Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Amica Property and Casualty Insurance Company, 50 Amica Way, LINCOLN, RHODE ISLAND 02865
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was loading materials into a truck using an electric pallet jack. His left pinky finger was pinched between a pallet and the pallet jack handle resulting in a fingertip amputation.
On September 25, 2023, an employee was working in the body department installing doors, hoods, and tailgates. The employee finished their shift and was hospitalized later that evening for a back injury.
An employee was leaving a work event facility when he fell down a step to the ground, resulting in hospitalization due to torn quadricep tendons in both his knees.
An employee was on an extension ladder at a site to inspect roof damage. The ladder slipped out from under him and the employee fell to the ground and landed on the ladder. The employee was hospitalized for fractured shoulders.
An employee was leaving a client's property to walk to their car when they fell on the driveway, resulting in fractures to their skull and right femoral bone.
An employee was walking to the entrance of the building when she tripped and fell on the floor and stairwell of the first floor entry, resulting in a fractured hip.
An employee was walking in a conference room when the heel of their shoe caught on the carpet flooring, causing them to fall. The employee's head struck a conference table and they suffered central cord syndrome/protrusion of cervical intervertebral disc. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was talking to a child on the playground, when the child grabbed her hand to lead her away. The employee stepped, lost her balance, and fell over. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture of her lower left leg and required surgery.
An employee was walking through a parking garage. She tripped over a curb and fell forward onto her right knee, then her left knee, both hands, and her face. She suffered an injury to the left knee that required surgery, as well as scrapes on the chin and both palms and soreness in the left wrist.
An employee was using a hose to clear storm drains after a sewer backup. The employee fell backward and his head struck the curb, resulting in an Injury on the right side of his head, generalized bruising, and pain in his left ankle, right hip, left shoulder, and neck. The employee was hospitalized.