SUNNYSIDE, NEW YORK—
Posillico Civil, Inc.
Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Fractures
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Posillico Civil, Inc., NYCTA Vent Plant, SUNNYSIDE, NEW YORK 11104 on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was operating construction equipment to back fill an excavation. As he was backing up near a ventilator wall, his left leg was pinned between the wall and equipment, breaking it.
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A crew was installing a border wall. The border wall panels were being lifted by a nylon round sling when the sling was cut by the rough, sharp edge of the steel panel. The wall panels (also called bollards) fell onto the employees. Two employees were hospitalized with fractures to their lower extremities and contusions.
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An employee was setting cones when a vehicle entered the work zone and struck the employee causing fractures and lacerations.
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An employee grinded a steel pipe that was approximately 24" in diameter x 40' long. An excavator machine with a nylon strap then raised the pipe. One end of the strap was connected to the excavator machine and the other end of the strap was around the pipe. During the pipe raising, one end of the pipe came free and struck the employee's left leg, breaking it below the knee.
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