ESM East Side Movers

An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.

An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.

An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.

An employee was moving a piece of furniture up a flight of stairs. At the top of the stairs, he lost his balance and fell backward onto a couch with a metal bracket sticking up out of it. He suffered a laceration to the abdomen and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was standing on the hood of a box truck to fix a water leak in the cargo box of the truck. When he was descending the hood, he fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured pelvis.

An employee was unloading boxes from a truck at a residence, which included lifting boxes from the vehicle and placing them onto the ground to carry them into the residence. During this process, he suddenly experienced severe back pain, resulting in hospitalization due to a strain.

An employee was carrying a couch up the ramp of a moving truck with his partner. The employee was moving forward up the ramp, and his partner was moving backward up the ramp. The partner had reached the top of the ramp and was inside the truck while the employee was approaching the top of the ramp when a sudden gust of wind hit the employee and the couch. The employee fell forward and to the right, landing on his ribs at the top of the ramp. The employee suffered a fractured rib and a laceration to his liver that required hospitalization.

An employee was assisting a customer with attaching a trailer to their vehicle using a trailer mover. The trailer slipped from the trailer mover. As a result, the trailer mover struck the employee s left knee. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left kneecap that required surgery.

An employee was cleaning leaves with a backpack blower when he fell from a ladder, resulting in injuries to his head, neck, and back.

An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.

An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.

An employee's right middle finger was caught in a nip point. The employee suffered an amputation to the middle finger at the first knuckle.

An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.