Buffalo New York – Machine Injury & Accidents

Buffalo New York is a city known for its natural attractions, including the Niagara Falls. What some people don’t know is that Buffalo also has a history of machinery accidents. In fact, according to the National Center for Statistics and Analysis, in 2021 there were 17 recorded machinery related accidents in Buffalo, resulting in injuries and millions in losses. There are many factors that can contribute to machinery accidents, including improper maintenance, careless operators, and faulty equipment. In many cases, these accidents can be prevented if the proper safety precautions are taken.

Manufacturing Companies

Buffalo New York is known for its manufacturing companies, many of which are in the industrial and transportation equipment sectors. Here are three of the largest manufacturing companies in Buffalo New York:

Rich Products Corporation
Gibraltar Industries, Inc.
New ERA Cap Co., Inc.
Lactalis American Group, Inc.
API Heat Transfer Company
API Heat Transfer Intermediate Holdings, LLC
API Heat Transfer Parent, LLC

Sumitomo Rubber Usa, LLC
API Heat Transfer Inc.
Caplugs, Inc.
Pii Holdings, Inc.
Delta-Sonic Carwash Systems, Inc.
Rough Brothers Holding Co., Inc
Aurubis Buffalo, Inc.

Machinery Accidents

Buffalo is a city that is known for its manufacturing and industrial businesses, which can lead to hazardous conditions and machinery accidents. If you have been injured in an accident with a piece of machinery in Buffalo, NY, you may be entitled to compensation. Contact a lawyer today.

Here are 20 examples of machinery accidents that have occurred in Buffalo New York :

