Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-06-14	Glens Falls	Ny	GREAT ELECTRIC GROUP, LLC	Hand(s)	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was pulling wire through a junction box when an arc flash occurred and burned the employee's hands. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-05-15	Glens Falls	Ny	UPS	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
A transmission fell on an automotive mechanic's right hand, amputating the ring fingertip.
2021-02-22	Glens Falls	Ny	Kittredge Equipment Company, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall through surface or existing opening
The employee was on the first floor of a building that was under renovation. She fell into a floor hole and was trapped between joists. She suffered broken ribs and back vertebrae, as well as a punctured lung.
2020-10-02	Glens Falls	Ny	FINCH PAPER LLC	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee suffered burns to their finger and arms from an arc flash and was hospitalized.
2020-06-07	South Glens Falls	New York	Essity Professional Hygiene North America	Upper extremities	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was removing a slab from a paper roll (to address two breaks that had happened near each other on the paper machine rewinder). The employee was tucking the paper back into the infeed between the bed roll and the finished roll when the nip point pulled the employee's arm in, about to the elbow. The employee suffered soft tissue damage.
2019-07-01	Glens Falls	New York	Miller Mechanical Services, Inc.	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was connecting a 3-phase, 460-volt, 50 amp male-to-female plug when an arc flash occurred, burning both of the employee's hands and forearms.
2019-01-24	Glens Falls	New York	National Grid	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking to his work truck when he slipped on black ice in the parking lot, falling to the asphalt pavement and breaking his left tibia and fibula.
2016-09-25	South Glens Falls	New York	SCA Tissue North America	Fingertip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was troubleshooting an operational problem with a bander when she tripped on a box on the floor and fell. Her hand then entered a moving timing chain and sprocket assembly, partially amputating her right middle fingertip. The machine was energized and the guard was removed at the time.