Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-14	Brooklyn	Ny	Marshalls	Brain	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was moving hand weights to a wall fixture when the shelf gave way and the merchandise struck the employee's head, resulting in a concussion.
2021-11-10	Brooklyn	Ny	The Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was spotting for a piece of lifting equipment. Another piece of lifting equipment ran over the employee's left foot and broke it.
2021-11-10	Brooklyn	Ny	The Brooklyn Hospital Center	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on the ramp leading to the entrance of the cafeteria at the hospital. The employee sustained a fractured tibia and fibula and a fractured left foot.
2021-10-25	Brooklyn	Ct	U.S. Postal Service	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was delivering mail when their finger became caught in a steel mailbox door, resulting in a fracture and laceration that required hospitalization and surgery.
2021-10-22	Brooklyn	Ny	Brooklyn Botanic Garden	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was climbing down from a roof on a ladder. The employee fell from the ladder and suffered an injury to the left ankle.
2021-09-30	Brooklyn	Ny	Bestcare Inc.	Knee(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was helping a patient get out of an ambulette when the patient contacted the employee and the employee fell from the ambulette to the ground, resulting in a broken left knee.
2021-09-29	Brooklyn	Ny	Burlington	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was setting up an A-frame shoe fixture. When the employee went to turn the fixture upright, it collapsed on his right index finger, resulting in an amputation.
2021-09-26	Brooklyn	Ny	Fridge No More, Inc.	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Jack-knifed or overturned, roadway
An employee was making a grocery delivery on a scooter when the scooter hit a bump on the road. The employee fell off the scooter and suffered a fractured collar bone.
2021-09-22	Brooklyn	Oh	Tap Packaging Solutions	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was using a mitering machine to cut an oversized piece of wrapping material. The blade of the machine lacerated the employee's right index finger resulting in hospitalization. The machine was not guarded at the time.
2021-09-19	Brooklyn	Ny	Fridge No More, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was making a grocery delivery using a scooter. While attempting to get onto the sidewalk, the employee hit a bump and fell off the scooter. The employee sustained lacerations to his forehead, road rash to his knees, a swollen lip, and a cut under his left eye.
2021-08-28	Brooklyn	Ny	Planned Companies	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level
An employee was inside an elevator when the elevator suddenly dropped and the employee slammed into the floor, resulting in a lumbar transverse process fracture, as well as back, hip, and shoulder pain.
2021-08-05	Brooklyn	Ny	Castle Sanitation Corp.	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was using a ladder to perform an estimation in a cellar when the ladder slipped and the employee fell 10 feet, resulting in a fractured rib, a head contusion, and a lumbar spine injury.
2021-06-28	Brooklyn	Ny	Maimodines Medical Center	BODY SYSTEMS	Bites and stings
An insect bit an employee on the back of the left knee while the employee was working in an emergency room.
2021-06-27	Brooklyn	Ny	Grand Markets International dba Net Cost Markets	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was operating a food processor in the kitchen area of the grocery store. As she was pushing the vegetables into the food processor, her fingers contacted the blade which lacerated her middle finger and amputated the fingertip.
2021-06-27	Brooklyn	Ny	U.S. Postal Service	Brain	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee tripped and fell, hitting their head on a skid. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-05-24	Brooklyn	Ny	T. J. Maxx	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was leaving a room when she tripped on a stanchion divider. She fell onto her left knee.
2021-05-07	Brooklyn	Oh	J. B. Stamping, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was forming a part on a brake press machine and as the part formed, his thumbs were pinched between the part and the dye. The employee suffered two partial thumb amputations.
2021-05-05	Brooklyn	Ny	City Recycling Corp.	Arm(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was directing a roll-off container truck to reverse into position for dumping demolition debris when a grapple loader nearby reversed and pinned the employee's right arm against the side of the roll-off container truck. The employee's right arm was crushed.
2021-04-19	Brooklyn	Ny	The Green-Wood Cemetery	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Fall on same level
An employee fell while cutting grass and the lawn mower ran over his left foot, amputating the big toe and part of the second toe.
2021-03-31	Brooklyn	Ny	The LiRo Group	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell to the ground while walking, resulting in a broken bone in the upper left leg and hospitalization.
2021-03-26	Brooklyn	Ny	Norwegian Christian Home & Health Center	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was sitting at a desk using a computer when they suffered an asthma attack after being exposed to carpet cleaner.
