Niagara Frontier Equipment Sales, Inc.

An employee was changing a saw blade when the saw machine activated. The employee's left ring and little fingers were amputated.

An employee was clearing a jam from the label cutting machine when their left middle finger was partially amputated.

Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.

An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.

An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee had just taken a zero-turn riding mower off a truck and parked it on the concrete ground. As he dismounted, his foot became caught on the equipment and he fell. He braced himself with his right arm, resulting in a fracture, a dislocation and a lateral collateral ligament (LCL) tear. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was adjusting the low/high speed screws on the carburetor of a push mower when the mower shifted backward and the employee's right-hand fingertips came in contact with the moving mower blades. The employee sustained a laceration to a fingertip and two fingertip amputations.

On April 25, 2024, around 10:00 a.m., a service technician was pulling on a rope to relieve the belt tension on a mower deck to remove the idler spring when the rope broke and he fell backward, fracturing his right leg/ankle.

On 1/20/2021, an employee was unloading a box truck with a pallet jack when he slipped on ice and struck his knee on the pallet jack. The employee suffered muscle detachment from his kneecap that requires surgery.

An employee had been loading a safe with a forklift. The employee was adjusting the forks of the forklift when their finger got caught between the forks. The employee sustained an amputation to the left ring finger.

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

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's right middle finger was caught in a nip point. The employee suffered an amputation to the middle finger at the first knuckle.

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.