Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-13 | Philadelphia | Pa | Intelligrated Systems, LLC | Multiple leg locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was performing preventive maintenance on a conveyor. It suddenly started while he was inside the belt, and the slats caused multiple fractures to his upper and lower leg. | |||||
2021-11-12 | Philadelphia | Pa | NAZARETH HOSPITAL | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
On November 12, 2021, a nurse slipped on a wet floor, fell, and fractured her right wrist. | |||||
2021-11-09 | Philadelphia | Pa | Caliber Collision | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was stepping down from a framing machine when they fell from a step stool to the ground, resulting in a lower leg fracture. | |||||
2021-11-07 | Philadelphia | Pa | University of Pennsylvania Health System | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a ladder onto the ground, resulting in broken ribs and contusions. | |||||
2021-11-01 | Philadelphia | Pa | Samuels and Son Seafood Co. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a fish skinning machine. The machine caught the employee's left hand, causing ligament damage and partial degloving. | |||||
2021-10-23 | Philadelphia | Pa | Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was coming down a 6-foot portable ladder. He fell from a lower rung and hit his head on the concrete floor 1 to 2 feet below, suffering a head injury. | |||||
2021-10-21 | Philadelphia | Pa | First Student | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
An employee was walking up steps into a school when she tripped and fell. At the same time, someone was opening a door to the school and she hit her face on the door. The employee suffered a shoulder injury and a neck fracture that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-10-05 | Philadelphia | Pa | Penn Medicine Rittenhouse | BODY SYSTEMS | Small-scale (limited) fire |
An employee extinguished a coffee pot fire and was later hospitalized for difficulty breathing and respiratory irritation. | |||||
2021-09-24 | Philadelphia | Pa | U.S. Facilities Inc. | Lung(s), pleura | Exposure to other harmful substances |
An employee was exposed to sewage while removing and replacing a sewer pipe. The employee became ill and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-09-18 | Philadelphia | Pa | A.T. Chadwick Company, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
A heat exchanger fell on top of an employee's legs resulting in a crushing injury. | |||||
2021-09-09 | Philadelphia | Pa | Procacci Brothers Sales Corp. | Lower leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was stepping onto an electric pallet jack when it activated, jerked, and pinned his leg against a stack of pallets. He suffered a compound fracture to the lower left leg, at the ankle, and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-08-27 | Philadelphia | Pa | MTHT LLC | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was connecting steel while 20 feet above the ground when they fell off the beam, resulting in injuries that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-08-06 | Philadelphia | Pa | Independence Construction Co. | Brain | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was using a chipper when it clogged with brush. The employee lifted the cover off the flywheel to clear the jam. The flywheel struck the cover and knocked it off its hinges. The cover then struck the employee in the head causing a concussion and facial lacerations. | |||||
2021-07-29 | Philadelphia | Pa | TransForce, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was removing the back gate of a flat bed truck fitted with a removeable fence. The employee fell from the loading dock less than 4 feet to the ground. The employee later collapsed in the parking lot when trying to leave for the day and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-07-29 | Philadelphia | Pa | Averitt Express, Corp. | Leg(s) | Pedestrian vehicular incident |
An employee was exiting his truck when he was struck by a vehicle, resulting in a fractured left leg. | |||||
2021-07-22 | Philadelphia | Pa | GoBrands Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Shooting by other person-unintentional |
An employee was shot while on break. | |||||
2021-07-08 | Philadelphia | Pa | Advance Auto Parts, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was delivering parts in a customer's store when he tripped over a chair and fell to the floor sustaining a fractured hip. | |||||
2021-07-01 | Philadelphia | Pa | Rite Aid | Leg(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was reaching for an item on an upper shelf when she fell to the ground, resulting in a leg fracture and head laceration. | |||||
2021-06-23 | Philadelphia | Pa | Flowers Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a baking machine with a water hose when their left index finger got caught within a chain and sprocket that was driving the machine's conveyor, resulting in amputation. | |||||
2021-06-07 | Philadelphia | Pa | Rite Aid Pennsylvania, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Nonclassifiable |
An employee was working at the main register when she fell to the floor and lost consciousness. There was an issue with the air conditioner at the time. | |||||
2021-05-25 | Philadelphia | Pa | Tony Origlio, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was lowering a pallet from the second shelf of the warehouse storage rack using a forklift. The pallet struck the wire frame shelf that it was on and knocked the horizontal bar on the rack down. The employee was putting the bar back on the rack when it fell and amputated their finger against the wire frame shelf. | |||||
