Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-15 | Allentown | Pa | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | Shoulder(s) and arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was attempting to unclog a relief line that was piled with sediment on a boiler. When he unclogged it, there was a pressure release, and hot water shot out of the line and contacted the employee's left shoulder and arm, resulting in burns. | |||||
2021-10-01 | Port Allen | La | Host Terminals | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Pedestrian struck by vehicle propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was loading material from a dock onto a barge. A tugboat struck the barge. The employee was knocked off a ladder, hit the side of the barge, and fell into the water. The employee suffered broken ribs and a lacerated liver and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-09-16 | Allentown | Pa | AAA East Central - Marcon Boulevard | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was using a ladder. The employee stepped on a file cabinet, fell, and suffered a broken leg. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-09-10 | Allentown | Pa | Motts LLP | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
While parking a stand-up powered industrial truck (PIT) in a designated parking area, the employee's foot was pinched between the operator compartment and a guardrail. The employee's left foot was fractured. | |||||
2021-09-10 | Mcallen | Tx | Zarsky Lumber Co. | Ankle(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was driving a forklift when it went over a curb and flipped on its side. The employee suffered a broken ankle and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-08-31 | Allen | Tx | JVC Construction | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing down an A-frame ladder when his foot slipped on a rung and he fell to the floor, breaking his ankle. | |||||
2021-07-19 | Allen | Tx | ABM Industries Inc | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was cleaning floors, tripped, and fell backward resulting in a head injury. | |||||
2021-05-19 | Allenwood | Pa | Federal Correctional Complex Allenwood | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was preparing food using a food processor and amputated their left index and middle fingers. | |||||
2021-04-15 | Allentown | Pa | PPL Electric Utilities | Upper and lower limb(s) | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee tripped while walking out of a building and fell forward into a door. The employee suffered facial injuries, a dislocated shoulder, and a broken foot. | |||||
2021-03-23 | Allentown | Pa | Costco Wholesale | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion involving outside sources |
An employee had been stocking the cooler/freezer area. While moving a box, the employee felt a sharp pain. The employee was hospitalized with a bulging disk. | |||||
2021-03-19 | Allentown | Pa | United Rentals, Inc. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was transferring gear from one truck to another when he fell off a truck step. He landed on the ground and suffered a broken right hip. | |||||
2021-02-22 | Allentown | Pa | Cowan Systems LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee was operating a yard tractor in a parking lot when the yard tractor collided with another yard tractor. The employee sustained fractured ribs and a punctured lung. | |||||
2021-02-18 | Allentown | Pa | JACK WILLIAMS TIRE CO INC | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell in a parking lot, suffering a broken left leg. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-02-15 | Allentown | Pa | Discovery Senior Living / Rittenhouse Village At Lehigh Valley | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell from a loading dock. Her face struck a dumpster and/or the pavement, and she suffered a split-open nose, a broken femur, and a cut to the head. | |||||
2021-02-11 | Port Allen | La | SOUTHERN PACKAGING, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was observing a wood chipper. A log cutoff was jammed in the conveyor belt coming from the merchandiser to the chipper. While working to free the jam, the employee's finger got caught between the log and the side of the conveyor. His left ring finger was amputated. | |||||
2021-02-04 | Allentown | Pa | thyssenkrupp Elevator Corp | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was disassembling a gearless machine when their left ring finger was pinched by the machine block, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-01-12 | Allentown | Pa | Stanley Black & Decker, Inc | Upper arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
A machine operator was troubleshooting a mechanical press machine. The machine severely lacerated his upper right arm and he was hospitalized. The machine's light curtain was not working at the time. | |||||
2021-01-04 | Mcallen | Tx | US Customs and Border Patrol Station | Knee(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting a tree when the chainsaw kicked back resulting in a deep laceration to the knee. The injury required surgery. | |||||
2020-10-19 | Allentown | Pa | PENMAR SYSTEMS, INC | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely |
An employee was cleaning the tracks on a machine when a chunk of concrete rolled off a hill and struck him. The employee sustained broken ribs and a broken hip. | |||||
2020-10-10 | Mcallen | Tx | Brinker International, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was in the dish area when the dish washing machine stopped working. He opened the machine to investigate and the track caught his right middle finger at the mid-point of the nailbed and partially amputated it. | |||||
