National Grid: OSHA inspections and violations

May 20, 2022, Buffalo: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)

An employee was helping to reposition a newly set pole that was being held by a digger derrick. While the winch line and choker chain were under tension, the employee started to rotate the pole. A link of the chain pinched the employee's left ring finger against the pole. The finger was fractured and the fingertip amputated, but was able to be reattached.

May 31, 2016, Syracuse: Hospitalization · fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. · multiple body parts, n.e.c.

An employee was struck by the outriggers of a backhoe resulting in a severe leg laceration and a broken pelvis.

Mar 16, 2016, Brooklyn: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.

An employee was threading pipe on a threading machine when his glove was caught in the machine, amputating his right pinky finger.

Mar 22, 2015, Syracuse: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.

An employee slipped and fell while a dump box was simultaneously being lowered. The employee's right thumb was caught between a pinch point, which resulted in an amputation of the right thumb at the first knuckle.