| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-03 | Harrisburg | Pa | Hershey Creamery Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was removing a clog of cookie crumbs from a mixing machine when his glove caught onto the rotating paddles, resulting in amputation of his right middle and ring fingertips. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time. | |||||
| 2021-08-22 | Harrisburg | Pa | United Natural Foods, Inc. | Arm(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
| An employee was operating a stand-up forklift in a freezer area. The forklift struck a rack and ejected the employee, who suffered a broken left arm. | |||||
| 2021-08-03 | Harrisburg | Pa | LeafFilter Gutter Protection | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was cleaning a residential gutter from an A-frame ladder, 6 to 7 feet above the ground. The employee fell to the ground and suffered two fractures in the lower back and a broken right ankle. | |||||
| 2021-05-11 | Harrisburg | Sd | New Vision Co-Op | Multiple face locations | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was performing maintenance on a floater machine and was struck in the face by a spring-loaded latch. The employee suffered a broken nose and facial fractures. | |||||
| 2021-05-11 | Harrisburg | Pa | Aveanna Harrisburg | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| While walking down stairs in a client's home, an employee tripped on a pair of shoes and fell 2 to 3 steps, landing on the base of a child's car seat. The employee sustained a broken right femur. | |||||
| 2021-04-28 | Harrisburg | Pa | TRANSCORP ENTERPRISES | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
| An employee was filling a tire truck when the tire blew, resulting in bruised lungs and a laceration to the back of the head that required staples. | |||||
| 2021-03-15 | Harrisburg | Sd | Showplace Wood Products, Inc. | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee fell while jumping over a snow bank in a parking lot. The employee suffered a dislocated knee and a broken tibia. | |||||
| 2020-09-29 | Harrisburg | Pa | Precision Blasting, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Demolition or blasting explosion |
| A contractor employee sustained a possible amputation of the left leg below the knee during explosive blasting. | |||||
| 2020-08-17 | Harrisburg | Pa | U.S. Census Bureau | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell down a flight of stairs and sustained a broken hip. | |||||
| 2020-08-05 | Harrisburg | Pa | HOUCK SPECIALTY CONTRACTORS | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was standing on the roof performing masonry wall repairs when he fell 10 feet from the edge to the ground and suffered a broken jaw and arm, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2020-02-06 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | HAH Group Holdings, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Other structural fire without collapse |
| An employee was taking care of a client in her home. The house caught fire. The employee suffered smoke inhalation while trying to get the client out of the house. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-01-31 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | Cracker Barrel Old Country Store | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to other harmful substances |
| An employee had an unknown allergic reaction to something, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2020-01-26 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | United Natural Foods, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a forklift and got off of it to move a double pallet jack. He leaned forward and grabbed the pallet jack's throttle. The pallet jack then went to the side into racking. The pallet jack and racking struck the employee's right ankle, causing a fracture. | |||||
| 2020-01-21 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | U.S. Postal Service | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped and fell on ice while exiting a postal vehicle, suffering a broken kneecap and torn muscle. | |||||
| 2019-06-11 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | Consolidate Scrap Resources | Lower leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was near a scrap pile. An excavator was pulling metal from the pile when a piece of railing got caught on some scrap, broke free, and went flying. It struck the employee's left calf and lacerated it. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-06-07 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | Dayton Parts, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was making adjustments on a machine and suffered a partial amputation of the left ring finger. | |||||
| 2019-05-19 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | Fresh Express, Incorporated | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was straightening the file after making a film change on a bagger machine when the clamp that seals each end of the product bag amputated the employee's left middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-04-10 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | Hershey Creamery Company | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was defrosting a vessel with a flexible steam line. He set the steam line in the vessel and it slipped out, allowing steam to burn his neck, chest, and stomach. | |||||
| 2019-03-29 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | J & J Service Solutions LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment |
| An employee was working from a scissor lift, dismantling pallet stacks. The racks collapsed and knocked the scissor lift to the ground. The employee suffered a head laceration, a fractured elbow, a left hand contusion, a laceration to the right hand, broken ribs, a partially collapsed left lung, and a ruptured spleen. | |||||
