Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-26 | Hanover | Pa | CHI OVERHEAD DOOR, INC. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was unloading garage door sections inside a trailer. As he pulled one garage door section using a plastic banding strap, the strap broke and he fell out of the trailer to the ground approximately 6 feet to 6.5 feet below, resulting in a fractured left ankle. | |||||
2021-10-24 | Hanover | Ma | DICK'S SPORTING GOODS, INC. | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was struck by a car as she walked through a parking lot. She suffered a leg injury. | |||||
2021-09-21 | Hanover | Pa | Hanover Foods Corporation | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was working at a filling line, filling a can with potatoes. A piece of equipment caught the employee's shirt and pulled the employee's right arm into the machine. The arm was broken. | |||||
2021-09-16 | Hanover | Pa | RK Holdings, LLP - Hanover #130 | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was putting cardboard into a dumpster. When he tried to push the cardboard down, the employee fell into the dumpster. The employee broke his left leg. | |||||
2021-08-27 | Hanover | Pa | Penn-Mar Castings, LLC | Foot (feet) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was lifting a casting using a crane when the crane hook slipped off the casting and the casting fell onto the employee's left foot, resulting in multiple fractures. | |||||
2021-05-27 | Hanover | Pa | Conewago Enterprises, Inc. | Multiple foot (feet) locations | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was operating a crane at a steel fabrication shop. The employee had just laid a section of steel, carried in the crane's hooks, on the ground. The employee unhooked the hooks and began to raise them. One of them hooked the section of steel and overturned it onto the employee's right foot. The employee suffered fractures to the foot and toes. | |||||
2021-04-22 | Hanover | Pa | Trinity Solar | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was adjusting stabilizers at the top of a ladder, preparing to install solar panels. He fell from the ladder to the pavement 8 feet below, sustaining a broken left ankle. | |||||
2021-03-19 | Hanover Township | Pa | Jacobson Warehouse Company | Eye(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was operating a forklift when it struck a structural pole in a building. The employee's head struck a side view mirror on the forklift, causing an eye contusion. | |||||
2021-02-08 | Hanover | Pa | Sun Coach Lines | Head | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from the back of a pickup truck while working on a salt spreader, resulting in a bruise to their temple. | |||||
2020-10-01 | Hanover Park | Il | U.S. Postal Service | Pelvis | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell to the ground as he exited the rear of a postal truck and sustained injuries to his pelvis. | |||||
2020-07-27 | East Hanover | New Jersey | GIVAUDAN FLAVORS CORPORATION | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was walking down a flight of stairs. His left leg buckled and he fell, suffering a broken left femur. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-07-14 | Hanover Park | Illinois | Central Sod Farms Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck by other falling powered vehicle |
An employee was changing a tire on a forklift when the forklift slipped and smashed his right hand. The employee was hospitalized with possible broken bones. | |||||
2020-07-09 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | Feltchs Machine Shop | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
While sanding an axle on a lathe, an employee suffered amputations to the right index, ring, and little fingers (to the first knuckle), as well as the tip of the middle finger when their glove was caught in the lathe. | |||||
2020-06-30 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | JAY R REYNOLDS INC | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was standing on a 12-foot ladder, cutting a 3-inch water pipe. When he cut it, the pipe swung down and knocked the ladder out from under him. He fell to the ground about 9 feet below, landing on the ladder and suffering rib, lung, and hip damage. | |||||
2019-08-05 | Hanover | Massachusett | SHAWS SUPERMARKET | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a meat saw to cut marrow bones into smaller sections when his right hand slipped and contacted the blade resulting in a deep laceration to his right index finger. | |||||
2019-05-29 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | Cam Innovation, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was operating a manual cutting machine and suffered a partial amputation to his left pinky finger while adjusting the die for a 10x10x16 piece of metal. | |||||
2019-05-28 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | Utz Quality Foods, Incorporated | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee attempted to slide an MC connector to splice an electrical wire and received an electrical shock. | |||||
2019-05-21 | East Hanover | New Jersey | HOME DEPOT | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping over self |
An employee was walking through the aisle, tripped over boxes and fell striking their head on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with swelling and bleeding in the brain. | |||||
2019-01-30 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | SKF USA Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was loading the rings into the furnace. The employee was steadying the load with one hand and operating the hoist with the other hand when the lifting device pinched the end of their left middle finger resulting in amputation of one-half inch. | |||||
2019-01-10 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | ESAB Group, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was performing a cleaning task at the start of a product change-over on the production line. The machine includes a free-floating pan and scraper drum. The employee's left arm became trapped between the pan and drum causing a laceration and fracture. | |||||
2018-09-07 | Hanover Township | Pennsylvania | Nardone Brothers Baking Co. Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was attempting to separate product as it was exiting a wrapping machine when her left hand was caught in the machine, crushing and fracturing her middle finger. She was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
2018-09-04 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | Bickel's Snack Food / Wege Division | Scalp | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to clean out excess dough from a pretzel folding machine when her hair became caught in a rotating shaft. As a result, she lost hair and a portion of her scalp, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-08-17 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | Utz Quality Foods | Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was assembling office furniture when the employee contacted the blades of an adjacent ceiling fan, sustaining a broken and lacerated nose. | |||||
