| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-14 | Melville | Ny | In & Out Welders, Inc. | Tooth (teeth) | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
| The injured employee was working in the platform of an aerial lift approximately 40 feet above the ground. Another employee was extending the boom of a telehandler with an iron girder truss attached to the forks. As the telehandler operator was lifting the iron girder truss, he simultaneously lifted the left-side outrigger. The length and weight of the girder truss caused the telehandler to tip on its side, striking a support beam. The support beam broke from the anchor bolts, causing the suppor | |||||
| 2019-04-09 | Melville | Louisiana | ATT | Face | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was working on a generator with a grinder, cutting off the end of the exhaust pipe, when the grinder flew back and hit the right side of his face. He sustained a cut. | |||||
| 2019-01-16 | Melville | New York | Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee was burned on both hands while testing electrical equipment using a pin and sleeve insertion withdraw method. | |||||
| 2018-08-11 | Melville | New York | United States Post Office | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
| An employee was delivering mail at a resident's house. He was walking on the driveway, which had cracks and was slippery from rain, when he slipped/tripped and fell onto the pavement, breaking his left ankle. | |||||
| 2018-01-09 | Melville | New York | Underwriters Laboratories | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a lathe to test a piece of steel when the employee's hand became caught in the moving lathe, amputating a fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-09-19 | Melville | New York | USPS | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was sorting mail when she tripped on a plastic band and fell to the concrete floor, injuring her hip and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-05-27 | Melville | New York | SIX G'S CONTRACTING CORP. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was injured when he fell approximately 20 feet from a flat commercial roof. | |||||
| 2017-02-15 | Melville | New York | USPS | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped on black ice while checking on trailers in the yard, fracturing an ankle. | |||||
| 2017-02-06 | Melville | New York | Clare Rose, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was getting out of a truck when he slipped and fell to the concrete floor, fracturing his left shoulder and the left side of his hip. | |||||
| 2016-10-06 | Melville | New York | Clare Rose, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached |
| The employee was stacking pallets of empty barrels with a forklift. One of the barrels was not seated properly. The employee moved the barrel by hand when the forks dropped and his finger was caught between the barrel and the pallet. | |||||
| 2016-10-05 | Melville | New York | US Postal Service | Brain | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating a forklift. The forklift wheels struck a plate between the loading dock and the back of the trailer causing the plate to move and the employee to fall off the forklift. The employee suffered a concussion. | |||||
| 2016-08-29 | Melville | Louisiana | JP Oil Holdings, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| The employee was reaching into a tool box and slipped and fell to the ground. During the fall, the employee grabbed the tool chain which caused the tool box lid to slam against his fingers resulting in a partial amputation of a finger. | |||||
| 2016-06-27 | Melville | New York | SAC Wireless | Knee(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee suffered a left knee laceration while cutting cable with a knife, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-04-28 | Melville | New York | USPS | Leg(s) | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
| An employee tripped over a curb while delivering mail, injuring both legs and requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2016-04-03 | Melville | New York | USPS Mid-Island | Leg(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
| An employee was working near mail transporting equipment when the web on the machine became caught on the employee's right leg, causing a bone fracture. | |||||
| 2015-12-17 | Melville | New York | USPS | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| An employee suffered a head injury after tripping and falling and hitting their head on a work surface. | |||||
| 2015-12-07 | Melville | New York | Kedrion Biopharma | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking toward a stainless steel table in the room when she tripped and fell over a hose containing product, breaking her hip. | |||||
| 2015-08-03 | Melville | New York | USPS - MID-ISLAND | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
| An employee was picking up a mail tray on the bottom of a rack when the employee felt back pain. | |||||