2021-04-29 | Triadelphia | Wv | Silgan Plastics Corporation | Arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee changed out a press mold and heated a nozzle with a torch to purge the press out. After the employee was finished heating the nozzle, he went to close the front door when degraded plastic came out of the barrel and onto his right arm. The employee suffered burns to his arm that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-04-24 | Philadelphia | Pa | Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia | Foot (feet) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
A casino cash box was dropped on an employee's left foot. The employee was hospitalized, suffering from foot swelling and the exacerbation of a pre-existing condition. | |||||
2021-04-11 | Philadelphia | Pa | Sysco Philadelphia, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was moving a triple pallet truck near a concrete curb in a warehouse. When the truck reversed, it pinned the employee's right leg against the curb. The employee suffered fractures to the lower leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
2021-04-01 | Philadelphia | Pa | McAllister Towing of Philadelphia, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle |
An employee was using a tugboat to winch the barge. While the employee was winching the barge, the winch handle spun backward and struck the employee's right wrist, resulting in a compound fracture of the wrist. | |||||
2021-03-24 | Philadelphia | Pa | NBC Philadelphia Merchants | Fingertip(s) | Nonclassifiable |
An employee suffered an open fracture to the right middle fingertip. The fingertip was partially amputated. | |||||
2021-03-13 | Philadelphia | Pa | Mitra QSR KNE, LLC. | Foot (feet) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was cleaning the floor with a bucket of water that contained oven cleaner instead of floor cleaner. Some of the water spilled onto the employee's feet, resulting in chemical burns. | |||||
2021-03-12 | Philadelphia | Pa | Deer Meadows Operating, LLC. | Lumbar region | Fall on same level |
An employee fell to the floor in a deep freezer. The employee suffered a compression fracture to a lower-back vertebra. | |||||
2021-03-04 | Philadelphia | Pa | Urban Outfitters, Inc | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was on an A-frame ladder fixing an electrical wire on an HVAC unit in a ceiling. The employee was holding onto the unit with their left hand when the employee was shocked with 480V of electricity. The employee let go of the unit and fell 6 feet from the ladder. In the midst of falling, the employee hit their head on a metal work station. The employee was hospitalized for two skull fractures, burns to three fingers on their left hand and one finger on their right hand, and unspecified | |||||
2021-03-02 | Philadelphia | Pa | Fairmount Behavioral Health System | Brain | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee was attempting to calm a patient when the patient pushed the employee. The employee fell and struck their head on a door jamb. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-02-18 | Philadelphia | Pa | USPS | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was loading a postal truck in a docking area. His foot slipped on a wet piece of metal and he suffered a broken leg. | |||||
2021-02-09 | Philadelphia | Pa | VICINITY ENERGY BOSTON, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was moving a valve in the floor that had a handle wheel in the top. When he pulled it, the handle wheel spun and smashed his hand against a piece of metal angle iron, resulting in amputation of his right index fingertip. | |||||
2021-02-04 | Philadelphia | Pa | GREENWICH TERMINALS LLC | Leg(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee attempted to make a U-turn while driving a yard horse when a reach stacker machine impacted the yard horse, resulting in an injury to the employee's right leg that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-02-02 | Philadelphia | Pa | Bridgewater General Contracting | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a circular saw to cut a wood board. The saw partially amputated the employee's left ring finger. | |||||
2021-02-01 | Triadelphia | Wv | Brennan Services | Nonclassifiable | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
Employees had been pumping out oil and gas waste water from a tanker truck. Vapors/fumes from the condensate mixed in with the waste water caught fire when a torpedo heater started up and a spark shot out of the back. Two employees sustained multiple second and third degree burns and were hospitalized. | |||||
2021-01-22 | Philadelphia | Pa | VisionCorps Philadelphia - Independence Industries | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was lubricating a window punch machine. The machine activated and amputated the tip of his index finger. | |||||
2021-01-15 | Philadelphia | Pa | AMERICAN AIRLINES | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped in standing water and fell to the ground, suffering a broken femur. | |||||
2021-01-14 | Philadelphia | Pa | Northeast Building Products LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was assembling a window on a glazing table. His right little fingertip was pinched between two metal guide bars that met at a 90-degree angle. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2021-01-12 | Philadelphia | Pa | Procacci Brothers Sales Corp. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
A temporary employee was struck by an electric pallet jack while walking in a hallway. The employee suffered leg and ankle injuries. | |||||
2020-10-19 | Philadelphia | Pa | Greenwich Terminals LLC | Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was guiding a hoist to pick up a connex box. The twist lock came off the shipping container and struck the employee in the head causing a broken nose. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-10-16 | Philadelphia | Pa | United States Postal Service | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was putting money into a safe. While closing the door, the locking mechanism amputated her thumb tip. | |||||
