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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Help at Home

Fall on same level due to slipping · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Help at Home, 85-03 57 Road, ELMHURST, NEW YORK 11373 on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).

An employee was clearing a path to transport a patient outside. She slipped on a wet mat and fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured thigh.

Hospitalized Thigh(s) Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified

Help at Home

An employee was retrieving their purse and keys when they tripped over a cord and fell to the ground, resulting in a broken arm and five broken ribs.

Help at Home

An employee was walking up stairs at a patient's home when they slipped and fell, striking their head on the floor. The employee sustained a concussion.

Help at Home

An employee was walking on an icy surface when they slipped and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a spinal cord injury.

Help at Home

An employee was leaving a client's house when they slipped on stairs that were wet due to rain and fell approximately five feet down the staircase. They sustained a fractured leg.

Help at Home

An employee tripped over a dog while leaving a home, fell to the concrete sidewalk, and suffered a broken hip.

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AT & T

An employee was stepping out of a car when they slipped and fell on ice, resulting in a femur fracture.

REYNOLDS FORD NORMAN

An employee was closing up for the weekend when they slipped on oil and brake fluid and fell. The employee suffered a leg fracture.

The Westervelt Company

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.

The Wyndmoor of Marion (OH), LLC

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.

U.S. Postal Service

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.

Professional Sanitation Cleaning Services, Inc.

An employee was rinsing a food processing machine at a facility and went to stabilize himself. His left hand contacted the surface of the machine and a guard inadvertently closed, crushing the tip of his ring finger and resulting in an amputation and fracture.

Allan Industries, Inc.

An employee was performing janitorial duties on the 15th floor of a building that was under construction. She began having trouble breathing. The employee was hospitalized with lung irritation caused by dust.

HPC INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LLC

On October 17, 2025, an employee was descending a fixed two-step stool when she slipped, landed on her left leg, and suffered a broken femur. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

HPC INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LLC

An employee slipped while getting on a trailer. His chin struck the trailer jack, and he suffered fractures to his jawbone and thyroid cartilage. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Robinson Premier Cleaning Services, Inc.

A crew was finishing work for the day at a job site. An insulated modular panel (IMP) being used as a door fell on an employee. She suffered a dislocated shoulder, a broken arm, and a gash on her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery for the arm/shoulder injury.

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.