Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-26 | Bethlehem | Ga | T & M Tilt-Up, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee had been directing a concrete truck. The employee's right hand got stuck between the truck's chute and the hopper of the concrete pump. The employee sustained crushed fingers and an injury to the wrist. | |||||
2021-08-05 | Bethlehem | Nh | Go Green Wood Products, LLC | Knee(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee's clothing was caught in a sprocket for a conveyor and was pulled in. The employee suffered broken knee. | |||||
2021-05-25 | Bethlehem | Pa | C & S WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC. | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was turning a pallet jack into an aisle. The employee's right foot slipped off the platform of the jack and was pinched against a building column at the end of the aisle. The foot was broken. | |||||
2021-02-27 | Bethlehem | Pa | Wind Creek Casino | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped while stepping over a stanchion, fell forward, and suffered a broken left leg. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-02-19 | Bethlehem | Pa | Pentel Drywall | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was working from a ladder when the ladder slid out. The employee fell from the ladder, requiring hospitalization for a broken leg. | |||||
2021-01-25 | Bethlehem | Pa | BREY&KRAUSE MFR CO AND L.M. SMOYER BRASS PRODUCTS | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was welding a tube to a flange when a clamp device closed on her right thumb. The thumb tip was medically amputated above the first knuckle. | |||||
2021-01-05 | Bethlehem | Pa | Alvin H Butz Inc | Upper arm(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was working on the second or third rung of a 6ft. bi-fold ladder pulling down the burned out remnants of an attic access ladder when one of the springs fell, striking the employee. The employee lost his balance and fell to the concrete floor, fracturing his humerus. | |||||
2020-08-03 | Bethlehem | Pa | Shelly Enterprises, Inc | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee suffered two pulled chest muscles while moving heavy pieces of wood onto the forks of a forklift. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-06-15 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | Lehigh Heavy Forge | Heel(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was climbing a ladder out of a chip pit. When he reached the top, he fell straight down about 10 feet to the concrete floor, breaking both his heel bones. | |||||
2020-06-12 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | Barker Steel LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
A temporary employee was operating a shear to cut rebar. The employee was removing two pieces of rebar from the gauge table when his finger was pinched between a piece of rebar, the prybar he was using, and the gauge table. This resulted in surgical amputation of the right middle fingertip, just below the fingernail. | |||||
2020-04-30 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | St Luke's Hospital | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee was lifting a case of bottled water when she felt a sharp pain in her abdomen. She was hospitalized and required surgery for a hernia. | |||||
2020-04-11 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | Freshpet, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was unjamming a piece of frozen meat from a locked-out auger. When the employee inserted a T-handled bar into the winding down auger, the bar moved, and pinched the employee's hand against the machine's fixed guard. The employee sustained an amputation. | |||||
2020-03-08 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | PAC Worldwide Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee reached into an ingoing nip point and suffered a fractured finger. | |||||
2020-01-31 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | Republic Services of New Jersey LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee was opening a gate and caught their left ring finger in the gate resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2020-01-18 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | Freshpet, Inc. | Lumbar region | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode |
An employee was bending while using a hose to clean underneath a product cooker when the employee sprained/strained the lower back. | |||||
2019-09-10 | Bethlehem | Georgia | Harrison Poultry, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee's right middle finger was trapped in a closing office door, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-06-07 | New Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | Barrett Farm Supply Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was walking along the loading dock and fell four feet to the concrete ground. The employee was hospitalized with eight broken ribs. | |||||
2019-05-06 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | Lehigh Heavy Forge Corporation | Nonclassifiable | Nonstructural fire, n.e.c. |
While scarfing a forging, a hot spark got inside the employee's protective clothing. When the employee opened his clothing, enough oxygen got in to allow the clothing to catch fire. The employee sustained second degree burns. | |||||
2019-04-01 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | H.T. LYONS | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in holding, carrying, or wielding-single episode |
An employee experienced back pain while carrying a 20 lb. box by rope to the next level. | |||||
2019-03-18 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | Giant Food Stores, LLC | Jaw, chin | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was using a dolly leg handle to lower a trailer so it could be connected. The handle slipped from his hands and it sprung back, striking him in the jaw and neck area, bruising his esophagus, and breaking his jawbone. | |||||
2019-02-20 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | C&S Wholesale Grocers | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
On February 20, 2019, an employee was walking outside behind a maintenance shop when he slipped on ice. He fell to the ground and struck the back of his head. Suffering from dizziness and vomiting, he was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-09-21 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | HARRIS REBAR ATLANTIC, INC. | Trunk | Struck by discharged or flying object |
An employee was using a rebar bender when the rebar rose up and struck his torso, causing a bruise below the ribcage that required hospitalization. | |||||
2018-08-21 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | Historic Bethlehem Partnership, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was greasing a waterwheel as part of minor servicing when his hand slipped and became stuck in the waterwheel sprocket, causing hand lacerations that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2018-07-24 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | Barry Callebaut USA, LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode |
An employee was operating a turret truck that hit a piece of wood. While bending to retrieve the wood, he felt pain in his back. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-06-30 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | F.A.Rohrbach Inc. | Heart | Nonclassifiable |