AccidentDate	Employer	City	State	Description	Injury	Body Part	Event	Injury Source	Other Injury Source
09/11/2021	CRST Expedited INC	Buffalo	Il	On November 9, 2021, an employee was cutting a trailer seal while using a rag to hold the seal when the seal came back around and cut the employee's right middle finger. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.	Cuts, lacerations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object or equipment	Ropes, ties, chains
20/10/2021	Quality Bindery Services Inc.	Buffalo	Ny	An employee was wiping off a paper cutter blade when they suffered a fingertip amputation without bone loss.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Struck against object or equipment	Paper production machinery
20/09/2021	Cobey Inc.	Buffalo	Ny	An employee was investigating the accumulation of condensation at a pipe connection and was inspecting the flange at the connection. The residual pressure in the system caused the pipe to release from the connection and strike the employee, fracturing his neck, back, collarbone, and multiple ribs and lacerating the back of his head.	Fractures	Multiple body parts	Struck by discharged object or substance	Metal pipes, tubing
15/09/2021	Dash's Supermarket	Buffalo	Ny	An employee had been cleaning a fryer. Hot oil from the fryer burned the employee's right forearm and hand.	Heat (thermal) burns	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances	Fats, oils, cooking greases
15/09/2021	Vapor Bus International	Buffalo Grove	Il	An employee's right thumb got caught in the moving chain and sprocket of a lathe resulting in amputation of the thumb tip. The drive chain assembly was not locked out at the time.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery	Lathes
18/08/2021	CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS	Buffalo	Ny	An employee was climbing a ladder when it shifted to the right. The employee fell to the ground, suffering fractures to the left leg and foot.	Fractures	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level	Movable ladders	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
09/07/2021	ABC Cutting Contractors Inc	Buffalo	Wv	The employee was using a walk-behind saw to cut concrete. The saw produced a slurry and the employee slipped in the slurry and fell into a pit. The employee sustained head lacerations and bruised ribs.	Cuts and abrasions or bruises	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level	Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations	Steam, vapors, liquids, ice, n.e.c.
08/07/2021	Buffalo Games, LLC	Buffalo	Ny	While performing maintenance on a conveyor belt, an employee's hand was caught in a pinch point when the machine cycled. The employee suffered an amputation injury.	Amputations	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Conveyors-belt
26/05/2021	Flower City Masonry, Inc.	Buffalo	Ny	On 5/26/2021, two employees were working from a scaffold platform that was supported by side arm brackets applying brick veneer at a construction site. The employees fell approximately 20 feet when a bracket became dislodged from the frame. The injured employee suffered a back injury. The second employee was able to grab hold of the scaffold to keep from falling.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet	Scaffolds-staging	Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
17/05/2021	ROSINA FOOD INC	Buffalo	Ny	An employee attempted to scrape ground meat from the throat of a meat grinder and contacted the grinder blades resulting in a left middle fingertip amputation.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment	Meat grinders
08/05/2021	Nitro Construction Services, Inc.	Buffalo	Wv	An employee installed two 30-amp bus plugs and a 200-amp bus plug. While drilling through the cabinet with a hole saw to install conduit, the hole saw made contact with two phases of the bus, causing an arc flash/blast. The employee sustained electrical burns to the torso, arms, and head.	Electrical burns	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity	Electric parts
30/04/2021	Niagara Mohawk a National Grid Company	Buffalo	Ny	An employee was unloading material from the back of a truck when they stepped backward and fell from the truck, striking their head on the ground and resulting in a head laceration and soreness to their shoulder and elbow.	Cuts, lacerations	Head	Other fall to lower level	Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
12/04/2021	USPS	Buffalo	Ny	The employee was walking down the steps while delivering mail when they lost their footing and fell down the steps onto a cement walkway, resulting in a torn calf muscle on the left leg.	Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level	Stairs, steps-outdoors	Sidewalk, path, outdoor walkway-paved
17/02/2021	Highway Rehabilitation Corporation	Buffalo	Ny	An employee was cutting a notch in a plastic battery box with a razor knife. The knife slipped off the box and cut three tendons in his left knee.	Cuts, lacerations	Knee(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker	Box cutters and razor knives
20/01/2021	New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc.	Buffalo	Ny	An employee slipped on ice while walking around a concrete truck, fell, and suffered a broken lower left leg.	Fractures	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces	Ice, sleet, snow
19/01/2021	Buffalo Wire Works	Buffalo	Ny	An employee was reassembling the screen support roller onto a pillow block. He connected the left side to the pillow block and then went to ensure that the right side of the pillow block was still connected. While doing so, the left side of the roller fell back out, pinching his finger between the roller and the support angle bracket and causing a laceration to the ring finger.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery
18/01/2021	Unicell Body Company, Inc.	Buffalo	Ny	An employee was cleaning snow off a box truck from a rolling staircase. The employee fell to the ground and suffered a head injury.	Intracranial injuries	Brain	Other fall to lower level	Step ladders	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
