Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-08-11	Watertown	Ny	Darden Restaurants, Inc.	Head	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was washing dishes when he became weak, fell, and struck his head on a shelf.
2021-07-31	Watertown	Ny	Johnson Newspaper Corporation	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was feeding paper into a folder mechanism on a press and adjusting the tension in preparation for the evening press run. The employee's left little finger got caught in the rollers. As the employee attempted to pull their left hand out, their right hand was caught in the roller resulting in an amputation injury.
2021-01-05	Watertown	Sd	Fedex Freight	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee exited their semi-truck in order to chock the tires. The employee slipped on ice directly alongside the driver side door and fell, resulting in a leg injury.
2020-08-29	Watertown	Sd	Dakota Bodies, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was changing out dies on a hydraulic press brake. As the employee was trying to move the plastic die in the point of operation, the brake closed on the employee's left-hand fingers. The two middle fingers were later amputated to the knuckle.
2020-07-30	Watertown	South Dakota	Blattner Energy, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was using a dynamic cone penetrometer (DCP) tester when his left ring fingertip got caught between the weight and the top of the tool. The fingertip was crushed.
2020-06-05	Watertown	Connecticut	Silgan Dispensing Systems	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
On June 5, 2020, an employee was working at his machine. The floor in his work area was being cleaned with a cleaning solution. The employee was overcome by the vapors from the cleaning solution and had difficulty breathing.
2020-05-15	Watertown	New York	Knowlton Technologies, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was working at a paper machine winder, cutting plastic and using a razor. The winder caught his right index finger, causing an amputation above the knuckle.
2020-05-13	Watertown	Massachusett	TMC Transportation, Inc.	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a flatbed trailer, suffering right facial fractures, a cervical spine fracture, a right cheek abrasion, a forehead laceration, and paralysis.
2020-03-19	Watertown	Wisconsin	Fisher Barton Blades, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was removing burrs from a rotating shaft with a hand grinder. The shaft caught the employee's glove and pulled the employee's left hand into the roller, causing two broken fingers and nerve damage for which surgery was needed.
2019-09-19	Watertown	Wisconsin	Spuncast, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was pouring molten steel into a mold. Some of the steel passed through a trench cover's lifting holes and came into contact with water. This created superheated steam, which caused the molten steel to spray back through the holes onto the employee. The employee suffered second-degree burns on 18 percent of the body: arms, upper front torso, face, and mouth.
2019-09-13	Watertown	New York	Charles Garlock & Sons, Inc.	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was delivering materials to a job site when a block of foam forms fell and struck the employee, causing a neck injury.
2019-09-09	Watertown	South Dakota	Watertown Iron & Metal Company	Pelvis	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
A forklift was transporting two bales of aluminum, one on top of the other. The bottom bale gave way causing the top bale to roll onto an employee who was working on a piece of equipment. The injured employee sustained severe contusions to the pelvis.
2019-07-24	Watertown	Wisconsin	Spuncast, Inc.	Foot (feet) and ankle(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
The injured employee was holding materials while another employee was pouring molten metal using a spoon. The spoon failed, allowing the molten metal to spill and contact the injured employee's right leg. The molten metal then ran down into the employee's boot causing burns to the ankle and foot.
2019-06-13	Watertown	Massachusett	North Atlantic Corp-Wholesale Door	Nonclassifiable	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
Employees were fighting and one employee was injured and hospitalized.
2019-05-05	Watertown	Wisconsin	Fisher Barton Blades, Inc	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level
An employee was dehydrated so he went to the cafeteria to retrieve some water and then returned to his work station which is an exhausted, electric, heat-treating oven. Later, another employee walked around the work station and saw the injured employee lying unconscious on the floor. The employee sustained a fractured C7 vertebra.
2019-03-21	Watertown	South Dakota	Danny's Construction Company, LLC	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was conducting steel erection activities. He fell approximately 12 feet to the ground below while descending a ladder from the steel structure and fractured his elbow, wrist, pelvis and leg. Fall protection was not connected at the time.
2019-01-03	Watertown	New York	CNYHHN	Lumbar region	Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
An employee bent over to pick up a binder and suffered a fractured vertebrae.
2018-09-19	Watertown	Connecticut	USA Waste & Recycling	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was standing in the back of an open box truck when a stack of 96-gallon garbage cans fell over, causing the employee to be pushed from the truck to the ground. The employee fractured his lower right leg.
2018-09-13	Watertown	Massachusett	Southeastern Painting Co, Inc	Nonclassifiable	Fall to lower level
An employee fell off a bakers scaffold.
2018-08-14	Watertown	Massachusett	The Residence at Watertown Square	Brain	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
While shutting off a table lamp, an employee tripped on a couch and struck her head on the table. She suffered a head injury and lost consciousness.
2018-06-27	Watertown	South Dakota	Terex Utilities, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was assisting others in a team lift effort to put a large bumper into the back of a truck and suffered a herniated/ruptured disk requiring surgery.