An employee was hospitalized after suffering a heart attack while installing a concrete pad on June 30, 2018. | |||||
2018-06-28 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | Hamm Brothers Concrete | Nonclassifiable | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was moving concrete forms when a five inch concrete form fell on top of him. | |||||
2018-03-15 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | Phoenix Tube Co. | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was using an overhead crane to move a bundle of metal piping. As he lowered the load to the ground, the strapping came loose, allowing the piping to fall on and break his leg. | |||||
2018-02-05 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | U.S Postal Service | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on ice and fell in the parking lot, suffering a fractured vertebra. | |||||
2017-09-04 | Bethlehem | Georgia | HARRISON POULTRY, INC. | Nonclassifiable | Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was trying to light a propane grill when a propane explosion occurred. He suffered second and third degree burns and was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-07-13 | Bethlehem | Georgia | Industrial Cleaning Solutions of Louisiana, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was using a water hose to rinse a chiller with water that was 140 degrees when he began to experience cramps in both legs due to heat stress. He was hospitalized for dehydration. | |||||
2017-06-05 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | BETHLEHEM PRECAST, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a table saw to cut wood when the saw kicked back and pulled his hand into the blade, amputating his right thumb tip. | |||||
2017-04-06 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | Lehigh Heavy Forge Corporation | Leg(s) | Nonclassifiable |
A truck was moving forward with no driver and an open door when it caught an employee between the door and the truck cab. The door closed on and severely lacerated the employee's leg. | |||||
2017-04-05 | Bethlehem | Georgia | Harrison Poultry, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee's left index fingertip was partially amputated while placing livers into position on the giblet harvester. | |||||
2017-02-24 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | Alpha Packaging Northeast | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was operating the plastic bottle forming machine and opened a guard to grease a sticking bushing. The machine was running at the time and the tip of his right index finger was amputated in a pinch point. | |||||
2016-09-16 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | Sodexo, Inc. | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was exiting a truck when he missed a step and fell to the ground. His elbow hit the ground and broke, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-09-15 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle |
An employee was staging pallets on an electric power jack when he lost control and ran into a rack, fracturing his foot. | |||||
2016-09-09 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | Sodexo | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was taking trash to the ground floor when he tripped over an object and fell to the ground, fracturing his arm and hip and requiring surgery. | |||||
2016-08-30 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | Fabcon, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c. |
An employee was using a skid steer with an auger attachment to drill holes in the ground. The auger came off the skid steer and the employee jumped out of the way into a 4-foot deep trench. The auger fell on top of the employee causing bruises. | |||||
2016-07-20 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | SAUCON VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by powered vehicle tipping over-nontransport |
An employee was mowing grass using a riding lawn mower near a drop-off on the grounds. The mower got stuck. The employee dismounted the mower to push it and the mower flipped onto the employee fracturing ribs. | |||||
2016-07-12 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | Rutkoski Fencing, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
Employees were working on a wheel loader when the bucket fell off and struck an employee's left ankle, breaking it and requiring surgery. | |||||
2016-06-28 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | Polyone Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using vise grips to repair an overhead door when his left ring finger was caught in the hinge of the tool, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
2016-06-18 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | ALPHA PACKAGING | Wrist(s) and arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was helping to place molds into a machine when some pressure built up in the head of the mold. The employee received burns to the left bicep and wrist. | |||||
2016-01-04 | Bethlehem | Georgia | HARRISON POULTRY, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was flicking chicken material off of his hands when his right index finger got caught between a gap in a cone and a chain link on a track. When he pulled his hand back, his right index fingertip was partially amputated. | |||||
2015-12-15 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | Walmart Stores Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was performing preventative maintenance on piece of conveyor. He reached across and lifted up on the belt. His back elbow crossed the photo eye, activating the belt. His finger was caught between the end of the conveyor and the end guard. When he pulled his hand back, he degloved the right ring finger resulting in medical amputation. | |||||
2015-11-18 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | Manpower | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was stacking pallets and used his left hand to prevent the stack of pallets from falling over. The employee suffered a thumb tip amputation and compound fracture of the left hand. | |||||
2015-10-28 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | Saint Lukes University Health Network | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
On 10/28/15 at 1:40PM, an employee was walking down a hallway and slipped and fell fracturing her right kneecap. The employee was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
2015-04-15 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | United States Cold Storage | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
A forklift operator moved forward and pinned the injured employee's ankle between the pallet being carried on the forks and a wall. The employee's ankle broke in two places, requiring surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
2015-02-24 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | Reeb Millwork Corporation | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
While operating a door lifter, an employee became caught on the knob. The employee was lifted up in the air and fell 4 feet when released, sustaining a cut on the leg. The employee received stitches and was kept overnight. | |||||
2015-01-17 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | LifePath | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
Employee fell in parking lot on the way to her car after working her shift. She fell on ice and hit her head, resulting in transport and admission to the hospital. |