Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2020-03-16	Amherst	Ohio	Nordson Corporation	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was using a 4-foot mobile staircase to retrieve a part from an inventory rack. The employee missed the bottom step while descending the staircase and fell to the ground, fracturing a hip.
2019-09-13	Amherst	New York	Eaton Office Supply Co Inc	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
While walking across a warehouse, an employee tripped over a staged pallet and fell to the concrete floor. The employee suffered a leg injury.
2019-07-16	Amherst	New York	Best Buy Co., Inc.	Thoracic region	Struck by falling object or equipment
Two employees were loading appliances into a delivery truck using a 2-wheeler/dolly. One employee was helping push a refrigerator while the other employee pulled it towards the dolly. The refrigerator fell on one of the employee's lower extremities and mid-section, causing the employee to fall on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured T7 vertebra.
2018-06-12	Amherst	New York	International Imaging Materials, Inc.	Hand(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was splashed with a hot wax and ink mixture after opening a pipe and experienced burns to his hand.
2018-05-08	Amherst	Texas	Friona Industries LP	Nonclassifiable	Nonclassifiable
An employee was drilling holes in concrete in cattle pens to build fences when cattle in the area became spooked and started running. The employee rolled out of the way and was found unconscious.
2018-04-19	Amherst	Massachusett	Trustees of Amherst College	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was descending a 20-foot extension ladder when the employee slipped off the ladder rung and fell at least 6 feet to the ground below, breaking the left leg.
2018-01-19	Amherst	Massachusett	COGHLIN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was breaking down spools of cable from a cable pole when his left ring finger was caught and crushed between a reel jack and the arbor that was holding the spools.
2018-01-15	Amherst	South Dakota	SET Environmental, Inc.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was standing on a 6-foot A-frame ladder, putting a liner on a roll-off trailer, when the employee turned and lost footing. The employee then fell approximately 3 feet to the ground, fracturing the left hip.
2017-10-13	Amherst	New Hampshir	Lowe's Home Centers, LLC	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was standing on an empty pallet and either tripped or fell off of it, landing on the right side of his body and suffering a possible broken right hip.
2017-10-04	East Amherst	New York	Color Coding of WNY	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was climbing an extension ladder that was on top of a drop cloth when the ladder slipped, causing him to fall to the hardwood floor. He fractured his right elbow and right hip.
2017-08-25	Amherst	Ohio	Nordson Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
On August 25, 2017, an employee was operating a radial arm circular saw to cut a wooden board when the employee's finger contacted the rotating blade, fracturing and lacerating it.
2017-02-15	Amherst	Massachusett	West Shore Metals, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell to the frozen ground while getting on a steel frame to lay out decking.
2016-03-21	Amherst	Ohio	Target Corporation	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was pushing a cart of clothes when her foot hit the carpet, causing her to fall forward to the floor. She broke both arms and her nose.
2016-01-08	Amherst	New York	Kellermeyer Bergensons Services	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was riding an elevator from the 2nd to the 3rd floor when the elevator fell back to the 2nd floor. The employee fell, breaking his pinky finger and fracturing his back.
2015-11-04	Amherst	New York	Delta Sonic Car Wash	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee engaged in constructing a cashier booth suffered an amputation injury when the raised booth fell on his fingers. One employee raised the booth with a pry bar. The injured employee had his hands under the booth while attempting to install a sill plate. The pry bar broke and the booth fell on the injured employee's fingers.
2015-05-22	Amherst	Massachusett	SCHNABEL FOUNDATION COMPANY	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Excavation or trenching cave-in
An employee was clearing the bottom of an underpinning excavation when the ceiling collapsed and he became pinned under a large granite rock from the old foundation they were underpinning. The employee was hospitalized and received surgery to repair broken bones in his back.
2015-03-17	Amherst	New York	Capital Fence Co., Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
Four employees were moving a large galvanized steel gate from inside the shop to the outside. One employee went and moved a cart with an auger out of the way. The cart had been sitting on a 1-foot-wide by 6-feet-long piece of chain link mesh, which became elevated off the ground after the cart was moved. The employee tripped over the piece of chain link mesh, falling and breaking the fibula and tibia bones in his leg.