Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-04-22 | East Earl | Pennsylvania | VALLEY PROTEINS, INCORPORATED | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was troubleshooting a de-energized screw conveyor. While he was manually moving the belt drive, the jammed object came free and the conveyor belt moved and pulled his hand in between the belt and pulley. He suffered a left ring fingertip amputation. | |||||
2017-09-12 | East Earl | Pennsylvania | Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was servicing a moulder and checking the alignment of the cutter when the machine activated cutting his right middle, ring and pinky fingers. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery on his hand. | |||||
2016-04-20 | East Earl | Pennsylvania | Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee was exiting the building when a gust of air grabbed the door. He lost control of the door and it slammed on his left middle finger, amputating the tip on the palm side. | |||||
2015-12-08 | East Earl | Pennsylvania | Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
After glazing wood doors, an employee became lightheaded and was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-10-28 | East Earl | Pennsylvania | Shady Maple Farm Market | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was running within the establishment when she tripped and fell to the ground fracturing a hip. | |||||
2015-10-14 | East Earl | Pennsylvania | Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation | Thigh(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
On or about October 14, 2015, at 5:15 am the employee opened the back of the truck and mis-stepped into the six-inch gap between the loading dock and the back of the truck. His left leg plunged into the gap up to his thigh. He was hospitalized for observation and care of a deep left thigh contusion. |