Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-16 | Jamaica | Ny | U.S. Postal Service | Arm(s) | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee was lifting a mail bag when they suffered a strained or sprained right arm. | |||||
2021-09-13 | Jamaica | Ny | AGD Contracting, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
While an employee was waiting for a tool, a metal panel came off an adjacent building and stuck the employee causing a partial amputation to his right index finger. | |||||
2021-06-05 | Jamaica | Ny | LSG Sky Chefs | Pelvis | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over a box, fell to the floor, and suffered a pelvic fracture. | |||||
2021-04-18 | Jamaica | Ny | American Airlines | Nonclassifiable | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee was driving a wide loader when it was struck by a baggage tractor. The employee lost consciousness. | |||||
2021-04-01 | Jamaica | Ny | American Airlines, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was running to catch a bus and fell to the ground, fracturing their right leg. | |||||
2021-01-25 | Jamaica | Ny | Cream O Land Dairy LLC | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over a wooden pallet while delivering milk, falling and suffering a broken left wrist. | |||||
2021-01-21 | Jamaica Plain | Ma | MSPCA Angel | Hand(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
An employee was shaving a dog in preparation for a medical procedure when the dog bit the employee's right hand. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-01-21 | Jamaica | Ny | Sunrun | Shoulder(s) and arm(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing a ladder in order to install a solar panel. Rungs from the ladder broke, causing the employee to fall to the ground and sustain arm and shoulder injuries. | |||||
2020-10-15 | Jamaica | Ny | Worldwide Flight Services Inc. | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee had been stretching out a cargo net. He tripped on a pallet tie-down and fell resulting in a head injury. | |||||
2020-09-30 | Jamaica | Ny | ElSol Contracting & Construction | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was spotting for a construction vehicle as it backed up. The vehicle struck the employee. | |||||
2020-07-12 | Jamaica | New York | AccentCare Inc. | Foot (feet) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was mopping a floor with bleach. The bleach came into contact with the bottoms of the employee's feet, burning them. | |||||
2020-07-11 | Jamaica | New York | Dnata Ground Handler | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was pushing a flight out of the gate. While disconnecting the tow bar, the bar dropped onto the employee's left foot. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the second toe and a fractured big toe on the left foot. | |||||
2020-07-09 | Jamaica | New York | Dnata Ground Handler | Leg(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was driving a tug with a load into a warehouse. While the employee was trying to disconnect the dolly from the tow tractor hitch, the dolly brake tongue swung and struck his left knee. He suffered a broken leg and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-06-29 | Jamaica | New York | MDR Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a roof while cleaning gutters and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-05-18 | Jamaica | New York | ASAK Solutions LLC | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was directing a tug operator to connect the tug to a dolly with mail. The tug operator mistakenly reversed instead of pulling forward, causing the employee's left leg to be pinned between the tug and the dolly. He suffered a puncture wound to his lower left leg. | |||||
2020-04-10 | Jamaica | New York | Worldwide Flight Services, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was hitching two cargo dollies together. A tug struck one of the dollies creating a nip point with the trailer hitch and tongue that amputated the employee's fingertip. | |||||
2020-02-29 | Jamaica | New York | American Airlines Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was replacing a baggage conveyor system clutch and checking the drive belt when the employee's glove was caught and their left hand was pulled into the machine's pulley resulting in a partial amputation of the index finger. | |||||
2020-01-26 | Jamaica | New York | Worldwide Flight Services Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was shutting the lid of a cargo bin when the lid fell onto his right index finger, causing a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-09-23 | Jamaica Plain | Massachusett | MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
At about 8:00 a.m. on September 23, 2019, a doctor was bitten by a cat on the right wrist and hand while treating it. The wound became infected, and the employee was hospitalized later that evening. | |||||
2019-09-10 | Jamaica | New York | Kawasaki Rail Cart, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to electricity |
While checking the meter voltage on a rail, an employee experienced an electric shock to the right hand. | |||||
2019-08-28 | Jamaica | New York | Social Security Admininstration | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level |
An employee was filing paperwork when she fell to the floor, suffering a broken hip and wrist and a forehead laceration. | |||||
2019-05-14 | Jamaica | New York | Aramex New York LTD. | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was pulling a pallet with a pallet jack when a forklift backed up over the employee's foot, crushing it. | |||||
2019-04-08 | Jamaica | New York | Jet Blue Airways Corporation | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was operating a baggage tug and struck a baggage chute. The employee suffered a laceration to the liver and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-03-22 | Jamaica | New York | Dnata (Dubai National Air Transport Association) | Wrist(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee lost balance and fell, suffering broken wrists. | |||||
