Severe Workplace Injuries in Bronx, New York

Nov 24, 2025 · Transel Elevator & Electric Inc. Hospitalized

Two employees were working together to install electrical conduit to a new fixture panel inside an elevator car. The injured employee was working in the elevator pit beneath the elevator car. He stood on two pieces of angle iron that secured the elevator buffer in the pit while preparing to pass a powered knockout tool up to the second employee inside the elevator car. His right hand was on the guide rail in the adjacent elevator hoist way when the adjacent elevator car descended and crushed his hand and wrist between the roller guide and the guide rail. His right wrist was dislocated and several bones in his hand were fractured.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Hand(s) and wrist(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Sep 16, 2025 · St. Barnabas Hospital, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was monitoring a psychiatric patient who was walking in the hallway. The patient grabbed the employee by the neck and threw her to the ground. She was hospitalized with an acute superior endplate compression fracture with minimal retropulsion to her T12 vertebra.

Hitting, kicking, beating by other person (other) · Back thoracic region · Health care and social assistance

Sep 1, 2025 · VSM NY Distribution LLC Hospitalized

An employee was working at the tilt kettle station in the kitchen when one kettle overflowed and tilted, causing water and pasta to spill onto the floor. The employee went to press the button to stop it but slipped on pasta and fell onto the floor, contacting the boiling water. The employee was hospitalized with burns to his arms and face.

Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact · Head and extremities · Retail

Apr 12, 2025 · U.S. Postal Service Hospitalized

At about 3:15 a.m. on April 12, 2025, an employee was putting a pallet of mail onto a postal truck when the pallet shifted. The employee fell back off the truck's lift gate, landed on the floor, and suffered a broken femur. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Thigh(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Jan 20, 2025 · JLJ IV Enterprises, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was excavating by hand in the pilot trench at a depth of 4 feet, removing dirt and debris to expose an encased duct. A fragmented piece of concrete sidewalk curb dislodged from the dirt next to him and slid onto his left leg and knee, causing a femur fracture that required surgery.

Struck by other falling object (other) · Thigh(s) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1803789

Jan 7, 2025 · Van Trans LLC Hospitalized

On January 7, 2025, an employee was inside a bus when a mechanic raised it to service it. The employee exited the vehicle and fell, resulting in bruises to her shoulder and left knee that required hospitalization and surgery for the knee injury.

Other fall to lower level · Knee(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Dec 12, 2024 · Real Time Staffing Services Hospitalized

A temporary employee was using a manual pallet jack to move a loaded pallet (weighing 400 lbs.) into a truck via a liftgate. The pallet jack rolled back on the liftgate and pinned his left foot, causing him to fall from the liftgate to the ground. The pallet also fell and landed on their leg, resulting in a fractured lower left leg.

Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact less than 6 feet · Lower leg(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Nov 20, 2024 · Parallel Products of New England, Inc. Amputation

An employee was cleaning the rotary valve on a grinder. He went to use a scraper to remove accumulation from shredding when the machine caught his right hand. The machine amputated three fingers and damaged the fourth. He required surgery. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Other finger(s) (other) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1790191

Nov 7, 2024 · Baldor Specialty Foods, Inc. Amputation

An employee was on foot, helping to guide a truck driver out of a parking spot. While he was helping to stop a collision between the driver's vehicle and a parked truck, the employee's right index finger was pinched between the two trucks, resulting in an amputation without bone loss.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Other finger(s) (other) · Wholesale trade

Nov 5, 2024 · Southeast Bridge FL Corp Hospitalized

An employee was painting a cross-member from a suspended scaffold. When he leaned back to spray part of the structure, he fell from the scaffolding. The employee landed on the concrete ground and suffered injuries to the left shoulder and left knee.

Other fall to lower level · Upper and lower extremities (other) · Construction

Sep 27, 2024 · Double R Contracting, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was pulling a cable from a conduit. The cable was also used as a guide to place a new cable. The cable broke and caused the employee to step back and fall. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their tibia and fibula.

Fall, slip, trip · Lower leg(s) · Construction

Sep 17, 2024 · G.A.L. Manufacturing, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was walking to a stairwell when she fell on the top step and subsequently fell down the stairs. The employee suffered multiple abrasions and bruises, as well as injured neck vertebrae that required surgery.

Other fall to lower level · Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck · Manufacturing

Sep 13, 2024 · Baldor Specialty Foods, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was having issues with a forklift while maneuvering a pallet in the warehouse. He parked and dismounted the forklift and his colleague entered the operator cab to maneuver the pallet. The colleague reversed the forklift and struck the injured employee on his right side, resulting in a broken right foot.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Foot (feet), toe(s) · Wholesale trade

Aug 26, 2024 · Skanska USA Civil Northeast Inc. Amputation

An employee was cutting plywood strips for edge forms using a circular saw. The employee was cutting with the plywood nailed down to the table and two hands on the saw. While cutting, the saw bound up momentarily. The employee lost his grip and brought his left hand to the table to catch himself. At this point, the saw reengaged and amputated the tip of his left index finger.

