Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-07-08 | Calverton | Ny | Coastal Pipeline Products Corporation | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was standing on top of a 9-foot concrete structure and fell to the ground below. The employee sustained a fractured leg. | |||||
2021-06-13 | Calverton | Ny | Eastern Wholesale Fence Co., Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting PVC boards using a chop saw and amputated his left thumb and index finger. | |||||
2021-05-24 | Calverton | Ny | Eastern Wholesale Fence LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating the notching machine and amputated their right middle fingertip. | |||||
2020-10-15 | Calverton | Ny | CALVERTON NATIONAL CEMETERY | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from the cage of a forklift while cutting branches. The employee landed on the ground and fractured his right ankle. | |||||
2020-07-09 | Calvert | Alabama | SSSI Inc DBA Songer Steel Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was rigging a heat exchanger to a crane. As the crane was applying tension to the load, the rigging slipped. The employee was trying to move the rigging back into place when his hand was caught in the pinch point. Three of his fingers were broken. | |||||
2020-03-31 | Calvert | Alabama | Steel Warehouse of Alabama | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a slitter machine when the employee's hand was caught in the rollers, removing skin from the hand. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-03-19 | Calvert | Alabama | AM/NS Calvert, LLC | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was troubleshooting an overhead crane. A part in the electrical cabinet caused an arc flash that burned his right hand. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-05-14 | Calverton | New York | Michael Reilly Design, Inc. | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a chop saw to cut pieces of wood. He made a cut with the chop saw and moved back to his workstation with the piece of wood. He went to make an additional cut. The chop saw blade was still spinning from the previous cut when his left hand contacted the moving blade, causing a laceration between the index finger and the thumb. | |||||
2019-05-03 | Calverton | New York | Riverhead Building Supply | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a table saw to rip wood when the employee's right hand made contact with the spinning circular blade, causing a severe laceration between the right thumb and forefinger. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2019-04-27 | Calverton | New York | C&H Rentals & Leasing, LLC | Leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was working on a crane and suffered a broken leg. | |||||
2019-04-01 | Calverton | New York | Island International Exterior Fabricators, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee injured his hand while using a press brake. | |||||
2019-03-12 | Calvert | Alabama | TMS International, LLC | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was removing a fill plug from the differential on a heavy loader. Hot oil causing second degree burns to the employee's left hand and right arm. | |||||
2019-01-28 | Calvert | Alabama | AM/NS Calvert, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning the rotary valve of a machine when his right middle and ring fingers were caught in the valve. The employee was hospitalized and both fingers were amputated to the first knuckle. | |||||
2018-09-10 | Calvert | Alabama | AM/NS Calvert, LLC | Foot (feet) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was changing out a work roll in a tilt plant at a finish mill. His left foot was caught and broken in a pinch point. | |||||
2018-07-19 | Calvert | Alabama | Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was helping straighten out steel coils. Bands were in place to hold the coils; a hold-down bar was about to be lowered so that pressure could be applied to a coil and the bands would be further tightened. The bar was lowered while the employee's right hand was on top of the coil. His index fingertip was caught between the coil and the bar, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2018-06-06 | Calvert | Alabama | Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC | Upper and lower limb(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was lacing using an oxygen lancer. Concrete was heated by the lance and metal slag shot into the air and contacted the injured employee. The employee sustained burns to the left foot and right hand. | |||||
2018-03-19 | Calvert | Alabama | Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was assisting the crane operator with the four way rigging to a crop bucket for removal at the melt shop area of the plant and was caught between the lifting device and the hand rail resulting in three fractured ribs on the right side. | |||||
2018-01-25 | Calvert | Alabama | Outokumpu Stainless USA LLC | Wrist(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was cleaning when he bumped into a vertical pipe containing hydrofluoric acid. The acid dripped down under his gloves, burning the top of his left wrist. The pipe had been flushed at the time of the incident, but a section had a few ounces of trapped acid. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-03-22 | Calvert | Alabama | TMS International, LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was cutting demo scrap with a gas and oxygen torch when he felt his back getting hot. After removing his jacket and shirt, he found a burn roughly the size of a sheet of paper in the middle of his back. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-08-24 | Calvert | Alabama | Moody's Electric, INC. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell three feet off a ladder and fractured the right ankle. | |||||
2016-08-18 | Calvert City | Kentucky | James Marine | Fingertip(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was using a safety tool designed to unstop a paint sprayer (spray gun) when the gun blew paint out the front or side and injected it into the employee's fingertip. He underwent surgery to remove the paint/debris. | |||||
2016-07-18 | Calverton | New York | GLAMOUR TRANSPORTATION CORP. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a vehicle trailer. | |||||
2016-03-17 | Calvert | Alabama | Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was sprayed by chemicals while checking a valve on a storage tank containing mixed acid. The employee suffered chemical burns and was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-08-03 | Calvert | Alabama | Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC | Upper arm(s) | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
An employee was walking up some steps and fell. During the fall, he cut his right bicep on a piece of metal. | |||||
2015-06-11 | Calverton | New York | Riverhead Building Supply Corp. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee sustained a hernia while loading a piece of lumber onto a molding machine and was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-05-30 | Calverton | New York | Eastern Wholesale Fence Co., Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was burned by an arc flash/blast while troubleshooting an electrical problem. | |||||
2015-03-12 | Calvert | Alabama | Otokumpu Stainless USA, LLC. | Multiple trunk locations | Moving in opposite directions, oncoming, nonroadway |
An employee driving a cart (similar to a golf cart) struck an oncoming forklift, causing severe internal injuries. | |||||
2015-03-08 | Calverton | New York | Eastern Wholesale Fence Co., Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Nonclassifiable |
An employee amputated her left middle fingertip. | |||||
2015-02-14 | Calvert | Alabama | AM/NS Calvert LLC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
On February 16, 2015, employee walking on flat level ground collapsed and broke his hip. | |||||
2015-02-03 | Calvert | Alabama | Deshazo Crane Company | Multiple mouth locations | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
Employee using a sledge hammer to straighten a piece of metal had his grip on the hammer slip. The handle of the hammer then came back and struck his jaw, breaking his jaw and knocking out several teeth. |