| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-13 | Cheektowaga | Ny | Derrick Corporation | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was using a 6-foot fiberglass ladder to hang a banner above an entry door. After he completed work on the banner, he descended the ladder and was approximately four feet high when he lost his balance and fell onto the entryway. The employee sustained a fractured L1 vertebra. | |||||
| 2020-10-05 | Cheektowaga | Ny | YRC Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee fell off the back of a work vehicle's bumper resulting in a head injury. | |||||
| 2020-04-29 | Cheektowaga | New York | Tops Markets, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was pressing meat into the glide toward the blade on a meat band saw when his left hand slipped and went into the saw blade. The employee suffered an amputation of the left pinky finger. | |||||
| 2020-01-07 | Cheektowaga | New York | Allied Frozen Storage, Inc. | Hip(s) | Ran off driving surface, nonroadway |
| An employee used a sit-down forklift truck to load a 4 ft. x 4 ft. x 4 ft. tote filled with scrap onto a flatbed truck. The flatbed truck was backed up to the dock and was slightly lower than the dock. As the forklift was being driven down the dock plate, the flatbed truck rolled forward about 7 or 8 feet. The forklift fell and hit the ground in the upright position. The employee jumped out the left side of the forklift, landed on his left side, and rolled onto his back side, suffering multiple | |||||
| 2019-03-07 | Cheektowaga | New York | Kirkland's Stores, Inc | Head | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was moving a cart down an aisle in the stockroom to pull product. A block riser fell from the top shelf of the cart, striking the employee on the head and causing a contusion. | |||||
| 2018-09-26 | Cheektowaga | New York | Star-Lite Manufacturing Co | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was feeding foil into a packing machine when the jog button was hit and his fingers became struck between two rollers, resulting in fingertip amputations. | |||||
| 2018-03-10 | Cheektowaga | New York | Delta Sonic Car Wash Systems, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee walking in the "pre-soak" area slipped on ice and fractured his left leg, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-09-10 | Cheektowaga | New York | Sams Club | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a vertical meat cutting bandsaw to cut short ribs. The employee's glove became caught in the working section of the sawblade, resulting in the amputation of the left ring and little fingertips. | |||||
| 2016-08-22 | Cheektowaga | New York | SweetWorks Confections, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| On 8/22/16, an employee suffered amputations to the thumb, index, and middle fingers on the right hand (just below the nails). | |||||
| 2016-07-13 | Cheektowaga | New York | PSP STORES, LLC | Hand(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
| An employee was bitten while grooming a dog, resulting in a puncture wound on the hand. | |||||
| 2015-07-25 | Cheektowaga | New York | Tops Markets LLC | Foot (feet) | Struck against object or equipment while moving it |
| An employee was walking backwards with a pallet jack that was loaded with two pallets of product on its front forks. He walked into another pallet jack being operated by a coworker. His right ankle/foot struck the operating platform of his pallet jack, breaking bones in his right foot. | |||||
| 2015-07-15 | Cheektowaga | New York | Multisorb Technologies | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was in the process of positioning/flattening a blue polymer strip in a Schneider Senator machine which cuts the strip to the required dimensions. Both of the employee's hands were in the machine at the time. The employee activated the foot pedal which caused the positioning clamp to come down on the employee's left middle finger resulting in a crushing injury and later amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-07-09 | Cheektowaga | New York | Culinary Art's Specialties, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Explosion, n.e.c. |
| An employee went to perform maintenance on a commercial natural gas oven. He opened the outer access door to the oven and went inside. An explosion occurred, and the employee suffered burns on his arms, legs, and sides of his body. | |||||
| 2015-06-12 | Cheektowaga | New York | Intermodal Services of America LLC | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| A "Yard Horse" vehicle with a shipping container on board was moving in the yard and accidentally bumped into a rail car. An employee was standing on that railroad car, locking down containers. The "bump" caused the employee to fall off the railroad car, and he was caught in a pinch point between the railroad car and the shipping container on board the "Yard Horse." He suffered a crushing laceration to the back of his right leg. | |||||
| 2015-02-06 | Cheektowaga | New York | Ride Aid | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| Employee slipped on an icy surface and fell. | |||||