employee was reaching into the machine, the trainee unknowingly pushed the start button, cycling the machine. The injured employee sustained crushing injuries to the right thumb resulting in amputation. | |||||
| 2019-09-03 | Warwick | Rhode Island | Hope Valley Industries | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was using a hoist to change a mold. The hoist pivoted and the employee's finger was caught in a pinch point in the hoist. The left middle fingertip was crushed. | |||||
| 2019-07-25 | Warwick | Rhode Island | A. J. Oster, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was engaging in metal-working operations, handling a large coil of metal. A hydraulic holding bar came down to secure the coil prior to the machine performing its work. The metal holder came down onto his right thumb, causing a broken bone and laceration to the right thumb. | |||||
| 2019-04-22 | Warwick | New York | MECHANICAL RUBBER PRODUCTS COMPANY, INC. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On April 22, 2019, an employee's left hand was caught in a rubber mill, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2019-04-22 | Warwick | New York | Mechanical Rubber Company, Inc. | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was bonding flat rubber with glue using a rolling mill when his left hand was caught in the rolling mill. Four fingers and half of his left hand were amputated. The machine was running at the time. | |||||
| 2018-08-15 | Warwick | Rhode Island | AMERICAN AIRLINES | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
| An employee was walking up jet bridge stairs from the ramp while carrying a stroller. The employee opened the door at the top of the jet bridge stairs and the door closed quickly, pinching his right ring finger. The skin and fingernail were removed from his right ring fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-02-07 | Warwick | Rhode Island | Dal-Tile Services, Inc. | Brain | Fall, slip, trip |
| An employee slipped and fell causing a head injury. | |||||
| 2017-09-11 | West Warwick | Rhode Island | Hareld Glass Co., Inc. | Upper arm(s) | Injured by object breaking in hand |
| An employee was throwing a piece of plate glass into a dumpster when the piece of glass broke and fell on his left arm, lacerating his bicep. He was hospitalized overnight. | |||||
| 2017-08-24 | Warwick | Rhode Island | United States Postal Service | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee had just walked through two double swinging doors to the mailroom. The employee attempted to cross a floor scale and tripped over the edge of the scale. She fell to the ground and as the double swinging doors swung back through, one of them struck her in the head and fractured her neck. | |||||
| 2017-08-16 | Warwick | Rhode Island | JBT AeroTech Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was checking the tension on a v-belt as part of preventative maintenance. When he grabbed the belt, it suddenly activated and pulled his hand into the pulley system, amputating his right ring and middle fingertips. The belt was unguarded and the conveyor was not locked/tagged out at the time. | |||||
| 2017-07-24 | Warwick | New York | Shop Rite | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a peanut butter churner when her finger wrapped around the auger and broke. She was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
| 2017-03-05 | Warwick | Rhode Island | PJC of Rhode Island, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing |
| An employee sustained multiple stab wounds from a person who entered the store with a knife. | |||||
| 2016-08-15 | Warwick | Rhode Island | JAY PACKAGING GROUP INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee was troubleshooting the baler machine. When he opened the electrical controller for the baler, he received an electrical shock to his right hand. | |||||
| 2016-08-09 | Warwick | Rhode Island | Brewer Yacht Yard Cowesett, Inc. | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was cutting wood on a table saw when a piece of wood shot back and struck him in the eye. | |||||
| 2016-07-08 | Warwick | Rhode Island | National Refrigeration | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee working on the heating/air-conditioning unit on a roof fell approximately 10 feet to the ground below. He injured his back and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-08-14 | West Warwick | Rhode Island | Amtrol Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee inserted an Allen key into the soft step adjuster of a lip groover to adjust the machine's tension. His left pinky finger was positioned near the machine shaft and shaft housing. The work cell was not de-energized at the time. As he was making the adjustment, the machine cycled, pulling the shaft into the housing and amputating approximately half of his left pinky finger. | |||||
| 2015-07-01 | Warwick | Rhode Island | Transportation Security Administration | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| Two employees were hospitalized for carbon monoxide exposure. | |||||
| 2015-05-12 | Warwick | Rhode Island | United Healthcare - Clinical Services | Leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee working from home fell and broke her leg while getting up out of a chair. She was hospitalized and required surgery. | |||||
| 2015-04-23 | West Warwick | Rhode Island | Amtrol, Inc. | Elbow(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking back from retrieving a piece of equipment (a steel hook) to attach to a vessel when he tripped on the edge of a mat on the floor. The fall caused a laceration to the employee's elbow; he was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-01-26 | West Warwick | Rhode Island | Cox Communications | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| On 01/26/15, a worker was walking to her vehicle in the parking lot and slipped on the snow and struck her head. She was transported to the hospital and was admitted overnight because of the impending snowstorm. | |||||