Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-31 | Emmaus | Pa | Seedway, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
While moving from a fixed ladder to a roof, an employee slipped and fell. The employee landed on the concrete ground about 15 feet below and suffered a dislocated elbow, a broken wrist, a dislocated knee, multiple broken ribs, and cuts to the chin and head. | |||||
2017-03-10 | Emmaus | Pennsylvania | Wildland Conservancy, Inc. | Hand(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
An employee was taking an opossum out for exercise when the animal bit her on the hand. The employee was hospitalized for an infected animal bite. | |||||
2017-02-13 | Emmaus | Pennsylvania | Tasem, Inc. | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping over self |
An employee was carrying pies in the kitchen when she lost her footing and fell, striking her head on a counter and the floor. | |||||
2015-11-23 | Emmaus | Pennsylvania | Advanced Disposal Services, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was positioning a 3-yard container to attach to a truck when his hand got pinched between the container and truck. He lacerated/fractured two fingers on his right hand and required hospitalization. | |||||
2015-05-21 | Emmaus | Pennsylvania | WHITAKER ROOFING & SIDING, INC. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee finished installing the ridge cap on a roof and had removed the fall protection anchors. He stepped back onto the ladder to exit the roof and lost his footing, falling approximately 20 feet. He required surgery for a broken hip and ribs. |