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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Greenwood Cemetary

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Greenwood Cemetary, 500 25th Street, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11232 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..

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An employee's middle finger was pinched between two logs. The right middle finger was amputated to the nail area.

Hospitalized Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Logs

TForce Freight

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.

Liveo Research, Inc.

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.

Best Pump and Flow

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.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY

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.

Lasseter Tractor Company. Inc.

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.

U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs

An employee was driving a 4-seat ATV from one field to the next field on the site. They went around a corner and glare from the sun blocked the employee's sight. The ATV struck a parked car. The employee sustained a broken hip and a laceration to the head.

CALVERTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

An employee was repairing the hydronic heating system for the building. The employee was standing on a 6-foot ladder to remove a three-way mixing valve from the ceiling pipes and change the valve stem. As the mixing valve was loosened, hot hydronic fluid (water/steam) poured out through the valve stem and splashed onto the employee's skin and clothing. The employee sustained second- and third-degree burns to their chest and stomach. They also sustained first- and second-degree burns on their left hand, arms, and thigh.

Stonemor Florida Subsidiary, LLC

An employee was repairing a dump truck tailgate when a finger on his right hand was crushed between the metal base and the hook for the chain.

National Cemetery Administration

An employee was operating a drill press when their gloved hand got caught in the drill, resulting in an amputation of the top portion of his right index finger.

Holyhood Cemetery

An employee was struck by a reversing excavator resulting in broken bones in the right leg.

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.