Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-06-16 | Croydon | Pennsylvania | Rick's Expert Tree Service | Upper arm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a chain saw to cut into a birch tree branch at ground level when the chain saw kicked back and severely lacerated the employee's bicep. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-08-17 | Croydon | Pennsylvania | JUPITER PAINTING CONTRACTING COMPANY, INC | Head and trunk | Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c. |
An employee was standing on a bridge sidewalk when a passing vehicle with a ladder rack snagged a vertical hand line hanging from the upper portions of the bridge. The rope struck the employee along the midsection and threw him against the bridge's hand railing. He suffered two fractured ribs, a mild concussion, and minor bleeding in the spleen. |