18/09/2020	H&R Construction Equipment Parts, Inc.	Buffalo	Ny	An employee was wrapping a component for shipping when the component tipped over onto the employee's leg.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment	Parts and materials
20/08/2020	W&W Paint and Glass, LLC	Buffalo	Ny	An employee was struck by a piece of wood that fell off a swing stage scaffold and suffered a broken leg.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.	Wood, lumber	Scaffolds-staging
02/07/2020	FORD MOTOR COMPANY	Buffalo	New York	An employee was installing a hydraulic cylinder onto a forklift using an overhead crane. While manually maneuvering the cylinder into place, the employee’s left thumb was pinched between the cylinder and the forklift carriage resulting an amputation up to the first knuckle.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Vehicle and mobile equipment parts	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
20/05/2020	Donegal Construction Corporation	Buffalo	New York	An employee was hanging a piece of rubber matting on the right rear corner of a milling machine. The track on the machine ran over her right foot, fracturing it and smashing the toes.	Fractures	Multiple foot (feet) locations	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone	Milling machines, cold planers, and road profilers
22/01/2020	Materion Advanced Materials Group Inc.	Buffalo	New York	An employee was performing a final sugar addition to a heated solution of caustic, silver nitrate water when a portion of the mixture ejected from the lid of the 100-gallon reaction vessel and contacted the employee's body. The employee suffered second and third degree chemical burns to the face, arm, back, and leg.	Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue	Metallics and compounds
06/09/2019	U. S. Postal Service	Buffalo	New York	An employee pulled into a driveway to deliver parcels that would not fit into a mailbox. The employee got out of their vehicle to retrieve parcels out of the back. As her back was turned, a dog came from behind and bit her right forearm and hand, removing a section of skin from the forearm. The employee was hospitalized.	Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous	Dogs, canines-domestic
25/08/2019	Delta Sonic Car Wash	Buffalo	New York	An employee was repairing an aerial lift when a hydraulic hose leaked, causing high-pressure hydraulic fluid to come out and puncture the skin on the employee's left middle finger. The wound became infected and required hospitalization.	Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance	Lubricating greases, cutting oils	Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
24/08/2019	Ferguson Electric	Buffalo	New York	An employee was de-energizing the main distribution switch board. The breaker had been opened and locked. He tested it and deemed there was no voltage present at the lugs on the supply side of the breaker. A leg of a ground cluster was attached to the neutral bus. Another leg of the ground cluster came in contact with the energized "A" phase on the supply side of the breaker, resulting in an arc flash (480v/277v). The employee sustained first degree burns on the right side of his face and neck a	Second degree electrical burns	Multiple head locations	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts	Switchboards, switches, fuses
10/08/2019	Paramount Pictures Corporation	Buffalo	New York	An employee was standing about two-thirds of the way up on a 12-foot portable ladder. He was using the claw of a hammer to partially loosen a screw that was embedded on a wooden board attached to the wall. When the screw came free, the employee lost his balance and fell off the ladder landing on his feet on the concrete floor. He sustained a left heel fracture and a right tibia/fibula fracture.	Fractures	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet	Movable ladders	Screws
06/08/2019	CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTORS, INC.	Buffalo	New York	An employee was preparing to transfer hydrofluoric acid. A transfer pump motor/gear needed repair in order to transfer the hydrofluoric acid. The employee removed the pump, made the repair, and returned to reassemble the pump. The employee was splashed by hydrofluoric acid and sustained chemical burns to the torso.	Chemical burns and corrosions	Trunk	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue	Hydrogen fluoride, hydrofluoric acid
13/07/2019	USPS	Buffalo	New York	A postal employee was bitten by two dogs, causing the employee to fall and hit their head on the concrete walking surface. The employee was hospitalized with a skull fracture.	Fractures	Skull	Other animal bites, nonvenomous	Dogs, canines-domestic
06/06/2019	Jesco LLC	Buffalo	Kansas	An employee was at the side of a truck (a pulling unit) removing tools. As the pole on the unit was extended, the elevator came unclasped off the hook, fell, and struck the employee on the side of his head. He suffered a skull fracture.	Fractures	Skull	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.	Oil drilling rigs and machinery	Oil drilling rigs and machinery
05/06/2019	Sunrise Transport, Inc.	Buffalo	New York	An employee sustained a partial amputation to their left ring finger while lowering the liftgate on a tractor trailer.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
31/05/2019	Marshalls	Buffalo	New York	An employee was hospitalized with a fractured left hip after tripping over merchandise in an upstairs office and falling to the floor.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object	Floor	Containers-nonpressurized
13/05/2019	Tripifoods, Inc.	Buffalo	New York	An employee was reaching from one conveyor belt to the other and fell over 12 feet onto the concrete floor. The employee suffered a concussion and broken bones.	Fractures and other injuries	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet	Conveyors-belt	Floor, n.e.c.
