Severe Workplace Injuries in Cheektowaga, New York
Employers in Cheektowaga reported 23 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through October 2025: 14 workers hospitalized and 9 amputations (39% of reports). Manufacturing accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 11 of them.
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OSHA inspections in Cheektowaga since 2015
Workplace safety inspectors opened 158 inspections at Cheektowaga workplaces, and 105 of them (66%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 198 serious, 2 willful and 11 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $475,961.
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Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Fjd General Contracting (unprogrammed, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $1,447 |
| Orion Construction Group, LLC (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $1,537 |
| Building Innovation Group, Inc. (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $950 |
| Covenant Contracting (unprogrammed, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $2,050 |
| Seigosoft Global Services LLC (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $1,000 |
| Four Seasons Construction (planned, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $10,109 |
| Caraustar Industrial And Consumer Products Group Inc (referral, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $4,900 |
| Brothers F Construction (planned, details) | 2 (1 serious+) | $2,050 |
| Copes Property Management Inc (planned, details) | 2 (1 serious+) | $3,015 |
| Stallion Express (complaint, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $1,537 |
| Postler & Jaeckle Corp. (unprogrammed, details) | 1 | $500 |
| Amz Construction Inc (unprogrammed, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $29,729 |
Penalties as currently recorded by OSHA; they can drop after settlement or contest. Inspection data covers federal OSHA inspections and state-run safety program inspections reported to OSHA.
Most recent reports
The 23 newest severe injury reports from Cheektowaga employers, as OSHA published them.
Oct 29, 2025 · Caraustar Industrial and Consumer Products Group Inc Amputation
An employee's right middle finger was caught in a nip point. The employee suffered an amputation to the middle finger at the first knuckle.
Struck by running powered equipment · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1861020
Aug 6, 2024 · Sisters of Charity Hospital St. Joseph Campus Amputation
An employee was checking the belt tension on an air handler unit. The employee's left ring finger was caught between the belt and a pulley and the fingertip was amputated. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Health care and social assistance · OSHA inspection 1768178
Aug 7, 2023 · US Customs and Border Protection Hospitalized
An employee became ill and was hospitalized for respiratory illness after exposure to legionella bacteria.
Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Body systems · Public administration · OSHA inspection 1705702
Jan 17, 2023 · Derrick Corporation Hospitalized
On January, 17 2023, an employee was setting up for spray painting. The employee filled the unit with paint and went to put the air cap on. While doing so, the trigger on the paint gun actuated, causing paint to be injected into the employee's right ring finger. The employee was hospitalized.
Struck by discharged object or substance · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing
Mar 28, 2022 · ProAmpac Amputation
An employee was checking belt tension in a machine. A roller caught the employee's finger, causing a fingertip amputation.
Caught in running equipment or machinery (other) · Fingertip(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1587114
May 13, 2021 · Derrick Corporation Hospitalized
An employee was using a 6-foot fiberglass ladder to hang a banner above an entry door. After he completed work on the banner, he descended the ladder and was approximately four feet high when he lost his balance and fell onto the entryway. The employee sustained a fractured L1 vertebra.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Lumbar region · Manufacturing
Oct 5, 2020 · YRC Inc. Hospitalized
An employee fell off the back of a work vehicle's bumper resulting in a head injury.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Brain · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1496497
Apr 29, 2020 · Tops Markets, LLC Amputation
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.
Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Retail
Jan 7, 2020 · Allied Frozen Storage, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee used a sit-down forklift truck to load a 4 ft. x 4 ft. x 4 ft. tote filled with scrap onto a flatbed truck. The flatbed truck was backed up to the dock and was slightly lower than the dock. As the forklift was being driven down the dock plate, the flatbed truck rolled forward about 7 or 8 feet. The forklift fell and hit the ground in the upright position. The employee jumped out the left side of the forklift, landed on his left side, and rolled onto his back side, suffering multiple injuries, including a fractured left hip, shoulder injuries, a left elbow injury, and a head injury.
Ran off driving surface, nonroadway · Hip(s) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1455214
Oct 15, 2019 · Costanzo's Bakery Inc. Amputation
A maintenance employee was setting the calibration on the metal detection section of the packing line, which was not running at the time. The employee's calibration card fell into the belting on the conveyor. The conveyor belt was lifted to retrieve the card. During this time, the belt was activated. The employee's hands were caught between the bottom of the conveyor belt and a conveyor roller. He sustained the amputation of the left middle fingertip and lacerations to fingers on his right hand.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1439207
Mar 7, 2019 · Kirkland's Stores, Inc Hospitalized
An employee was moving a cart down an aisle in the stockroom to pull product. A block riser fell from the top shelf of the cart, striking the employee on the head and causing a contusion.
