DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2019-02-21Glen RockPennsylvaniaAdhesives Research, Inc.Hand(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a slitter machine with a rag. The rag got caught on the rollers pulling his right hand into the machine. The employee sustained a degloving injury to the hand and a right thumb fracture.
2019-02-03Glen RockPennsylvaniaPenn-Mar OrganizationMultiple body partsStruck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee had jacked up a car to change the front driver's side tire. While loosening the rim from the rotor, the car fell off the jack and struck the employee. The employee sustained fractures to the left shoulder and head.
2018-09-26Glen RockPennsylvaniaBIMAX, Inc.NonclassifiableExposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was transporting a chemical tote when it began to leak. He then slipped and fell to the ground that was covered with the chemical. The employee suffered chemical burns that required hospitalization.
2017-04-25Glen RockPennsylvaniaAdhesives Research, Inc.Fingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was wiping a bearing on the 50-gallon reactor with a rag when the rag was caught by the rack and pinion pulling the employee's left hand into the moving gears. The employee's left thumb tip was partially amputated.
2016-02-16Glen RockPennsylvaniaAdhesives Research, Inc.Ankle(s)Fall on same level due to slipping
As an employee walked to his truck in the parking lot of building 5, the employee slipped on snow and ice. The employee suffered a fractured left ankle requiring surgery.
2015-06-29Glen RockPennsylvaniaO' Shea Lumber Company IncChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersOther fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was clearing a clogged dust collector pipe. The employee was standing on a home-made platform that had been elevated approximately 10 feet in the air by a forklift. The platform measured approximately 12-feet long by 42-inches wide. The employee stepped off to the side of the platform where the platform was not supported by the forks, and the platform tipped from the forks. The employee fell approximately 10 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained nine broken ribs and a