Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-07-24 | Hegins | Pa | Cherne Contracting Corporation | Lumbar region | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
On July 23, 2021, an employee suffered a lower back strain while lifting a hydraulic torque wrench that weighed 50-60 pounds. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-03-24 | Hegins | Pennsylvania | MI Windows and Doors, Inc. | Shoulder(s) and arm(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was wrapping some windows on a stretch wrapper machine when the windows fell over onto his right arm/shoulder. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-01-22 | Hegins | Pennsylvania | KEYSTONE POTATO PRODUCTS LLC | Hand(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was performing maintenance on the line when he placed his left hand into the moving and high-temperature components of the dehydrator drum. He broke several bones in his hand and the skin was de-gloved. He suffered burns. |