2020-10-15 | Philadelphia | Pa | Southwark Metal Manufacturing Co. | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
While walking to the lobby, an employee slipped and fell on a wet tile floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured kneecap. | |||||
2020-10-08 | Philadelphia | Pa | The Able Group, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
An employee was installing low-voltage electrical wiring and conduit from a scissor lift about 25 feet high. The overhead door was opened from outside and hit the lift, causing the employee to fall 20-25 feet and suffer possible broken bones. | |||||
2020-09-28 | Philadelphia | Pa | Dietz & Watson | Pelvis | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was standing on the forks of a ride-on electric pallet jack which were raised approximately 9-12 inches from the floor to retrieve a box that was approximately six feet from ground level. The employee's knee gave out and the employee fell to the ground hitting the forks of the pallet jack in the process. The employee sustained a possible pelvic fracture. | |||||
2020-09-28 | Philadelphia | Pa | DRS | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
An employee was stung by a bee, lost consciousness, and fell, hitting their head. | |||||
2020-09-24 | Philadelphia | Pa | Dietz & Watson | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
After finishing work on a fence, an employee started picking up tools to put them in a golf-cart. The employee was in front of the golf-cart when it struck her. She sustained several fractures including a broken leg and ankle that required surgical repair. | |||||
2020-09-23 | Philadelphia | Pa | Friends Hospital | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was walking through the outdoor courtyard when she fell to the floor and fractured her tibia and fibula. She was hospitalized and required surgery. | |||||
2020-09-23 | Philadelphia | Pa | Associated Specialist Contracting Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
An employee was injured while guiding a buggy cart that was coming down a ramp. The buggy cart got away and struck his leg. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured leg. | |||||
2020-09-22 | Philadelphia | Pa | FedEx | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was attempting to reconnect a pin that holds a transition deck to a commander unit when his right index finger was caught between the two pieces of equipment resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2020-09-22 | Philadelphia | Ms | Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
An employee tripped over the threshold of a door and fell striking their forehead on the floor. The employee sustained a concussion. | |||||
2020-09-21 | Philadelphia | Pa | USPS NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
At 3:00 a.m. on September 21, 2020, an employee was unloading a trailer. The employee's right foot was caught and lacerated between a pallet jack and the wall of the trailer. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
2020-09-07 | Arkadelphia | Ar | Siplast Inc - Roll Roofing Facility | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
A maintenance technician was troubleshooting a heat transfer fluid (HTF) motor failure on the production line. While the motor was being removed, the technician was sprayed with hot HTF, resulting in burns to the hands, arms, and torso. | |||||
2020-08-31 | Philadelphia | Pa | Joseph B Fayco | Leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
An excavator load struck an employee. The employee was knocked over onto a steel diaphragm, which caught the employee's leg and pinned it as the employee continued to fall. The leg was broken. | |||||
2020-08-26 | Philadelphia | Pa | Drexel Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a meat slicing machine when his hand was caught in the machine, resulting in the amputation of three fingers. | |||||
2020-08-25 | Philadelphia | Pa | Watts Restoration | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee experienced heat stress while demolishing a brick façade, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2020-08-24 | Philadelphia | Pa | Tri-State Construction Inc | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person |
An employee was receiving a piece of rebar that was being lowered to him. The rebar was dropped. Its point hit the employee's hard hat and was deflected into the back of his left shoulder. | |||||
2020-08-24 | Philadelphia | Pa | Devon Electric. Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell while climbing down a ladder. The employee struck a guardrail and then landed on the ground, suffering injuries to the lower back and abdomen. | |||||
2020-08-21 | Philadelphia | Pa | E-Built | Nonclassifiable | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment more than 30 feet |
An employee was working on top of an elevator car removing counterweights. The elevator car was being lowered when the coffing hoist holding it up snapped and the elevator car and the employee fell from the 10th floor to the basement. The employee sustained broken bones. | |||||
2020-08-12 | Philadelphia | Pa | Temple University Hospital | Lumbar region | Injured by physical contact with person while restraining, subduing-unintentional |
An employee fell to the floor while trying to break up a fight between patients. The employee suffered a fracture to the lower back. | |||||
2020-08-06 | Philadelphia | Pa | Molly Construction | Pelvis | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was preparing a concrete pump to fill a concrete truck hopper when the employee was struck by the concrete truck, resulting in a crushed pelvis. | |||||
