Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-05 | Harrisville | Wv | Next LVL Energy | Face | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was plugging and abandoning a natural gas well when he was struck in the face by a 30-foot section of steel tubing. The employee sustained multiple facial fractures. | |||||
2019-07-10 | Harrisville | Pennsylvania | Clearwater Construction, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Employees were driving piles. An employee was using his left hand to guide the leads (upright portion that drives the hammer). The lines were suspended by a crane and the third line was not in use. As the crane lowered the leads, the weight of the leads draped onto the third line. This caused the third line to tighten against the employee’s hand causing an amputation to the left thumb just below the nailbed near the first joint. | |||||
2019-02-06 | Harrisville | Pennsylvania | Riverwoods Cabinetry | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting wood on a table saw. The piece of wood kicked back and his hand came into contact with the saw blade. He suffered amputations to the middle and index fingers of his left hand. | |||||
2018-09-14 | Harrisville | New York | MR. GRANT CONTR. INC. | Face | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was replacing a roof panel on a storage building when a panel gave out and the employee fell approximately 9 feet onto a concrete block, fracturing bones in the face. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-06-28 | Harrisville | New Hampshir | Mayfair Farm | Foot (feet) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee struck his foot with a pitchfork and was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-02-16 | Harrisville | Rhode Island | Atlas Barrel and Pallet, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
The employee was opening the sliding door to the heat treating building by pulling the handle down, which enables the door to slide on its rollers. The metal sliding door was approximately 22.5 feet in length and 11 feet in height. The employee tried to push the sliding door along its rollers by placing his left hand on the door handle frame. While pushing the sliding door, the unlatched spring-loaded door handle released from its down position, and sprung upward, catching the employee's left pi | |||||
2016-09-08 | Harrisville | Pennsylvania | Heath Oil Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to slipping |
While climbing into construction equipment, an employee slipped and fell onto an operating handle, suffering a broken left rib and punctured lung. |