Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-17	Rochester	Ny	University of Rochester Medical Center Strong Memorial Hospital	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was walking down parking garage stairs when they fell and broke both ankles.
2021-11-11	Rochester	Ma	Rise Engineering Corp.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was putting up insulation while on an 8-foot step ladder when the ladder tipped over and the employee fell 5 feet, resulting in four broken ribs.
2021-11-10	Manchester	Nh	Northstar Steel & Aluminum, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was moving steel plates from a rack to a pallet for shipping. A set of three steel plates came unclamped from the overhead crane and crushed the employee's foot, resulting in multiple fractures and lacerations.
2021-10-12	Canal Winchester	Oh	Hampton Inn & Suites Canal Winchester Columbus	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
An employee was putting food items away. The employee bent over and stood up when she felt pain in her back due to a pulled muscle.
2021-10-09	Rochester	Ny	Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was placing cases of products on pallets on a grocery shipping line. While he was between two pallets, adjusting a case on one of them, a pallet jack moved to pick up one of the pallets. The employee was caught between the two pallets and suffered a sprained ankle, two broken ribs, and a punctured lung. He was hospitalized.
2021-10-01	Rochester	Ny	DIPAOLO BAKING CO., INC.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was placing dough into a hopper that led to a proofing machine. The employee attempted to remove excess dough from the machine when their right arm contacted the sprocket and chain, resulting in a right arm amputation. The machine was in operation at the time of the incident.
2021-09-27	Chester	Ok	North Star Well Services, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was attempting to loosen a horsehead that was being removed via rigging from a pump. The employee's left hand was caught in a pinch point, resulting in amputations of the third and fourth fingers and a nailbed laceration on the second finger.
2021-09-13	Chesterfield	Mo	Custom Flooring, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was hospitalized due to heat-related dehydration.
2021-09-11	Manchester	Nh	Granite YMCA	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was teaching an exercise class. As she moved to step up onto an exercise step, she fell, landing on the floor on her right side. She suffered a broken right femur.
2021-09-08	Manchester	Nh	EPlus Technology Inc	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a 6-foot step ladder while installing a monitor and sustained an injury requiring hospitalization.
2021-09-01	Rochester	Ny	Flower City Habitat for Humanity	Elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was installing a window screen outside a two-story house. The ladder he was on fell, and he fell with it, landing on the ground and suffering bruising to a back vertebra, a broken elbow, and multiple body bruises. He was hospitalized.
2021-08-18	Manchester	Nh	Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Company Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was moving pallets using a powered pallet jack when their leg was pinched between the jack and a pallet. The employee sustained bruising to the lower leg and was hospitalized.
2021-08-06	Chesterfield	Mo	MERS GOODWILL INDUSTRIES	Brain	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
An employee tripped and fell on sidewalk steps while walking from her vehicle to a building. Her knee, elbow, and forehead hit the concrete sidewalk. She was hospitalized due to a possible brain bleed.
2021-08-04	Rochester	Ny	University of Rochester Medical Center	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on a wet floor, fell, and broke her left kneecap.
2021-07-23	Rochester	Nh	DMR Industries Inc.	Lower extremities	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Two employees were trying to get a cardboard sheet from behind 24 pieces of cold-rolled steel sheets that were leaning against a wall. One employee was supporting the sheets from the front as the other was removing the cardboard. The sheet metal started to tip forward, knocking the first employee to the floor and causing an injury to her right ankle that included broken bones, cut tendons and nerves, and a partial amputation.
2021-07-22	West Chester	Pa	Green Acre Construction	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level
An employee was climbing down a ladder from a roof. The ladder slipped out and the employee fell to the ground, suffering a broken L4 vertebra.
2021-07-21	Chesterfield	Mo	Saint Luke's Hospital	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped on the corner of her desk while getting up. She fell to the floor, suffering a displaced fracture to the right hip.
2021-07-15	West Chester	Pa	Lyons and Hohl, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting a 15-inch concrete pipe with a 20-inch radial hand saw. The saw kicked back and deeply lacerated the employee's chest. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-07-09	Canal Winchester	Oh	Rebco Electric	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was working on an electrical power panel. Wires slipped out of the employee's hands and the device he was using to hold the wires, resulting in an arc flash. He suffered electrical burns to the hands, forearms, and neck and was hospitalized.
2021-06-29	Rochester	Ny	Squan	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
On 6/29/2021, an employee was climbing a wooden telephone pole using a safety belt and hooks when his foot slipped on the pole and he fell onto a branch, resulting in a cut to his neck.
