Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-01-11 | Glen Dale | West Virgini | Tecnocap, LLC | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
At approximately 2:12 PM, an employee was operating a wax machine when his left sleeve became caught in the gears of the machine, pulling his arm into the gears. He was hospitalized with a fractured left arm. | |||||
2018-05-31 | Glen Dale | West Virgini | Welded Construction | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee climbed the ladder on the back of a water truck to load water into the truck using a fire hose. When the water to the hose was turned on, the employee was startled by the pressure and fell back off of the ladder. The employee fell 7 feet to the ground, suffering a left-side skull fracture, left rib fracture, and L4 vertebra process fracture. |