06/05/2019	U.S. Sugar Co., LLC	Buffalo	New York	An employee was finishing the process of evacuating sugar from the pocket of a railcar. The employee lifted a portable air-operated railcar vibrator, weighting 47 pounds, to place it into the railcar. While lifting, he felt a pop in his back. He required hospitalization for a lumbar disk herniation.	Herniated discs	Lumbar region	Overexertion in lifting-single episode	Handtools-powered
15/04/2019	Elbers Landscape Service Inc.	Buffalo	New York	An employee was moving a lawn mower deck on a forklift. While the employee was adjusting the deck, his left ring finger was pinched and cut. Part of the fingertip was amputated.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Mowing machinery
22/03/2019	Anchor Ingredients Co., LLC	Buffalo	North Dakota	A transfer vessel was about to be pressurized to clear a blockage; an employee was standing in front of the discharge piping, holding a sheet of plywood to prevent material spillage. Air suddenly released from the discharge piping at 70 psi, forcing the plywood into the employee's face and throwing him about 15 feet. He suffered a fractured orbital socket, a laceration above the eyebrow, and a subdural hematoma.	Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages	Brain	Struck by discharged object or substance	Pressurized air-blast	Machinery
21/03/2019	General Motors Tonawanda Engine Plant	Buffalo	New York	An employee slipped while ascending a stairway. He fell and his throat contacted the railing, suffering a contusion of the throat and a fracture to his neck.	Fractures	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs	Stairs, steps-indoors
12/03/2019	Multisorb Filtration Group	Buffalo	New York	An employee opened an interlocked guard door and caught their hand in a pinch point causing a fingertip amputation.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	Machinery
21/02/2019	Tripifoods, Inc.	Buffalo	New York	An employee fell more than 12 feet to a concrete floor, suffering broken bones and a concussion. He was hospitalized.	Fractures and other injuries	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet	Nonclassifiable	Floor, n.e.c.
31/01/2019	CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC	Buffalo	South Dakota	An employee was supervising as contractors erected a work-over rig on a drill site. As the floor of the work-over rig was being hoisted, a cable snapped, causing the floor to fall. When the floor struck the ground, it ejected the centerpiece of the floor, which struck the employee. The employee lost consciousness and was hospitalized.	Loss of consciousness-not heat related	BODY SYSTEMS	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle	Machine and appliance parts	Oil drilling rigs and machinery
09/01/2019	Midland Commodities Group, Inc.	Buffalo Prairie	Illinois	An employee was operating the patty machine and was wiping off excess meat when the machine cycled and amputated the employee's right index finger between the first and second distal joints.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized
02/01/2019	General Mills	Buffalo	New York	An employee was attempting to unjam a piece of cereal packing equipment when the equipment cycled and crushed the employee's right index fingertip, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery
09/08/2018	Johnson Controls Inc.	Buffalo	New York	Two employees were pushing a one-person vertical manlift onto a chair elevator. The lift had heavy-duty castors on the bottom. When the manlift entered the elevator, it shifted away from one of the employees, causing him to lose his balance and fall forward into the lift. In striking the lift, he dislocated and cut his right elbow.	Dislocation of joints	Elbow(s)	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.	Floor	Manlifts
07/08/2018	New England Motor Freight, Inc. [NEMF]	Buffalo	New York	An employee was moving pallets around in a trailer when his boot lace became caught on a pallet. He twisted around and tripped on the pallet jack, then fell backwards and hit his head on the floor of the trailer, suffering a concussion.	Concussions	Brain	Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c.	Floor	Skids, pallets
27/07/2018	SweetWorks Confections, LLC	Buffalo	New York	An employee was working on a elevated machine platform and fell off onto the ground. The employee sustained a head injury.	Intracranial injuries	Brain	Other fall to lower level	Machine platforms	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
07/06/2018	Electro Abrasives, LLC	Buffalo	New York	An employee was operating a machine and amputated fingertips.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Machinery
22/05/2018	Salit Specialty Rebar	Buffalo	New York	An employee was operating a bender machine when his right hand was caught between the rebar and the roller arm as the foot pedal was activated. His right index fingertip was then caught and amputated.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Bending, crimping machines
10/05/2018	Buffalo Outfront Metalworks, L.P.	Buffalo	New York	An employee was troubleshooting a laser cutting table when it indexed/articulated and knocked him to the floor. He suffered a back injury.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall, slip, trip	Nonclassifiable	Laser cutting machinery
13/04/2018	US Foods - Buffalo Division	Buffalo	New York	An employee was working in the back of his delivery vehicle (a tractor trailer) pulling a pallet of food products onto the lift gate of his trailer. As he pulled the pallet to the liftgate, he fell approximately 4 feet from the lift gate to the blacktop street below.	Traumatic injuries and disorders	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
29/03/2018	Kenmore Mercy Hospital	Buffalo	New York	An employee fell to the floor while walking down a hallway, suffering a broken hip.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Fall on same level	Floor
27/03/2018	Buffalo Feeders	Buffalo	Oklahoma	An employee was attempting to rope a steer when the steer jerked. The rope caught the employee's right hand, pulling it into a pole and amputating two fingers.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Entangled in other object or equipment	Rope, twine, string	Cattle and other bovines
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