2018-05-14	Watertown	Connecticut	Michels Pipeline Construction a division of Michels Corporation	Pelvis	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On May 14, 2018, an employee was helping a co-worker load a compressor onto a truck when he was caught between the compressor and the truck frame, fracturing his pelvis.
2018-04-10	Watertown	Wisconsin	ITW Shakeproof Industrial Products	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a drill machine when her hand became stuck in it, suffering a laceration.
2018-02-24	Watertown	Massachusett	Stop & Shop	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was cleaning the meat room when he picked up a meat poly board to carry to the sink. The board was too heavy, and he lost his balance and fell to the floor, fracturing his hip. He was hospitalized.
2018-02-08	Watertown	South Dakota	Prairie Lakes Health Care System, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on ice and fell in the parking lot resulting in a fractured ankle that required surgery.
2018-02-06	Watertown	South Dakota	Menard, Inc.	Head	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
While descending a ladder platform in the plumbing department, an employee missed the last step and stumbled. The employee's head hit the floor, requiring staples and hospitalization.
2017-10-13	Watertown	New York	Renzi Bros., Inc. dba Renzi Food Service	Leg(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee suffered a broken leg while putting a hydraulic dock plate back in service.
2017-09-27	Watertown	South Dakota	Worthington Industries Engineered Cabs	Multiple trunk locations	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was attempting to detach two items that became stuck together on adjacent conveyor lines when the employee became pinched between them, suffering rib and pelvic fractures.
2017-09-21	Watertown	New York	SAMARITAN KEEP HOME, INC.	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was lifting a chair to move it when her foot became caught in the chair and she fell. She fractured and dislocated her ankle, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2017-09-02	Watertown	South Dakota	O & J Coatings, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
While climbing down a secondary ladder in a water tower, an employee fell approximately 30 feet to a platform, breaking two vertebrae, puncturing a lung, and breaking a foot. The employee was hospitalized.
2017-07-21	Watertown	New York	FedEx Ground	Nonclassifiable	Intentional injury by other person
An employee was hospitalized due to a physical altercation with another employee.
2017-06-20	Watertown	South Dakota	Consolidated Ready Mix, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee drove his cement truck to a site to deliver concrete and was closing the truck door when his left index finger was caught between the door and the body of the truck, partially amputated his left index finger.
2017-05-18	Watertown	Massachusett	Colt Builders Corp.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee suffered a left thumb laceration while using a Skil saw.
2017-05-15	Watertown	South Dakota	Worthington Industries Engineered Cabs, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee flipped an LBX roof with a ceramic cam magnet attached to a hoist. The employee moved the magnet release handle, which operated a roller cam to release the magnet, then grabbed the opposite side to pull the magnet away. The magnet release handle switched back, engaging the magnet, which pinched and amputated the employee's right ring fingertip.
2017-05-11	Watertown	Wisconsin	Sprinkmann Sons Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
On May 11, 2017, an employee was guiding a generator that was being lowered to the ground by a crane. At approximately 9:45 a.m., the employee used his right hand to hit the headache ball of the crane to unhook it from the generator. The ball dropped suddenly, pinching his right pinky finger between the headache ball and the hook. Half of his finger had to be surgically amputated.
2017-03-21	Watertown	Massachusett	August A. Busch & Co. of Massachusetts, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell down the stairs and broke an ankle.
2016-10-15	Watertown	Wisconsin	Bethesda Lutheran Communities	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to traumatic or stressful event, n.e.c.
An employee felt stressed and light headed and had a cardiac event. She was hospitalized.
2016-09-09	Watertown	Massachusett	A. RUSSO & SONS, INC.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell off of forklift blades and suffered suspected broken ribs.
2016-08-31	Watertown	Connecticut	Utitec, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was hospitalized after his finger became entangled in a lathe machine.
2016-03-26	Watertown	Massachusett	AutoZone, Inc.	Head	Other fall to lower level
While climbing down a ladder, an employee fell, hit his head against the bottom of a shelf, and had a seizure. He suffered a laceration to the back of his head.
2015-12-03	Watertown	Connecticut	Albea Metal Americas, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was working on a sample table, loading weights into the benefits inserts of a punch machine. She missed a weight in one of the inserts and shut the machine off to add the weight. The machine restarted and caught the employee's finger between the punch and the insert. Her left index finger was amputated.
2015-11-17	Watertown	South Dakota	Twin City Die Castings Company	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee operating a hydraulic power press had his right middle and index fingers caught in the point of operation. The employee had the tip of his right index finger amputated as a result.
2015-07-29	Watertown	Massachusett	UNITED PARCEL SERVICE	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was hospitalized and provided IV fluids for dehydration.
2015-05-24	Watertown	Wisconsin	Charter Communications	Forearm(s)	Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee received a burn to the right forearm due to contact with an electrical power line while operating an articulating boom truck.
2015-04-21	Watertown	Wisconsin	Veit & Company, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee suffered a thumb amputation while performing demolition work when an excavator pinned the employee's thumb between a wall and a tooth of the excavator bucket.