Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-02-26 | Exton | Pa | The Giant Co. | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was delivering groceries at the loading dock when he tripped over a dock plate and fell onto the concrete loading dock floor. The employee suffered a dislocated shoulder and fractured facial bones. | |||||
2020-07-11 | Exton | Pennsylvania | DSM Biomedical | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was servicing an exhaust fan motor. The fan suddenly began to turn, and the employee's thumb was pulled into the pulley and amputated. | |||||
2019-06-28 | Exton | Pennsylvania | Brogan Landscaping, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was inspecting a mower when his hand went under the deck and made contact with the blade, resulting in amputations of the right-hand index, middle, and ring fingers at the middle phalanges. The mower was running at the time of the incident. | |||||
2019-04-15 | Exton | Pennsylvania | Integrations, Inc. | Skull | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
Employee was on a 6-foot stepladder hanging cables. The employee fell off the ladder, striking his head on the floor 4-5 feet below. The employee suffered a skull fracture and soft tissue trauma. | |||||
2017-07-18 | Exton | Pennsylvania | Custom Storage Solutions, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning the edge banding machine and amputated the right middle and ring fingertips on the blades. The machine was running at the time of the incident. | |||||
2016-10-13 | Exton | Pennsylvania | Universal Technical Institute | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was leaning against the truck frame in the back of the truck with his hand resting on the edge of the frame close to the truck's mud flap spring release. A student unknowingly pushed down on the spring amputating the employee's left pinky fingertip. | |||||
2016-09-19 | Exton | Pennsylvania | OMEGAFLEX | Leg(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a utility knife to cut a zip tie that was securing a reel of flexible hose when the knife lacerated his left leg. | |||||
2015-09-12 | Exton | Pennsylvania | TJX Companies, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee tripped and fell while pushing a bin with merchandise. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-02-04 | Exton | Pennsylvania | Travelers, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
Employee inhaled paint fumes and was taken to the hospital. |