2018-07-30 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | PAME Construction Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet |
While installing a piece of ridge cap on a roof, an employee fell to the ground about 28 feet below. The employee suffered a dislocated right shoulder, a broken left wrist and left leg, and facial lacerations. | |||||
2018-07-27 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | McClarin Plastics, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was placing a weighted mold onto a molding machine when the mold became stuck on a bolt. As the employee attempted to push the mold off the bolt, it crushed and lacerated the employee's left middle finger. | |||||
2018-05-02 | Hanover Township | Pennsylvania | Nardone Brothers Baking Co. Inc. | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was working as a packaging assistant when she tripped and fell, breaking her arm and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-04-23 | Hanover | Massachusett | Hanover Automotive Group, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was working on a car engine when his finger came in contact with a sharp object, resulting in a left middle finger amputation. | |||||
2018-04-23 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | McClarian Plastics LLC. | Skull | Struck against object or equipment |
An employee was cleaning out debris around a fixture when he came in contact with a milling bit, puncturing his skull. The bit was guarded at the time. | |||||
2018-04-12 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | Snyders-Lance Hanover Manufacturing Facility | Multiple head locations | Other fall to lower level |
An employee slipped and fell to the ground while climbing a ladder, fracturing most of the bones in his face and suffering a concussion. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-03-23 | Hanover Park | Illinois | ProAmpac | Multiple face locations | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was cutting a cardboard core on a core cutting machine when the core spun out of the machine, striking the employee in the face and mouth. The employee suffered nose, sinus, and palate fractures. | |||||
2018-03-22 | Hanover Township | Pennsylvania | Nardone Brothers Baking Co. Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was operating cheese shredder when the unit malfunctioned. The employee was troubleshooting the machine when it automatically activated and amputated several of his fingers. | |||||
2018-03-14 | Hanover Park | Illinois | GE Transportation | Hip(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee reversed a standup forklift into a racking system and was caught between the lift and the rack, suffering a broken hip that required hospitalization. | |||||
2018-02-27 | Hanover | New Hampshir | Dartmouth College | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting pipe with a band saw when his middle finger contacted the blade, amputating his fingertip. | |||||
2018-02-20 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | RH Sheppard Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
The injured employee was adjusting a die when a second employee started the machine. The injured employee suffered a partial amputation of the thumb. | |||||
2018-02-14 | Hanover Township | Pennsylvania | Crete Carrier Corporation | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee was lifting tarps off the ground and felt a pop. The employee was hospitalized for hernia surgery. | |||||
2018-01-15 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | Treehouse Foods | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell from a 3-foot step ladder and struck her head, suffering a possible concussion and hospitalization. | |||||
2018-01-11 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | WEGE PRETZEL COMPANY | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a dough mixer and got an arm caught in the mixer resulting in arm fractures. | |||||
2018-01-08 | Hanover | Massachusett | Cri-Tech, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee suffered a thumb amputation while degreasing a mixer. | |||||
2017-10-16 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | IWM International, LLC | Ankle(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
On October 16, 2017, at 2:30 p.m., an employee was operating his wire screen weaving machine when the material quality began to diminish. He went around to the press rollers and loosened the bolts holding them in the loom. The press rollers, which were unsupported by a cart at the time, then fell out of the machine and onto his right ankle, causing a traumatic displaced trimalleolar fracture. | |||||
2017-08-07 | Hanover | Massachusett | Total Temp, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was climbing a fixed ladder to access the HVAC system on a roof when the ladder came off the building. He fell approximately 10 feet to the ground, fracturing his legs. | |||||
2017-05-10 | East Hanover | New Jersey | Sears Home Services LLC | Thigh(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet |
An employee had removed a loading dock plate when he fell into the gap between the truck and loading dock, fracturing his left femur. | |||||
2017-03-30 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | OX Paper Tube and Core, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On March 30, 2017, an employee was guiding a ply of paper into the winder machine when his right hand was caught under the machine belt, amputating part of his right thumb and index finger. | |||||
2017-03-16 | Hanover | New Hampshir | DARTMOUTH COLLEGE | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on ice on a walkway and fell. The employee was hospitalized for a traumatic head injury. | |||||
2016-10-16 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | Snyder's Lance, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a standup forklift to unload a trailer and set up a line. Her left foot became pinned between the vehicle and a wall. She was hospitalized with a fractured left foot and contusions/bruising, requiring surgery. | |||||
2016-09-28 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | R. H. Sheppard Co., Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was tipping a pouring cup into a mold (to mark it as bad) while his right hand was on the conveyor belt. The conveyor belt automatically moves when it's ready for the next mold. When it moved forward, his hand became caught between the mold and conveyor belt, amputating his right pinky fingertip. | |||||
2016-09-17 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | Treehouse Private Brand | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a vertical belt sander to deburr a piece of metal. The metal became caught between the sanding belt and a tool rest, which pulled his thumb into the belt behind the tool rest and amputated his left thumb tip. The sander was guarded at the time. | |||||