2021-02-23	Brooklyn	Ny	U.S. Postal Services	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on black ice in a parking lot. The employee suffered a fracture to the left ankle (as well as minor scrapes to the left hand) and was hospitalized.
2021-02-18	Brooklyn	Ny	Haym Salomon Homes for Nursing and Rehabilitation	Hip(s) and leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking down the ramp toward the parking lot, slipped on a patch of ice, and fell fracturing their hip/femur.
2021-02-10	Brooklyn	Ny	FedEx Freight	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a liftgate when the end of his right middle finger was partially amputated.
2021-01-30	Brooklyn	Ny	Seven Seas Georgetowne LLC	Foot (feet)	Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport
An employee was unloading and putting away merchandise with a pallet jack. While moving pallets onto the pallet jack, the side of the jack hit his foot, resulting in a foot fracture.
2021-01-15	Brooklyn	Ny	Hi-Lume Corp	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Entangled in other object or equipment
An employee was starting a generator by pulling a drawstring with a piece of wood attached to it when the drawstring was sucked back into the engine. The piece of wood struck the employee's left ring finger, resulting in amputation.
2020-09-18	Brooklyn	Ny	ACV Enviro	Hand(s)	Struck by object or equipment
A pressure washer injured an employee's hand. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-09-11	Brooklyn	Ny	Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.	Jaw, chin	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
A security guard was punched in the face, suffering a broken jaw.
2020-09-03	Brooklyn	Oh	Ferris Metal Processing	Nonclassifiable	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was moving a steel coil when he was struck by the moving coil and became momentarily pinned against a stationary coil. The employee was hospitalized with a crushing injury.
2020-08-24	Brooklyn	Ny	Ivory Solutions	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
On 8-24-2020 at 2:40 a.m., an Ivory Solutions employee was on a stepladder removing a ceiling when the ceiling fell, causing the employee to fall off the stepladder. As he fell, he hit his ribs on the ladder, injuring them and requiring hospitalization.
2020-08-21	Brooklyn	Ny	RNC Industries, LLC	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was on the platform of a 4-foot high platform step ladder to install reshoring for pour-in-place concrete construction. The employee fell approximately 4 feet from the platform to the floor and sustained a back injury.
2020-08-18	Brooklyn	Oh	Apolis Transport Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee fell from the top of a tanker trailer, landing on the ground about 8-10 feet below. The employee suffered a bruised right shoulder and a cut above the right eyebrow that required stitches.
2020-08-05	Brooklyn	Ny	Brightview Landscape Services	Lower leg(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
On August 5, 2020, a cemetery landscaper was mowing a slope when the mower got out of control and the employee let go. The mower slid down the hill, struck a headstone, and bounced toward the employee, landing on his leg and causing two factures in his tibia.
2020-07-14	Brooklyn	New York	Jrcruz Corp.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was carrying an 8-inch cast iron casting from the yard when he tripped on a pallet of ready-mix concrete bags and fell. His right thumb was pinched and severely lacerated.
2020-07-11	Brooklyn	New York	Target Corporation, Store T2850	BODY SYSTEMS	Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
An employee was sorting and moving product in the receiving area and began to have an asthma exacerbation. The employee was working with a face covering on.
2020-07-06	Brooklyn	New York	Highbury Concrete Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
A 9-foot concrete form fell on an employee's left index and middle fingers, causing avulsions to the ring and middle fingers.
2020-06-11	Brooklyn	New York	Schindler Elevator Corporation	Multiple body parts	Fall through surface or existing opening 21 to 25 feet
An employee was installing a new elevator, working from a false elevator car in the shaft. A railing on the false car fell apart and the employee fell through it, landing 23 feet below in the pit of the elevator shaft. The employee suffered a broken foot, dislocated shoulder, and broken pelvis.
2020-06-10	Brooklyn	New York	Handi-Lift Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was helping to guide a home elevator piston onto a jack stand. While the chain-fall was being lowered, his thumb was pinched between the bottom of the piston and the top of the piston jack. A bone in the left thumb was crushed.
2020-05-15	Brooklyn	New York	Haym Salomon Homes for Nursing and Rehabilitation	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking in the hallway to give out medication to patients when she slipped on wet cereal residue that was spilled on the floor and fell on her knee. She fractured her right patella and was hospitalized.
2020-04-21	Brooklyn	New York	Services for the Underserved	Nonclassifiable	Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c.