2021-06-23	Rochester	Ny	Wegmans Food Markets Inc	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
On 6/23/2021, an employee stood to walk away from a conveyor belt area when she fell to the floor, landing on her right side and resulting in a fractured right hip.
2021-06-23	West Chesterfield	Nh	United Natural Foods Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was operating a dock plate while making a delivery when their little finger got caught in the dock plate at the delivery site loading dock. The employee suffered a crush injury that resulted in surgery and a fingertip amputation.
2021-06-21	Manchester	Nh	U.S. Postal Service	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee became dizzy and developed a headache while delivering mail. The employee was hospitalized, suffering from heat-related illness.
2021-06-18	Chester	Ny	C & S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was using a stand-up pallet jack to separate pallets on a dock. The employee struck a guardrail and suffered an amputation to the right little fingertip.
2021-06-15	West Chester	Oh	Industrial Tube & Steel Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a bandsaw to cut piping. The blade caught the employee's gloves and pulled in the employee's hands, causing a finger amputation.
2021-06-15	Manchester	Ct	Flextronics International USA, Inc.	Eye(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was sweeping a floor. As she bent to clean under a machine, the broom handle jabbed her eye and injured it.
2021-06-05	Rochester	Ny	UPSTATE ROOFING INC	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was spray-painting a ceiling from an elevated mezzanine area. He got entangled in the spray hose and fell to the floor about 8 feet below. He suffered a compression fracture to a back vertebra, as well as four broken ribs.
2021-06-04	Chesterfield	Mo	Petropolis	Hand(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
An employee at a boarding facility opened a cat enclosure to feed a cat and clean the enclosure when the cat bit her left hand.
2021-06-02	Rochester	Ny	Bausch and Lomb	Fingertip(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was entering the building and held the door open for a co-worker exiting the building. The edge of the door edge contacted a bollard and pinched his left middle finger. The fingertip was amputated without bone loss.
2021-05-10	Rochester	Ny	University of Rochester Medical Center, Strong Memorial Hospital	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was hospitalized with a fractured knee after they slipped and fell in the parking lot.
2021-04-29	Rochester	Nh	K.W. Thompson Tool Co. Inc	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was removing a part inside a wax injection mold machine. The machine cycled and crushed the employee's hand.
2021-04-29	Rochester	Ny	FC Finishes, LLC	Wrist(s) and elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee working in a home under construction was prepping trim on a ladder that was on top of scaffold. The scaffold tipped over while he was on the ladder and the employee fell to the floor, resulting in a broken right elbow, broken left wrist, cut nose, and contusion above the right eye.
2021-04-16	Manchester	Nh	Waypoint	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
While leaving a client's home, an employee slipped on snow-covered stairs and fell sustaining a broken leg. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-03-27	Manchester	Nh	HITACHI CABLE AMERICA, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was troubleshooting a machine that wraps coating over cable when they sustained an amputation to a fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time.
2021-03-25	Rochester	Nh	S.L. CHASSE WELDING & FABRICATING, INC.	Leg(s)	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
An employee was installing structural steel. The beam the employee was sitting on dislodged and fell off the support it was on causing the employee to fall 10 feet. The employee was hospitalized with a leg laceration.
2021-03-23	Manchester	Ct	Wickham Park Trust	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
The injured employee was lifting a manhole cover with another crew member when it slipped off the lifting hook. The injured employee's left index finger was caught under the manhole cover and the fingertip was amputated.
2021-03-19	Rochester	Ny	Zippy Shell Incorporated	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was positioning a container roof. The roof sliced off the top of the employee's middle finger at about the top knuckle, amputating about an inch of finger.
2021-03-12	Rochester	Ny	PFAUDLER, INC.	Head	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was leaving the facility for the day. As the employee was about to exit the building, he stopped at a table that stores hand sanitizer and face masks. At the same time, the work platform adjacent to the table was struck by a transfer car that was being repositioned. When the transfer car struck the tower, it dislodged a service part (2" steel blind flange) from one of the platform levels, which then fell and struck the employee on the head. The employee sustained a laceration, contus
2021-03-08	Rochester	Ny	SRS Distribution - B&L Wholesale Supply Rochester	Knee(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was walking in a warehouse under a low beam. The employee's head grazed the beam, causing the employee to lose balance and fall to the floor. The employee sustained an injury to their right knee.
2021-02-20	Chester	Ny	Allied Universal Security Services	Pelvis	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking in the yard on patrol when they slipped and fell on ice, resulting in a fractured pelvis.
