| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-01 | Tonawanda | Ny | Diversified Maintenance-RWS, LLC | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a golf cart when their left ankle got caught between the golf cart and the frame of an exit door, resulting in fractured toes that required surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2021-08-04 | Tonawanda | Ny | R&L Carriers Shared Services, L.L.C. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was stepping down a ladder when he fell approximately 3.5 feet to the shop floor, resulting in a right wrist fracture and left patellar tendon rupture. | |||||
| 2020-07-28 | North Tonawanda | New York | Battenfeld Grease & Oil | Multiple body parts | Vehicle or machinery fire |
| An employee was cooking a batch of lubricating grease. Flames and grease slurry came out of the grease cooking kettle and splashed onto the employee; this also started a fire outside the kettle. The grease/oil slurry was approximately 185-200 degrees and caused second degree burns to the employee's face, neck, arms and hands. | |||||
| 2020-05-11 | Tonawanda | New York | XPO Logistics Freight, Inc. | Pelvis | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| An employee was walking along the dock, scanning bar codes, when a forklift backed up and struck him. He suffered a fractured pelvis. | |||||
| 2020-01-03 | Tonawanda | New York | TreeHouse Foods | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was cleaning excess dough from a dough machine's rollers. The employee's hand was caught between the feed roller and the roller die, causing a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2019-08-05 | Tonawanda | New York | LeMaster Group LLC | Pelvic region | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee had entered the auto stacker area to straighten wood when his clothing became entangled in a rotating shaft. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvic injury that required surgery. | |||||
| 2019-07-25 | Tonawanda | New York | DKP Buffalo LLC | Head | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a pipe to pry a stacker table back into the cart as it came off the tracks. The pipe sprung back towards him and hit him on top of his head. The employee sustained a contusion and laceration to the head. | |||||
| 2019-05-21 | Tonawanda | New York | DKP Buffalo, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was hospitalized with a broken lower left leg after being struck by a forklift. | |||||
| 2019-02-16 | Tonawanda | New York | KELLER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was helping a forklift operator stabilize a load in the top pallet. The employee steadied the load while the operator adjusted the forks. The top pallet slipped and struck the employee in the right leg, breaking the tibial plateau. | |||||
| 2019-01-19 | North Tonawanda | New York | WestRock | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was spraying out glue pans and machine side frames with a water hose. As the employee used a brush on the glue roll as it was turning, his glove and the tip of his right ring finger were caught and pulled between the glue roll and the anti-wrap bar. He suffered a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-09-25 | Tonawanda | New York | HOHL INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was adjusting a steel beam on two work horses. It fell off the horses, breaking the tip of his thumb and a bone in his foot. | |||||
| 2018-05-14 | Tonawanda | New York | FCMP INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person |
| Two employees were changing the filter in the parts washer. The injured employee was lifting the metal basket out of the housing with another employee. It slipped out of the second employee's hands landing on the pinky finger of the injured employee. The finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2018-05-03 | North Tonawanda | New York | Grelak Mechanical Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was manually turning over a dock plate that was sitting flat on the lifts of a forklift truck in preparation for installation. The dock plate consisted of two metal pieces connected by a hinge. Three of the employee's right-hand fingertips were caught and amputated in the hinge. | |||||
| 2018-04-15 | Tonawanda | New York | Energy Resource Group | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was using a cart to push a turbine diaphragm out of a temporary sandblasting tent when the wheels encountered sandblasting grit on the floor, which stopped the progress of the cart. When the cart stopped, the weight shifted, causing it to tip over and the diaphragm to fall on the employee’s right leg, breaking it. | |||||
| 2018-03-07 | Tonawanda | New York | Snyder Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was running a large CNC lathe machine when the employee's hand was pinched between the moving pallet and a fixed point on the machine, partially amputating the right middle finger. | |||||
| 2018-02-14 | Tonawanda | New York | Unifrax I LLC | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was climbing down a ladder inside an oven in order to clean it. The employee slipped and fell 2-5 feet off the ladder resulting in a bulging disc in the neck. | |||||