2020-07-30 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Raymour & Flanigan Furniture, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was adjusting a dock plate in order to unload a truck. The employee's finger was pinched between the dock plate and the truck resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
2020-07-30 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | FedEx Freight, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking out of a facility when he slipped on a piece of plastic and fell to the ground, breaking his left leg below the knee. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-07-22 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Tri-State Construction Inc | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee collapsed while loading tools at the end of a shift. The employee was hospitalized for a heat injury. | |||||
2020-07-15 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee fell on the floor and fractured their wrist. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-07-08 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Super Dry | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
While applying a sealant to a home foundation, two employees were overcome by the fumes from the sealant product. One of them was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-07-06 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | GNS Enterprises 5, LP | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell to the floor while entering the restaurant, suffering a broken hip and fractured femur. | |||||
2020-07-02 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | HP HOOD LLC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over an electrical cord powering a pedestal fan. The employee fell to the floor and sustained a broken hip. | |||||
2020-07-01 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | DREXEL FOODS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
On July 1, 2020, a temporary employee was slicing meat on a deli slicer when the blade caught his finger, resulting in a finger amputation. | |||||
2020-06-10 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | United Parcel Service | Upper arm(s) | Other fall to lower level |
After climbing an attached ladder to retrieve packages from a conveyor, an employee began climbing down the ladder when he fell off and hit his arm on the top of a control box. He punctured his right inner arm and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-06-09 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Southwark Metal Manufacturing Co. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a duct line. As the employee was adjusting the feed, the duct line amputated his right little finger. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time. | |||||
2020-06-08 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Buckley & Company, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity |
An employee was removing concrete with a jackhammer when he made contact with a buried electrical line and received an electrical shock. | |||||
2020-06-05 | Triadelphia | West Virgini | Cabela's | Multiple foot (feet) locations | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was driving a powered industrial truck. As it turned, the employee's right foot was raked between the machine and a rack, causing a cut to the foot/heel. | |||||
2020-06-04 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia Pretzel Factory | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a dough auger when it caught the employee's right hand, amputating three fingers. | |||||
2020-06-04 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Clean harbors | Lower leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee was carrying a box, stepping from a loading dock into his truck. He fell between the truck and the dock, and the truck's bumper severely lacerated his lower right leg. | |||||
2020-06-04 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Philly Pretzel Factory | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was using a scraper to clean the inside of a pretzel auger machine. Her hand was caught and injured by the auger's spinning coil. | |||||
2020-05-18 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Tague Lumber of Media | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was inside a cage elevated by a forklift cleaning out gutters. The forklift began to roll down the hill and then tipped over. The employee struck the ground and suffered fractures to the back, abdomen and neck. | |||||
2020-04-24 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Marona Construction Company | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking to an assigned work location when the employee slipped and fell to the ground, suffering a broken ankle. | |||||
2020-04-16 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | James D. Morrisey, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was standing on top of a 4-foot concrete road barrier when he fell and his leg was caught in between another barrier, resulting in a broken femur. | |||||
2020-04-09 | Triadelphia | West Virgini | North Star Painting Company, Inc. | Pelvis | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was on a bridge, fixing containment for sandblasting. He fell from the edge to the ground 4-5 feet below and suffered a broken pelvis. | |||||
2020-03-23 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Amedisys | Shoulder(s) and back | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell on a concrete floor. The employee suffered fractures to the left shoulder and upper back, as well as a right knee injury, and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-03-10 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Sysco Philadelphia, LLC | Ankle(s) | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