An employee was intervening in an argument between two elder care clients when she was accidentally pushed down a flight of stairs. She landed on the sidewalk and was injured.
2020-03-20	Brooklyn	New York	Bimbo Bakeries USA	Nonclassifiable	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped over a hand truck while making a delivery. He fell and was injured.
2020-03-03	Brooklyn	New York	Saint John's Cemetery	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Nonroadway noncollision incident
An employee sustained back pain due to riding in a truck bed.
2020-02-23	Brooklyn	New York	Teri Nichols Institutional Food Merchants LLC	Ankle(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
While operating a ride-on electric pallet jack, an employee got caught between the pallet jack and the wall. The employee's ankle was fractured and he was hospitalized.
2020-02-21	Brooklyn	New York	Union Beer Distributors	Thigh(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was helping a driver reverse a vehicle using hand signals when the employee was pinned between two vehicles, resulting in muscle damage to the left thigh.
2020-02-21	Brooklyn	New York	Oh My Green Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was pushing down a loading dock plate when it came down on the employee's hand, amputating the tips of the employee's right middle and index fingers.
2020-02-17	Brooklyn	Ohio	Carrabba's Italian Grill	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was peeling carrots when a carrot got stuck in the peeler machine. She was trying to dislodge the carrot when the machine amputated the tip of her left middle finger.
2020-02-06	Brooklyn	New York	Alexandria NE LLC	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a delivery truck, helping a forklift operator unload it. He slipped and fell from the trailer, suffering fractures to the right tibia and fibula.
2020-01-20	Brooklyn	New York	Benson Metal Corp	Brain	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was operating an excavator to sort scrap metals when a pipe flew off from being sheared by another excavator and pierced through his operator cab's glass. The metal pipe them struck him, causing a head concussion.
2019-09-18	Brooklyn	New York	Cobble Hill Health Center	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using an electric food slicer when it caught his left ring finger and amputated the tip.
2019-08-15	Brooklyn	New York	Jen-Mar Electric Service Corp.	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a 10-foot A-frame ladder, cutting steel brackets that held a wooden dock to a cement pier. One of the brackets hit the ladder and the employee fell, suffering a broken wrist.
2019-07-11	Brooklyn	New York	Kamco Supply Corp.	Brain	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
While removing insulation, an employee lost their footing and fell 12 feet to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a head injury.
2019-07-01	Brooklyn	New York	ROMVILLE INSTALLATION TILE CORP	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
On 7/1/2019, an employee amputated a finger on machinery.
2019-06-20	Brooklyn	New York	HNTB Corporation	Hip(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was climbing a ladder and fell off the ladder 4-5 feet fracturing the left hip and heel.
2019-06-17	Brooklyn	New York	Altech Electronics Inc	Elbow(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped on a dolly behind him and fell on the concrete floor, fracturing both elbows.
2019-06-06	Brooklyn	New York	Watts Restoration Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was working at the site moving building materials. He was not feeling well and suffered from heat stroke/exhaustion.
2019-05-24	Brooklyn	New York	Adams European Contracting Inc.	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was performing her duties as a flagger when she was over by a forklift, fracturing her right leg and dislocating her pelvic bone.
2019-05-12	Brooklyn	New York	John P. Picone, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet
An employee was making a key way in a concrete platform when he stepped on a 3 X 4 bracing that gave way. He then fell about 24 feet to the next 3 X 4 bracing and broke eight ribs, requiring hospitalization.
2019-05-08	Brooklyn	New York	Chesapeake Drilling Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
The injured employee was holding a cart carrying a 10' section of drilling pipe. A crew attached a snatch block to the section of pipe to lift the piece and connect it to the rig to continue digging deeper. As the crew began to lift the section of pipe off the cart, dirt had accumulated on the chain causing the pipe to fall around 6 inches and crush the injured employee's right hand between the cart and the pipe. The employee suffered fractures and lacerations to his fingers.
2019-04-30	Brooklyn	New York	FedEx	Ankle(s)	Trip from stepping into a hole without fall
An employee was stepping out of a vehicle while making a delivery when he stepped into a pothole and broke his ankle, requiring surgery.
