Able Engineering Services

An employee was performing maintenance on a belt when his right index finger was caught and amputated in the belt and pulley.

An employee was pushing a snow blower and struck something that was under the snow causing the snow blower to flip and strike the employee resulting in a back injury.

An employee used a wooden ladder and leaned it up against a handrail while attempting to work on an overhead light. The ladder slipped down and the employee fell onto the handrail resulting in an injury to his chest and abdomen area.

An employee was hospitalized after sustaining back injuries while lifting a 10-foot ladder.

An employee completed a shift during which she moved patient beds and stretchers. While at home, the employee experienced back pain and went to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with spinal fractures.

An employee was lifting and carrying a heavy box. After putting the box down, the employee had back pain and weakness in their left leg. They were hospitalized, having suffered a back sprain.

An employee sustained a lower back strain while assisting a client who was about to fall.

An employee was turning over a patient and felt a pull in her abdomen. The employee sustained a hernia.

An employee was working on the wharf recouping lumber boards (2x4s and 2x6s that can vary from 8' to 16' in length) from bundles that had become misplaced when they sustained a right rotator cuff tear requiring hospitalization.

An employee was doing roof work. The employee fell from the roof to the ground about 12 feet below and suffered multiple fractures.

An employee was making copies at the copy machine. While walking away from the copy machine, her heel snagged on the carpet in the office and she fell. The employee sustained a fractured shoulder.

An employee was operating a vacuum truck, using the controls to raise the bed. As it rose, the bed touched an overhead power line. Electricity passed through the employee, entering through their left hand and exiting through their left toe.

An employee was walking down the hall when she lost balance and fell to the floor, resulting in a fractured keft hip.

An employee was loading equipment into a truck. An object struck the employee, who suffered a gash above the right eye and lost consciousness.

The injured employee was assisting a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) enforcement operation. During an apprehension, officers returned fire at a subject and struck the employee with a bullet. The employee sustained a gunshot wound to their right hand.

The injured employee was assisting in the disassembly phase after a radar array had been lowered and secured. The crew began removing load bearing pins from an overhead crane to free the radome. A load bearing pin was stuck. The injured employee went to remove the pin manually as a second team member applied pressure from the opposite side. The pin unexpectedly released and struck the injured employee s right thumb, resulting in partial amputation of the distal phalanx including an open distal phalanx fracture and nail bed laceration.

An employee was working on an electrical panel in a mechanical room when an arc flash occurred. The employee suffered burns.

At about 3:10 p.m. on October 3, 2025, an employee was inspecting a car. Two dogs that had been in another car were leashed and tethered to a bollard. As the employee inspected the first car along with a narcotics detection dog, one of the other dogs came loose and attacked the narcotics dog. The employee was separating the dogs when the other dog bit his left ring finger. The last joint of the finger was injured and part of it was bitten off.

An employee was preparing a bundle of green onions for chopping. While holding the bundle in his left hand, he made his first cut using a 9-inch kitchen knife held in his right hand. The knife contacted the tip of his left thumb, resulting in an amputation of approximately 0.5 inches of the thumb that required hospitalization.