2019-03-12 | Jamaica | New York | National Amusements Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was walking into the lobby of the building, tripped and fell. | |||||
2019-02-18 | Jamaica | New York | Delt Air Lines, Inc | Knee(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
A technician was inspecting an aircraft's wing. A vortex generator on the top of the wing struck and lacerated his left knee. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-08-28 | Jamaica | New York | Dnata Aviation USA, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was trying to connect two baggage carts. The connecting bar amputated the employee's right ring finger. | |||||
2018-08-13 | Jamaica Plain | Massachusett | Harvard University | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee suffered a partial amputation to his right thumb while operating a table saw. | |||||
2018-07-01 | Jamaica | New York | Worldwide Flight Services, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An I-beam support fell from the top of a scale, striking an employee and fracturing bones in the employee's left leg. | |||||
2018-06-26 | Jamaica | New York | Personal Touch Home Care Inc. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was walking down a flight of stairs in front of the building, fell down the stairs and broke both ankles. | |||||
2018-05-22 | Jamaica | New York | LSG Sky Chef | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was removing an ice tray in the dish room when the employee stepped/slipped on a tray liner, injuring the left knee. | |||||
2018-03-24 | Jamaica | New York | Raytheon Company | Wrist(s) and elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a pickup truck while unloading equipment, suffering a fractured right wrist and left elbow. | |||||
2018-03-02 | Jamaica | New York | CHEMCLEAN CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
An employee was using a forklift to transfer boxes from one building to another. Strong gusts of wind blew the boxes over, and the employee reached to grab the plastic wrapping that held the boxes together. The wind continued to pull the boxes and twisted the wrapping around his index fingertip, severing it. | |||||
2018-02-08 | Jamaica | New York | WORLDWIDE FLIGHT SERVICES | Hand(s) | Contact with cold objects or substances |
An employee was changing a propane tank on a forklift. As he was connecting the hose, some fuel leaked onto his right hand (which was gloved), causing cold burns. | |||||
2018-01-28 | Jamaica | New York | Flying Food Group LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was lowering a catering box onto a truck chassis when her pinky finger was caught between the frame of the truck and the guard on the back of the truck cab. Her pinky fingertip was partially amputated. | |||||
2018-01-25 | Jamaica | New York | Dnata | Leg(s) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
An employee was training a new employee on how to operate a tug/dolly. She was trying to unhitch the dolly when the tug pulled it forward, striking her. She suffered a leg fracture and was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-08-04 | Jamaica | New York | AMERICAN AIRLINES | Wrist(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee broke his wrist when his truck struck a protective barricade surrounding a ground power unit. The employee's hand was caught by the steering wheel which spun upon impact and broke his wrist. | |||||
2017-07-27 | Jamaica | New York | Kingdom Associates Inc. | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was asked to hold a wrench that was attached with a rope to a rod. The employee was retrieving the rod from the ground while the jaw on the drill rig was turning and the employee's left lower arm got caught between the wrench and the drill rig jaw. He was hospitalized for injuries to his lower left arm. | |||||
2017-07-14 | Jamaica | New York | World Wide Flight Services, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was shrink wrapping a pallet and had mounted a box to reach the plastic wrap when the employee fell to floor, suffering a fracture. | |||||
2017-07-10 | Jamaica | New York | Kingdom Associates Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was using a hoisting mechanism to retrieve pile driving rods from a casing when a sling slipped off a rod, allowing the rod to fall, strike, and fracture the employee's right shoulder. | |||||
2017-07-05 | Jamaica | New York | LSG Sky Chef | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was loading and unloading a truck. While exiting the vehicle, he hit his hand on the rear door, partially amputating his right middle finger. | |||||
2017-06-13 | Jamaica | New York | American Airlines | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee went to cross over a baggage belt when the belt started to move, causing him to lose his balance. He fell and his foot was caught between the drive motor and pulley guard, fracturing his right ankle. | |||||
2017-05-31 | Jamaica | New York | Worldwide Flight Services | Brain | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee got into a physical confrontation with a coworker when the coworker struck the employee in the head with an iron rod. | |||||
2017-05-23 | Jamaica | New York | Department of Veteran Affairs | Multiple leg locations | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was changing the ribbon on a linen press when his shirt became caught in the press machine. He twisted his body and fell to the floor, fracturing his femur and leg. | |||||
2017-02-05 | Jamaica | New York | WORLDWIDE FLIGHT SERVICES | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
On 02/05/17, around 4:30 p.m., an employee was standing in the parking lot when a coworker reversed his vehicle and ran over her left foot. She suffered foot fractures and required surgery. | |||||
2017-01-07 | Jamaica | New York | Flying Food Group | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell on the floor resulting in a left wrist injury. | |||||
2016-10-23 | Jamaica | New York | Flying Food Group, LLC | Lumbar region | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