2020-10-02 | Allentown | Pa | United Electric Supply | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An electrical contractor was shutting the door to a company vehicle and caught their right thumb in the door latch resulting in amputation of flesh from the thumb tip. | |||||
2020-09-22 | Allentown | Pa | Engelman Construction, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Struck by falling object or equipment |
A wall panel was being removed when it fell on two employees. Both employees were hospitalized for fractures. | |||||
2020-09-16 | Allen Park | Mi | U.S. Department of Commerce/U.S. Census Bureau | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee missed a step while descending a staircase and fell. The employee sustained a fractured right arm. | |||||
2020-08-26 | Allentown | Pa | Vorteq Coil Finishers, LLC | Ankle(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was rolling a 1,500-pound metal coil. The coil tipped over onto the employee's left ankle, breaking it. | |||||
2020-08-21 | Allentown | Pa | Phoebe Ministries | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level |
A pharmacy courier was pushing a med-cart into the facility when the employee lost control, causing the cart and the employee to fall off the edge of a loading dock. The employee was hospitalized for multiple fractures to his right arm. | |||||
2020-08-18 | Allentown | Pa | Sharp Corporation | Thigh(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was struck by a car while walking in a parking lot, suffering a broken tibia. | |||||
2020-08-17 | Allentown | Pa | H and L Lab Medicine | Brain | Struck against stationary object or equipment |
An employee hit his head on the inside of his car. He was hospitalized, suffering from brain bleeding. | |||||
2020-08-03 | Allentown | Pa | PPL Electric Utilities, Lehigh Service center | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell in an office hallway, landing on the tile floor, and suffering a broken kneecap. | |||||
2020-08-01 | Allentown | Pa | BAZZINI HOLDINGS LLC | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on a wet floor and struck the back of their head on the floor, resulting in hospitalization. | |||||
2020-07-31 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Pietrini Contractors, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was moving material from a loading dock to the seventh-floor level via hoist. He became dizzy, began to sweat heavily, and could not stand. He was hospitalized, suffering from dehydration and an elevated heart rate possibly due to heat exposure. | |||||
2020-07-30 | Port Allen | Louisiana | Louis Dreyfus Commodities, L.L.C. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was helping install a loader storage bin. While hoisting the bin up, it slipped off, causing a laceration to the employee's left thumb that required surgery. | |||||
2020-07-29 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Packaging Corp. of America | Tooth (teeth) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee's foot caught a photo eye on a conveyor. He fell, his face striking an electrical box mounted on a hydraulic unit. He suffered a broken bone in the face, a lost tooth, and a facial laceration. | |||||
2020-07-25 | Mcallen | Texas | Regal Beloit America, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was loading a coil on a press using a forklift with a boom, hook, and chain. The employee was struck on the right side by a forklift and fell to the ground. His right foot was pinned under the forklift resulting in amputation of the right leg just below the knee. | |||||
2020-07-17 | Allenport | Pennsylvania | Tidewater Logistics Inc. | Head and trunk | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee was standing on top of a sand truck. The truck moved and the employee fell approximately 8 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained injury to his ribs and a laceration to his head. | |||||
2020-05-29 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Sodexo | Thoracic region | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was moving a food cart down a cement ramp on a loading dock. She tripped and fell to the ground at the bottom of the ramp, and the cart landed (upright) on her ankle. She suffered a fractured vertebra in her back. | |||||
2020-05-27 | Mcallen | Texas | Palmer Steel Supplies Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was helping to move a piece of angle iron when it fell on his left index finger, resulting in a partial finger amputation. | |||||
2020-05-22 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | HCR ManorCare Health Services West Allen | Upper arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped on a mouse cord while standing up from a desk. The employee fell to the floor, suffering a broken humerus. | |||||
2020-05-05 | Allen | Texas | Rio Verde Framing LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
An employee was installing exterior handrails on the fourth floor of a multi-family residential building under construction when the employee fell approximately 40 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with leg and back injuries. | |||||
2020-04-22 | Fallentimber | Pennsylvania | PENN LINE CORPORATION | Arm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting trees with a chainsaw when the chainsaw lacerated his arm and cut a nerve. He had surgery and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-04-13 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Northampton Regional EMS | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Sudden start or stop, roadway |
