| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-30 | Greensburg | Pa | Dollar Tree, Inc. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| On 7/30/2021, an employee was stocking products on a top shelf when they fell off a step stool and landed on the floor, resulting in a right hip fracture that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2021-01-19 | Greensburg | Pa | Seton Hill University | Leg(s) | Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment |
| An employee was moving a cadaver on a gurney. The gurney collapsed and struck the employee's left leg, causing the employee to fall. The employee suffered a broken left leg, as well as head lacerations from the fall. | |||||
| 2020-07-17 | Greensburg | Pennsylvania | Shop N Save | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level |
| An employee fell while walking and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-03-22 | Greensburg | Kansas | SUZLON WIND ENERGY CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was conducting a service call for replacement and assembly of a windmill gear box. The employee picked up the pillow block and while setting it into place, his left middle finger was pinched between a plate hole and the stud of the nacelle bed plate main frame. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-03-05 | Greensburg | Pennsylvania | Advanced Fire Company | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped on a bubble of linoleum in the floor and fell, injuring his back. | |||||
| 2020-03-02 | Greensburg | Pennsylvania | US Foods Inc. | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c. |
| An employee was operating a powered industrial truck by remote. The truck activated and ran over his leg, breaking it. | |||||
| 2020-01-13 | Greensburg | Pennsylvania | WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. | Foot (feet) | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, roadway |
| An employee was exiting a truck when its steering wheels ran over the employee's left foot, causing crushing injuries. | |||||
| 2020-01-07 | Greensburg | Pennsylvania | InDyne, Inc | Multiple upper extremities locations | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee came off a ladder and then fell down the steps, breaking a shoulder and wrist. | |||||
| 2019-09-09 | Greensburg | Pennsylvania | Seton Hill University | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| A maintenance employee was working on an exhaust fan on the roof of the dining hall. The employee's finger got caught between a belt and pulley and he sustained the amputation of the right index fingertip. The exhaust fan was turned off at the time. | |||||
| 2018-06-20 | Greensburg | Pennsylvania | Weeds & Seeds Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a jam in a mulch blower when it activated, amputating the fingers on the employee's left hand. | |||||
| 2018-04-28 | Greensburg | Pennsylvania | InVision Human Services | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was using a ladder to try to enter a window that led to an office that had inadvertently been locked with the keys to the door left inside. The employee fell off the ladder from the third or fourth rung, sustaining broken vertebrae. | |||||
| 2016-07-13 | Greensburg | Pennsylvania | Excela Health | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell down a flight of stairs, breaking her ankle. | |||||
| 2016-06-17 | Greensburg | Louisiana | SOUTHLAND STEEL FABRICATORS, INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee was moving a 70- to 100-pound steel plate with a coworker when the steel plate fell on and crushed his right middle and ring fingers. A portion of his ring finger had to be surgically amputated. | |||||
| 2016-06-08 | Greensburg | Pennsylvania | Route 21 Homes LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was installing concrete blocks onto a modular home's concrete piers to level a double-wide trailer. A block fell onto his left middle finger and fractured it. | |||||
| 2015-10-09 | Greensburg | Pennsylvania | Toyota of Greensburg | Leg(s) | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, roadway |
| On October 9, 2015, a shuttle driver fell out of a moving vehicle while attempting to rid the vehicle of a bug. No seat belt was worn at the time. The employee suffered a contusion to the right leg that required a medical procedure. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-07-30 | Greensburg | Pennsylvania | Smail Auto Group | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| While working with a coworker to remove a spare tire from under a vehicle, the spare tire fell and crushed an employee's left thumb. One quarter of the employee's left thumb was amputated. | |||||
| 2015-04-02 | Greensburg | Pennsylvania | Walmart Supercenter | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee amputated his finger in the back room while stocking product. | |||||
| 2015-02-19 | Greensburg | Pennsylvania | Giant Eagle | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee fell while pulling a garbage cart. The employee was admitted to the hospital with an injured hip. | |||||