Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-05-20 | North Tarrytown | New York | Ballard Marine Construction, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
A diver was underwater cutting steel floor beams from an anchor span truss when the anchor span moved and pinched his hand between the previously cut lateral beam and the truss. The employee was trapped for a few minutes until the steel structures moved and released him, allowing him to surface. He suffered a right ring finger and pinky fingertip amputation, as well as a right middle finger laceration. | |||||
2015-01-05 | North Tarrytown | New York | PHELPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
Worker tripped over a box at his work station. He was hospitalized with a fractured bone by his knee. |