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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

ABM

Contact with hot objects or substances · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at ABM, 173 East 75th Street, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10021 on — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c..

An employee slipped on water and stepped into a boiler collection pit filled with hot water, suffering burns to the lower left leg and foot.

Hospitalized Foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c. Water

ABM

An employee was monitoring paperwork in an office when they were exposed to dust from concrete grinding and chipping. The employee sustained fungal pneumonia.

ABM

An employee stepped onto a rolling ladder while cleaning a mixing bowl on an elevated bread line. The employee fell 4 feet, suffering a severe injury to the right knee that required hospitalization for surgery.

ABM

An employee was operating a pallet jack in reverse when it struck a rack. The employee was pinned between the pallet jack and the rack and sustained broken bones and internal bleeding.

ABM

An employee slipped on a wet floor in a room and fell, breaking his left hip.

ABM

An employee was moving a bucket and mop when he slipped on a waxed floor and fell, cutting his face on a conveyor lever.

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OQ Chemicals

An employee connected a steam line to a hose to clean equipment when the fitting broke loose. They were struck by steam in the left inner thigh, resulting in burns that required hospitalization.

Husbe Zoaq

An employee was straining hot water from a pot of rice when the water splashed onto them, resulting in burns to their chest, arms, shoulder, and back.

The Cumberland Rest Inc. dba Trinity Terrace

An employee was making tea when she noticed tea grinds were collecting on the side and water was no longer dripping through the funnel. The employee was checking the funnel when boiling water and tea grinds spilled onto the left side of her body. The employee sustained burns to her neck, back, and arm.

Mueller & Wilson Inc

An employee had turned off the ball valve on a waterpipe system and was removing the plug when the coupling system attached to the strainer came apart. Hot water sprayed on his arm and back, resulting in first- and second-degree burns that required surgery.

Oklahoma Steel & Wire Co., LLC

An employee was using a shovel to remove waste vermiculite from molten zinc. The metal had been placed in a bin and partially hardened. The employee broke through the partially hardened metal; still-molten metal flowed to the employee's steel-toed right boot and entered through the cloth boot tongue. The employee suffered a third-degree burn to the right foot and was hospitalized.

Professional Sanitation Cleaning Services, Inc.

An employee was rinsing a food processing machine at a facility and went to stabilize himself. His left hand contacted the surface of the machine and a guard inadvertently closed, crushing the tip of his ring finger and resulting in an amputation and fracture.

Allan Industries, Inc.

An employee was performing janitorial duties on the 15th floor of a building that was under construction. She began having trouble breathing. The employee was hospitalized with lung irritation caused by dust.

HPC INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LLC

On October 17, 2025, an employee was descending a fixed two-step stool when she slipped, landed on her left leg, and suffered a broken femur. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

HPC INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LLC

An employee slipped while getting on a trailer. His chin struck the trailer jack, and he suffered fractures to his jawbone and thyroid cartilage. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Robinson Premier Cleaning Services, Inc.

A crew was finishing work for the day at a job site. An insulated modular panel (IMP) being used as a door fell on an employee. She suffered a dislocated shoulder, a broken arm, and a gash on her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery for the arm/shoulder injury.

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.