Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-06-02 | Lockport | Il | Lockport Steel Fabricators, LLC | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
On June 2, 2021, at 8:20 a.m., an employee was driving a forklift uphill that was holding bundles of beams that became unstable. With the forks on the ground, the employee attempted to move a board that was part of the load supporting the stack of bundles, causing one bundle to fall and pin the employee's leg between it and a bundle that had previously fallen. The employee was hospitalized due to a contusion to the left knee and leg. | |||||
2021-03-19 | Lockport | Ny | Rubberform Recycled Products, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating an electrical chain hoist. As he was engaging the hoist to lift, using the pendant with his right hand and holding the hook with his left, his left index fingertip was caught between two contact points. As the chain went in, the tension amputated the fingertip. | |||||
2021-02-16 | Lockport | Ny | GENERAL MOTORS COMPONENTS HOLDINGS, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was removing a core block with a 30-pound copper hand mallet and sustained the amputation of their right ring fingertip. | |||||
2020-08-11 | Lockport | Ny | RJM Roofing Inc. | Hand(s) and elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing a ladder when a gust of wind caused the ladder to break free of its tie. The employee fell with the ladder and suffered a broken finger and elbow. | |||||
2020-01-09 | Lockport | Illinois | N&M Transfer Co, Inc. | Upper arm(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was unloading a semi-trailer, slipped from the edge and fell to the ground breaking their humerus. | |||||
2019-08-30 | Lockport | Illinois | Murphy USA | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
On 8/30/19, an employee tripped over a box and landed on her kneecap. She was hospitalized and had surgery for a broken kneecap. | |||||
2019-05-30 | Lockport | New York | Kistner Concrete Products Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was removing a plywood blockout from inside a concrete box culvert segment. As the employee was sitting on the lip of the culvert and trying to grab a ladder, he fell off the culvert onto steel plate decking 3-4 below. He suffered a broken left tibia and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-05-01 | Lockport | Illinois | Panduit Corporation | Hand(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was deburring a small metal part and got a metal sliver in their left hand which developed an infection. | |||||
2019-03-15 | Lockport | New York | Custom Crews | Thigh(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was mounting a track assembly machine when the machine tipped over, pinning the employee underneath. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration to the left middle finger and a hairline fracture to the left fibula. | |||||
2018-04-20 | Lockport | Illinois | Boller Construction Company, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was preparing a site when construction equipment backed over the employee's leg, fracturing the tibia. | |||||
2016-03-08 | Lockport | New York | Niagara Frontier Equipment Sales, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee's hand came into contact with an engine fan blade, amputating his right index finger and lacerating other fingers. | |||||
2015-12-17 | Lockport | New York | Bison Bag Co., Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
A Line Mechanic was adjusting the film on a machine that makes plastic bags. The fingers of his left hand were pulled into the rollers resulting in the amputation of the left middle finger. | |||||
2015-04-15 | Lockport | Illinois | Asplundh Tree Expert Co. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was struck in the abdomen by a tree branch while trimming a tree. | |||||
2015-02-24 | Lockport | Illinois | FBI BUILDINGS, INC. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
Employee fell approximately 15 feet. No fall protection was being used at the time. |