Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-09-03 | Hopewell Junction | Ny | Global Foundries | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was putting on a cleanroom suit. When he stood up, he slipped and twisted his left ankle resulting in a fall and a fractured ankle. | |||||
2020-05-05 | Hopewell Junction | New York | