Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-02-04 | Saratoga Springs | Ny | Four Winds Saratoga | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was walking down a hallway inside of the facility. The employee tripped and fell to the floor, resulting in a broken left hip. | |||||
2020-07-11 | Saratoga Springs | New York | Hoffman Car Wash, Inc. | Multiple foot (feet) locations | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was cleaning a car wash tunnel with a cleaning chemical when the chemical spilled onto his shoe. The employee was hospitalized with chemical burns to his foot/toes. | |||||
2020-04-29 | Saratoga Springs | New York | Wesley Health Care Center, Inc | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was labeling clothing using heat transfer labels. She smelled a chemical smell, then felt dizzy and weak, and experienced numbness on her left side. | |||||
2020-01-07 | Saratoga Springs | New York | Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was descending a short ladder underneath a conveyor when he lost his balance and his right hand entered the in-running nip point of the conveyor, resulting in amputations to part of the first and second fingers. | |||||
2019-09-23 | Saratoga | Texas | Radco Management, LLC | Multiple body parts | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet |
Three employees were detaching an elevated walkway from a tank battery. After being cut, the walkway gave way while two of the employees were on it, and they fell about 15 feet to the ground. One of them suffered a compound fracture to the right femur and a concussion. The other suffered a crushed left heel. | |||||
2019-09-07 | Saratoga Springs | New York | Hoffman Car Wash | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
While performing maintenance on the tire shine machine, an employee sustained amputation of their left ring fingertip. | |||||
2018-05-31 | Saratoga Springs | New York | Wesley Health Care Center, Inc. | Head | Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising |
An employee was working at a nurses station. He stood up and struck his head on the corner of a cabinet causing a contusion. | |||||
2018-03-27 | Saratoga Springs | New York | Quad/Graphics, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
A employee was troubleshooting a mechanical problem on a stacker. His hand was in the chain/sprocket area when another employee on a different part of the equipment started the stacker. The distal portion of his index finger was then amputated. The stacker was unguarded and not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident. | |||||
2017-10-01 | Saratoga Springs | New York | Quad/Graphics, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a leather sewing machine when a cardboard guard dropped off the machine. As he reached to the floor to pick it up, his left pinky fingertip was caught and amputated in the drive belt where the cardboard guard had been. | |||||
2017-09-18 | Saratoga Springs | New York | Belmonte Builders Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was in the basket of an aerial lift painting the exterior fascia in the front of a building. The lift moved and the employee contacted a 13.2 kV power line. The employee was shocked and received burns to the hands and head. | |||||
2017-08-26 | Saratoga Springs | New York | Sarchioto's Concessions Inc | Multiple body parts | Small-scale (limited) fire |
An employee was making fried dough and grilled cheese on a fryer and grill when a can of cooking spray ignited, burning the employee's face and left arm. | |||||
2017-07-27 | Saratoga Springs | New York | Michelle Nevin Racing Stables Inc | Arm(s) | Kicked by animal |
An employee was walking a horse when the horse reared up and kicked the employee. The employee's right arm was broken in two places requiring surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
2017-05-16 | Saratoga Springs | New York | MLB Construction | Thigh(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was measuring and cutting metal studs using a 6-inch grinder/cutter. When he cut through the stud, the grinder kicked back at him and cut into his upper right leg. | |||||
2015-03-31 | Saratoga Springs | New York | The Davey Tree Expert Company | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing a tree; he tied into the tree, but the tie-in point broke. The employee fell to the ground, sustaining a broken leg and wrist. |