Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31

FORRENCE ORCHARDS, INC.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at FORRENCE ORCHARDS, INC., 2731 ROUTE 22, PERU, NEW YORK 12972 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.

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An employee was loading apples into bins using a hydraulic lift. The employee's hand was on top of the stop bar as the lift was raising a load pinching his left ring finger and resulting in amputation.

Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, unspecified

Pall Corporation

An employee was operating a machine when a wire pulled his right glove resulting in amputation of the index and middle fingertips.

Koch Foods of Cincinnati

An employee was grinding chicken when their right index fingertip was caught in the grinder and amputated.

Stella-Jones Corporation

An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.

Mack Manufacturing, Inc.

An employee was passing through a large metal door when the door closed on the employee, resulting in a cracked rib.

Nutmeg Container Corporation

An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Mayer Brothers Fine Beverages

An employee was inspecting materials in a warehouse area. While she was in a main aisle, a forklift backed into her foot. She suffered a possible fracture to the foot and was hospitalized.

Fowler Brothers Inc

An employee was using a table saw to cut wood when their fingers came in contact with the blade. The employee sustained amputations of one or more digits.

Lory Fruit Farms, Inc.

An employee was standing on a step ladder picking apples from a dwarf apple tree while holding a bag weighing approximately 35 pounds. The employee slipped and fell approximately 4.5 feet to the ground, resulting in a fracture to the lower left leg. The employee was hospitalized.

Northern Orchard Co, Inc.

An employee was working from a scissor lift to paint piping. The employee finished painting, lowered the lift, unlatched the chain on the back, and was standing on the top step of the ladder that is used to access the work platform. The lift raised approximately 6 feet into the air and the employee fell onto the concrete floor below. The employee sustained a concussion and a neck fracture requiring hospitalization.

Kast Farms, Inc.

An employee was tightening the gas cap on a tree trimmer that had been recently turned off but had gas spillage around the cap. The trimmer ignited, burning his hands, face, and chest.

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.