| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-13 | Rotterdam | New York | Willam Scotsman Inc | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was moving a cart filled with cardboard to a dumpster. As he lifted the cart, it slid and fell into the dumpster. When he pulled his hand away, his left hand was caught on the cart front pivot bar and the side of the dumpster, de-gloving his middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-01-27 | Rotterdam | New York | Tomra NY Recycling, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee saw a pallet fall off a forklift into a bin where it did not belong. He left his forklift and went over to the other forklift. He rode the forks of the forklift to a 6- to 8-foot high elevation and retrieved the pallet. As he was riding the forks down, his right-hand ring fingertip became trapped and was amputated between the mast and the rack of the forklift. | |||||
| 2015-07-10 | Rotterdam Junction | New York | SI Group, Inc. | Face | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| A maintenance employee was troubleshooting batteries for a sprinkler diesel pump when the battery exploded acid into the employee's face. The employee sustained burns. | |||||
| 2015-05-14 | Rotterdam | New York | Labor Ready | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was placing plastic bags into a bailer when a forklift truck crushed his left leg. | |||||