Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-10-10 | West Islip | Ny | Kiska Construction, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee was sandblasting at a bridge when the nozzle and blast tip of the line unthreaded. The employee fell backward injuring his back and metallic grit (sandblasting material) caused an abrasion to his arm. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-06-25 | West Islip | New York | Ideal Bottle Gas, Inc. | Brain | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
An employee was filling a 125-gallon propane cylinder when the connection tube ruptured. The employee sustained a concussion. | |||||
2019-08-15 | Central Islip | New York | Invagen Pharmaceuticals | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing an A-frame ladder when it slipped and the employee fell. The employee suffered a broken back. | |||||
2019-07-20 | West Islip | New York | The Veterinary Center of Long Island | Hand(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
An employee was hospitalized with a right hand laceration after being bitten by a cat. | |||||
2019-01-25 | Central Islip | New York | ASCENT PHARMACEUTICALS INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee's hand was caught in the screw feed of a milling machine. One of his fingertips was amputated. | |||||
2019-01-20 | West Islip | New York | GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER | Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was pumping out water from hospital parking lots with a pump connected to a hose. When disconnecting the hose from the pump, the hose came up and struck the employee's nose, breaking it. | |||||
2018-07-23 | West Islip | New York | Our Lady of Consolation Nursing & Rehabilitative Care Center | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking into a day room when she slipped and fell on a wet floor that was just recently mopped. She fell on her left knee and fractured her kneecap. | |||||
2017-06-16 | Central Islip | New York | Quality Enclosures, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was searching through a vertical rack of wrapped tempered glass when he lost his footing and fell backwards. The glass fell on top of him, breaking his right leg. | |||||
2017-05-04 | Islip | New York | Savvy Custom Stone Ltd | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was cutting a piece of lumber with a chop saw when the blade lacerated the top of his hand. The saw was guarded at the time. | |||||
2017-02-08 | West Islip | New York | GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER | Multiple head locations | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
An employee rode a shuttle bus from the parking lot to the building. When she stepped off the bus and onto the street, she tripped on a curb, fell forward, and struck a cement column. She suffered contusions to the head, face, and scalp. | |||||
2016-04-25 | West Islip | New York | Good Samaritan Hospital | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
While lifting a patient in the bathroom, an employee fractured her back. | |||||
2016-02-10 | West Islip | New York | Good Samaritan Hospital | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell on the cement while taking trash to the compactor, sustaining a fractured right wrist that required surgery. | |||||
2015-07-13 | West Islip | New York | Good Samaritan Hospital | Knee(s) | Nonclassifiable |
An employee fractured a knee cap when assisting nurses to put a patient back to bed. |