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Worker Loses Three Fingertips In Industrial Accident At Long Island Plant: Police Worker Loses Three Fingertips In Industrial Accident At Long Island Plant: Police
Worker Loses Three Fingertips In Industrial Accident At Long Island Plant: Police A worker lost three of his fingertips in an industrial accident at a packaging facility, police announced on Wednesday, Nov. 26. The injury happened at L&S Packaging Company on Central Avenue in East Farmingdale at 7:35 p.m., according to the Suffolk County Police. The employee was using a food-dicing machine when he put his hand inside to clean it out, resulting in the severe injury. The worker, 45, of North Amityville, was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip with serious injuries, police said. Detectives are asking anyone with information to contact First Sq…

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by Jillian Pikora
News
Tree Worker Airlifted After 40-Foot Fall Onto Deck On Long Island Tree Worker Airlifted After 40-Foot Fall Onto Deck On Long Island
Tree Worker Airlifted After 40-Foot Fall Onto Deck On Long Island A tree service worker had to be airlifted to the hospital after falling roughly 40 feet while working at a home on Long Island. The incident happened shortly after 1 p.m. Monday, July 14, at a Wading River residence on Beach Road, according to the Riverhead Town Police Department. Police and members of the Wading River Fire Department responded to reports of a man who had been injured after falling from a tree he was working on. The 35-year-old man, who is employed by Raymond Brothers Tree Service, had been taking down a tree above a second-story deck when the support rope attached to him …

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by Michael Mashburn
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Man Who Fell 30 Feet Through Skylight At Utz Factory ID’d: Coroner Man Who Fell 30 Feet Through Skylight At Utz Factory ID’d: Coroner
Man Who Fell 30 Feet Through Skylight At Utz Factory ID’d: Coroner A 34-year-old subcontractor from Harrisburg who died after falling through a skylight at the Utz Factory in Hanover, Pennsylvania, has been identified, the York County Coroner’s Office confirmed on Tuesday, May 6. Trever Staten, originally from Perth Amboy, New Jersey and was living in Harrisburg, according to his social media, has been identified as the man who fell approximately 30 to 34 feet onto a loading dock while setting up scaffolding on the roof of the Utz Quality Foods facility located in the 900 block of High Street, according to Chief Deputy Coroner Michael Zech. The fall occurr…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Man Falls 25 Feet To His Death At Utz Factory In Pennsylvania: Officials Man Falls 25 Feet To His Death At Utz Factory In Pennsylvania: Officials
Man Falls 25 Feet To His Death At Utz Factory In Pennsylvania: Officials A man died after falling 25 feet from a roof at the Utz Potato Factory in Hanover, York County officials announced on Friday, May 2. The fall was reported to York County 911 at 8:35 a.m. from the factory located at 900 High Street, according to the Office of Emergency Management. At 8:55 a.m., Hanover Borough Police requested the York County Coroner to respond to the scene, the coroner's office confirmed to Daily Voice that they responded to the scene.  Hanover Borough Police are leading the investigation. The man's identity has not been released, and no additional details were availa…

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by Jillian Pikora
Business
LI-Based Company Admits Knowingly Exposing Employees To Hazardous Materials LI-Based Company Admits Knowingly Exposing Employees To Hazardous Materials
Li-based Company Admits Knowingly Exposing Employees To Hazardous Materials A Long Island thermometer manufacturing company formally confessed to exposing employees to hazardous materials, seriously injuring four people. Robert Peyser, 66, of Bellmore, and his West Babylon-based Kessler Thermometer Corp. pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment in Suffolk County Court on Friday, Dec. 13. Peyser, the company’s owner and principal agent, admitted that he knowingly endangered workers by failing to provide proper ventilation, protective equipment, and cleanup protocols for handling mercury spills. Investigators got involved in August 2022, when a large mercury spill e…

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by Michael Mashburn