2021-02-18	Manchester	Nh	Tecomet	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee got up from her desk, tripped over a box that was next to her work station, and fell resulting in a broken hip that required hospitalization and surgery.
2021-02-18	West Chester	Oh	Republic Wire, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking to an extrusion machine to clean minor water accumulation on the floor. The employee slipped on the water and fell, suffering a back injury.
2021-02-13	West Chester	Pa	Lasko Products, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee stepped off of a stair onto the parking lot pavement, slipped on black ice, and fell breaking their left tibia.
2021-02-09	Rochester	Ny	Wegmans	Elbow(s) and arms(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was training a coworker to operate a stand-up forklift. The coworker attempted to turn away from the employee when the vehicle turned toward the employee, striking him and pinning him between the vehicle and a building column. The employee suffered a fractured left ulna and elbow that required surgery.
2021-02-05	Manchester	Ct	Manchester Molding & Mfg. Co., Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Two employees were hanging a mold in a machine. The injured employee was on the back side of the machine, holding a mold in the center location, while the other employee was adjusting the die heights in order to hold the mold in position. The mold moved and pinched the injured employee's pinky finger between the platen of the machine and the mold, resulting in amputation.
2021-01-27	Rochester	Ny	University of Rochester Medical Center, Strong Memorial Hospital	Knee(s)	Fall on same level
An employee fell while walking down a hallway, resulting in hospitalization for a knee fracture.
2021-01-22	Manchester	Mo	Academy Sports + Outdoors	Multiple back regions	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was moving merchandise in the receiving area of the store. Another employee was moving a cart and it collapsed on the injured employee, resulting in fractures to thoracic and lumbar vertebrae.
2021-01-12	Rochester	Ny	University of Rochester	Nonclassifiable	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking outside when they slipped on ice and fell to the ground, resulting in an injury.
2021-01-06	Port Chester	Ny	J.J. Cassone Bakery, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was removing a water tray from a seeder to fill it with water when the chain and sprocket of the seeder came into contact with the employee's left thumb, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2020-10-15	Rochester	Ny	University at Rochester	Brain	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
An employee tripped on a raised curb near a building entrance. The employee fell across the sidewalk, striking their head on the base of a concrete pillar.
2020-10-02	Rochester	Ny	Connors-Haas Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
Employees were transporting a mobile elevated work platform (MEWP) through a doorway to another location in the facility. A support bar slipped out of position causing the MEWP to free-fall to ground level. An employee's leg was caught between the mast of the MEWP and the loading dock floor. The employee was hospitalized with a compound fracture of the lower right leg.
2020-10-01	Rochester	Ny	Buckingham Properties	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was changing 4' fluorescent light bulbs using a 6' A-frame ladder. As the employee descended the ladder, he slipped from the third rung and fell to the tile floor. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured pelvis.
2020-09-17	Rochester	Ny	Elmer W Davis	Coccygeal region	Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
An employee was walking on a roof and fell 14 feet through the roof to the cement floor below. The employee sustained a fractured tail bone.
2020-09-16	Rochester	Ny	Buckingham Properties	Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was struck in the face by a falling concrete block while lining up the scaffold to repair a door lintel. The employee sustained a fractured nose.
2020-09-09	Rochester	Ny	ELMER W. DAVIS INC.	BODY SYSTEMS	Stings and venomous bites
While climbing a ladder to go to the roof, an employee was stung by a bee. The employee had an allergic reaction and was hospitalized.
2020-09-08	West Chester	Oh	Crescent Park Corporation	Foot (feet)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift when a second forklift ran into him. His left foot was caught between both forklifts and injured.
2020-08-25	Dorchester	Wi	Pinters Packing Plant Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
On August 25, 2020, an employee was operating a vertical band saw to cut meat when the employee's right hand made contact with the energized saw blade, resulting in an amputation to the right thumb tip.
2020-08-24	Chester Springs	Pa	Hohmann & Barnard, Inc.	Shoulder(s) and arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was preparing to realign a product back onto the core of a shaft. The employee's arm was caught by the rotating shaft and became bound up in the product. The employee's left shoulder was dislocated and their left forearm was broken.
2020-08-15	Chester	Pa	McCarthy Construction Inc.	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level
An employee was working on a ladder positioned on a scaffold and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with head and back injuries.
2020-08-12	Manchester	Ct	Stop & Shop Supermarket	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was delivering a bag of groceries to a customer and slipped and fell in the parking lot. The employee sustained a lower leg fracture.
2020-07-17	Rochester	New York	University of Rochester, River Campus	Nonclassifiable	Bites and stings
An employee was bitten/stung by a small animal (insect or similarly sized) while cleaning a student dorm.
