Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-01-27 | Lenox | Massachusett | Lenox Valley WTF LLC | Ankle(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was scooping debris with a shovel and pitchfork from a pit for a railcar and putting it into the grapple of an excavator when the employee's leg was pinned between the excavator bucket and a section of train track. The employee received a compound fracture of the left ankle. | |||||
2018-09-12 | Pensacola | Florida | Waterfield Florida Staffing, LLC | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was removing yard debris from a residential customer's home. He stepped up onto his truck to remove a pitchfork, lost his balance, and fell to the ground, fracturing his right leg. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-06-28 | Harrisville | New Hampshir | Mayfair Farm | Foot (feet) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee struck his foot with a pitchfork and was hospitalized. |