Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at P.C. RICHARD AND SONS, 200 PRICE PARKWAY, FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK 11735
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking in the hallway when she slipped and fell, breaking her right tibia.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 443111)
Two employees were loading appliances into a delivery truck using a 2-wheeler/dolly. One employee was helping push a refrigerator while the other employee pulled it towards the dolly. The refrigerator fell on one of the employee's lower extremities and mid-section, causing the employee to fall on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured T7 vertebra.
An employee was moving freight when she tried to move an electric pallet jack out of her way by releasing the lever on the electric pallet jack and allowing it to roll away. She was standing between the pallet jack and the dock door when the pallet jack rolled towards her. She was caught between the pallet jack and the dock door, injuring her right leg.
On April 13, 2017, at 2:30 p.m. an employee missed the last rung of the A-frame ladder that he was descending and fell on his right kneecap, shattering it. The employee was hospitalized for surgery to stabilize his knee.
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.
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.
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.