2019-04-06	Brooklyn Center	Minnesota	U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
On April 6, 2019, at 11:30 a.m., an employee was attempting to close a drawer in the gun vault of a vehicle when the employee's abdomen bumped the drawer closed on the employee's left index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2019-04-05	Brooklyn	New York	Takbeer Enterprises Inc.	Hand(s) and finger(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting plywood with a circular saw when it became stuck and kicked back, making contact with his left hand. The top portion of his left hand below the fingers and above the wrist was lacerated, as well as his left pinky finger below the knuckle.
2019-03-26	Brooklyn	New York	Twin Marquis, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a dough mixer machine when the mixer's spinning blade contacted his hand, causing a laceration and broken bones. The machine was in operation at the time of the incident.
2019-03-26	Brooklyn	New York	Twin Marquis, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was operating a packaging machine when a package bag became misaligned in the machine. As he tried to fix the position of the bag, his left hand was caught by the sealer/cutter of the machine, resulting in the amputation of three fingertips.
2019-03-21	Brooklyn	New York	Prima Paving Corp.	Multiple body parts	Excavation or trenching cave-in
An employee was standing in a 6.5- to 7-foot deep excavation preparing to install a plastic drainage pipe when part of one excavation wall caved in, burying the lower half of the employee's body in dirt. A large chunk of dirt also rolled against his upper body. He was hospitalized with fractures to the pelvis and several vertebrae.
2019-03-12	Brooklyn	New York	CHIFFONS KOSHER PASTRY SHOP I I	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
On March 12, 2019, an employee suffered a finger amputation on a powered hand tool/appliance.
2019-03-10	Brooklyn	New York	Maimonides Medical Center	Elbow(s)	Overexertion involving outside sources
An employee was helping put a scrubber machine away when he felt a strain and pain in his elbow.
2019-02-06	Brooklyn	New York	Lintech Electric Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee received a shock and subsequently dislocated his shoulder. Two other employees were investigating why the employee was shocked when an arc flash occurred and the two employees were burned; one employee was hospitalized due to second degree burns.
2019-01-16	Brooklyn	New York	Skanska Picone Joint Venture	Fingernail(s), nailbed(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was drilling holes in steel beams when his right hand and glove became entangled in the magnetic drill. The employee was hospitalized due to lacerations, possible ligament damage, and a nail avulsion on his right hand.
2019-01-16	Brooklyn	New York	Homeserve Plumbing and Heating of Long Island	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a reciprocating saw when his right pinky finger contacted the blade, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2018-09-18	Brooklyn	Mississippi	DUNN ROADBUILDERS	Leg(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
Two employees were working in a designated paving area. The first employee was operating an asphalt paver while a second employee was walking to the left of the paver, examining the paving, when a publicly owned vehicle veered into the designated paving area and struck the two employees. The first employee suffered fractures to the left leg, while the second employee suffered multiple fractures to the body.
2018-09-06	Brooklyn	New York	Quest Diagnostics	Hip(s)	Fall on same level
While walking at a work site, an employee fell and broke her hip.
2018-09-01	Brooklyn	New York	Altice USA	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting, lowering
An employee was starting the company van to begin work when he felt chest pain. He was hospitalized for a possible lifting injury.
2018-08-24	Brooklyn	New York	Wonton Food Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was manually feeding dough into sheeting rollers when his right hand was caught and crushed between two rollers, resulting in index, middle, and ring finger amputations.
2018-08-17	Brooklyn	New York	E-J ELECTRIC INSTALLATION CO.	Hand(s)	Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
An employee was installing street lamps from an aerial lift bucket when a car struck the aerial lift's control panel. His right hand was then crushed between the bucket and structural steel, requiring hospitalization.
2018-08-10	Brooklyn	New York	Jersey Boring and Drilling	Nonclassifiable	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee suffered a fat-pad amputation while operating a core driller.
2018-07-20	Brooklyn	New York	BAW Group LLC	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was using a ladder to retrieve material from a top shelf. The employee fell, suffering an injury to the left ankle.
2018-07-11	Brooklyn	New York	Mill Basin Bridge Constructors LLC	Shoulder(s) and arm(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was in a manlift conducting demolition work. A piece of steel beam broke loose and struck the employee causing a left arm and shoulder fracture.
2018-07-09	Brooklyn	New York	Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee suffered a second degree burn from an electrical arc flash.
2018-07-03	Brooklyn	New York	Maimonides Medical Center	Skull	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
A surgical resident was preparing to begin a surgery when he fainted and hit his head on the operating table and then the floor. The employee sustained a fractured left temporal bone.
