Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-04-10 | Blandon | Pa | Can Corporation of America Incorporated | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
A powered industrial truck backed into an employee, who suffered a broken pelvis with internal bleeding. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-07-13 | Blandon | Pennsylvania | Giorgi Mushroom Co. | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee shut off the leveler and climbed on the tarp to straighten it. As he was stepping off the tarp, the leveler started back up. The employee slipped. His foot landed on the leveling paddle and his leg got caught between the rotating paddle wheel and the frame. The employee’s lower leg was fractured. | |||||
2018-06-29 | Blandon | Pennsylvania | At Work Personnel | Upper extremities | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
A temporary employee tripped over an empty, wheeled dolly and fell to the floor. The employee was admitted to the hospital for a broken wrist or elbow. | |||||
2017-06-24 | Blandon | Pennsylvania | Can Corporation of America Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was cleaning the palletizer from the back side. The employee's left pinky finger was crushed between the conveyor cross beam and a pallet resulting in a partial amputation/avulsion. The palletizer was not running at the time. | |||||
2016-04-28 | Blandon | Pennsylvania | Can Corporation of America Incorporated | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was wiping a roller with a rag when the roller pulled the rag and the employee's right hand in, breaking skin and causing lacerations. | |||||
2016-02-04 | Blandon | Pennsylvania | Giorgio Foods, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was working on the 5 inch pizza dough press. She reached her hand into the machine to clear some debris on the belt and the die cycled amputating the tip of her right ring finger. | |||||
2015-11-09 | Blandon | Pennsylvania | Georgio Foods, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was performing sanitation activities when his sleeve got caught on a roller. The machine rollers then pulled his hand into the machine, amputating it. |