Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-18 | Elysburg | Pa | Drug Plastics & Glass Incorporated | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was climbing down a 5-foot ladder. She fell at the last rung, suffering a contusion to the right hip where it struck the concrete floor. | |||||
2020-07-06 | Elysburg | Pennsylvania | Knoebles Amusement Resort | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee tripped while stepping down from an 8-inch elevated work surface. She fell and suffered a broken hip. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-06-22 | Elysburg | Pennsylvania | Knoebles Amusement Resort | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
In the vehicle maintenance shop, an employee was attempting to access the loft (10 feet high) with a ladder. The employee fell off the ladder and fractured his skull, ribs, and thumb. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-06-13 | Elysburg | Pennsylvania | Catawissa Wood and Components, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over a jack, fell to the floor, and sustained a fractured left wrist that required surgery. | |||||
2018-03-19 | Elysburg | Pennsylvania | Toy Factory TX, LLC | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to clear a jam in a 2,000-pound polyester fluff separating drum when the employee's left arm became entangled in the drum's spikes. The employee's entire left arm was amputated. The drum was moving at the time of the incident. | |||||
2017-07-24 | Elysburg | Pennsylvania | H. H. Knoebel Sons, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
While operating a bumper car ride, an employee slipped and fell onto the hard steel decking surface, breaking the right tibia and fibula. | |||||
2016-02-16 | Elysburg | Pennsylvania | H H Knoebel Sons Inc | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
On Tuesday, February 16, 2016, at approximately 4:00PM, an employee was walking across a wet 6"x6" piece of lumber, while carrying a 4"x4" piece of lumber, when he slipped and fell. The employee sustained a fracture to his left ankle and was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-01-28 | Elysburg | Pennsylvania | Traffic Control Services, LLC | Multiple leg locations | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
At approximately 4:30 PM on January 28, 2015, an employee removing cones in the "closed lane" was struck by a motor vehicle driven by a member of the general public. The employee's left leg sustained a fractured femur and fibula. The employee was transported and admitted to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, PA. |