| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-09 | Dubois | Pa | Dave Roman Excavating, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
| An employee was replacing a water-line. While unbolting a fitting on an unused PVC waterline, the PVC pipe blew apart and the employee was struck by pieces of the pipe and sustained a broken tibia and fibula. | |||||
| 2021-08-11 | Dubois | Wy | United States Postal Service | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
| An employee tripped on a concrete seam and suffered a spiral fracture to the left femur. | |||||
| 2021-07-21 | Dubois | Pa | Hoss's Steak & Sea House | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was in a restaurant attic running printer cable. He fell through the ceiling onto the restaurant floor. He suffered a concussion and a broken arm and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-05-05 | Dubois | Pennsylvania | Sensus USA, Inc. | Forehead | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell while walking down a stairway, landing on the concrete floor at the bottom and suffering a head laceration. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-01-15 | Dubois | Pennsylvania | Triangle Suspension Systems | Forearm(s) | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was working at a machine when hydraulic oil started spraying out from a cracked fitting. The spray contacted the hot end of a part, which ignited the oil. The employee suffered a second-degree burn on his forearm and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-08-21 | Dubois | Pennsylvania | Sensus USA, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was clamping a cast iron gas meter housing unit into a hydrostatic test unit. While actuating the clamping mechanism, he was holding the body with his right hand. As the clamping mechanism was clamping, the cap on the outlet end (left side of the body) shifted. At this point, he grabbed the body and cap to prevent it from falling out of the testing machine. His left thumb then became caught between the cap and the hydrostatic test clamping mechanism, causing a partial amputation of h | |||||
| 2017-08-01 | Dubois | Pennsylvania | Paris Companies, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was operating an ergonomic folding machine. A gown became caught in the back side of the folding machine. As the employee was clearing the jam, the folding machine engaged and caught the employee's left arm, pulling it into the roller. The employee suffered a laceration on the upper left arm and broken bones in his left forearm. The employee was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2017-06-16 | Dubois | Pennsylvania | Paris Cleaner dba Paris Healthcare Linen Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was wiping grease from a drive chain on a machine when the chain pulled his right index finger into the drive's pulley, amputating it. The machine was guarded and operating at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2016-10-19 | Dubois | Pennsylvania | GKN Sinter Metals - DuBois | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was raking parts off the top of a slow moving conveyor (4.5"/minute) when a loud noise startled him and his finger entered a gap between the conveyor and the exit chute. The chute then shifted and dropped pinching his finger and removing his nail and fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-01-23 | Dubois | Pennsylvania | DuBois Continuum of Care Community, Inc. | Elbow(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| On 1/23/16 at 12:30, an employee was transferring a resident from one table to another in the dining hall via a wheelchair. The employee got caught on the resident's oxygen tubing and fell to the ground, fracturing her left elbow and requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2015-09-29 | Dubois | Wyoming | United States Forest Service | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person |
| An employee's hands came in contact with a chainsaw operated by another employee while swamping brush for a sawyer. The employee damaged two fingertips on left hand and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-08-26 | Dubois | Pennsylvania | Penn Highlands DuBois | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| Two employees had just completed transferring a patient to a bed using a Hoyer Lift. The employees were then going to wash the patient. One of the employees stepped away from the bed and tripped on the Hoyer Lift. The employee fell and struck her head on the wall. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-07-07 | Dubois | Pennsylvania | C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a stand-up powered industrial truck on a loading dock. The employee backed the powered industrial truck into a metal column. The employee's leg was impacted and caught by the column, resulting in multiple fractures. | |||||
| 2015-06-16 | Dubois | Pennsylvania | Rescar, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee suffered a fingertip amputation of the ring finger on his left hand while emptying a dumpster into a roll off container. | |||||
| 2015-02-06 | Dubois | Pennsylvania | Praxair, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Slip on substance without fall |
| An employee was delivering a cylinder of gas to a customer. The cylinder was being moved with a cylinder cart. As the employee was walking the cart and cylinder to the customer's door, he slipped in the snow. His hand got caught between the cylinder and the concrete parking lot. The employee crushed the tips of his index and middle finger on his right hand. In-patient hospitalization was required for surgery on the fingers. | |||||