| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-04 | Bloomsburg | Pa | Mailing Services of Pittsburgh, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was helping a maintenance mechanic adjust the drive clutch and belt on an envelope inserter machine. The side guard panel of the machine had been removed and the machine was powered. The machine was started, and the employee's right arm and hand were pulled into the power transmission belt. Two fingers on the hand were amputated. | |||||
| 2021-09-17 | Bloomsburg | Pa | Mailing Services of Pittsburgh | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was trying to remove a 1,000-pound roll of paper from a pallet. The pallet broke and the roll turned sideways, fell on her right leg, and broke it. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-04-20 | Bloomsburg | Pennsylvania | Arconic Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was assisting as a crane moved a load. As the crane lifted the load, his finger was caught between the sling and the load, resulting in a fracture and amputation. | |||||
| 2020-04-15 | Bloomsburg | Pennsylvania | WALMART SUPER CENTER | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
| An employee had lifted a 15- to 20-pound box of rotisserie chicken and was frying the chicken when he suffered a slipped disk in his back. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery. | |||||
| 2019-09-10 | Bloomsburg | Pennsylvania | Kawneer Company, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| A temporary employee was teaching an employee how to clean rollers in the pouring and debridge area of the facility. When they were done cleaning the roller, the employee placed it back into the lathe and used a chuck key to tighten it into place. The temporary employee instructed the other employee to turn on the lathe. As the lathe was being turned on, the temporary employee saw the key was still in the chuck and went to remove it. The employee's finger got caught between the key and the guard | |||||
| 2019-05-30 | Bloomsburg | Pennsylvania | Geisinger Bloomsburg Hospital | Pelvis | Fall on same level |
| While cleaning carpet in an office, an employee fell onto their left hip. The employee suffered a broken pelvis and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-05-06 | Bloomsburg | Pennsylvania | J. M. Smucker Co. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| On May 6, 2019, at approximately 5:50 PM, an employee was taking a sample from a slurry tank when his fingers were caught in the slurry tank causing a partial amputation of the employee's right index finger and injury to his right pinky finger. | |||||
| 2019-03-29 | Bloomsburg | Pennsylvania | JM Smucker | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee's right thumb was crushed while the employee was moving a pre-conditioner. The thumb suffered an amputation injury. | |||||
| 2017-07-07 | Bloomsburg | Pennsylvania | JM Smucker Co | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was working from a 6-foot step ladder to change an airline near a sterilizer. He was reaching when he lost his balance and fell, striking a pipe on the ground and fracturing his tibia and fibula. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
| 2017-02-28 | Bloomsburg | Pennsylvania | Metropolitan Trucking | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| While walking across the parking lot from the shipping office to his truck, an employee was struck by another truck resulting in cracked ribs on the left side and a left leg injury above the knee. | |||||