An employee was treating a patient in the back of an ambulance. The ambulance stopped quickly and the employee suffered a fractured C7 vertebra and bruises. | |||||
2020-04-10 | Allen | Texas | Whataburger | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
While stepping over trays of bread, an employee tripped over a roller of empty trays and fell to the floor, breaking his right hip. | |||||
2020-03-21 | Allenton | Wisconsin | Farmers Grain & Feed, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was clearing debris from a feed shoot. The employee's left hand was caught in a rotary sorter, which amputated the index, middle, and ring fingers. | |||||
2020-03-10 | Mcallen | Texas | The Rios Group | Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee took off his hard hat, struck another employee in the face with it (breaking his nose in two places), and beat the second employee | |||||
2020-03-06 | Allen Park | Michigan | United States Postal Service | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was walking and tripped over a cable that was attached to a chair. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip. | |||||
2020-03-05 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Filmtech Corp. | Brain | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was threading a production line with plastic. The employee's head was caught and injured between two rollers. | |||||
2020-01-21 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Lehigh Valley Hospital | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was carrying a surgical scope into an operating room. She tripped over a part of the surgical table and fell, breaking her right ankle. | |||||
2020-01-15 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Sharp Corporation | Face | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee was entering a locker room when she was hit by the door as another employee was exiting the locker room. She suffered a contusion to her face near the right eye. | |||||
2019-08-31 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | KidsPeace Corporation | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell down a hill while walking with clients, hitting the ground and suffering impact injuries. | |||||
2019-08-12 | Port Allen | Louisiana | T.T. Barge Services Mile 237, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Fall on water vehicle |
An employee was carrying a pneumatic ventilation blower and slipped when stepping off one barge to another barge. The employee fell to the deck of the barge and the blower fell on his right thumb, crushing it and resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
2019-08-10 | Port Allen | Louisiana | Safeway Transportation, L.L.C. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was driving a trailer to deliver liquefied petroleum gas to customers when the gas leaked and the employee was exposed to gas inhalation. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-08-10 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Bazzini LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
While cleaning a pump motor an employee's middle fingertip was amputated. The motor was running at the time. | |||||
2019-08-07 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An arborist was working in a tree, approximately 30 feet above grade, when a felled branch contacted a single-phase electrical line. This caused the employee to sustain an electrical shock and burns. | |||||
2019-07-31 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | St. Luke's Hospital | Knee(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was pulling a trash bag out of a trash bin that is on a wheeled base. The employee fell and fractured a kneecap. | |||||
2019-07-24 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Vorteq Coil Finishers LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was wiping off a machine's safety guard while the bottom side rolls were forward coating. Part of his rag dropped into the nip and sucked his hand into the rolls, de-gloving his left index finger. | |||||
2019-07-16 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | AMCOR PET PACKAGING | Upper and lower limb(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee walking down a landing, slipped, and fell on the floor, breaking a wrist and the left ankle. | |||||
2019-07-05 | Allen | Texas | State Farm Insurance | Ankle(s) | Other jump to lower level |
An employee was climbing a ladder when it moved. She jumped off to avoid a fall and suffered a broken ankle and minor cuts to the face and arms. | |||||
2019-07-01 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Eshbach Brothers, LP | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
A lift was being used to place a stack of ten scaffold planks on an erected scaffold. Several planks fell off the lift and hit an employee, pinning the employee's leg between the planks and construction equipment. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured leg. | |||||
2019-05-31 | Port Allen | Louisiana | Arcsmart, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity |
While terminating some cables in an electrical cabinet, an employee suffered second- and third-degree burns from an arc flash. | |||||
2019-05-22 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Cast-Pac, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was loading a coupling into an assembler when the employee's right index fingertip entered the pinch point as the machine cycled, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-05-17 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Alvin H. Butz, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a toe kick saw to cut flooring when it struck a nail and kicked back. The employee's fingers were caught in the blade resulting in amputation of his right index finger. | |||||