An employee was dismounting a pallet jack when his ankle got caught between the jack and a yellow barrier pole. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery. | |||||
2020-02-27 | Triadelphia | West Virgini | East Coast Metal Systems, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was bending gutter straps using a motorized folding machine. The machine clamed on his right middle and ring fingers, crushing them and amputating the fingertips. | |||||
2020-02-13 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Acme Markets | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell off a truck ramp while raising it. The employee landed on concrete and suffered laceration requiring stitches. | |||||
2020-01-28 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | AgustaWestland Philadelphia Corporation | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was inspecting an aircraft and tripped on a 3-step stand, fell to the same level, suffered a broken hip, and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-01-24 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Allan Industries, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
While exiting an elevator, an employee tripped and fell to the same level, broke a hip, and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-01-18 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Chemson, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee experienced a fingertip amputation while attempting too unjam a bag packer auger. | |||||
2020-01-14 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Raven Services JV | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was changing a belt on an air handling unit. Their right pinky finger was caught between the belt and a sheave, resulting in amputation below the first knuckle. | |||||
2019-09-24 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | EMCOR Services - Fluidics | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was helping another employee troubleshoot a ceiling-mounted VAV box on a 6-foot step ladder. He was shocked and fell about 3 feet to the floor, suffering back injuries. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-09-23 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 3M Company | Lower leg(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee fell, suffering an open wound to the lower left leg. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-09-21 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | AAA Club Alliance, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Roadway collision-moving and standing vehicle on side of roadway |
An employee was providing roadside assistance in a highway breakdown lane. A passing vehicle struck the employee's vehicle, and he suffered a spinal injury, a punctured lung, and internal bleeding. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-09-19 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Nutrition, Inc. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing an extension ladder when it slid on the floor. The employee fell to the floor, suffering an open fracture of the right tibia and a dislocated right ankle. | |||||
2019-09-16 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | American Airlines | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a belt loader as he was securing cargo bin netting. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured elbow and hip. | |||||
2019-09-12 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | UPS | Foot (feet) | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle |
An employee was attempting to hook a dolly to a tug by hand when the dolly rolled over the employee's foot. | |||||
2019-09-05 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | NAZARETH HOSPITAL | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion involving outside sources |
While transferring a patient from a stretcher to a bed, an employee sustained a herniated disc in her back. | |||||
2019-08-23 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Ecolab | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee's finger was caught in a set of double industrial automatic doors, causing an amputation of the right ring distal fingertip. | |||||
2019-08-21 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Eatn Park Hospitality Group, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to other harmful substances |
An employee suffered a reaction while cleaning a kitchen sink with bleach, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2019-08-13 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Temple University | Arm(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee fell on a public sidewalk on campus and broke an arm. | |||||
2019-07-10 | Arkadelphia | Arkansas | DRUMCO OF ARKANSAS, INC. | Ankle(s) | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
Two temporary employees working in the forming area were involved in a physical altercation. During the altercation the two employees grabbed one another and fell to the ground. One employee fell on the other employee. The employee that was fallen on sustained a fractured right ankle. | |||||
2019-07-09 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | United Parcel Service of America, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee had cramps after a work shift and was hospitalized for dehydration. | |||||
2019-07-09 | Arkadelphia | Arkansas | CONTAINER LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT LLC DBA DRUMCO | Face | Explosion, n.e.c. |
An employee was welding a spigot to a 55-gallon drum's lid. Flammable residue caused the drum to explode and the lid struck the employee, causing a facial fracture and a laceration to the right arm. |