Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-05-18 | Alda | Ne | Hornady Manufacturing | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over elevated caulking between slabs of concrete and fell to the ground, suffering a broken right femur. | |||||
2021-03-15 | Coaldale | Pa | St. Luke's Hospital - Miners Campus | Sacral region | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was standing near the edge of a loading dock, handing HEPA filters to another employee who was inside a dumpster. A 300-pound cart moved toward the employee. As he attempted to evade the cart, he lost balance and fell over the edge and into the dumpster, landing on the bottom about 4 or 5 feet below and suffering a broken sacrum. | |||||
2018-07-25 | Aldan | Pennsylvania | Giant Foods Store #6083 | Ankle(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee went into the produce cooler to load up stock. The employee was pulling stock off a rack that had previously been hit by a pallet or jack when the product rack fell and hit the employee. The employee suffered a sprained ankle. | |||||
2016-02-16 | Coaldale | Pennsylvania | Peter J. Radocha & Sons Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On Tuesday, February 16, 2017, at approximately 12:30PM, an employee was in the process of washing out the salt spreader on the rear of a truck. The employee sustained fractures to his right arm and was hospitalized when his hand was caught in the moving spreader mechanism. |