Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-07-13	Hyde Park	Ny	NPS Historic Preservation Training Center	Wrist(s) and arm(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening 21 to 25 feet
An employee was erecting a scaffold and fell 24 feet through an opening in the scaffold. The employee sustained broken bones on the left arm and wrist and a hip injury.
2019-04-16	New Hyde Park	New York	Northwell Health	Fingertip(s)	Nonclassifiable
An employee suffered a fingertip amputation.
2019-03-06	Hyde Park	Massachusett	Stop & Shop Supermarkets, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was disposing of liquid from an empty cryovac package of pork. He slipped on liquid on the floor, landed on his left side, and broke his left hip.
2018-06-27	Hyde Park	Massachusett	Saugus Construction Corporation	Face	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was operating a grinder in an aerial lift when the grinder struck a structure, bounced back, and struck the employee's face, causing a deep laceration.
2018-03-15	New Hyde Park	New York	Sears Roebuck and Co.	Shoulder(s) and back	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on hot floor wax while lifting boxes, receiving third degree burns to the upper back and shoulder.
2017-08-15	New Hyde Park	New York	Allied Universal Security	Leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was standing at the back of a truck watching the truck driver load a dolly of shrink wrapped boxes containing printer paper. The driver pushed the dolly onto the truck tailgate and raised the tailgate to the truck bed. The shrink wrap gave way and the boxes fell off the tailgate, striking the employee and knocking him to the ground. He broke his leg and suffered a bump on his head.
2016-02-03	New Hyde Park	New York	North Shore LIJ	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell while entering the cafeteria suffering a broken knee cap requiring hospitalization.