Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-06-13	Schenectady	Ny	General Electric Power	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was trying to connect two bar racks by inserting a cotter pin into each hole. While the employee's finger was in a hole, the top rack shifted, pinching his left index finger and amputating the fingertip.
2021-01-21	Schenectady	Ny	Von Roll USA Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was driving a reach truck in a shipping warehouse. The truck struck a forklift as it was lowering its forks, and the forks entered the truck's operator compartment and broke the employee's lower leg.
2020-06-23	Schenectady	New York	American Iron and Crane	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting concrete decking with a demo saw when the demo saw kicked back and cut his neck.
2020-05-28	Schenectady	New York	ELLIS HOSPITAL	Skull	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
An employee was walking away from a patient when he chased her down and flipped her onto the ground. She landed on her head, suffering a hematoma and skull fracture. She was hospitalized.
2020-04-30	Schenectady	New York	STS Steel, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was using a jib crane to position a beam onto a workhorse when the beam struck a second beam, causing the second beam to fall to the floor. The beam, which weighed 644 lbs., fell on and crushed the employee's left foot.
2019-08-25	Schenectady	New York	Capstone Logistics, LLC.	Lower leg(s)	Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was being trained on an electric pallet jack when the employee lost control and jumped off the pallet jack, which then ran over the employee's ankle/foot. The employee was hospitalized with a compound fracture between the left shin and ankle.
2019-01-12	Schenectady	New York	Wildwood Programs, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee experienced carbon monoxide poisoning while chaperoning a field trip to see monster trucks.
2018-06-01	Schenectady	New York	Capstone Logistics, LLC	Hand(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was travelling on the dock on his pallet jack and was unable to stop before his hand was pinned between the jack handle and a four-way clamp attachment on another forklift, resulting in a fractured hand.
2018-01-18	Schenectady	New York	Frank J Ryan & Sons	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Slip without fall
An employee stepped off a rolling scaffold and slipped. He used the scaffold to hold himself and injured his abdominal muscles.
2017-09-12	Schenectady	New York	Tritan Builders, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was glazing windows while on a lift. A tree uprooted and a branch fell onto the lift's cage knocking the employee out of the lift. The employee suffered a fractured nose and vertebrae and required 14 stitches in an eye.
2017-08-20	Schenectady	New York	GE Power -- Steam Turbine Generator Manufacturing	Hand(s), except finger(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On 8/20/2017, at approximately 11:35 a.m., an employee was bagging a rotor assembly when the load shifted, pinching the employee's hand between the rotor assembly and the saddle of a skid and causing possible ligament damage.
2016-10-24	Schenectady	New York	Ellis Medicne/Hospital	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on a wet floor near the cafeteria resulting in a fracture to the right intertrochanteric femur.
2016-05-27	Schenectady	New York	GE GLOBAL RESEARCH	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was pushing a lift onto an elevator when the employee's hand was caught between the lift and the elevator, amputating a finger.
2016-04-20	Schenectady	New York	B & H Wholesale Fence, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
While operating a chop saw to cut a piece of PVC plastic on 4/20/16, an employee amputated the left thumb.
2015-12-21	Schenectady	New York	Solarcity Corporation	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was the last person on the roof after installing solar panels and wiring and had removed his fall protection equipment handing it to a coworker. The coworker went down the ladder to the ground and held the ladder. When the injured employee went to descend the ladder, he slid and a strap securing the ladder to the roof broke. He fell over 20 feet from the roof to a concrete surface below resulting in compound fractures to his left arm.
2015-12-03	Schenectady	New York	Schenectady County Chapter of ARC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on a wet floor while cleaning the bathroom and fractured a hip.
2015-10-06	Schenectady	New York	NYSARC, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
An employee was caring for a patient when the patient became irate. The patient scratched and bit the employee, resulting in an infection.
2015-07-02	Schenectady	New York	GE Energy Steam Turbine Generator Manufacturing	Nonclassifiable	Contact with hot objects or substances
Three employees were injured during two separate incidents. 1) On Monday, two employees were injured by steam while performing maintenance on the boiler water feed system in the Building 265 Power House. 2) On Tuesday, a production employee injured his hand and required treatment for cuts while grinding. Note to user: This record contains two separate events that were reported simultaneously to OSHA by the employer. These events are captured as one report.
2015-04-08	Schenectady	New York	Time Warner Cable	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee fell approximately 15 feet from a fiberglass extension ladder while cutting a cable line at the mid line. The employee was wearing PFAS, but the positioning belt was not connected to the line. The employee sustained a broken collarbone and shoulder.