| 2017-09-14 | Tonawanda | New York | Niagara Coatings Services, Inc. | Arm(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was applying chemical paint remover to a beam when the chemical got inside his sleeves and burned both arms. He was wearing PPE at the time. | |||||
| 2017-07-25 | North Tonawanda | New York | Apple Roofing Corp. | Foot (feet) | Stepped on object |
| An employee stepped on an old screw while installing roof fiber boards, puncturing his foot. | |||||
| 2017-06-25 | Tonawanda | New York | National Fuel | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was exiting his vehicle when his shoelaces were caught on the brake pedal. He then fell to the ground, fracturing two ribs and puncturing his spleen. | |||||
| 2017-04-28 | Tonawanda | New York | Mueller Services, LLC | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was walking up the stairs when his knee popped and gave out. He fell back down the stairs, breaking both kneecaps and tearing a tendon. | |||||
| 2017-04-07 | Tonawanda | New York | Sumitomo Rubber USA | Ankle(s) | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
| An employee operating a walk-behind (walkie) was attempting to turn the equipment when he was caught between the walkie and a wall. The walkie rolled over his left ankle, causing a fracture that required surgery. | |||||
| 2017-03-08 | Tonawanda | New York | Dave and Adam's Card World | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
| An employee was leaving the premises and walking out the door when a gust of wind caught the door. When the employee tried to grasp the door his left hand middle finger was caught between the door and the doorjamb amputating the fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-02-15 | Tonawanda | New York | Alry Tool & Die Co., Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On 2/15/2017, an employee was trimming parts on a trimming press and had a finger on the right hand crushed, resulting in amputation. | |||||
| 2017-02-11 | North Tonawanda | New York | ASCENSION INDUSTRIES INC. | Fingertip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was using a crane to lower a 3-inch plate onto support boards. He was down on one knee while positioning the plate and operating the crane when he lost his balance and slipped. As he put his hand out to brace the fall, it was caught between the motor plate and a pallet. His left middle and ring fingertips were amputated. | |||||
| 2016-05-02 | North Tonawanda | New York | Confer Plastics Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| On 5/2/16, an employee suffered the amputation of the end of his right middle finger while working on a molding machine. | |||||
| 2016-04-20 | Tonawanda | New York | Hohl Industrial Services Inc | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| An employee was at the bottom of a ramp painting a container when a forklift driver backing down the ramp ran over the employee's right leg. | |||||
| 2016-04-11 | North Tonawanda | New York | Armstrong Pumps Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| While using a magnetic drill, an employee's gloved hand was drawn into the drill, amputating the right thumb above the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2016-03-03 | North Tonawanda | New York | Riverside Chemical Company | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped and fell in the parking lot and was hospitalized with a fractured femur. | |||||
| 2016-01-28 | Tonawanda | New York | Pallet Services, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee's left thumb tip was amputated while he was guiding pallets through the process at the bucket tipper machine. | |||||
| 2015-09-18 | Tonawanda | New York | PRAXAIR, INC. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was loading gas cylinders from a loading dock onto a pallet on a forklift truck positioned next to the loading dock. The employee stepped back and fell approximately four feet breaking two ribs, the pelvis and a wrist. | |||||
| 2015-03-07 | Tonawanda | New York | Goodyear Dunlop Tires North America, Ltd. | Wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee had just adjusted a nut on the motorcycle tire-building machine he was servicing. He instructed the operator to put the machine into auto mode. When the employee's hand entered the machine, the beadset (a movable part on the machine) moved forward, and his wrist got caught in a crush point between the beadset and the drum. | |||||
| 2015-03-03 | Tonawanda | New York | Goodyear Dunlop Tires North America LTD | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee had just retrieved a full 30 lb. propane tank from storage and was walking and carrying the tank to place it on a forklift truck. The employee slipped on ice and fell breaking his fibula and tibia bones. | |||||
| 2015-02-25 | Tonawanda | New York | Coca Cola Bottling Company of Buffalo Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee backed a tractor trailer into the delivery area of a customer store to unload soft drinks. The unloading area has a hydraulic lift platform with a lift gate on two sides because the receiving floor is at ground level, which is 4 feet lower than the trailer bed. The controls for the platform ride up and down with the platform and are operated by delivery truck drivers. The employee had finished unloading the product and was preparing to leave. He needed to slightly lower the platfo | |||||