Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-05-19 | Douglassville | Pennsylvania | American Crane & Equipment Corporation | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was looking through a warehouse for missing parts. The employee tripped over some spools of electrical wire and suffered a broken right ankle. | |||||
2019-06-19 | Douglassville | Texas | Advanced Lumberworks, LLC | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was fixing a chain and unjamming an edger machine when the machine was turned on. The employee's right hand was pulled into the machine, injuring the back of the right hand and the right wrist. | |||||
2017-04-26 | Douglassville | Pennsylvania | AMERICAN CRANE & EQUIPMENT CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was pressing a bearing when his finger became caught in the press machine, resulting in amputation of his left index fingertip. | |||||
2015-11-02 | Douglassville | Pennsylvania | Cosmetic Essence LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee suffered a fingertip amputation due to contact with an unguarded chain and sprocket located on the packaging conveyor. | |||||
2015-07-16 | Douglassville | Pennsylvania | Speedway LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee's left ring finger got caught on an air pump as he was hurrying to return to the store. He fell, dislocating his right thumb and degloving his left ring finger. He was hospitalized and his finger was amputated. |