Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-15	Gibsonia	Pa	UPS	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on wet grass while walking to a residence to make a delivery. The employee suffered a broken leg.
2020-05-27	Gibsonia	Pennsylvania	Burns and Scalo Roofing Company	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was climbing up an extension ladder to secure it at the top. The bottom kicked out and the employee fell 17 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a bruised spleen and fractures to the leg, wrist, and ribs.
2020-05-13	Gibsonia	Pennsylvania	PENNLINE SERVICE	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was using a grease gun to grease a wood chipper turret. The chipper was spun, and the employee's right index finger was pinched in a grease outlet hole on the chipper. The fingertip was amputated.
2018-06-07	Gibsonia	Pennsylvania	Abarta Coca Cola Beverages	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was guiding a dock plate down and crushed a finger between the dock plate and his steel-toed boot, resulting in an amputation.
2017-08-14	Gibsonia	Pennsylvania	North Suburban Tree Service, Inc	Head and trunk	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was operating a grapple log skidder to move cut trees when it rolled over the side of a hill and partially landed on the side of the turnpike below. He suffered multiple skull fractures and a fractured T3 vertebra.
2016-03-07	Gibsonia	Pennsylvania	3 Rivers Ice Cream Service, Inc.	Foot (feet) and ankle(s)	Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle
An employee was operating a pallet jack to move material when the employee's foot was caught between two pallet jacks. The employee sustained crushing injuries and broken bones to the foot and ankle.