Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-09-16 | Bradford | Pa | KESSEL CONSTRUCTION, INC. | Hand(s) | Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee opened a trailer. A propane leak within the trailer caused an explosion and the employee suffered severe hand burns. | |||||
2019-08-01 | Bradford | Pennsylvania | U.S. Energy Development Corporation | Face | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was checking on an in-service gas well because the gas had stopped flowing. As hot water ran through the system to melt built-up paraffin, the cap blew off the pipe and the hot water sprayed the employee's face. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-03-20 | Bradford | Pennsylvania | American Natural Supply | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was replacing the chain on a hose reel on the back of a delivery truck. As he was putting the chain on the sprocket, his left index finger was caught between the chain and the sprocket. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2018-02-01 | Bradford | New Hampshir | Colonial Woodworking, Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was installing skirt board around a stair radius. The board sprung back striking the employee and knocking him off the ladder. The employee sustained a head injury and a broken collar bone. | |||||
2017-09-26 | Bradford | Pennsylvania | A.W. Farrell & Son, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
Employees were replacing the membrane on a flat roof when an employee became affected by the heat. He was hospitalized overnight with heat exhaustion and dehydration. | |||||
2016-02-15 | Bradford | Pennsylvania | Dresser, Inc. GE Oil and Gas Division | Lumbar region | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee hurt his back while placing a roll of plastic onto an uncoiler. The roll of plastic weighs approximately 40 pounds. While placing the roll onto the uncoiler, the roll slipped and fell. The employee attempted to catch the falling roll of plastic resulting in a lower back injury. | |||||
2015-10-26 | Bradford | Pennsylvania | Georgia Pacific Corrugated, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was servicing the #128 Rotary Die Cutter. The machine was de-energized and locked out. The employee was using a timing wrench to adjust a bar and belt in the machine. As the employee was twisting the wrench, his finger got pinched between the bar and another part of the machine. The twisting action combined with the pinch point caused the employee to suffer an avulsion to the thumb on his left hand. | |||||
2015-03-04 | Bradford | Pennsylvania | Bradford Forest, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was struck and run over by the front left tire of a rough terrain forklift. The rough terrain forklift was carrying a load of logs, and the forklift operator was driving towards the scale. The injured employee was hospitalized. |