Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-03-15 | Valhalla | New York | Wellpath Inc. | Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee was attempting to take the vitals of an inmate. The inmate jumped out of a wheelchair and assaulted the employee. The employee sustained multiple contusions to the right-side ribs, a fractured nose, two black eyes, a puncture wound to the right side of the back of the head, pain in the right arm and neck, pain/bruising to the lower left leg, and a blood blister on the lower lip. | |||||
2019-03-20 | Valhalla | New York | Abbott & Price Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was ripping plywood into 2 1/2" strips with a table saw. He was toward the end of his rip cut when the blade hit a knot. His push stick and his right hand were pulled into the blade. He suffered cuts to the thumb and index, middle, and ring fingers; the index finger was cut through and had to be amputated at the second joint from the tip. | |||||
2017-02-27 | Valhalla | New York | Sentrale Construction Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was assembling a trench box when his finger was caught in a pinch point between the spreader and another trench box shield, resulting in the amputation of two fingers. | |||||
2015-05-11 | Valhalla | New York | Pepsico, Inc. | Elbow(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee tripped and fell while walking down a hallway, fracturing her elbow. |