Struck by running powered equipment (other) · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Construction

Aug 16, 2024 · The Chefs Warehouse Hospitalized

The injured employee was operating a riding pallet jack. He was entering an aisle through an overhead door while another pallet jack operator was exiting through the aisle s overhead door. As the employees went to pass each other, the injured employee's right little toe struck a yellow bollard that was guarding the pedestrian door. The toenail and the upper layer of skin were torn, and he was hospitalized with a fracture.

Collision with stationary object, nonroadway · Toes(s), toenail(s) · Wholesale trade

Jul 16, 2024 · Durable Diesel Hospitalized

An employee was delivering fuel to a construction site. He finished loading and was about to climb down from the delivery truck when his head struck an overhead pipe and he fell to the ground. The employee suffered fractures to two ribs, their pelvis, a femur, and a finger.

Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact less than 6 feet · Multiple body parts (other) · Retail

Jul 2, 2024 · Health Acquisition Corp Hospitalized

An employee was walking down stairs. One of the steps was cracked and she fell, landing on her face and arms. She fractured both hands and wrists.

Other fall to lower level · Hand(s) and wrist(s) · Health care and social assistance · OSHA inspection 1764476

Jun 24, 2024 · New York Yankees Partnership Hospitalized

An employee sustained an injury to their lower back while shoveling mulch into the back of a grounds crew pick-up truck.

Overexertion while wielding, manipulating tools, object(s) · Back lumbar region · Arts, entertainment and recreation

Jun 10, 2024 · Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery Inc. Amputation

An employee was performing maintenance on a cooking kettle when the blade that scrapes the kettle severed his right index fingertip. The employee sustained an amputation of their right index finger.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1757066

May 6, 2024 · David Monser Inc. dba Mosner Family Brands Amputation

An employee was using a bandsaw to trim fat off frozen loins when a loin slipped and his right thumb sustained a partial amputation.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Thumb(s) · Wholesale trade

May 1, 2024 · Southeast Bridge FL Corp Hospitalized

An employee was cleaning a clogged paint spray gun when the line detached from the ball valve fitting, lacerating his right thumb.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Thumb(s) · Construction

Mar 27, 2024 · RIVER BAY CORPORATION Amputation

An employee was throwing recycling material into a metal dumpster when the metal dumpster amputated their right middle fingertip.

Contact incidents · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Real estate and rental

Jan 18, 2024 · Cleaning Contractors Corp, Hospitalized

An employee was cleaning a window behind a concrete column. As he finished and began to come down the ladder, he slipped and lost balance. He and the ladder fell. He landed on the side of the ladder, after falling 6 feet, and suffered a broken ankle.

Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 30 feet · Ankle(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Oct 26, 2023 · Chipotle Mexican Grill Hospitalized

An employee was carrying pans of prepared food from the prep area to the walk-in cooler. While in the walk-in cooler, the employee fell off a ladder to the ground, striking their head. The employee was hospitalized with contusions to their neck and back.

Other fall to lower level · Neck and back · Hotels and restaurants

Oct 16, 2023 · U.S. Xpress, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was climbing out of a truck when he missed the last two steps and fell backward to the ground. The employee sustained a left arm fracture.

Other fall to lower level · Arm(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Oct 9, 2023 · Applied Landscape Technologies Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was taking inventory of supplies when a skid steer backed over his foot and/or leg causing him to fall on the ground. The employee sustained bleeding from the head, internal bleeding, a crushed pelvis, and a crushed foot.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Head and trunk · Construction · OSHA inspection 1702462

Jul 14, 2023 · Krasdale Foods, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was participating in pallet jack training. As the employee was traveling backward, the vehicle collided with a metal beam resulting in a contusion and laceration to his left leg.

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Leg(s) · Wholesale trade

Apr 25, 2023 · SBH Health System Hospitalized

A security guard was assaulted by four patients. His left ear was severed.

Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving · Ear(s) · Health care and social assistance

Apr 19, 2023 · FOS Development Corp Hospitalized

An employee was walking on a scaffold when he struck a formwork tie and fainted. He then fell off the scaffold into a transport box, resulting in fractures of a bone next to his ear and his femur.

Other fall to lower level · Multiple body parts (other) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1664780

Apr 19, 2023 · BronxCare Health System Hospitalized

An employee was caring for a patient when they were punched in the face by the patient. The employee was hospitalized.

Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving · Face · Health care and social assistance