Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2020-07-21	East Syracuse	New York	UPS	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was sorting packages on the conveyor belt. The employee felt cramps throughout their entire body and was hospitalized due to heat stress/dehydration.
2020-07-02	East Syracuse	New York	Ultra Dairy, LLC	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was trying to repair a leaking valve on a pipeline that delivered milk product to a milk carton filling machine. A spray of steam came out of the filling machine, contacting his right hand, face, and neck. He suffered second-degree burns to the right hand and his right side.
2020-04-17	East Syracuse	New York	METALICO SYRACUSE	Thigh(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was welding a steel plate onto an I-beam when the plate slipped off and struck his left leg (femur), causing a fracture and requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2020-02-25	East Syracuse	New York	UPS	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was clearing a jam on a conveyor belt, slipped, and fell 1.5 feet to the floor sustaining a back injury. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-01-21	East Syracuse	New York	Custom Assembly, Inc - Syracuse	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was setting a load bar inside a trailer, on the upper deck. The deck slid, causing him to fall to the floor of the trailer. His leg was lacerated and broken.
2018-07-25	East Syracuse	New York	Loomis Armored LLC	Fingertip(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was using a cart to deliver bags of coins to a bank. The employee's fingertip was amputated between the cart handle and the ground.
2018-04-09	East Syracuse	New York	Mr Bults Inc	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was changing a J-hook on a trailer while standing on a 14-foot A-frame ladder when the employee slipped and fell from the fourth rung to the ground, suffering broken ribs and vertebrae. The employee was hospitalized.
2017-10-14	East Syracuse	New York	BJ's Wholesale Club	Ankle(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a forklift when her leg was caught between the forklift body and a steel structure, breaking her ankle and requiring hospitalization.
2017-07-13	East Syracuse	New York	Postler & Jaeckle Corp.	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting a board using a circular saw when the sawblade amputated the employee's fingertip.
2016-01-06	East Syracuse	New York	New England Motor Freight	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking in the parking lot and slipped on ice falling and fracturing an ankle.
2015-05-19	East Syracuse	New York	Syracuse Utilities Inc.	Hand(s)	Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects
An employee caught his hand between a road-plate and dunnage.
2015-03-16	East Syracuse	New York	Ultra Dairy	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was preparing to clean a machine and was installing a plastic cover over a motor when the employee's finger got caught by a chain. The motor was not powered down at the time.
2015-01-30	East Syracuse	New York	PPC Broadband	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was polishing a spindle on a lathe using an emery cloth. A keyway slot on the shaft caught his right index finger, resulting in an amputation of the finger. There was no bone loss.