Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-04-01 | Honey Brook | Pennsylvania | R-V Industries Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was cutting angle iron when the hold-down mechanism smashed the tip of his left middle finger. The employee underwent a medical amputation to the finger. | |||||
2018-03-23 | Honey Brook | Pennsylvania | BenCo Technology LLC | Fingertip(s) | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
While removing parts from a tumbler, an employee slipped and fell toward the tumbler. The employee's left hand was caught in the machinery and a tumbler gear smashed the left ring fingertip. | |||||
2016-06-21 | Honey Brook | Pennsylvania | R-V Industries, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was working from an aerial scissor lift when a coworker activated a crane to test the limit switches. The crane hook snagged the aerial lift on the way up and threw the employee to the ground. The employee suffered a broken wrist and bruised ribs. | |||||
2015-01-27 | Honey Brook | Pennsylvania | Wohlsen Construction Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On January 26, 2015, at approximately 8:06 a.m., at the Tel Hai Retirement Community, the worker sustained a partial amputation. At the time of the incident, workers were using a forklift truck to lift a job box (metal box) onto the upper level. While taking the job box off of the forklift truck, the worker's hand was pinched between the forklift truck and the job box. He was taken to Brandywine Hospital Emergency Outpatient. He sustained a bone fracture and partial amputation of his right fourt |