2018-06-30	Brooklyn Park	Minnesota	U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, St. Cloud VA Health Care System	Pelvis	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On June 30, 2018, while attempting to pick up a tote and move it to a table, an employee stepped on a wheeled cart and fell into a split position, suffering a complete detachment of muscle from the right sit bone.
2018-06-25	Brooklyn	New York	Gilbane Residential Builders	Leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was moving a temporary switch gear with a pallet jack. The gear rolled off and fell onto the employee's right leg, breaking two bones.
2018-05-21	Brooklyn	New York	Jetro Holdings LLC.	Brain	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell to the ground while climbing onto the driver's seat of a box truck, suffering a head injury.
2018-05-18	Brooklyn	New York	FJM-FERRO, INC.	Thigh(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was rigging steel on a truck bed when he was caught between a steel column and the truck bed, suffering an 8-inch gash on his left inner thigh and requiring hospitalization.
2018-05-15	Brooklyn	New York	B&G Foods, Inc.	Leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a hydraulic pallet lift conveyor to remove cans of tomatoes from a pallet. His leg was between the pallet lift conveyor and a guardrail when the hydraulic control was pressed, causing the pallet conveyor to rise and squeeze his right leg between the pallet and guardrail. His right leg broke.
2018-05-08	Brooklyn	New York	Skanska Koch	Head and neck	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was cutting steel with a torch on an elevated expressway structure. As he was lighting the torch, he was burned on both ears, the front of his face, and neck.
2018-05-04	Brooklyn	New York	Lexington Maintenance, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was offloading crates of glass panels from a truck when a crate fell off the truck and struck the employee.
2018-04-26	Brooklyn	New York	NYC School Support Services Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting wood with a bench saw when it amputated the employee's left middle fingertip. The saw was unguarded at the time.
2018-04-09	Brooklyn	New York	Jen-Mar Electric Service Corp.	Leg(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee had been using a pressure blasting gun. As the employee was moving an aerial, the pressure gun abruptly started and the water blast hit his leg, causing a laceration.
2018-03-27	Brooklyn	New York	Frank Brunckhorst CO.LLC	Leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was riding an electrical pallet jack when he struck a table and his left leg was caught and broken between a wall and the pallet jack.
2018-03-20	Brooklyn	New York	Trans Express, Inc.	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was climbing a ladder to retrieve a window in storage when he lost his footing halfway up and fell to the ground below, fracturing his left arm and leg. He was hospitalized.
2018-03-14	Brooklyn	New York	Trac Construction Group Inc.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee walked in front of an operating concrete/asphalt saw cutter. The employee's foot contacted the 36" saw blade resulting in amputation of the employee's toe.
2018-03-14	Brooklyn	New York	Mid State Construction Corp.	Head	Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising
An employee was climbing onto a flatbed truck to retrieve materials when he hit and lacerated his head on a steel member of the parking garage, requiring hospitalization.
2018-03-12	Brooklyn	New York	Metropolitan Detention Center	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was walking into a housing unit when the metal door shut on and crushed the fourth digit of the employee's left hand, resulting in a partial amputation.
2018-03-07	Brooklyn	New York	Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.	Arm(s)	Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
An employee was using a wrench to remove a filling from a transformer when he felt something pop in his right arm.
2018-03-07	Brooklyn	New York	Sunstar Vending Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was moving an arcade machine when his middle finger was caught between the control panel door and edge, resulting in an amputation.
2018-02-05	Brooklyn	New York	Cropsey Scrap Iron and Metal	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was struck by a falling piece of a hot water tank, suffering a fractured left leg.
2018-01-23	Brooklyn	New York	Blue Diamond Sheet Metal	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
After installing ductwork, an employee was descending a ladder when he fell approximately 8 to 10 feet, suffering multiple fractures.
2018-01-05	Brooklyn	New York	USPS Brooklyn Processing and Distribution Center	Face	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking when her leg became caught in a green strap that was attached to a pallet. She fell and fractured the orbital area of the left side of her face, requiring surgery.
2017-10-17	Brooklyn	New York	Wonton Food Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee sustained burns to his right fingers while he was working on a machine that produces spring roll wrappers.
2017-10-09	Brooklyn	New York	Twin Marquis	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was removing stuck dough from a mixer when the mixer blade amputated part of her thumb. The mixer was running at the time.