| 2019-03-01 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | Consolidated Scrap Resources, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working at a shredder. The employee's hand/right arm was wrapped around a conveyor's tail pulley; the employee suffered a broken right wrist and skin damage on the underside of the upper right arm. The employee was hospitalized. The pulley was guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2019-01-25 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | Supervalu | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a stand-up dock stocker and struck the bollard protecting the sprinkler room. The employee sustained the amputation of three toes on the left foot. | |||||
| 2019-01-21 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | U.S. Postal Service | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
| An employee was pulling a mail tray to put in a container and felt a pull in his back. | |||||
| 2019-01-09 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | Medtronic Plc | Skull | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee attending an operating room event experienced low blood pressure and collapsed, striking his head when he fell. He was hospitalized with a skull fracture. | |||||
| 2018-07-23 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | Big Lots | Leg(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee fell while walking away from a register, suffering a broken right leg. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-07-02 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | Property Management, Inc | Arm(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less |
| An employee was connecting gauges to check the freon in an HVAC unit when he was shocked by 208 volts at 30 amps and received a burn on his left arm. | |||||
| 2018-07-02 | Harrisburg | Arkansas | Valley View Agri, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was sitting on an 8-foot scaffold, preparing to descend to the ground below, when a plank shifted. He fell to the ground, suffering a fracture and dislocation of the left wrist, a broken nose, and contusions. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-07-02 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | James Craft & Son Inc | Head | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was on the fifth step of an 8-foot ladder when he turned/twisted to his left to grab a pipe to make a connection. The ladder also turned/twisted, and the employee fell, striking and lacerating his head on the floor. | |||||
| 2018-06-20 | Harrisburg | South Dakota | Dakotaland Sod Farm, Inc. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
| An employee was climbing up scaffolding to put plastic on the roof and keep water out of recently poured wet concrete when the employee slipped on the wet scaffolding and fell approximately 25 feet to the ground. The employee suffered a broken right leg. | |||||
| 2018-06-14 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | Calderon Textiles, LLC | Hip(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| A lift truck backed out of a sea container while another employee was walking by. Due to a blind spot, the lift truck operator did not see the employee. The lift truck then struck the employee, who suffered a hip fracture that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2018-04-17 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | VM Innovations, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonroadway noncollision incident |
| An employee received left index, middle, and ring finger amputations above the middle knuckle when his hand was crushed between a dock plate and the forklift frame. The forklift had fallen between the dock plate and the trailer when the truck pulled away from the dock. | |||||
| 2018-02-19 | Harrisburg | Illinois | Thornton Auto Crushing, LLC | Brain | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
| While recycling a large trailer, an employee was struck in the head when the 8-foot high side swing door was blown shut by a gust of wind. | |||||
| 2017-08-08 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | The Performance Group | Leg(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle |
| An employee was operating a pallet jack and veered into some pallets. The employee was hospitalized for leg fractures. | |||||
| 2017-07-20 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | McDonalds | Arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was attempting to retrieve a cleaning rag from a fryer when her right arm suffered second degree burns, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-06-12 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | H.B. MCCLURE COMPANY | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was working off an 8-foot step ladder, standing on the sixth step. As he started to descend the ladder, the ladder shifted and he lost his balance and fell to the floor. He landed on his left wrist, causing a severe fracture. He was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2017-04-10 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | Pinnacle Health Systems | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
| An employee was struck in the stomach by a patient while trying to get the patient to sign paperwork. The employee was hospitalized with an abdominal contusion. | |||||
| 2017-02-10 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | Rogele Incorporated | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was emptying the truck of salt. The employee tried to clear a jam in the auger when their glove got caught and their left hand was pulled into the auger resulting in a fractured hand. | |||||
