| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-04 | Bethel | Ct | Duracell Industrial Operations Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee had been mixing cathode powder in a mixer. With the mixing completed, he tilted the mixer to empty the powder into a bucket through the designated port. The mixer was powered on to push the powder out through the port. There was powder adhered to the port, and he tried to get it out using his left hand. The mixer blade contacted his fingers, resulting in deglovings and fractures to the middle and index fingers. The middle finger was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2021-06-16 | Bethel | Me | Douglas W Jones, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| The screen door of a large grinder head came open and struck an employee's steel-toed boot. The boot's toe guard amputated the employee's left big toe and second toe. | |||||
| 2020-07-09 | Bethel | Connecticut | DN Tanks, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was standing at two sawhorses, assembling pieces of wood to be part of a larger concrete form work. She was holding a 2-by-4 with her left hand and a gas-powered nail gun in her right hand. When she fired a 16-penny nail into the wood, it hit a knot, turned out, and punctured her left index finger. | |||||
| 2019-08-31 | Bethel | New York | Ovation Food Services, LP | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level |
| On 8/31/2019, an Ovations employee was walking out of a storage trailer/warehouse when he stepped off of the edge of the trailer and fell, hitting his lower back on metal flooring. He experienced pain and could not move the lower part of his body. | |||||
| 2019-07-19 | Bethel Park | Pennsylvania | C. P. Rankin | Multiple head locations | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee slipped off a wet metal roof and fell 12 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a concussion and his face was fractured on the right side. The employee was not tied off at the time of the fall. | |||||
| 2019-06-10 | Bethel Park | Pennsylvania | R+L Carriers Shared Services, LLC. | Brain | Fall, slip, trip |
| An employee fell while working at the rear of a delivery truck. The employee's head struck the asphalt ground, causing a head injury; the employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-09-13 | Bethel Park | Pennsylvania | Ruthrauff Sauer, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| Two employees were cutting with a saw when carbon monoxide built up. They suffered carbon monoxide poisoning and were hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-05-25 | Bethel Park | Pennsylvania | Lowe's Home Centers, LLC. | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was struck by a forklift's forks, suffering a broken ankle. | |||||
| 2018-02-16 | Bethel | Ohio | Edward Rumpke and Sons, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway |
| An employee was stepping out from behind the garbage truck and was struck by a school bus resulting in multiple fractures. | |||||
| 2017-08-22 | Mount Bethel | Pennsylvania | Keystone Automotive Operations, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was running wire through a crawl space when he fell through the drywall ceiling and landed 18 feet below on a concrete surface, suffering blunt force trauma to the head, a severe laceration to the leg, and a fractured lower back. | |||||
| 2017-08-02 | Bethel Park | Pennsylvania | Express Employment Profesionals | Skull | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| Three temporary employees were building a shelving unit about 10 feet high. A metal part fell and swung like a pendulum striking one employee on the left side of his head. The injured employee was hospitalized for a head laceration and fractured skull. | |||||
| 2017-08-02 | Bethel Park | Pennsylvania | Lobos Management | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was operating a handheld circular saw to cut a 2 x 4 when it slipped and his left hand contacted the blade, amputating his index finger. | |||||
| 2017-07-06 | Bethel | Connecticut | Ability Beyond | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell while walking down stairs, fracturing a shin. | |||||
| 2017-04-17 | Bethel Park | Pennsylvania | Harris Masonry, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Slip or trip without fall |
| An employee was emptying debris using a dump box on a forklift at a construction site. The employee released the latch on the dump box in order to tip it into the dumpster. At the time, the employee slipped and when he tried to catch himself his left hand got caught between the fork and the dump box pinching his middle and ring fingers resulting in a crushing injury to the ring finger and a middle fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2017-03-18 | Bethel Park | Pennsylvania | Aldi Pennsylvania | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was pulling a pallet jack and struck a stationary pallet jack. Her finger was caught between the two pallet jacks resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2017-02-24 | Bethel | Connecticut | Closet Solutions, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was operating a saw on 2-24-2017 to cut melamine board/particle board and amputated the left middle finger. The saw was guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2017-02-20 | Bethel | Connecticut | Miller Constructors | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning the blade of a power tool when it activated, partially amputating his right thumb. The blade was unguarded at the time. | |||||
| 2016-08-10 | Bethel | Missouri | Sharpe Holdings, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee was putting in a steel post approximately 6 feet tall and 6 inches in diameter when he was struck by the bucket of a mini excavator. His hand was caught between the top of the post and the bucket of the excavator, amputating his left-hand pinky and ring fingertips. | |||||
| 2016-05-11 | Bethel Park | Pennsylvania | Verland Foundation Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
| An employee loaded a patient in a wheelchair into a passenger van. The van then drifted down the driveway and struck or ran over the employee, causing liver and lung damage. | |||||
| 2016-03-09 | Bethel | Pennsylvania | Kellermeyer Bergensons Services, LLC | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee's left foot was caught between the forklift he was operating and a pole, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2015-12-07 | Mount Bethel | Pennsylvania | Clayton Block Company, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was repairing a trailing arm bushing and pinched his finger between the trailing arm and a tool. The medical report later classified it as an oblique amputation. | |||||
| 2015-12-06 | Bethel | Connecticut | Sandvik Materials, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was untangling a wire tangle at the capstan. The employee tried to cut the tangle when his left hand got caught in the ball of wire, amputating two fingers. The machine was still in operation at the time. | |||||
| 2015-11-29 | Bethel Park | Pennsylvania | Oxford Develoment Co | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was greasing a bearing on the air handler. The employee wiped off excess grease from the moving belt and the employee's finger was caught in the belt resulting in the amputation of the right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-04-17 | Bethel | Missouri | CNS International Ministry Inc. | Brain | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was operating a zero turn lawn mower and became stuck. When trying to free the mower, the employee lost his footing and fell backwards striking his head on some rocks. The employee was dazed, but continued to work. The next morning he was found in bed partially paralyzed and could not communicate. | |||||
| 2015-01-06 | Bethel | Pennsylvania | Post Precision Castings, Inc. | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped and fell on ice and bumped her head. She was sent to the emergency room, and admitted to the hospital as a precaution. | |||||