2020-07-15	Rochester	New York	Tops Market	Wrist(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee had been making a bale with the baler. While ejecting the bale, she noticed the metal wire was stuck on the chain in the machine. The employee cut the wire free. The bale then fell, knocking her over and resulting in two broken wrists. She was hospitalized and had surgery.
2020-07-13	Manchester	New Hampshir	Elliot Health Systems	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on the loading dock throwing trash into a dumpster. The employee lost balance and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the leg and head.
2020-06-30	Rochester	New York	J & B Installations, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet
An employee was sweeping around a 3-foot by 4-foot roof opening. The employee fell through the opening to the floor about 30 feet below. The employee suffered multiple fractures to the upper body and head and was hospitalized.
2020-06-19	Manchester	Missouri	JAN X-RAY	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment
An employee exited his truck to assess the job site and work to be done. When he reached the edge of the area excavated for the work, the ground gave way causing him to fall into the excavation. The employee was impaled by a piece of rebar. It entered his left armpit and went through his chest muscles and up to his collar bone area.
2020-06-18	West Chester	Pennsylvania	Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital	Lower leg(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee and other employees were transporting a 400-pound gastric bypass patient on a machine-powered bed. The bed accelerated, pinning the employee's leg between the bed and the wall. The employee was hospitalized with a broken lower right leg.
2020-06-08	Dorchester	Massachusett	Sullivan & McLaughlin Companies, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell off a ladder after receiving an electrical shock from a live conductor. He landed on an office partition and sustained broken ribs.
2020-06-03	West Chester	Pennsylvania	Strobert Tree Services, Inc.	Knee(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was cutting up felled trees. The tree supporting the tree he was cutting snapped back and struck the employee in the knee. The employee suffered a fractured knee and torn ligaments.
2020-05-21	Rochester	New York	Crane-Hogan Structural Systems, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was jackhammering a concrete deck on the top level of a parking garage when the deck collapsed and he fell to the level below. He impacted concrete rubble on the floor and a piece of concrete slab that sheared from the deck, suffering a fractured femur, broken tibia, and cracked ribs.
2020-05-12	Rochester	New York	AMERICAN AEROGEL CORPORATION	Hand(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee suffered a hand amputation while operating a saw.
2020-03-27	Rochester	New York	University of Rochester	Elbow(s)	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
An employee was exiting the stairwell on the second level of the parking garage when she tripped and fell over the curb. She suffered a closed fracture of the left olecranon process (bony tip of the elbow, left arm).
2020-03-06	Manchester	Pennsylvania	Penn Waste, Incorporated	Pelvis	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was working on a garbage truck. The employee disconnected the hydraulics and the arms of the truck came down and trapped the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a broken pelvis.
2020-02-28	Rochester	New York	Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee retrieving a case of product which had fallen in an automatic storage and retrieval system (ASRS) was caught between the rack and the shuttle. The employee was hospitalized with broken bones in both legs and feet.
2020-02-19	Rochester	New York	Arch Chemical	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was getting out of a forklift truck when he slipped on ice and fell, breaking his leg.
2020-02-10	Rochester	New York	Skyworks LLC	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
A delivery truck with a flatbed semi-trailer was parked in the yard. The back end of the trailer has a hydraulic dovetail to facilitate drive-on/drive off loading and unloading. It was in the down position. The injured employee drove a scissor lift and parked it over the tail end lip of the lowered dovetail. With the unit placed against the dovetail, the injured employee initiated testing of the pothole protection system and began lifting the basket. The delivery truck driver, unaware of the sci
2020-02-07	Rochester	New York	University of Rochester	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking down the inclined portion of a covered parking garage surface. The employee slipped and fell on ice, suffering a broken left ankle.
2020-01-31	Rochester	New York	Interior Moving Services, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by falling object or equipment
On 1/31/2020, an employee was helping two other employees move a safe down stairs. The safe slid down the stairs and struck the employee, crushing the employee's abdomen.
2020-01-13	Rochester	New York	Wegmans Food Markets	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level
An employee fell while turning, striking the back of his head (behind the right ear) on the stone wall as he fell to the floor. He suffered fractures to the right ankle and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2020-01-05	Rochester	New York	Wegman's Food Market	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
While stocking products in an aisle, an employee was descending a rolling ladder carrying a box when she missed the second step from the bottom and fell forward, catching her right foot on the bottom step and then impacting the floor. She was hospitalized and required surgery for a right lower leg/ankle fracture.
