Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tops Markets, LLC, 700 Thruway Plaza Drive, CHEEKTOWAGA, NEW YORK 14225
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was pressing meat into the glide toward the blade on a meat band saw when his left hand slipped and went into the saw blade. The employee suffered an amputation of the left pinky finger.
An employee was filling the bread shelf and moving bread trays when they felt pain in their back. The employee sustained an annular tear of a lumbar disc.
An employee was walking between two pallets when his toe got caught on plastic wrap and he fell to the floor. He sustained a fractured hip and was hospitalized.
An employee was lifting a box of chickens weighing approximately 50 pounds when the handle ripped. The employee attempted to catch the box and felt a pop in their back, suffering bulging discs.
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.
Employee 1 was investigating a gas odor. While employee 1 was checking the equipment, a gas explosion occurred, resulting in a fire that burned the employee's face. Employee 2 entered the area and a second explosion occurred, causing burns to their face and arms. Employee 2 was hospitalized.
An employee tripped while walking from one store register station to another. Her forehead struck a register, and she suffered fractures to two vertebrae in her neck. She was hospitalized.
An employee was stocking and ordering the meat case on the sales floor when he slipped and fell due to water on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and required surgery.
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.