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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Intracranial injuries, unspecified

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at The Yankee Candle Company, Inc., 14 Industrial Drive, SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 01373 on — Intracranial injuries, unspecified, affecting the brain.

On January 16, 2020, at 6:20 p.m., an employee stepped out of the cab of a trailer truck and onto an asphalt road when he slipped on black ice, fell on the road. He suffered a head injury and laceration, requiring hospitalization.

Hospitalized Brain Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified

The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.

An employee was helping to dislodge a standup forklift that had a wheel stuck in the floor of a container that was being offloaded (the floor had given way). The employee wrapped a tow chain around the mast guard of a counterbalance forklift and hooked the chain to the wheel of the standup forklift. When the standup forklift dislodged and started to travel down the dock plate toward the slower counterbalance forklift, the right fork of the counterbalance forklift entered the cab space of the standup forklift striking the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture to the left leg below the knee.

The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.

An employee fell to the ground while helping another employee move stock/product. The injured employee sustained a broken hip.

The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.

A reach truck struck an order picker. The employee operating the reach truck suffered a cut left Achilles tendon.

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AT & T

An employee was stepping out of a car when they slipped and fell on ice, resulting in a femur fracture.

REYNOLDS FORD NORMAN

An employee was closing up for the weekend when they slipped on oil and brake fluid and fell. The employee suffered a leg fracture.

The Westervelt Company

An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.

The Wyndmoor of Marion (OH), LLC

An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.

U.S. Postal Service

An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.

Parker-Hannifin Corporation

An employee was cutting extruded aluminum framing material using a horizontal band saw. She went to grab a rag in the machine when the rag contacted the blade and pulled her hand in toward the blade, resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger.

Reworld Essex Company LLC.

An employee was working to clear a rotary valve on a pugmill. Two fingertips were amputated by the rotary valve.

Standlee Premium Western Forage

An employee was climbing an 8-foot ladder to clean windows on a house. The employee was reaching to the right when they lost their balance and slipped. The employee fell and their foot became caught in the ladder rungs, causing both the employee and the ladder to fall to the ground. The employee sustained a fracture to the right leg requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Seatrax

An employee was offloading material using a forklift when the hoisted material began shifting. The employee went to manually stabilize the load and their right middle fingertip was pinched and amputated.

STAR SOAP/STAR CANDLE/PRAYER CANDLE CO., LLC

An employee was packing candles on a line. They reached down to pick up a 12-pack of candles when their right little finger was caught in the conveyor belt, resulting in an amputation at the distal joint.

A&S Services Group

An employee fell while exiting a trailer. The employee landed on their left side on the pavement, suffering multiple broken ribs on the left side. The employee was hospitalized.

American Flowform and Machining, LLC

Two employees were setting up a mandrel in the spindle of a machine. The mandrel was side-shifted while an employee's hand was on the mast of a powered industrial truck. The employee suffered crushing injuries that resulted in amputations to the middle and ring fingertips.

Acushnet Rubber Company, Inc

An employee had been loading a double deck press. The employee saw a mold had been sent in with the C-hook still attached on the belly bar. As he went to remove the hook from the mold, his right thumb got caught on the C-hook. The employee's thumb was partially amputated.

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.

Roby's Propane Gas

An employee was delivering home heating fuel when bees came from the ground and stung the employee's face, neck, torso, and hands. The employee proceeded to shut off the oil flow before losing consciousness. They were hospitalized due to an anaphylactic reaction.