Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-07-15	Port Washington	Ny	Ahern Contractors	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee developed heat exhaustion while working in a blast container.
2021-02-02	Port Washington	Oh	NPL Construction Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was standing on the ground reaching over the rear passenger side wheel well directly adjacent to an affixed catwalk on the rear of a water supply truck. While the employee was operating a drain valve located on the rear of the tank, the employee slipped on snow and ice building up on the street surface. As the employee slipped and fell, they grabbed the catwalk guard railing and their left ring finger caught on the railing corner gusset support, resulting in a partial amputation down
2019-05-13	Port Washington	New York	Century Golf Partners Management, LLP	Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was struck by a golf cart while he was filling in divots on a golf course tee hole. He suffered a fractured nose, cut lip, and scrapes.
2018-09-07	Port Washington	Wisconsin	Kleen Test Products Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee's finger was caught in a conveyor's belt and pulley, and the tip was amputated. The guard was not in place at the time of the incident.
2018-04-29	Port Washington	Wisconsin	Day & Zimmermann NPS, Inc.	Scalp	Other fall to lower level
An employee slipped and fell while descending a fixed ladder. The employee's hard hat then lacerated the back of the employee's head.
2018-02-01	Port Washington	New York	PALL Corporation	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee sustained a bulging disc in his neck while lifting a cardboard file box.
2018-01-30	Port Washington	Wisconsin	Altmeyer Electric, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was climbing a ladder to access a hydro-mobile scaffold when the ladder shifted and pinched the employee's finger between the ladder and a scaffold component, causing a fingertip amputation.
2017-09-08	Port Washington	New York	Supreme Auto Repair Inc.	Fingernail(s), nailbed(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was replacing a power steering belt when his fingernail was caught and ripped off by the belt.
2016-07-20	Port Washington	New York	Smash Burger 1561	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee slipped and fell on stairs injuring their back.
2016-04-16	Port Washington	Wisconsin	Kleen Test Products Corporation	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
While carrying a box of parts, an employee tripped over a pallet and fell, injuring the left knee and fracturing a femur.
2016-02-25	Port Washington	Wisconsin	Kleen Test Products Corporation	Brain	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
An employee was assaulted by a coworker and suffered a brain injury.
2015-12-28	Port Washington	Wisconsin	Kleen Test Products Corporation	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on ice and snow while walking to his personal car in the company parking lot resulting in a broken right femur.
2015-02-05	Port Washington	New York	Performance Foodservice - Metro NY	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A helper began raising the powered dock plate. While the dock plate was in motion, the injured employee walked onto it and shut the trailer door. He slipped, and got his legs stuck between the dock plate and the back of trailer. While he pulled up on the plate to get if off his legs, he told the helper to pull the truck out to free him. When the truck was pulled forward, the plate snapped downward and severed the ends of the helper's left index and middle fingers.