Severe Workplace Injuries in Milford, Delaware

Aug 7, 2024 · Perdue Farms Incorporated Hospitalized

An employee was spotting for a forklift carrying a dumpster when the left fork broke and the injured employee was struck by the flying fork part. The employee sustained a laceration to their right leg.

Struck by dislodged or detached object(s) · Leg(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1767312

Jul 17, 2024 · United States Postal Service Hospitalized

A letter carrier was hospitalized due to heat stress.

Exposure to environmental heat outdoor · Body systems · Transportation and warehousing

Jan 29, 2024 · Sea Watch International, Ltd. Hospitalized

An employee was exposed to chlorine dioxide, an anti-bacterial chemical, when processing seafood in two mixing tanks. The gas permeated the room and the employee suffered upper respiratory distress.

Inhalation of harmful substance single episode or single shift · Body systems · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1724442

Jan 3, 2024 · Perdue Farms Incorporated Hospitalized

An employee was transferring product to a conveyor belt when their glove was caught. Their left wrist was lacerated and their thumb was injured.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Wrist(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1719384

Aug 31, 2023 · Sea Watch International, Ltd. Hospitalized

An employee was cleaning a clam tank in the shucking room when a valve was opened and hot water was released. The water bounced off an adjacent wall and contacted the employee, causing burns to their neck, left shoulder, and the back of their left arm.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1695191

Jan 26, 2023 · SEA WATCH INTERNATIONAL, LTD. Amputation

An employee was working for a canning operation when her left hand contacted the conveyor belt on the can track, resulting in a partial amputation of her middle finger and an avulsion to her ring finger.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1646831

Sep 13, 2022 · Nutrien Ag Solutions, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was moving palletized wheat seed out of a truck onto a lift gate. He fell out of the truck and suffered a broken left humerus. He was hospitalized.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Upper arm(s) · Public administration

Oct 5, 2020 · UNITED STATES COLD STORAGE Hospitalized

An employee was walking down the hallway when a forklift pinned them against a wall, resulting in a chest injury.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Transportation and warehousing

Aug 1, 2020 · QSI Hospitalized

An employee was cleaning a conveyor belt when the conveyor belt was turned on and crushed her left hand and wrist. The employee sustained a fractured left wrist that required surgery.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Wrist(s) · Hotels and restaurants · OSHA inspection 1486688

Jul 9, 2020 · Baltimore Aircoil Company Hospitalized

An employee was staging sheet metal for manufacturing. The employee bent down to pick up a sheet of paper from the floor. When he stood up, his head struck a piece of sheet metal in a storage rack, and the metal lacerated his scalp.

Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising · Scalp · Manufacturing

Jun 1, 2020 · Perdue Farms, Inc. Amputation

An employee was hanging chickens on shackles in the evisceration department. While removing a chicken from a hook, the employee's finger was lacerated by a double leg shackle resulting in a partial amputation.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing

Jan 27, 2020 · Atlantic Concrete Company, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was sitting in a concrete truck that was stuck in the mud. The back of a second concrete truck was attached to the front of the concrete truck that was stuck in the mud by a ratcheting strap. The connecting strap snapped, flinging the metal ratchet device crashing through the driver side window of the concrete truck. The device struck the employee in the head, causing a forehead laceration that required sutures and hospitalization.

Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Forehead · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1458279

Jan 8, 2020 · Ruby Tuesday, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was walking to a curb when she fell at a hole in the concrete sidewalk. She landed on the sidewalk and suffered a broken right arm. She was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface · Arm(s) · Hotels and restaurants

Apr 17, 2019 · Perdue Farms, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was in her car during her break when an unknown assailant approached the car and stabbed the employee with an unknown weapon.

Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing · Nonclassifiable · Manufacturing

Oct 2, 2018 · Baltimore Aircoil Company, Inc. Amputation

An Aerotek contract employee was helping a press brake operator position a 4-foot by 2-foot metal sheet, weighing about 35 pounds, in a press brake. The contract employee's right index finger was pinched between the metal part and the press brake support, causing an amputation of the right index fingertip.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1350513

Dec 14, 2017 · Delmarva Roofing and Coating, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was descending a ladder from a roof when it began to slide sideways. He dismounted the ladder at a height of about 10 to 12 feet and landed with his right foot on the concrete pad below, suffering a compression fracture to the right leg above the knee and below the hip. He was hospitalized.

Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet · Thigh(s) · Construction

Oct 28, 2017 · Perdue Farms, LLC Amputation

While servicing a machine, an employee's finger became entangled and the tips of two fingers were amputated.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1273723

Sep 22, 2017 · Baltimore Aircoil Company Amputation

An employee was guiding a PVC sheet out of a mold onto a transport system. The transport system was in motion when the employee's right hand was caught between the system's chain and sprocket, amputating the right pinky finger.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1265531

Feb 9, 2017 · Perdue Farms, Inc. Hospitalized

While spraying a runaround conveyor machine with a pressure washer, an employee noticed something on the conveyor belt. The employee was attempting to remove the object when the employee's hand was caught between the belt and a moving sprocket. The employee suffered a right arm fracture and tissue damage.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Multiple upper extremities locations · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1210120

Feb 9, 2017 · Baltimore Aircoil Company, Inc. Amputation

An employee was bending a sheet metal part in a press brake when the employee's left middle fingertip was pinched and amputated between the tool bed of the press brake and the sheet metal part.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1209114

Nov 3, 2016 · Perdue Farms Inc. Amputation

On 11/03/2016, at approximately 5:15 PM, an employee was troubleshooting a gizzard machine that was not running properly. He was attempting to identify the problem and got assistance from a coworker. He closed the cover and shut down the machine. The machine was turned back on while the employee's right hand was in the moving/rotating parts of the chain drive and sprocket, amputating 3/4 of his index finger and 1/2 of his middle finger.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1189244

Aug 8, 2015 · Unicon, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was operating a diesel powered forklift to move cages off a truck. He exited the forklift and walked away to inspect the cages. Another employee entered the forklift to operate it, moved it forward, and struck and pinned the employee. The employee was struck on the right leg and hand. The employee suffered a right tib/fib fracture and right thumb and index finger fractures.

Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area · Upper and lower limb(s) · Agriculture, forestry and fishing

Apr 14, 2015 · PERDUE FARMS, INC. Amputation

A maintenance employee was on his hands and knees extending the legs of a wing segmenter. Another employee bumped her hand truck into a free standing metal table, which then fell and amputated the tip of the maintenance employee's right-hand pinky finger.

Struck by falling object or equipment (other) · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing

Jan 20, 2015 · General Doors Corporation Amputation

On 01/20/2015 at approximately 8:00 am, an accident occurred while the employee was operating a table saw ripping 1/8" hardboard. The employee was ripping 28" wide sheets of 1/8" hardboard 9' long by 23" wide using a table saw. His hand inadvertently slid under the front of the guard and caught the blade resulting in the loss of the right index finger between the first and second knuckle and broken bones and extensive lacerations on his middle finger, thumb and palm. He was taken to Milford Memorial Hospital then later transferred to Christiana Hospital for an overnight stay.

Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1032487