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

Seymour Torem Jewelry Polishers

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Seymour Torem Jewelry Polishers, 75 W 47th St, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10036 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

An employee was operating a polishing wheel and amputated a fingertip.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Honing, polishing, lapping machinery

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.

Sterling Jewelers

An employee was on a step stool in the backroom putting papers into a box on a shelf. As the employee was stepping down from the stool he fell onto the floor, resulting in a fractured hip.

Tiffany & Co.

The injured employee unlocked and opened a door to allow an associate into the store. When the door closed, the injured employee's thumb was caught in the door jam resulting in a partial amputation of the right thumb tip.

M.S. Rau

An employee was unloading a display case when it slid and fell on his right ankle, breaking it. He was hospitalized.

Kay Jewelers #1591

An employee fell from a ladder while removing stock from a shelf. The employee suffered a broken left leg.

Fred Meyer Jewelers

An employee was stocking empty watch boxes onto shelves while on a rolling stool when the stool rolled out from underneath the employee. The employee fell to the floor, suffering a fractured hip.

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.