Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-12	Northport	Me	Taylor-Made Builders, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was feeding a 1-by-4 board into a shaper machine. The machine's blade amputated about 1/4 inch from the tip of the employee's left ring finger.
2021-05-24	Northport	Al	Two Men and a Truck	Forearm(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was moving a glass piece of furniture. The piece fell and lacerated the employee's right forearm.
2021-03-17	Northport	Al	StressCrete, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a core drill. The machine caught the employee's clothing, then entangled his right thumb. The thumb was amputated.
2021-02-04	Northport	Al	Hanna Steel Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was loading bundles of steel tubing onto a truck trailer when his right middle finger was caught between the two bundles, resulting in amputation.
2021-02-02	Northport	Al	The Landings at Northport	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was beginning to move a table when its marble tabletop fell off onto her right foot. She suffered fractures to the second and third toes and an open wound on the third toe.
2020-05-14	Northport	Alabama	Park Manor Health& Rehabilitation, L.L.C	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
While moving breakfast trays, an employee tripped on a doorframe and fell to the floor, fracturing the right hip.
2020-01-22	East Northport	New York	DGC CAPITAL CONTRACTING CORP.	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was in a storage closet, applying fire caulk from a 12-foot A-frame self-supporting ladder. The employee fell from the ladder; the employee's head struck the concrete floor and was injured.
2019-09-10	Northport	New York	VA Medical Center Northport	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was descending an A-frame ladder when he slipped on the second or third rung and fell 2 to 3 feet to the concrete floor. The ladder fell on him and onto the floor. He sustained a compound fracture to his left ankle.
2019-06-20	Northport	New York	Stop and Shop	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to other harmful substances
An employee used a glass cleaner chemical to clean her eye glasses. When she put the glasses on her face, she had an allergic reaction.
2019-02-21	East Northport	New York	NOVA BROTHERS, INC.	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was moving a welder's cable out of the way when the cable shocked his right hand and arm.
2019-01-23	Northport	Alabama	Hanna Steel Corporation	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
While lifting a bucket of oil, an employee slipped on the floor. His foot was caught between two pipes that ran along the floor, and the fall caused him to dislocate his ankle and break his fibula.
2018-06-27	Northport	Alabama	Ervin Cable Construction LLC	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee working on a utility pole fell approximately 13 feet to the ground below, fracturing the left leg.
2018-06-04	Northport	New York	NG Engineering Services LLC	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee sustained a laceration to the right elbow and the back of the head after falling down the stairs.
2018-04-26	Northport	Alabama	Dogan Steel, Inc.	Hand(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was operating an overhead crane to lift a metal rod when the rod fell on and amputated his left hand.
2017-03-14	Northport	Alabama	W.G. Sullivan Lumber Company, Inc.	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was struck in the shoulder by a board while operating a resaw resulting in a broken collar bone.
2016-07-19	Northport	Alabama	J.T Harrison Construction Company Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was attempting to remove a stainless steel window sill segment from the drive-thru window system using a cordless drill. The screw he was removing reversed quickly, causing his left thumb tip to become pinched between the stainless steel section and the drill he was operating, resulting in a partial amputation.
2016-06-17	Northport	Alabama	Hanna Steel Corporation	Hand(s)	Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
An employee was repairing a forklift when a mast cylinder assembly fell rapidly and caught the employee's hand between it and the forklift.
2016-05-27	Northport	Alabama	W.G. Sullivan Lumber Company, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was feeding lumber into a roller system. While he was trying to free a piece, his hand was pulled into the roller, pinching his finger between the board and the roller. His left ring finger broke and was amputated.
2016-05-27	Northport	New York	Sunrise Transport, Inc.	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell off the back lift of a delivery truck onto the road, breaking a leg.
2016-01-25	East Northport	New York	Direct Energy Solar	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was installing solar panels using a ladder. The ladder slid on the icy floor and the employee fell 10 feet and suffered multiple fractures.
2015-07-28	Northport	Alabama	Hanna Steel Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning the build-up off the tube mill roll with a rag. The rag pulled the employee's thumb into the nip point between the turkhead roll and the tube, amputating the left thumb.
2015-07-26	Northport	Alabama	Rite Aid	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
On Sunday, July 26, 2015, an automobile drove through the front of the store; the impact injured an employee.
2015-06-11	Northport	Alabama	Hanna Steel Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was manually feeding tubes into the tube straightener in the warehouse area with two other employees. The employee was feeding a square tube when his left thumb tip was caught between the tube and a roller.
2015-02-15	East Northport	New York	Covanta	Ankle(s)	Slip on substance without fall
On Sunday, 2/15/15, an employee was walking outside to the bag house area when he slipped on ice and rolled his ankle. The employee required ankle surgery.