Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-06-15	Commack	Ny	Simply Natural Foods LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a wrapping machine when her right thumb and index finger were caught in the teeth of the machine's spinning blade. Both were amputated.
2020-09-25	Commack	Ny	CVS	Nonclassifiable	Intentional injury by other person
An employee was assaulted in a parking lot after closing a store. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-02-14	Commack	New York	Cushman & Wakefield	Hand(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee's hand was caught in the rollers of an outdoor electric gate.
2019-07-09	Commack	New York	Simply Natural Foods LLC	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was loading 50-pound bags of chocolate into a commercial-grade mixer. The employee slipped and fell into the mixer, where the agitator broke the employee's left arm. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-06-05	Commack	New York	TZI, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a mobile ladder stand.
2019-05-31	Commack	New York	USPS	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was mowing a lawn when the mower amputated his ring finger.
2017-02-11	Commack	New York	Shoprite of Commack	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee suffered a thumb amputation while cutting meat on a band saw.
2016-10-10	Commack	New York	GURWIN JEWISH GERIATRIC FOUNDATION, INC.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Overexertion involving outside sources, n.e.c.
An employee suffered a back injury after attempting to prevent a patient from falling.