Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-06-30 | Rockaway | Nj | Atlantic Health System | Arm(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee fell on the floor when her sneaker stuck to the floor while walking into the building. The employee suffered a fractured right arm. | |||||
2021-03-20 | Far Rockaway | Ny | Bestcare Inc. | Arm(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee became dizzy and fainted in the street while returning to a patient's home from a store. The employee landed on the ground and suffered a broken left arm. | |||||
2018-09-07 | Far Rockaway | New York | St. John's Episcopal Hospital | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
A patient closed a door on an employee's hand, causing amputations to her left ring and little fingers. | |||||
2018-05-10 | East Rockaway | New York | R.J. Industry | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was plugging a gantry crane into an outlet when it arced and caused him to fly back a couple of feet. He was unresponsive for about 10 to 15 seconds. The electricity had entered his right hand and exited his left hand. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-09-21 | East Rockaway | New York | Architectural Panel Systems | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee slipped on elevated steel beams and fell 11 feet to the floor, suffering a broken left foot, sprained left knee, broken tibia, and torn meniscus in the right knee. | |||||
2017-08-05 | Rockaway | New Jersey | Suburban Propane | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
While servicing a water heater, an employee suffered burns to the hands and face. | |||||
2017-06-30 | Far Rockaway | New York | Meco Electric Co, Inc | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee collapsed due to dehydration. | |||||
2016-04-13 | Rockaway | New Jersey | MORETRENCH AMERICAN CORPORATION | Foot (feet) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
On 4/13/16, an employee was working on a road/street/underpass project, installing "mini piles" that consisted of digging holes and inserting rebar, casing, and grout/lye. Grout/lye entered the employee's rubber boot, burning his right foot and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-09-23 | Rockaway | New Jersey | North Jersey Media Group Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
While walking, an employee tripped and fell over the forks on a parked pallet jack, injuring the right leg/knee. | |||||
2015-02-03 | Far Rockaway | New York | Hudson Valley Environmental, Inc. | Face | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
Employee was struck in the face by a handheld, gas-powered saw he was using. | |||||
2015-02-02 | Far Rockaway | New York | Promenade Nursing Home | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
Employee walking outside in the facility's parking lot slipped on ice and suffered a head injury. |