| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-07 | Woonsocket | Ri | Aidance Scientific | Multiple upper extremities locations | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was placing a box on a shelf in the production room when they tripped over another box on the floor, resulting in sprains to their right shoulder, elbow, and thumb. | |||||
| 2021-01-11 | Woonsocket | Ri | Sysco Boston | Leg(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| On January 11, 2021, an employee's left leg was caught between a freight elevator and the wall of the elevator shaft. The employee suffered broken bones and soft tissue damage and was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2018-07-31 | Woonsocket | Rhode Island | Cox Rhode Island Telecom, L.L.C. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee had just installed a telecommunication cable and was climbing down a ladder when he began to feel light headed and dizzy. He was hospitalized for heat stroke symptoms. | |||||
| 2018-03-14 | Woonsocket | Rhode Island | Ocean State Job Lot, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking from a loading dock to his tractor when he slipped on ice and fell to the ground, fracturing his right femur. | |||||
| 2017-06-17 | Woonsocket | Rhode Island | BRAPCO, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| On 6/17/2017, an employee was installing vinyl siding from a ladder when he felt dizzy and fainted. He fell approximately 10 feet from the ladder, breaking several ribs and his spine. | |||||
| 2017-03-23 | Woonsocket | Rhode Island | Carpenter Powder Products Inc | Multiple body parts | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet |
| On March 23, 2017, an employee ascended to the fourth rung of a ladder when it collapsed and he fell to the ground. He lost consciousness, broke his wrist, and sustained possible facial fractures, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-05-31 | Woonsocket | Rhode Island | Bouckaert Industrial Textile, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On 5/31/16, a worker sustained the amputation of several fingers from his left hand while attempting to clean fluff material from the side of a doffer roll on a carding line while the machine was running. | |||||