| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-20 | Clarks Summit | Pennsylvania | US Postal Service | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped and fell while walking down an incline that was covered in snow/ice, breaking a bone under the right kneecap. | |||||
| 2016-08-25 | Clarks Summit | Pennsylvania | Sandvik Materials Technology Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was operating a machine that uses air pressure to push small plastic cleaning wads through half-inch diameter pipes to remove debris and oil. A metal rod from the machine broke off and remained in the pipe. When the cleaning plug and air pressure were applied to the pipe during the cleaning process, the pressure built up and eventually shot the metal rod out of the pipe. The metal rod entered the employee's left hand causing internal muscle and tissue damage requiring hospitalization | |||||
| 2016-03-21 | Clarks Summit | Pennsylvania | Asplundh Tree Expert Company | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was ascending a tree. At 20 feet, he wrapped his climbing lanyard around a limb. When he put his weight on it, the limb broke, and he fell 20 feet, hitting a branch on the way down. He suffered forward shift vertebrae injuries. | |||||