2016-09-09 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | HANOVER SHOE FARMS, INCORPORATED | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was performing various tasks in a barn, such as cleaning stalls, walking horses, and filling water, when he passed out due to dehydration and heat exhaustion. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-08-27 | Hanover Township | Pennsylvania | Manpower, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
A temporary employee was cutting molding on a miter saw. The saw blade hit a knot and caused the wood molding to kick back. The employee's hand was pulled into the saw blade and her right index finger was amputated. | |||||
2016-07-26 | Hanover Park | Illinois | Round Ground, Inc. | Multiple foot (feet) locations | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
On or about July 27, 2016, an employee was opening a bundle of bars on a side loader forklift. The bars rolled off the front of the forks and landed on top of his right foot behind the steel toe. Part of the foot and toes were amputated due to infection. | |||||
2016-07-22 | Hanover | Massachusett | ABSOLUTE LOGISTICS SOLUTIONS LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was operating a forklift when he hit a column and then backed up into another column, breaking his back. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-07-10 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | Utz Quality Foods | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was disassembling the stator on an extruder machine when several of the employee's fingers on both hands were pinched and burned between two hot steel plates. | |||||
2016-03-28 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | Waggoner Construction, Inc | Hand(s) | Struck against object or equipment while moving it |
An employee was loading the wooden scaffold system into the truck and got a splinter. The employee removed the splinter. The wound became infected and the employee was hospitalized for treatment. | |||||
2016-02-17 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | Kohl's Pennsylvania, Inc. | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell on black ice while walking in the parking lot on the way into work around 7:45 AM on February 17, 2016. The employee was hospitalized for a concussion and stiches to the back of the head. | |||||
2016-02-06 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | UTZ Quality Foods, Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking from the plant to his car and slipped on ice falling to the ground and breaking his shoulder. | |||||
2015-12-09 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | CONEWAGO ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED | Lower leg(s) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
An employee pulled into the yard to pick up some rebar. He thought he placed the pickup truck in park and exited the vehicle, however the truck was in reverse. The door knocked him over and the left front tire ran over his right ankle. He was admitted to the hospital for a broken tibia and fibula. | |||||
2015-11-24 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | Sealed Air Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was threading paper into the padded bag line machine. When the paper passed through the notcher section, the employee attempted to support the paper with his hand. The notcher fired and amputated his right ring fingertip. The notcher was not turned off at the time of the incident. | |||||
2015-10-05 | Hanover Township | Pennsylvania | Slocomb Windows and Doors, Incorporated | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was loading patio doors into a tractor trailer when three patio doors shifted and struck/crushed the employee. The employee was hospitalized and exhibited paralysis below the chest line. | |||||
2015-10-01 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | HANOVER SHOE FARMS, INCORPORATED | Brain | Kicked by animal |
An employee was removing a horse from the exercise walker and hooking the lead to the horse. The horse reared and kicked the employee, causing loss of consciousness and a head injury. | |||||
2015-09-11 | Hanover | New Hampshir | Dartmouth College | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Employee suffered a right pinky finger amputation while using a metal stud cutting tool for carpentry work. | |||||
2015-08-26 | East Hanover | New Jersey | NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION | Nonclassifiable | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
A scientist was bitten by a rat. The employee experienced an allergic reaction and was transported to a hospital. | |||||
2015-08-17 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | Utz Quality Foods, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was packing bags of baked snacks into shipping boxes. While moving from the packing area to another section of the plant, the employee went under a portable conveyor and pulled it down while trying to support their weight. The conveyor belt fell onto the employee, lacerating the head and arm and requiring arterial cauterization. | |||||
2015-07-29 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | R. H. Sheppard Co., Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was pouring metal from a ladle. As the employee was moving the ladle down the line, the tip of his right index finger got caught between the ladle and the I beam. The employee had about a pencil eraser width of his fingertip amputated. | |||||
2015-07-11 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | Colfax Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
A maintenance man removed a guard without LOTO and his left pointer finger was amputated above the first digit. | |||||
2015-03-25 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | R.H. SHEPPARD COMPANY, INCORPORATED | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee cutting the end of a metal pipe amputated the left middle fingertip when a clamp loosened and struck the employee's fingers. | |||||
2015-03-12 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | Aqua Phoenix Scientific | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee operating a forklift was unable to stop the forklift from moving. His hand reached out of the cage to try to stop the lift. When that didn't work, he pulled his hand back in and realized it was injured. | |||||
2015-01-17 | Hanover | New Hampshir | Kendal at Hanover | Hand(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
On January 17, 2015, an employee was exposed to a sharp hazard when a meat thermometer was caught in mid-air and went into the employee's hand. Employee had to have inpatient ligament surgery on January 19, 2015, due to the injury. | |||||
2015-01-15 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | SKF USA Incorporated | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was presetting a roller channel machine. While presetting the chuck, a jam occurred. The employee tried to clear the jam. The pusher activated and pinched the tip of the employee's right index finger. The employee went to the emergency room, which documented the injury as an amputation. |