On 10/23/2016, an employee slipped and fell while climbing stairs, requiring hospitalization for a lower back injury. | |||||
2016-10-10 | Jamaica | New York | American Airlines | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was removing a net from underneath an airline metal pallet (PMC) when the cargo pallet broke and fell from a forklift onto the employee's thumb, amputating it. | |||||
2016-10-04 | Jamaica | New York | Swissport USA Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell to a lower level while securing cargo containers on a 14-wheel flatbed truck, dislocating a shoulder. | |||||
2016-08-25 | Jamaica | New York | DELTA AIR LINES, INC. | Leg(s) | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
An employee was attempting to pick up a loose transporter. The employee exited the tug and was in between the tug and the transporter. The tug reversed on its own pinning him between the tug and the transporter and causing a fracture to his left leg. | |||||
2016-08-09 | Jamaica | New York | Etihad Airways | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was servicing an aircraft engine when he fell off a ladder and injured his wrists, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-07-05 | Jamaica | New York | AMERICAN AIRLINES | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was working in the cockpit of a plane when his hand was crushed by a falling battery, breaking several fingers and requiring surgery. | |||||
2016-06-10 | Jamaica | New York | American Airlines Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
While loading luggage into a can and dolly, an employee's hand became caught in a pinch point, partially amputating the middle finger. | |||||
2016-06-04 | Jamaica | New York | The Parking Spot | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was opening a vehicle door with his left hand when the passenger side of a shuttle bus caught and amputated his left pinky finger. | |||||
2016-05-27 | Jamaica | New York | AIRCRAFT SERVICE INTERNATIONAL GROUP | Ankle(s) | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee was riding on the passenger side of a baggage tug being driven by a coworker. The driver made a sharp left turn, and the employee fell off. The baggage cart, which was being pulled by the tug, ran over the employee and fractured his left ankle. | |||||
2016-05-13 | Jamaica | New York | Chartwell Hospitality | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee had cleaned a room and was exiting when the room door slammed on her right middle finger, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
2016-05-04 | Jamaica | New York | Jamaica Hospital | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Strangulation by other person |
An employee was choked by a patient while leaving a patient's room resulting in fractures to the throat. | |||||
2016-03-22 | Jamaica | New York | Delta Air Lines Inc | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c. |
An employee was sitting in a chair near the baggage conveyor belt. At the same time, a tug that was towing three baggage carts was making a turn around the baggage belt. During this turn, the last cart struck a concrete bollard and overturned. The overturned cart struck the employee, who suffered a broken ankle. | |||||
2016-02-25 | Jamaica | New York | Elmhurst Dairy, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee's right index finger was amputated while attempting to remove a plastic bottle from a drive chain. | |||||
2016-02-10 | Jamaica | New York | FIVE STAR ELECTRIC CORP. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting plywood on a table saw when the sawblade amputated his left thumb at the knuckle. | |||||
2015-12-30 | Jamaica | New York | The Colosseum Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was pulling a V-belt. The motor engaged and his right ring and pinky fingers were amputated. | |||||
2015-11-04 | Jamaica | New York | American Airlines | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was closing the door of a 767 Aircraft and caught the tip of the left index finger in the track. | |||||
2015-10-25 | Jamaica | New York | Delta Airlines | Thigh(s) | Nonclassifiable |
An employee was hospitalized due to an upper leg fracture. | |||||
2015-07-21 | Jamaica | New York | ABM Onsite Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee's right hand got caught between a conveyor belt and roller, breaking three fingers. | |||||
2015-07-17 | Jamaica | New York | AMERICAN AIRLINES | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
On 7/17/15, an employee slipped on the bottom two steps while descending a ladder (billy jack stand). He used his right hand to catch his fall. He later experienced swelling on his right wrist and required surgery for a fractured wrist. | |||||
2015-04-21 | Jamaica | New York | LSG Sky Chefs | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell three to four feet from the back of a truck after delivering food to an American airlines plane. | |||||
2015-04-05 | Jamaica | New York | Jet Blue | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was standing up on a moving pushback. He lost his balance, fell, and hit his head and arms. | |||||
2015-02-14 | Jamaica | New York | Decision Information Resources, Inc. | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
Employee slipped on ice outside while preforming work duties, causing injury to the right knee and hip. | |||||
2015-02-11 | Jamaica Plain | Massachusett | Roca Inc | Nonclassifiable | Shooting by other person-intentional |
A worker in a training program was shot while at a job site shoveling snow. | |||||
2015-01-26 | Jamaica | New York | Flying Food Corp. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell off the back of a truck and was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-01-06 | Jamaica Plain | Massachusett | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Elbow(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee fell on ice, causing an abrasion on his left elbow. The abrasion was followed by cellulitis and a bursal abscess. |