2020-01-04	Manchester	New Hampshir	Dean Foods	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Nonclassifiable
An employee was hospitalized for an injured thumb.
2019-09-12	Chichester	New Hampshir	Proquip Equipment Rentals & Sales, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Employees were performing maintenance on a boom lift. While they were disassembling the boom, a piece of the boom fell down and pinned an employee's hand between the boom and a machine, resulting in the amputation of the employee's finger.
2019-09-06	West Chester	Pennsylvania	Michels Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
While an employee was installing pipe casing, a shackle moved down and forwards, which caught the employee's middle finger on his gloved left hand. The employee sustained an amputation to the fingertip above the first knuckle.
2019-08-28	Rochester	New York	THE PIKE COMPANY	Thigh(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting concrete with a masonry saw and using a garden hose to spray water directly on the blade to control dust. The saw became stuck and jumped out of its cut channel, striking the employee in the right upper thigh. The employee suffered a thigh laceration requiring surgery, as well as damaged thigh muscle and tissue.
2019-08-27	Rochester	New York	Highland Hospital	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee had just removed a food item from a steamer and was walking toward the plate warmer to put the food on top of it. The employee slipped on a small amount of water on the floor, grabbed onto the side of the plate warmer, and suffered an electrical shock.
2019-08-19	Manchester	Pennsylvania	Penn Waste, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Vehicle struck object or animal on side of roadway
An employee was riding on the rear step of a garbage truck when the driver moved the vehicle onto the shoulder to avoid an oncoming vehicle. The employee was caught between the truck and a tree, suffering a rib fracture and chest contusion.
2019-08-08	Dorchester	Massachusett	Emcor Services Northeast	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a band saw to cut a piece of copper pipe when the employee's left finger contacted the saw blade, resulting in a finger amputation.
2019-08-07	Canal Winchester	Ohio	Universal Enterprise Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment
An employee was installing plumbing when sharp metal scratched and cut the lower part of his leg.
2019-07-26	Manchester	Connecticut	Prospect CT Medical Foundation	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
On July 26, 2019, an employee tripped and fell on a carpeted surface while walking out of a patient's room. The employee suffered five bone fractures in her hip, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2019-07-22	Port Chester	New York	UPS	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was walking across a lawn to deliver a package. The employee fell approximately 5 feet off a wall and landed on the driveway, breaking his femur.
2019-07-22	Rochester	New York	Arnold Magnetic Technologies, Corp.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was setting up a tool to cut. While pushing the tool into a machine, a clamp closed on the employee's finger and he sustained a fingertip amputation.
2019-07-18	Chesterfield	Missouri	ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was walking around a table inside the kitchen when she tripped and fell to the floor, breaking her hip. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-07-02	Winchester	Illinois	Arends-Awe, Inc.	Upper arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was servicing a baling machine on a farm. A hydraulic lever was activated and the employee was caught in the machine, suffering a severe laceration (with possible nerve damage) to the left bicep.
2019-06-25	Chester	Illinois	Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a bagging machine at a cereal plant. The machine's jaws (which shut and sealed bags) caught the employee's left index finger and amputated it.
2019-06-23	West Chester	Pennsylvania	Arbour Square at West Chester	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to other harmful substances
Employees were providing customer care in an assisted living facility when a gastrointestinal virus broke out among customers and employees. Multiple employees experienced stomach and other health effects. Two employees were hospitalized.
2019-06-19	West Chester	Ohio	Cornerstone Brands, Inc	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was loading boxes onto a pallet when the employee tripped over the corner of the pallet and suffered a broken hip.
2019-06-14	Chesterfield	Missouri	Fischer & Frichtel Carpentry Specialties, Inc.	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee slipped and fell to the ground while walking between roof trusses, breaking the left and right wrists.
2019-06-04	West Chester	Pennsylvania	Michels Corporation	Foot (feet)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee's feet were crushed by a mud bin.
2019-06-01	Port Chester	New York	Neri's Bakery Products, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was removing dough caught in the stamping station of a roll-making machine. The machine caught his right hand, amputating the little finger.
2019-05-20	Rochester	New York	Ortho Clinical Diagnostics	Brain	Fall while sitting
An employee tried to sit on a tall, wheeled lab chair. She slipped off the seat, pushing the chair back and fell backwards against a lab refrigerator and hit her head. The employee was hospitalized for a head injury.
2019-05-18	Manchester	New Hampshir	North Ridge Contracting, Inc.	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was working from a ladder cutting an old pipe. When the pipe was completely cut through, it fell and struck the ladder, knocking the employee to the floor. He broke his femur and was hospitalized.