2019-05-11 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Fuling Plastic USA, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was moving straws from one side to the other of a hopper when the employee's hand slipped into the conveyor, resulting in a right middle finger amputation. | |||||
2019-05-03 | Mcallen | Texas | Regal Beloit America, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating the rotor die casting machine and amputated the medial phalange of his right pinky finger in the V block drawer. | |||||
2019-04-11 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | OREFIELD COLD STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER, INC | Foot (feet) | Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway |
Two forklifts were being driven, one behind the other, when the first forklift stopped. The second forklift's fork went through the first forklift's cab, injuring an employee's left foot. | |||||
2019-04-11 | Allenton | Wisconsin | Dubois Chemicals, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was working on a ladder inside a car wash. The car wash activated, causing the employee to fall off the ladder and suffer a wrist injury. | |||||
2019-04-03 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | DevonHouse Senior Living | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode |
An employee was helping a resident shower when the resident dropped a tissue. As the employee bent over to pick the tissue up, the employee suffered back pain due to two herniated discs, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2019-03-06 | Port Allen | Louisiana | Polar Service Centers | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting on a dry bulk trailer with a 6-inch grinder. The grinder kicked back and cut off his left index finger at the second knuckle, as well as lacerating his palm. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
2019-02-27 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Lineage Logistics Allentown | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was case picking when she tripped over a piece of wood sticking out of a pallet on the floor. She fell to the concrete floor, suffering broken vertebrae. | |||||
2019-02-13 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee fell on a snow-covered embankment, suffering a broken ankle. | |||||
2019-02-06 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Windkits LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee suffered a left middle fingertip amputation while operating a production machine. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
2019-01-04 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | UTZ Quality Foods, LLC. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee was bending down to lift a pallet when pain caused his back to seize up and he fell backwards. He suffered a back strain or possible disk injury, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-09-17 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Heim Construction, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a circular saw to cut a wood wedge when the saw struck a knot in the wood and kicked back, partially amputating the employee's thumb tip. | |||||
2018-09-07 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Sharp Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was manually moving a belt on an HVAC unit when three of the employee's fingers were pinched and amputated between the belt and pulley. | |||||
2018-08-27 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Pinnacle Logistics | Arm(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was walking near a tug that was pulling a dolly with a DQF when the DQF slipped off the dolly and struck her arm, breaking it. | |||||
2018-08-21 | Port Allen | Louisiana | HOST TERMINALS, LLC | Ankle(s) | Trip over self without fall |
An employee was walking up a ramp to the office trailer when he rolled his ankle. | |||||
2018-08-20 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Allen Distribution | Ankle(s) | Slip without fall, n.e.c. |
An employee turned to walk and slipped, twisting and fracturing her ankle in three places. | |||||
2018-08-07 | Allenwood | Pennsylvania | Federal Correctional Complex Allenwood | Multiple face locations | Explosion, n.e.c. |
An employee was putting away a pallet consisting of 16 cases of canned carrots in a warehouse. While unpacking the pallet of canned carrots, the employee lifted a case off the second to last row and a can of carrots from the bottom row exploded upward, striking the employee's face. The employee suffered facial lacerations, a left nasal bone fracture, a left orbital floor fracture, a soft tissue hernia in the maxillary sinus, left lateral rectus swelling, and loose teeth, requiring hospitalizatio | |||||
2018-08-01 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | T-Mobile | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
An employee was performing maintenance at a cell site when a bug landed on the employee's chin and stung him. He went to his vehicle and observed that the bite started to swell. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-08-01 | Mcallen | Texas | Department of Homeland Security | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was performing maneuvers and felt faint. The employee was hospitalized for heat stroke. | |||||
