Syracuse New York – Machine Injury & Accidents

In Syracuse, New York, there were 10 reported accidents in 2021. This is a increase from 2020 when there were 7 accidents. Since 2000, the city has had more than twice as many machinery accidents as it did in the 1990s. What’s behind this increase? There are several possible explanations for this trend. One possibility is that there are more businesses operating in Syracuse now than ever before, which could lead to more accidents. Another possibility is that the quality of machines being used has improved, which could make them more difficult to operate. Finally, it’s possible that workers are using outdated safety practices when working with new machinery, which can lead to accidents. Whatever the reason may be, it’s important for businesses and workers in Syracuse to take precautions to avoid machinery accidents. By following safe work practices, everyone can reduce the risk of getting injured or harmed in a machinery accident.

Manufacturing Companies

Syracuse is the home of several manufacturing plants, including

Carrier Corporation
Pass & Seymour, Inc.
Aspen Dental Management, Inc.
Anaren, Inc.
Ppc Broadband, Inc.
Cooper Crouse-Hinds, LLC
Inficon, Inc.

Cxtec Inc.
Feldmeier Equipment, Inc.
Westrock – Solvay, Llc.
Dumac Business Systems, Inc.
Haun Welding Supply, Inc.
Kilian Manufacturing Corporation
Matt Industries Inc.

Manufacturing companies in Syracuse employ a range of workers, from production operators to engineers. Many of these businesses operate on a 24-hour schedule, which can lead to workplace injuries.

If you are injured at work in Syracuse, contact an experienced personal injury lawyer to discuss your legal rights and options.

Machinery Accidents

Since 2007, there have been multiple machinery accidents in Syracuse New York. Some of these accidents have resulted in fatalities. It is important to be aware of the dangers posed by machinery. If you are injured as a result of an accident caused by a machine, you may be entitled to compensation. Contact an experienced personal injury lawyer to learn more about your legal options.

Here are reports of machinery accidents that have happened in Syracuse New York:

