Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-05-21 | Elizabethtown | Pennsylvania | Greiner Industries, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was helping to remove pipe from a structure when the pipe fell and struck the employee's right leg, fracturing the tibia and fibula. | |||||
2019-07-26 | Elizabethtown | Pennsylvania | Nordstrom East Coast Fulfillment Center | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over a box and fell to the floor, fracturing a fibula. | |||||
2019-01-21 | Elizabethtown | Pennsylvania | LCL Bulk Transport, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
After one of the mechanics repaired the chocolate pump on the trailer, an employee reached into the hose opening and sustained the amputation of the left middle fingertip. The pump was in operation at the time. | |||||
2018-07-20 | Elizabethtown | Pennsylvania | McGrath Technical Staffing Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
A temporary employee was cleaning behind the radial saw and contacted the saw blade causing a laceration to the right index finger and amputation of the right middle finger. | |||||
2018-07-12 | Elizabethtown | Pennsylvania | Mars, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was manually jogging a belt pulley on a dust collector motor when he sustained a partial right pinky finger amputation above the first knuckle. | |||||
2018-05-31 | Elizabethtown | Pennsylvania | Talco Home Improvement | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was walking down steps when her foot became stuck on a step and she fell, dislocating both ankles. | |||||
2018-05-25 | Elizabethtown | Pennsylvania | Masonic Village | Brain | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was mowing grass using a riding mower and struck a tree. The employee was hospitalized for a concussion. | |||||
2018-01-17 | Elizabethtown | Pennsylvania | MWI Animal Health | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was driving a high-reach forklift into a cooler in the outbound warehouse when her foot was pinched between the lift and a beam. Two of her toes had to be surgically amputated. | |||||
2017-06-21 | Elizabethtown | Pennsylvania | Nordstrom, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was attempting to track a conveyor belt when he tripped. His right hand came down on the moving conveyor belt, amputating his right middle fingertip to the first knuckle. | |||||
2017-03-01 | Elizabethtown | Pennsylvania | Leo Kob Co. Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a chop saw to cut a pipe. The pipe was wet and his hand slipped from the pipe up into the saw blade. The employee's left index finger was amputated at the first knuckle and the left middle finger was lacerated. | |||||
2017-01-08 | Elizabethtown | Pennsylvania | Kmart Corporation #3842 | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was coming down a mobile staircase when he missed the last two steps and fell. He fractured his lower left leg and left wrist and dislocated his left elbow. He required surgery. | |||||
2015-05-29 | Elizabethtown | Pennsylvania | Mora Installations Inc. | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee standing on the second floor of the building fell approximately 10 feet to the floor below, injuring his left arm. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery. |