Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-26 | Belle Vernon | Pa | Pet Supplies Plus Belle Vernon | Hand(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
A dog groomer was bitten by a dog on August 26, 2021. Their hand began to swell and they were hospitalized for treatment. | |||||
2021-03-25 | Belle Vernon | Pa | Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill LLC | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee was riding on the passenger outside side cab of a moving garbage truck. He lost his footing and the truck drove over his right leg and foot, breaking all the toes in the foot. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-09-22 | Belle Vernon | Pa | Three Rivers Marine and Rail Terminal | Multiple head locations | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was changing oil on a forklift when an oil wrench was dropped on his face. He sustained a concussion, a fractured nose, and an abrasion. | |||||
2020-02-25 | Belle Vernon | Pennsylvania | Life's Work of Western PA | Face | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was walking around a desk and wiping it off when the employee tripped over wires around the desk and fell onto a metal chair resulting in facial cuts and a broken orbital bone. | |||||
2019-09-17 | Belle Vernon | Pennsylvania | Eat 'n Park Hospitality Group | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking through a food pickup area. She slipped on a piece of ice and fell, suffering an open distal fracture of the left knee. | |||||
2018-07-16 | Belle Vernon | Pennsylvania | G. M. McCrossin Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was putting a strap around a bundle of rebar to be moved when his left middle fingertip was caught between two pieces of rebar, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2017-01-05 | Belle Vernon | Pennsylvania | Walsh Construction Company II | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was cutting off a tree branch with a chainsaw while standing on a guard rail. The branch pushed back and struck him in the chest. He was pushed against another tree and fell off of the guard rail. | |||||
2016-09-30 | Belle Vernon | Pennsylvania | Elliott Group | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was drilling holes in a half-inch steel plate using an electromagnetic drill. As he was removing the drill bit from the last hole, a stinger caught his glove and pulled his hand toward the drill bit, amputating his left index fingertip. | |||||
2016-09-28 | Belle Vernon | Pennsylvania | Titan Industrial Services | Lower leg(s) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet |
An employee was operating the swing stage lift to raise it to the top of the suspension cable. As soon as the motor hit the swage, the swage split into two pieces. One end of the swing stage then dropped approximately 5 feet and the air motor struck and cut the employee's lower left leg. | |||||
2016-08-25 | Belle Vernon | Pennsylvania | Co Go's Company | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Shooting by other person-intentional |
An employee was shot in the shoulder by a customer. | |||||
2015-11-18 | Belle Vernon | Pennsylvania | Three Rivers Marine and Rail Terminals | Lower leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was working on the packaging line. While he was manipulating pallets, his foot was caught between two conveyer belts injuring the lower leg. | |||||
2015-10-24 | Belle Vernon | Pennsylvania | Closet Made | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was standing behind a pallet. A fork truck came to move the pallet and caught the employee's foot fracturing it. | |||||
2015-08-18 | Belle Vernon | Pennsylvania | GREGORI CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING, INC | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was assembling overhead jacks for an upper forming system when he fell approximately 20 feet off of the pier of the bridge. He broke his leg and ankle, requiring surgery. | |||||
2015-01-12 | Belle Vernon | Pennsylvania | Tervita | Nonclassifiable | Contact with objects and equipment |
Employee suffered an amputation injury while working on a garbage truck. |