AccidentDate	Employer	City	State	Description	Injury	Body Part	Event	Injury Source	Other Injury Source
14/10/2021	River Valley Holdings, Inc. dba Cavallaro Foods, LLC	Syracuse	Ny	An employee was operating a powered pallet jack. The employee's right lower leg was pinned between the pallet jack and a rack, causing fractures.	Fractures	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident	Pallet jack-powered	Racks-garment and other
07/09/2021	US Ecology	Syracuse	Ny	An employee was cleaning debris in a confined space (vault). Electric power surged through wires, and the employee was burned.	Electrical burns	Nonclassifiable	Direct exposure to electricity	Power lines, transformers, convertors
20/08/2021	Americold Logistics LLC	Syracuse	Ny	An employee was walking to a parking area. He fell while stepping off a curb, landing on the pavement and breaking his elbow and humerus.	Fractures	Elbow(s) and arms(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Curbs	Parking lot-paved
10/08/2021	Price Chopper	Syracuse	Ny	Two employees were fighting when one of them stabbed himself with a sharp blade. He was hospitalized.	Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds	Nonclassifiable	Self-inflicted injury-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c.	Person-injured or ill worker	Cutting handtools-nonpowered
22/07/2021	Mack Brothers Boiler & Sheet Iron Works Co Inc	Syracuse	Ny	An employee fell from a portable ladder to the ground, suffering multiple fractures.	Fractures	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level	Movable ladders
15/07/2021	H. O. Wolding Inc	Syracuse	Ny	An employee was opening semi-trailer doors when a bale fell against the door of the trailer and the door hit the employee, causing him to fall to the ground and sustain a fractured vertebra.	Fractures	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level	Trailers	Bundles, bales
08/07/2021	Murphy & Nolan Inc	Syracuse	Ny	An employee's right-hand glove was pinned by the vise clamp of a saw. The employee suffered an amputation to the right index finger.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery	Sawing machinery-stationary	Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
01/06/2021	ASM Global	Syracuse	Ny	An employee was moving hockey bleachers to a prep area when they fell off the bleachers and fractured their wrist.	Fractures	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level	Grandstands, stadia	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
21/05/2021	FEDEX EXPRESS	Syracuse	Ny	An employee was injured in a material-handling incident. The employee was hospitalized.	Traumatic injuries and disorders	Nonclassifiable	Nonclassifiable	Nonclassifiable
11/01/2021	Flower City Glass Co of NY LLC	Syracuse	Ny	An employee was climbing a fixed ladder to access a roof. The employee fell from the ladder or a catwalk, hitting a railing and then landing on the floor. The employee suffered a fractured pelvis, a dislocated shoulder, and partially collapsed lung.	Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level	Ladders-fixed	Floor, n.e.c.
18/09/2020	SAIA Motor Freight Syracuse	Syracuse	Ny	A truck backed up and pinned an employee between the dock and the trailer. The employee suffered a fractured pelvis.	Fractures	Pelvis	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area	Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
15/09/2020	Monahan & Loughlin, Inc.	Syracuse	Ny	An employee was doing roofing work on a dome. The employee slid about 60 feet down the roof and struck a wall, suffering a dislocated left knee and broken left tibia.	Fractures and dislocations	Knee(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet	Roofs	Walls
01/09/2020	Dependable Disposal, LLC.	Syracuse	Ny	An employee was lining a hydraulic cylinder up with the eye (opening). The hydraulic cylinder was attached to a 300-pound crush plate and was supported by a pry bar. The pry bar slipped out and the cylinder dropped, pinching his right middle finger and causing a fingertip amputation.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Machine and appliance parts	Crowbars
03/08/2020	Syracuse Dairy Company, LLC.	Syracuse	Ks	A one-ton pallet of material fell, striking and pinning an employee. The employee suffered fractures and cuts/abrasions.	Fractures	Nonclassifiable	Struck by falling object or equipment	Skids, pallets
21/07/2020	UPS	East Syracuse	New York	An employee was sorting packages on the conveyor belt. The employee felt cramps throughout their entire body and was hospitalized due to heat stress/dehydration.	Effects of heat and light, n.e.c.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat	Heat-environmental
02/07/2020	Ultra Dairy, LLC	East Syracuse	New York	An employee was trying to repair a leaking valve on a pipeline that delivered milk product to a milk carton filling machine. A spray of steam came out of the filling machine, contacting his right hand, face, and neck. He suffered second-degree burns to the right hand and his right side.	Second degree heat (thermal) burns	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances	Steam, vapors-nonchemical
17/04/2020	METALICO SYRACUSE	East Syracuse	New York	An employee was welding a steel plate onto an I-beam when the plate slipped off and struck his left leg (femur), causing a fracture and requiring hospitalization and surgery.	Fractures	Thigh(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.	Metal plates, metal panels	Beams-unattached metal
