| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-30 | Hamburg | Ny | Sahlem's Roofing & Siding, Inc | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was installing siding from a 6- to 7-foot ladder. The ladder slid along the siding and the employee fell. He landed on the ground and suffered broken ribs and a collapsed lung. | |||||
| 2021-06-01 | Hamburg | Ny | FERRELLGAS INC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
| An employee tripped on a brick on the sidewalk in a parking lot. He fell to the ground, breaking his right hip. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-09-09 | Hamburg | Pennsylvania | IWCO Direct | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was using a pallet jack to unload pallets from a truck. The dock plate rose up about 1 ft. when the employee entered the truck. While backing out, the employee's right foot was crushed between the dock plate and the pallet jack. | |||||
| 2019-02-20 | Hamburg | Pennsylvania | JOE JURGIELEWICZ & SON LTD. | Multiple body parts | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was using a metal pipe with 1/2-inch tines to scrape the feathers off the side of a dryer. The force of the spinning dryer caught the pipe, which impaled the employee in the upper chest and passed through his shoulder. The force then pulled out the pipe and knocked off the lid of the dryer, sending the employee to the floor. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-01-09 | Hamburg | Pennsylvania | Hamburg Plow Works, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee poured molten iron into a mold. The molten iron ran out of the mold at the bottom corner of the jacket and onto the employee's right foot causing a burn to the top of the foot, which required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-04-03 | Hamburg | New York | Aspire of Western New York | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level |
| An employee was walking through a doorway where a plastic parking lot boundary stake (approximately 3 feet in length) was laying on the door threshold, propping open the door. The employee stepped over the stake to exit. When she returned to re-enter the door, she went to reach for the stake to move it and fell face forward, hitting her chin and landing on the concrete floor in the vestibule. She fractured her shoulders. | |||||
| 2018-03-20 | Hamburg | Arkansas | Magnolia Flooring Mill | Hand(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| On March 20, 2018, at 6:10 PM, an employee was helping to tighten a tension pulley on a ripsaw when his right hand was caught between the chain and sprocket. He experienced pain, swelling, and bleeding and was hospitalized with contusions and a broken bone that required surgery. | |||||
| 2018-02-14 | Hamburg | Pennsylvania | Kore Mart, Ltd | Foot (feet) | Rail vehicle incident |
| An employee had started to move the rail car and was climbing the car to set the brake when the employee's foot slipped off the ladder resulting in amputation of the right foot. | |||||
| 2017-08-25 | Hamburg | Arkansas | Magnolia Flooring Mill LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was cutting lumber with a rough knot saw. The employee was moving planks of wood from a roller when the saw was activated. The saw's guard came down just before the saw blade came up, and the employee's right index and middle fingertips were amputate by the blade or the moving guard. | |||||
| 2017-08-19 | Hamburg | Arkansas | ASPLUNDH TREE EXPERT CO. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was using a chainsaw to fell a 68-foot tall, 16-inch to 20-inch diameter at breast height chestnut tree when the tree began to fall and struck another tree. The butt of the tree kicked back, striking and fracturing the employee's right leg just above the ankle. | |||||
| 2016-08-20 | Hamburg | New York | Lewiston Trucking Company Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by animal |
| A horse was in a horse ring and was hooked to a carriage. The horse became spooked and started running, broke free of the reins, and attempted to exit the horse ring. An employee entered the horse ring to try and calm the horse. The horse struck the employee, who suffered a serious neck injury that required surgery, abrasions, contusions, and lacerations to the thighs/arms. | |||||
| 2016-02-29 | Hamburg | Pennsylvania | Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores, Inc | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee performing a road call was struck in the face by a bottle jack that kicked out while he was servicing a truck alongside a public road. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of an orbital fracture and observation. | |||||
| 2016-01-10 | Hamburg | Pennsylvania | Lowes | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| While unloading items from a pallet, an employee tripped over the pallet and fell to the floor, breaking the right hip. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
| 2015-11-16 | Hamburg | Arkansas | P E Barnes Lumber Co | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was changing the force draft fan belt. He turned off the fan. Due to the inertia, the belt did not come to a complete stop and began to rotate. The employee's right index finger got caught between the belt and the pulley, and was amputated between the last joint and base of the nail. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2015-08-25 | Hamburg | Pennsylvania | Cougle's Recycling | Ear(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell down the stairs injuring a leg and cutting an ear. | |||||
| 2015-06-25 | Hamburg | Pennsylvania | Heim Construction | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone |
| An employee laying out a curb line on a road construction project was hit in the work zone by a privately driven vehicle. The employee suffered broken ribs. | |||||
| 2015-05-29 | Hamburg | Pennsylvania | Cougle's Recycling | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee got caught between a dump truck and bailer belt while trying to clean debris from the bailer. The employee sustained rib and lung injuries. | |||||
| 2015-05-25 | Hamburg | Pennsylvania | Supportive Concepts For Families, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion involving outside sources |
| On or about May 25, 2015, at 4:00 pm an employee was supporting a highly mobile resistant resident and fractured her back. Later, she had trouble moving her feet and was hospitalized for treatment. | |||||
| 2015-03-03 | Hamburg | New York | Con-Way Freight | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| Employee slipped on ice in a customer's parking lot and fell resulting in two broken ribs and a punctured lung. | |||||
| 2015-02-27 | Hamburg | Pennsylvania | Cougle's Recycling, Incorporated | Ankle(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| The employee was driving the powered industrial truck, stacking product on the top of the third pallet. The employee stacked the pallet and put the forklift in reverse. The employee then placed the forklift in forward, assuming that the forks were still elevated. The forklift fell on its side, causing the employee to break an ankle. | |||||