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Head · Retail
Nov 16, 2018 · Niagara Transformer Corp. Hospitalized
An employee was standing on the second or third step of a 6-foot step ladder, guiding a control box door with a pry bar. The pry bar slipped and he lost his balance and fell to the floor, breaking his right upper tibia below the kneecap.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Lower leg(s) · Manufacturing
Sep 26, 2018 · Star-Lite Manufacturing Co Amputation
An employee was feeding foil into a packing machine when the jog button was hit and his fingers became struck between two rollers, resulting in fingertip amputations.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1350762
Mar 10, 2018 · Delta Sonic Car Wash Systems, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee walking in the "pre-soak" area slipped on ice and fractured his left leg, requiring hospitalization.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Leg(s) · Other services
Oct 23, 2017 · Rexel Holdings USA Corp. Hospitalized
An employee in an order picker was traveling backwards at a height of approximately 4 feet when the picker struck a racking guide rail. Upon impact, he was thrown from the machine to the floor, suffering head trauma and skull fractures. PPE was not worn at the time.
Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle (other) · Brain · Wholesale trade
Sep 10, 2016 · Sams Club Amputation
An employee was using a vertical meat cutting bandsaw to cut short ribs. The employee's glove became caught in the working section of the sawblade, resulting in the amputation of the left ring and little fingertips.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Retail
Aug 22, 2016 · SweetWorks Confections, LLC Amputation
On 8/22/16, an employee suffered amputations to the thumb, index, and middle fingers on the right hand (just below the nails).
Contact with objects and equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1174960
Jul 13, 2016 · PSP STORES, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was bitten while grooming a dog, resulting in a puncture wound on the hand.
Other animal bites, nonvenomous · Hand(s) · Retail
Jul 25, 2015 · Tops Markets LLC Hospitalized
An employee was walking backwards with a pallet jack that was loaded with two pallets of product on its front forks. He walked into another pallet jack being operated by a coworker. His right ankle/foot struck the operating platform of his pallet jack, breaking bones in his right foot.
Struck against object or equipment while moving it · Foot (feet) · Transportation and warehousing
Jul 15, 2015 · Multisorb Technologies Amputation
An employee was in the process of positioning/flattening a blue polymer strip in a Schneider Senator machine which cuts the strip to the required dimensions. Both of the employee's hands were in the machine at the time. The employee activated the foot pedal which caused the positioning clamp to come down on the employee's left middle finger resulting in a crushing injury and later amputation of the fingertip.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1078927
Jul 9, 2015 · Culinary Art's Specialties, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee went to perform maintenance on a commercial natural gas oven. He opened the outer access door to the oven and went inside. An explosion occurred, and the employee suffered burns on his arms, legs, and sides of his body.
Explosion (other) · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1076932
Jun 12, 2015 · Intermodal Services of America LLC Hospitalized
A "Yard Horse" vehicle with a shipping container on board was moving in the yard and accidentally bumped into a rail car. An employee was standing on that railroad car, locking down containers. The "bump" caused the employee to fall off the railroad car, and he was caught in a pinch point between the railroad car and the shipping container on board the "Yard Horse." He suffered a crushing laceration to the back of his right leg.
Other fall to lower level · Leg(s) · Transportation and warehousing
Feb 6, 2015 · Ride Aid Hospitalized
Employee slipped on an icy surface and fell.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Nonclassifiable · Retail
After a workplace injury in New York
Most work injuries are handled through workers' compensation, which pays medical bills and part of lost wages whether or not anyone was at fault, and usually rules out suing the employer. A separate claim may be possible against someone else, such as an equipment maker or another company on the site. Reporting deadlines are short, so tell your employer about an injury right away.
Personal injury lawyers in Cheektowaga
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Source: OSHA's Severe Injury Reports, 2015 through November 2025 (loaded November 9, 2026). Employers must report any work-related amputation, loss of an eye or in-patient hospitalization to OSHA within 24 hours. Employer names, addresses and incident descriptions are as OSHA publishes them. A report records an injury, not a finding that the employer broke a rule; OSHA opens an inspection for some reports. The data covers workplaces under federal OSHA. States that run their own OSHA program (such as California, Washington, Michigan, North Carolina and Virginia) are mostly missing, and work-related deaths are reported separately.
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