| 2017-01-31 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | TA Operating, LLC | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking across the parking lot on her way to work when she slipped on snow/ice and fell breaking an ankle. | |||||
| 2016-08-16 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | USPS - Lower Paxton | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee slipped and fell while descending from a damp porch at a residence, rupturing a quadricep tendon in the left leg. | |||||
| 2016-05-10 | Harrisburg | South Dakota | Showplace Wood Products, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning the beam saw/panel saw area when he was caught in the machine, sustaining serious lacerations to his neck and arm. | |||||
| 2016-04-14 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | Rite Aid Corporation | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was using a ladder to enter the office through the window above the office door. The employee fell to the floor and suffered a fractured right elbow. | |||||
| 2016-04-02 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | Fresh Express | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was blowing down a bagger product feed conveyor with an air hose when his right hand became entangled in the chain drive. His right index finger was amputated with fractures to the remaining three fingers. | |||||
| 2016-03-30 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | Suez | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was lifting a steel diamond plate cover off a lagoon pit when the cover slipped out of his hand and fell on his foot. He slipped and fell, breaking his right hip. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-03-21 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | Berks and Beyond Employment Services, Inc | Lower leg(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
| While reversing a high-reach forklift, an employee was struck by another forklift, suffering a right lower leg fracture. | |||||
| 2016-02-07 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | Grifols Inc. | Lumbar region | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
| While lifting a case of drinks, an employee felt pain in the lower back. The employee was hospitalized with a lower back strain. | |||||
| 2016-01-29 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, INCORPORATED | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was using sulfuric acid drain cleaner to unclog a bath tub drain. He felt burning in his eyes and throat. He left the apartment and was transported to the hospital with breathing problems. | |||||
| 2015-11-23 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | Ecumenical Retirement | Head, neck, and trunk | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking downhill to the parking lot when he fell and rolled into the back of a parked car. He broke the bone under his right eye, cracked a rib, and broke a bone in his neck (C2). He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-09-29 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | GHD, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking around the site, observing the installation of a new sewer line, when he slipped in the mud and fell to the ground. He sustained a left ankle injury. | |||||
| 2015-08-10 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | Colonial Golf & Tennis Club | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was chopping lettuce in the kitchen with a kitchen knife and amputated the tip of his left thumb. | |||||
| 2015-05-21 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | Penn Line Corporation | Hip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| A crew worked doing line clearance tree trimming. An employee not involved in the tree felling operation stood 35 feet from a cherry tree to be felled. Employees working from bucket trucks limbed the cherry tree to a height of 18 feet. Then, an employee manually felled the cherry tree. The cherry tree had a small limb that remained on the back side. When the employee felling the cherry tree made the back cut and the cherry tree fell, the remaining limb on the cherry tree struck a nearby ash | |||||
| 2015-03-18 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | Pinnacle Health | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee operating a Microtome machine sustained an amputation injury to her left index finger. | |||||
| 2015-03-04 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee pushing the breakfast cart across the street from the church kitchen to the school slipped on ice and broke his left ankle, resulting in hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2015-02-06 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | Consolidated Scrap Resources, Inc. | Internal abdominal location | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee of Hebron Inc. delivered scrap cars to a salvage yard. While unstrapping the restraints, at least two car logs dislodged from the scrap pile and rolled/slid, pinning the employee between the trailer and the car logs. The employee was hospitalized for injuries that included internal bleeding. | |||||
| 2015-01-21 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | UPS | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| Employee was walking beside his truck trailer on two inches of snow that was on top of ice. The employee slipped and fell onto his right side. He suffered a broken right fibula. He was taken to the hospital, admitted, and had surgery. | |||||
| 2015-01-07 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | CIESCO, INCORPORATED | Arm(s) | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. |
| Employee operating a forklift was injured when he stuck his arm out of the forklift cage and it was struck by a company vehicle. | |||||