SUNDERLAND, MASSACHUSETTS—
Warner Brothers, LLC
Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, n.e.c. · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Warner Brothers, LLC, 110 N Main St, SUNDERLAND, MASSACHUSETTS 01375 on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
On or about July 20, 2015, an employee tried to park his small landscape trailer in the Trew Stone parking lot at 901 River Road, Deerfield, MA. As he tried to unhitch it, the trailer started to move backwards. While he was trying to stop the trailer from hitting a pickup truck parked there, he got between the pickup truck and the trailer and his left thigh got pinched. He was hospitalized and received stitches.
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NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS—
Warner Brothers, LLC
An employee was operating a roller and paving a small pathway next to a pavilion. The ground was on a slight pitch, causing him to reach up toward the roll cage to stabilize himself. His right fifth finger was pinched between the roll cage and the rafter of the pavilion. The employee sustained a partial degloving injury with partial traumatic amputation.
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