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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Grace Industries LLC.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in road work zone · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Grace Industries LLC., Long Island Expressway Drive South / East of Victorian Lane, YAPHANK, NEW YORK 11980 on — Fractures , affecting the Toes(s), toenail(s).

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An employee was paving a road when an excavator backed over his right foot. He suffered a broken toe.

Hospitalized Toes(s), toenail(s) Excavators

New England Traffic Control Services, Inc.

An employee was performing flagging operations on a closed road. A postal vehicle was allowed onto the road to make a delivery. The employee was struck by the postal vehicle as it was backing up, resulting in a broken leg.

South-Point Constructors

On July 10, 2025, two crews were removing stripes and then re-striping pavement in a lane that was fully closed. The injured employee was assisting a subcontracted blasting truck with backing up approximately 1,000 feet to continue stripe removal operations. After giving directions, the employee went to mark additional spots when the truck knocked him to the ground and rolled over his lower half, resulting in fractures to both legs, his hip, and his right ankle.

Wiregrass Construction

An employee was walking down the road when a tack truck backed over him. The employee sustained fractures to his right ankle and a crushed pelvis.

H&K Group

A power broom sweeper truck backed into an employee in a roadway construction area. The employee suffered a broken left shoulder blade and a broken left orbital bone.

Volkert, Inc.

An employee was in a highway work area where a lane had been closed for paving operations. The employee collected an asphalt ticket from the driver of an asphalt truck and was walking back to the paving operation when the asphalt truck backed over the employee. The employee suffered multiple leg fractures and lacerations and was hospitalized, undergoing a partial below-knee amputation.

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.

Anderson Columbia Co., Inc.

An employee was cleaning out an inlet pipe in a stormwater structure. The employee stepped back, fell into the pipe, and landed on concrete 13 feet below, at the bottom of the structure. He suffered a broken back.

FLATIRON CONSTRUCTION CORP.

A concrete batch plant operator was assisting with clearing spoil piles using a skid steer. The skid steer backed into a stationary screen plant. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the controls of the skid steer and the screen plant, resulting in a fracture and laceration. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.

Warner Brothers, LLC

An employee was operating a roller and paving a small pathway next to a pavilion. The ground was on a slight pitch, causing him to reach up toward the roll cage to stabilize himself. His right fifth finger was pinched between the roll cage and the rafter of the pavilion. The employee sustained a partial degloving injury with partial traumatic amputation.

Don Martin Corporation

An employee was working with paving equipment and heard a noise on the opposite side of the machine he was working on. When the machine stopped, the employee went to the opposite side and crouched down to investigate the noise. A mini track loader backed up and drove over the employee's leg. The employee sustained fractures to their lower leg, ankle, and foot.

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.