25/02/2020	UPS	East Syracuse	New York	An employee was clearing a jam on a conveyor belt, slipped, and fell 1.5 feet to the floor sustaining a back injury. The employee was hospitalized.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Nonclassifiable	Floor, n.e.c.
24/08/2019	DEPENDABLE DISPOSAL, LLC.	Syracuse	New York	An employee was climbing a steel two-section, truck-mounted ladder when one section shifted and caught the employee's finger between rungs. The employee's left ring fingertip was amputated at the first knuckle.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle	Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility
16/08/2019	Verizon New York, Inc.	Syracuse	New York	On August 16, 2019, an employee was cutting a telephone pole with a chainsaw. The saw kicked back and struck his right leg, causing a severe laceration, a chipped bone, and cut tendons. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery.	Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.	Leg(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker	Chainsaws-powered
11/07/2019	Barrington Residential Prop	Syracuse	New York	An employee was cutting a piece of wood on a table saw. The blade amputated his left index finger.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment	Table saws
29/06/2019	Delta Sonic	Syracuse	New York	An employee was walking from a carwash exit to a detail shop entrance. The employee transitioned from a rock hardscaped island and was stepping down from the curb when he slipped on a steel storm-sewer grate and fell on the surface of the grate. He fractured his left hip.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Grates and drains in floor surface
14/06/2019	A Duie Pyle	Syracuse	New York	An employee was attempting to close an overhead door when it closed on his fingers, crushing his fingertips.	Crushing injuries	Fingertip(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate	Garage doors
29/05/2019	Frazer & Jones Company A Division of the Eastern Company	Syracuse	New York	An employee was using a grinder to sharpen a pick axe when his finger struck the rotating grinder wheel, resulting in a partial finger amputation.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment	Grinders, abraders
09/05/2019	St Josephs Healthcare Ctr	Syracuse	New York	An employee slipped or tripped and fell hitting her head on an autoclave cart. The employee sustained a head laceration.	Cuts, lacerations	Head	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.	Floor	Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
17/04/2019	Syracuse University	Syracuse	New York	An employee was changing transmission belts on a 40-hp cooling tower fan, when the fan turned on and amputated the left index finger.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
30/03/2019	United Auto Supply of Syracuse, West, Inc.	Syracuse	New York	The injured employee was operating a forklift in aisle CB while another employee was operating a forklift in aisle CA. The forklift in aisle CA pushed elevated stock into aisle CB and a plastic skid fell and struck the injured employee on the head. The employee was hospitalized for a concussion.	Concussions	Brain	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.	Skids, pallets
18/02/2019	Onondaga Case Mangement Inc	Syracuse	New York	A field employee was walking to her car when she slipped on ice and fell to the ground, breaking her ankle in four places.	Fractures	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces	Ice, sleet, snow
21/01/2019	Custom Assembly, Inc - Syracuse	East Syracuse	New York	An employee was setting a load bar inside a trailer, on the upper deck. The deck slid, causing him to fall to the floor of the trailer. His leg was lacerated and broken.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level	Nonclassifiable	Floor, n.e.c.
10/01/2019	LORETTO REST RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY INC.	Syracuse	New York	An employee slipped on snow while walking into work and required hospitalization for a broken ankle.	Fractures	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces	Ice, sleet, snow
09/01/2019	SDC Construction Services, Inc.	Syracuse	New York	An employee's fingers contacted the spinning blade of a table saw and were amputated.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment	Table saws
08/01/2019	CARDINAL HEALTH 110	Syracuse	New York	An employee was preparing a truck for loading when he slipped on ice and fell, injuring his head on the walking surface.	Intracranial injuries	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces	Ice, sleet, snow
06/08/2018	Research Foundation of SUNY	Syracuse	New York	An employee was operating a microfluidizer when the beaker punctured his left palm and the liquid stream came in contact with his blood. He developed an infection and was hospitalized.	Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds	Hand(s), except finger(s)	Injured by object breaking in hand	Containers-nonpressurized	Special process machinery, n.e.c.
27/07/2018	Casler Masonry, Inc.	Syracuse	New York	An employee was leaving a mobile scaffold platform while holding a tower section that had just been unbolted. The employee and the tower section fell to the ground about 3 feet below, landing on an outrigger and suffering four broken ribs and blood in the lungs.	Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet	Scaffolds-staging	Scaffolds-staging
