Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-08-21 | Gettysburg | Pa | Morton Buildings, Incorporated | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a press to bend metal flashing. His finger slipped into the press at the same time the machine cycled and his hands were crushed. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-06-02 | Gettysburg | Pennsylvania | Wellspan | Brain | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee was attempting to detain a patient and was pushed to the ground. He fell backwards and hit his head on the ground, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2019-03-14 | Gettysburg | Pennsylvania | Agricultural Commodities Inc | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was on top of a trailer, leveling out product. He stepped over a gap about 18 inches wide and fell about 11 feet to the ground, suffering broken ribs and a broken left hip; his spleen was removed. | |||||
2017-10-04 | Gettysburg | Pennsylvania | Donald B Smith Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall to lower level |
On October 4, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., an employee was using a tape measurer to measure a warehouse roof vent hole where the vent cover structure had been removed to place decking material. The tape measurer then fell onto the retrofitted drywall vent cover. The employee was trying to recover the tape measurer when the drywall collapsed and he fell 28 feet to the floor of the warehouse, fracturing his right hip, left foot, right cheek, and lumbar spine. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2016-07-20 | Gettysburg | Pennsylvania | JDCS Interprises | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over a lobby cart and fell breaking her right arm. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-01-05 | Gettysburg | Pennsylvania | Melhorn Sales, Service, & Trucking Co. | Hand(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was loading chickens from a chicken farm onto transportation trucks. The employee was pulling a full cart of chickens down the aisle inside the chicken house. As the cart rolled over a section of the steel grating floor, the section became dislodged and fell. The employee and cart fell approximately 10 feet through the hole to the ground. The employee suffered a broken left hand and required surgery. | |||||
2015-10-30 | Gettysburg | Pennsylvania | Dal -Tile Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
Two employees were operating a press. One of the employee's hands got caught in the machine resulting in the amputation of the left hand middle finger. | |||||
2015-05-20 | Gettysburg | Pennsylvania | Dal-Tile | Ankle(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee reversing a powered industrial truck (PIT) out-traveled the dock edge, causing the left rear wheel to drop approximately 3 inches to the lower surface. The PIT overturned and landed on its side. He was wearing his seatbelt at the of the time of the incident but removed it during the fall. The employee suffered a right ankle fracture and was hospitalized for surgery. |