Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-09-07	College Point	Ny	AFC Industries Inc.	Foot (feet)	Stepped on object
At 4:00 p.m. on September 7, 2021, an employee stepped on a nail that punctured his right foot. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery to remove the nail.
2021-04-22	College Point	Ny	Verizon NY Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was servicing a hydraulic line and punctured their right middle finger, resulting in hospitalization.
2021-03-26	College Point	Ny	BJ's Wholesale Club #97	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was struck by falling pallets in a warehouse. The employee suffered a compression fracture and a head injury.
2019-06-19	College Point	New York	PEPSI COLA BOTTLING CO. OF NEW YORK	Lower leg(s)	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
An employee was loading his forklift when it moved and pinned him against a pallet, fracturing his tibia and fibula.
2017-04-28	College Point	New York	Charter Communications	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was participating in a training exercise when he fell approximately 10 feet and fractured his right and left legs.
2017-02-27	College Point	New York	Inter Contracting Corp	Ankle(s)	Excavation or trenching cave-in
An employee was shoveling dirt around a gas main pipe in a trench approximately 5' x 8' x 5'6" deep. A section of the trench caved-in breaking the employee's left ankle.
2017-02-07	College Point	New York	Inter Contracting Corp	Foot (feet)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was removing an attachment from a skid steer. He released the locking devices of the bucket and disconnected hydraulic hoses from the machine, but the bucket did not separate completely from the machine. The employee operated the machine and raised the bucket to check if debris was preventing it from disconnecting. When he came over to check the bucket, it dropped on and broke his left foot.