Casco Bay Food and Beverage

An employee was removing a vending machine from a store. They were taking the machine down a stairway when they were pinned between the wall and the vending machine. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis and a bladder injury.

On November 9, 2023, an employee lifted a 70-pound package of paper bags, put it in a cart, and then pushed the cart to the front of the store by the cash registers. The employee sustained a collapsed lung.

An employee was providing medical treatment to injured persons involved in a motor vehicle accident. The employee was walking up and down a low-grade embankment carrying injured persons on transport equipment such as backboards. The employee sustained chest pain, and a possible cardiac related event with an elevated heart rate and elevated blood pressure.

An employee was moving merchandise in boxes, rolling containers, and totes, from a truck to store shelves when they sustained back and neck injuries.

An employee was using a shovel to dig a hole for a pipe when he suffered a broken vertebra. He was hospitalized.

On June 16, 2023, an employee was elevated in a scissor lift and was removing a pipe from a structure when they began experiencing back pain. The employee sustained a ruptured abdominal aneurysm from lifting/carrying/pulling pipe.

An employee tripped over an object in the back of a box truck, slipped, and fell out of the truck to the asphalt 38 inches below. He landed on his right elbow, fracturing it.

An employee was on the ground removing a piece of equipment from the back of a truck with assistance from another employee who was inside the truck while at a customer location. While moving the equipment, his right knee buckled and he suffered a torn ligament in his knee.

An employee was cutting the flaps off a cardboard box with a box cutter when his forearm was lacerated. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was removing a vending machine from a store. They were taking the machine down a stairway when they were pinned between the wall and the vending machine. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis and a bladder injury.

An employee slipped and fell on ice in a parking lot.

A crew was installing drilled micropiles alongside an outdoor covered deck foundation. The injured employee was working the front of the drill when a loose section of casing dropped onto the tip of a rig wrench and pulled the wrench down to an embedded casing. The employee's left little finger was caught between the rig wrench and the embedded casing and was amputated above the top knuckle.

Two employees were working to change a tire on a mobile slasher saw. The slasher weighs around 2,000 pounds and is towed. Employee 2 was lifting the saw while the injured employee was placing a block of wood under the frame for support. The slasher then lowered onto the block and the injured employee's left thumb was crushed between the slasher frame and the wood block, leading to an amputation at the first knuckle.

An employee was using a metal shear when it amputated the tip of his right index finger.

An employee was using a crane to move a 44-foot, 3,343-pound I-beam. As the beam was moving west, it straightened out (north to south), beginning to swing south toward the northwest corner of a building. The crane then sent the beam southward, directly toward the corner of the building. The beam caught the tips of the employee's left index, middle, and ring fingers against the building. The last joints of the middle and ring fingers were amputated, and the last joint of the index finger was partially crushed.

An employee was standing on a step stool, removing the nuts and bolts from the frame of a solar panel that was being replaced. The employee's cheek made contact with a connector with damaged insulation. The employee was shocked, briefly lost consciousness, and fell to the ground, suffering an injury to the left shoulder.