105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

WELCH ALLYN, INC.

Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at WELCH ALLYN, INC., 4341 State Street Road, SKANEATELES FALLS, NEW YORK 13153 on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.

An employee was assembling medical ophthalmoscopes using a hand-held torque driver when the torque driver slipped off of the work piece and punctured the employee's left hand. The employee was hospitalized when the wound became infected.

Hospitalized Hand(s), unspecified Turning handtools-powered, n.e.c.

Mako Contracting, LLC

An employee was using a saw to cut a piece of concrete when the piece gave way and pushed the saw into the employee's leg. The employee's leg was lacerated, requiring stitches and hospitalization.

East Penn Manufacturing

An employee was using a utility knife to cut honeycomb paper when the knife amputated their left index fingertip.

Ash Brothers Fireplace and Chimney Co

An employee was cleaning a resident's chimney. While using a drill, the employee's glove became caught in the drill and their finger was fractured.

RPM & Associates Inc

An employee was grinding some hardfacing on a bulldozer blade when the 9-inch grinder kicked back and lacerated his left leg above the knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Tenaris Hickman

An employee was operating a rotating tool to place thread protectors on the end of pipe. Her left hand was on the rotating part of the tool when the tool engaged, resulting in a left forearm fracture and a thumb laceration.

Schleifring Medical Systems, LLC

On May 28, 2025, two maintenance employees were working on a flipper mechanism that was intermittently getting stuck during its vertical movement cycle. An employee began removing the bottom motor of the flipper assembly. The gearbox unexpectedly detached along with the motor. This caused the flipper arm (weighing ~250 pounds) to lose mechanical support and fall, striking an employee. The flipper arm caused injuries to both of his arms. His wrist and fingers were injured and he sustained fractures to an elbow. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

An employee was assisting another employee to identify equipment on the lower level of the catwalk. His back was to the ladder opening. When he turned around, he stepped into the opening for the catwalk ladder. The employee's right arm struck the catwalk as he fell through the ladder opening, resulting in a fractured wrist.

Magnatone Hearing Aid Corp

An employee was walking from her car to a building entrance. She tripped on a pallet and fell, suffering a fractured and dislocated shoulder.

Endo-Therapeutics, Inc.

A trainer was training a new employee on how to use a crimping machine. While the trainer was reaching to grab a device, the machine was activated and amputated the employee's right index fingertip.

LENSAR, INC.

An employee was walking and tripped and fell resulting in a fractured arm.

Garden Angels New York LLC

An employee was cleaning leaves with a backpack blower when he fell from a ladder, resulting in injuries to his head, neck, and back.

Cashless Tolling Constructors

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.

NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn

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.

VILLAGER CONSTRUCTION, INC.

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.