Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Soulcycle Inc., 266 Mason Street, GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT 06830
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee amputated two fingers while repairing a chain on a bicycle.
On September 25, 2023, an employee was working in the body department installing doors, hoods, and tailgates. The employee finished their shift and was hospitalized later that evening for a back injury.
An employee was on a ladder replacing a net on a basketball hoop. When he took a step up, he lost his balance and the ladder started shaking. The employee went to hang onto the back of the rim but fell. As the employee fell, his leg got caught on the ladder, resulting in a broken leg that required hospitalization and surgery.
A maintenance employee was on an A-frame ladder replacing a ballast light in the locker room. The employee suffered a shock and fell approximately 5-6 feet off the ladder to the floor below. The employee sustained a fractured hip that required hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was participating in a practice session on a tower climbing structure. After reaching the top, the employee quickly descended to the ground. The employee landed on their feet, fell to their knees, and was hospitalized with fractured vertebrae.
An employee was checking on a machine outside of the building and removed a cover to clean out a blocked area. His hand was caught by a rotary valve in a dust collection machine. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was working to clean a glue roller with a scraper tool. The tool and the employee's left thumb were pinched between two rollers, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was re-arranging boxes of pipe insulation on a pallet. One of the boxes fell from the pallet and knocked over an upright empty cylinder. The cylinder fell and crushed the tip of the employee's right toe. The employee's toe required surgical amputation.
An employee was securing the claw of a grapple truck to the truck bed. His left little finger was caught between the tie down strap and the rub rail of the truck, resulting in partial amputation of the finger.
An employee was cutting extruded aluminum framing material using a horizontal band saw. She went to grab a rag in the machine when the rag contacted the blade and pulled her hand in toward the blade, resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger.