DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-08-03WestfieldMaBOISE CASCADELeg(s)Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift in a warehouse. He backed into a parked forklift and suffered an injury to his right leg.
2021-04-26Westfield CenterOhWestfield GroupFinger(s), fingernail(s)Struck against object or equipment
An employee was working inside a fan housing. The employee's right index finger brushed against a metal burr, and he got a metal sliver in the finger. The wound became infected and the employee was hospitalized.
2021-04-24WestfieldMaHOLLINGSWORTH LOGISTICS GROUP-MTESC, LLCBrainNonroadway collision with object other than vehicle
An employee was operating a forklift when it struck a pole. The employee was hospitalized for a head injury.
2020-08-17WestfieldWiBrakebush Brothers IncLower leg(s)Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was coming down a 4-foot step ladder and missed the last rung. The employee fell to the floor and suffered multiple fractures to the lower left leg.
2020-05-19WestfieldMassachusettSavage Arms, Inc.Multiple head locationsOther fall to lower level
An employee parked a reach truck at the battery recharging station, fell and struck his head on a battery charger. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration, concussion, and a fractured nose.
2020-05-01WestfieldPennsylvaniaOne Wind Services Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was torqueing bolts with a hydraulic torque wrench inside a wind turbine. The employee was reaching to clear plastic debris from between the bolt and the wrench when the wrench actuated, crushing his right little finger and ring finger. He suffered an amputation to the little finger (6 millimeters from the nail); the injury to the ring finger required stitches.
2019-06-18WestfieldMassachusettBay State Health Care, Inc.Neck, except internal location of diseases or disordersFall on same level due to tripping over self
An employee was walking a family member into a surgical care suite when she tripped and fell, hitting her head on the aluminum door and fracturing her first cervical vertebra.
2019-05-29WestfieldWisconsinBrakebush Brothers, Inc.Fingertip(s)Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was inspecting a conveyor and caught their left ring finger between the conveyor and the conveyor frame resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2019-05-24WestfieldNew YorkGrowers' Co-operative Grape Juice Co., Inc.Multiple body partsContact with hot objects or substances
When an employee disconnected a hose from a steam line, steam burned the employee's arms, hands, and stomach.
2019-04-22WestfieldMassachusettLoujean, Inc.Arm(s)Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
A trailer tire sidewall exploded while being inspected for leaks, breaking bones in an employee's right arm.
2019-02-28WestfieldMassachusettA. Duie Pyle Inc.Foot (feet)Fall on same level due to slipping
On February 28, 2019, an employee slipped on black ice in a trailer yard, falling to the ground and suffering multiple fractures of the right foot.
2018-02-23WestfieldMassachusettSavage Arms, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was operating a crane when his hand was caught between the lifting beam attached to the crane and the support structure of a bar-feeding piece of equipment. He suffered a right pinky finger laceration and was hospitalized.
2018-01-30WestfieldMassachusettPreferred Freezer Services of Westfield, LLCNonclassifiablePedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was struck by a stand-up, riding pallet jack.
2018-01-15WestfieldMassachusettWestfield Electroplating CompanyArm(s)Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
On 01/15/2018, an employee received a chemical burn to the left arm from hydrofluoric acid.
2018-01-05WestfieldMassachusettParagon Mfg., Inc.Fingertip(s)Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
On January 5, 2018, an employee was cutting cardboard on a table saw when the rotating saw blade amputated the employee's fourth fingertip.
2017-04-29WestfieldMassachusettPROLAMINAFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was looking at the coating on rollers when his hand and arm were pulled into the roller, breaking two fingers.
2017-03-24WestfieldWisconsinBrakebush Brothers, Inc.Chest, except internal location of diseases or disordersCaught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee and a coworker attempted to re-activate a dock plate after servicing the hydraulic pump. The employees removed their lockout devices and found that the dock plate would not lower. The injured employee went underneath the dock plate to attempt to adjust it to lower properly. As he was in the process of doing this task, the dock plate fell onto his body, puncturing his lung, breaking ribs, and breaking his left scapula.
2017-02-13WestfieldWisconsinPower PackerFingertip(s)Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was manufacturing metal cylinders. A cylinder slipped and fell 12 inches. As the employee tried to catch it, two fingertips on the left hand were amputated.
2016-06-29WestfieldMassachusettPAR Electrical Contractors, Inc.Hip(s)Fall on same level
An employee fell while in the back of the truck and injured his right hip.
2016-03-11WestfieldWisconsinBrakebush Brothers, Inc.Fingertip(s)Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was jogging a packaging machine and feeding film through it when his hand contacted the cutter, amputating his fingertip.
2016-02-18WestfieldMassachusettWESTFIELD ELECTROPLATING CO., INC.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
On or about February 18, 2016, an employee was processing a part down the chemical film line when the employee was exposed to hydrofluoric and nitric-mixed acid solutions, which chemically burned the employee's right thumb.
2016-01-25Westfield CenterOhioWestfield GroupFingertip(s)Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
While cutting lettuce in the cafeteria kitchen with a knife, an employee's left ring fingertip was amputated.