DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-09-05BrewsterNyAce Endico CorporationFoot (feet)Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a pallet jack to select product for an order. The employee was maneuvering the pallet jack around a steel bollard in the warehouse when his feet were pinned between the bollard and the pallet jack resulting in a right foot fracture and a laceration on the left foot requiring stitches. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-05-11BrewsterNyUnited States Postal ServiceArm(s)Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was walking through a post office when they tripped and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with broken bones in the right knee.
2021-04-02BrewsterMaWHITCOMB BUILDING & REMODELING, LLCFinger(s), fingernail(s)Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a saw that was binding. He was holding a board with his right hand and reaching with his left hand when the saw amputated his left thumb from the knuckle up.
2020-02-26BrewsterNew YorkMaterion Corp.NonclassifiableCaught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a surface grinder and suffered an amputation.
2018-09-24BrewsterNew YorkDunmore International CorporationArm(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was preparing a metallizer machine to insert a new roll of material to run for production when their right arm was caught inside the machine and lacerated.
2017-04-05BrewsterOhioBrewster Cheese, Inc.Hand(s)Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was removing a 360 lb. block of cheese from the cutting harp and suffered an amputation injury to the left hand.
2017-02-16BrewsterMassachusettApex Solar Power LLCLower leg(s)Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
While descending from a roof, an employee fell 8 feet to the ground and injured his left lower leg.
2016-04-08BrewsterNew YorkSears In-Home ServicesUpper arm(s)Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was lifting a dryer off of another appliance with a coworker when she tore her bicep, requiring hospitalization.
2016-02-11BrewsterNew YorkLamothermic Precision Investment Casting Corp.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was cutting castings off of trees with a saw when the sawblade caught or broke and pulled his hand into the blade. His right-hand ring finger was amputated, and the back of his hand was lacerated.