Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at New Line Productions Inc., Gold Coast Stages, BETHPAGE, NEW YORK 11714
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee sawing a piece of wood hit a knot while making a making a notch cut, causing the saw to grab the piece of lumber, which then pulled his left hand into the saw blade and amputated his fingertip.
An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.
An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.
An employee was working as a background extra for a movie. She slipped while walking through the holding/catering area, falling to the ground and striking her right elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured elbow.
An employee was dismantling a film set. He was standing on top of a wooden beam when he lost his balance and fell approximately 10 feet to the ground below, striking his head on a standing light. He sustained injuries to his head, torso, and shoulders. A guardrail was in place at the time of the injury.
A photographer was walking through a studio toward the production table during a photoshoot. The photographer tripped on a power cord that was taped in place on the floor with a cord cover. The photographer fell, fractured her right hip, and was hospitalized.
An employee was on a temporary loading dock, receiving pieces of a large tent structure from a telehandler. She was working to straighten a packing blanket when the telehandler lowered it's tines onto her left hand. Her middle finger was degloved from the first knuckle up. The finger required surgical amputation from the first knuckle up.
An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.