Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Iron Mountain LLC d/b/a Crozier Fine Arts, 33-02 48th Ave, LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK 11101
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was cutting a small piece of wood on a table saw. The wood jammed, and the sawblade amputated the employee's right little finger and cut two other fingers. The saw was guarded at the time.
An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.
An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.
An employee was driving a counterbalance forklift. When he approached the opening of a demising wall, his lower left leg/foot got caught between the forklift and the bollard. He sustained a fracture.
An employee was cutting boards using a table saw when their right hand came in contact with the blade, resulting in amputations to their middle, ring, and little fingers.
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.