2018-06-21 | Mcallen | Texas | Badafi Foods LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was about to clean okra cutting blades and sustained an amputation to the right middle and ring fingers. | |||||
2018-06-09 | Port Allen | Louisiana | Center PointTerminal Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was helping a contractor install a swivel and the swivel fell on his hand breaking the left index finger. | |||||
2018-06-05 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Salisbury Behavioral Health, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
An employee was bitten by a client's dog during an in-home treatment session, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-06-04 | Allen | Texas | Preload LLC | Brain | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was injured while working on a mobile scaffold inside of a water tank under construction. While in the mobile scaffold, the employee was struck by a 2X10 piece of lumber from above and hospitalized for a concussion. | |||||
2018-06-01 | Mcallen | Texas | Grand Rapids Foam Technologies, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was loading a baler to compress scape foam for disposal when his left arm was pinched/crushed between the bailer door and the bailer ram. | |||||
2018-05-24 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Filmtech Corporation | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
A mechanic was opening the slide gate of a plastic extruder machine when the heat zone element overheated the plastic up to 900 degrees instead of 400 degrees. The hot plastic sprayed out and onto a different employee who was approximately 10 feet away. The injured employee suffered burns to the arms and face. | |||||
2018-05-06 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Cedar Fair LP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached |
An employee was opening the trunk lid of a theme park car when the car lurched forward. The lid then came down on her right ring finger, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2018-05-01 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Duggan and Marcon | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was moving a scaffold when he slipped on some stones and fell off a retaining wall onto his side, breaking ribs. | |||||
2018-04-25 | Mcallen | Texas | McAllen Medical Center | Eye(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
The injured employee was conducting housekeeping operations and struck his upper left eye lid on a file holder. | |||||
2018-04-15 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | US Postal Service | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was attempting to lower forks on a forklift when a fork released and fell on the injured employee's foot, crushing the pinky toe and resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
2018-03-24 | Mcallen | Texas | AIM Media TX, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a stacker to stock papers when his hand contacted a gear and belt, resulting in a partial finger amputation. The stacker was unguarded at the time. | |||||
2018-03-22 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Penske Truck Leasing | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell on ice in the truck yard. The employee's head struck the ground, suffering internal bleeding. | |||||
2018-03-14 | Mcallen | Texas | Cinch Connectivity Solutions | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was inserting a part into a manufacturing machine when the employee's left index finger was pinched and amputated by the machine's plunger. | |||||
2018-01-17 | Mcallen | Texas | Strong Structural Steel, LTD. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
While welding on a beam that was approximately 20 feet high, an employee fell to the ground, fracturing an arm and hip. | |||||
2018-01-09 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Optum | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to other harmful substances |
An employee had an allergic reaction to another employee eating peanuts and was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-10-11 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | B Braun Medical Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was pushing a cart while wearing clean room gear. Her footwear became caught in the wheel, causing her to fall and break her right hip. | |||||
2017-10-06 | Mcallen | Texas | United Parcel Service, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee suffered heat stress and body cramping after finishing his work shift. | |||||
2017-10-05 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was removing a jam from a labeler machine when his glove and right middle finger were caught in the machine, resulting in an amputation to his finger. The machine was energized at the time. | |||||
2017-09-27 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown |
An employee was pushed by a patient and fell to the ground, suffering contusions to the knees and legs. | |||||
2017-09-21 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Sunbelt Rentals | Forearm(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee used a wooden stick to release a clip on a trailer. The trailer released and pinned his arm, fracturing the mid-radius and lower radius. | |||||
2017-08-09 | Allen | Texas | Kone | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was taking a motor off a stand. When the bolts were loosened, the motor fell on the employee's knee and then left hand, crushing it between the motor and concrete. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2017-08-02 | Allen | Texas | TierPoint, LLC | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell off a ladder and broke his leg. |