Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2019-02-15	Williamsville	New York	McCollister's Transportation Group, Inc.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was unloading a skid of antennas from the back of a pickup truck. The truck's lift gate was wet with rain; the employee slipped and fell backwards from it to the ground, suffering a broken right hip.
2019-01-29	Williamsville	New York	Frito Lay	Lumbar region	Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
An employee was moving a converter dolly for a tandem trailer. While pushing the converter dolly, the employee felt a pop in his lower back, followed by severe pain. He was hospitalized with two bulging discs and a fractured vertebra.
2018-02-26	Williamsville	New York	International Chimney Corp	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was removing electrical conduit wrapped around a scaffold bracket when his finger was pinched between the conduit and scaffolding, resulting in an amputation.
2018-01-07	Williamsville	New York	Dash Markets Inc.	Multiple trunk locations	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was reaching up to get a case of product off a shelf when he lost his balance and fell on a milk crate and the floor. He suffered pain/soreness in his upper back, ribs, and chest.
2015-09-18	Williamsville	New York	Five West Enterprises Inc.	Lumbar region	Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
An employee felt dull pain as he was going down the stairs at a customer's home. A week later he was hospitalized with a possible herniated disc.
2015-04-09	Williamsville	New York	Edward Dodge dba Dodge Painting Company	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was spray painting a ceiling while working from a platform on a mobile scaffold. The employee fell 9 feet from the scaffold to the floor.