26/07/2018	Charter Communications Spectrum	Syracuse	New York	An employee was descending a ladder when it slipped, causing him to fall to the ground. He fractured his right ankle.	Fractures	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level	Movable ladders	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
25/07/2018	Loomis Armored LLC	East Syracuse	New York	An employee was using a cart to deliver bags of coins to a bank. The employee's fingertip was amputated between the cart handle and the ground.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Contact with objects and equipment	Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
05/07/2018	TESSY PLASTICS CORP.	Syracuse	New York	An employee was observing an oil leak on an injection molding machine. The employee climbed a ladder to get a better look. The employee's right hand then contacted the machine's platen, resulting in the amputation of the pinky, ring, and middle fingertips.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.	Plastic injection molding machinery
21/06/2018	Lockheed Martin Corporation	Syracuse	New York	At 11:00 a.m. on June 21, 2018, an employee was splashed with Isopar. After leaving work at 5:30 p.m., he began coughing up blood and was hospitalized for chemical exposure.	Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue	Solvents, degreasers
09/05/2018	Amstar of Western New York Inc.	Syracuse	New York	An employee was erecting scaffold and fell 15 feet from the top of a mobile scaffold to the pavement below, suffering a chin laceration and broken ribs.	Fractures	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet	Scaffolds-staging	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
30/04/2018	Van Derhoof Roofing Co., Inc.	Syracuse	New York	An employee lost his balance while exiting from a ladder onto a one-story roof. He fell, hit the roof, and then fell to the ground, landing on his feet. He fractured his right ankle and left heel.	Fractures	Foot (feet) and ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet	Roof edges
11/04/2018	Truax & Hovey, Ltd	Syracuse	New York	An employee was trying to throw out construction debris contained in a wheel barrow. The employee went through an unlatched gate on the third floor of a five floor building while attempting to enter a hoist. The hoist was located on the second floor. The employee fell three stories, suffering a dislocated shoulder, possible leg fractures, and a sprained wrist. The employee was hospitalized.	Fractures and dislocations	Upper and lower limb(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening more than 30 feet	Existing floor opening	Material and personnel hoists
09/04/2018	Mr Bults Inc	East Syracuse	New York	An employee was changing a J-hook on a trailer while standing on a 14-foot A-frame ladder when the employee slipped and fell from the fourth rung to the ground, suffering broken ribs and vertebrae. The employee was hospitalized.	Fractures	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Step ladders
09/03/2018	Syracuse Glass Co Inc	Syracuse	New York	An employee was adjusting tempering rollers and cleaning belts on equipment when the employee's glove was pulled into the pulley, resulting in an amputation of the right pinky finger. The equipment was running at the time.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery	Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
27/02/2018	PYRAMID ROOFING & SHEET METAL CO, INC.	Syracuse	New York	An employee lost balance and fell to the ground while climbing a ladder, suffering a broken hip.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level	Ladders
14/10/2017	BJ's Wholesale Club	East Syracuse	New York	An employee was operating a forklift when her leg was caught between the forklift body and a steel structure, breaking her ankle and requiring hospitalization.	Fractures	Ankle(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered	Structures and surfaces
11/08/2017	SPS Inc	Syracuse	New York	An employee lost footing while exiting a truck and fell to the ground, breaking ribs and vertebrae and suffering a possible head injury.	Fractures	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level	Highway vehicle, motorized
13/07/2017	Postler & Jaeckle Corp.	East Syracuse	New York	An employee was cutting a board using a circular saw when the sawblade amputated the employee's fingertip.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker	Saws-powered, except chainsaws
27/06/2017	Erie Materials	Syracuse	New York	An employee was moving a chop saw when he contacted the trigger and activated the saw, which was still plugged in. The saw blade then amputated his left ring finger to the first knuckle.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.	Sawing machinery-stationary
12/06/2017	Pyramid Roofing Inc.	Syracuse	New York	An employee was climbing a ladder when he missed a rung and fell 14 feet, striking a transformer box and breaking his ribs.	Fractures	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet	Ladders
04/02/2017	O'CONNELL ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.	Syracuse	New York	An employee was on an 8-foot ladder installing a bus duct switch when an electrical arc flash/blast occurred, burning the employee's face and right hand. The employee was also thrown from the ladder, suffering fractured ribs.	Fractures and burns	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level	Movable ladders	Electric parts
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