Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, 1500 CORPORATE BOULEVARD, NEWBURGH, NEW YORK 12550
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
On 3/15/16, at 8:18 AM, an employee was operating a dock stacker when his thumb became pinched between the stacker and a bollard while leaving the staging area for automation. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for crushing injuries to his thumb.
An employee was driving a small forklift down an aisle. The forklift went out of control, and his left foot and arm were pinned between it and a rack. He suffered fractures to the humerus and the foot.
An employee was walking through an aisle to a pick location. A forklift was passing the employee when they clipped the racking, pushing the forklift in the direction of the employee. The outrigger from the forklift struck the employee's left foot, resulting in fractures to three of their toes.
An employee was backing their electric pallet jack out from underneath storage racks. While backing out, the employee's hand was caught between the rack and the backrest of the pallet jack, resulting in a fracture to the right hand and tendon injuries to the middle and ring fingers.
An employee separated two pallets of product, wrapped them, and then began to back his pallet jack under them. The jack pinned his foot against the rack, breaking his femur.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 493110)
On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was operating an extruder and performing a spool swap over from the right spindle to the left spindle. After rewiring the new spool, the employee's clothing got caught in the turning shaft when the left spindle started back up. The employee's left arm was pulled into the machine, resulting in a fractured humerus and lacerations to her triceps. She was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was resetting a warehouse racking system utilizing an order picker. They fell approximately 5 feet from the order picker to the concrete floor and sustained fractured ribs.
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.