Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-04-01 | Yorktown Heights | Ny | Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was assembling a bike and fixing the brakes when their right thumb tip was amputated (without bone loss). | |||||
2020-08-19 | Yorktown | Va | Yorktown Naval Weapons Stations - Fire Station 14 | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting 3/4-inch plywood with a table saw. The saw lacerated the employee's left thumb. The employee was hospitalized for surgery to repair the injury. | |||||
2020-03-09 | Yorktown | Texas | Enhanced Environmental and Emergency Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a pry bar to help align a front end loader and its pin so he could guide the pin back into place. The pry bar slipped, causing an amputation (not affecting bone) to the employee's right index finger. | |||||
2019-07-31 | Yorktown | Texas | Circle 8 Crane Services, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was waiting for a crane to bring him lifting chains so that he could attach them to a compressor being swapped out at an oil well site. He lost his balance and struck a muffler, which his fall protection was tied off to; the muffler fell to the ground and carried him with it. He suffered broken ribs and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-01-23 | Yorktown | Virginia | NAVAL WEAPONS STATION | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
During a towing and recovery task, two employees were unchaining a forklift from a heavy duty rollback. One of them fell from the deck to the ground about 4 feet below, suffering fractures to the ribs and hip. He was found unresponsive, apparently not breathing, and blue in the face. | |||||
2018-08-20 | Yorktown Heights | New York | Danella Construction Corporation of Connecticut | Lower leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was using a sledgehammer to drive an 8" railroad spike to secure a street road plate. As the employee struck the railroad spike into the asphalt, it ricocheted out and cut the employee's right shin. | |||||
2018-07-28 | Yorktown | Texas | Wood Group PSN, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was undertaking a washout task on a skid when a hydrocarbon release was ignited by an unknown source. A flash fire burned the employee's lower back, face, neck, and hands. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-01-09 | Yorktown | Virginia | United States Postal Service | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell while delivering mail, hitting his head on the ground. | |||||
2017-05-11 | Yorktown | Virginia | NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic | Thigh(s) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
An employee was unloading materials from a box truck when the vehicle rolled backwards and struck the employee. The employee suffered a fractured femur and was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-10-04 | Yorktown | Virginia | Defense Logistics Agency Cheatham Annex | Foot (feet) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
After loading a gun assembly onto the tines of a forklift, an employee tried to roll the gun assembly into a cart. The gun assembly fell off the cart and onto the employee's right foot, causing multiple fractures. | |||||
2016-05-03 | Yorktown Heights | New York | CVS Albany LLC | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was working the cash register when a privately-owned vehicle struck the building, entered the store and struck the employee. | |||||
2016-02-13 | Yorktown | Texas | C.C. Forbes | Arm(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
A valve cap, under pressure, struck an employee in the upper left arm resulting in a fractured arm and flesh loss. |