| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-10 | Boyertown | Pa | Drug Plastics & Glass Incorporated | Scalp | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was on a three-step rolling ladder cleaning a mold. The employee attempted to descend the ladder when he fell to the concrete floor, resulting in trauma and a laceration to the back of his head. | |||||
| 2020-03-30 | Boyertown | Pennsylvania | Boyertown Furnace Company | Lower leg(s) | Fall while sitting |
| An employee fell off the stool they were sitting on and landed on the floor, breaking their right lower leg. | |||||
| 2019-02-12 | Boyertown | Pennsylvania | Unicast Company | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| A mold cart rolled backwards and off the side of the ramp at the dump station striking an employee and causing a lower right leg fracture. | |||||
| 2018-05-02 | Boyertown | Pennsylvania | Global Advanced Metals | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee was testing recent repairs to a cooler system when he was electrically shocked, causing him to lose his balance and fall down a flight of stairs. He suffered a head laceration and body trauma, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-07-19 | Boyertown | Pennsylvania | Allentown Refrigerated Terminals, Inc. | Head and trunk | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating a walkie forklift to load a trailer when the walkie became caught on the edge of the dock next to the dock plate. The walkie stopped abruptly, sending the employee onto the dock floor. The employee suffered head and hip injuries. | |||||
| 2017-07-10 | Boyertown | Pennsylvania | Unicast Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was checking to see if the proximity switch in a mold handling machine was blocked when the machine moved and caught the employee's middle fingertip between a bracket and a mold cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2015-11-14 | Boyertown | Pennsylvania | Drug Plastics & Glass Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee lifted a rare earth magnet from a materials hopper. He handed the magnet to a second employee. The second employee took the magnet and began to set the magnet down on an adjacent piece of equipment. As the second employee set the magnet down, the magnet pulled itself to the piece of equipment that he was going to place it on. His left-hand ring finger was crushed between the magnet and the equipment and had to be surgically amputated at the first knuckle. | |||||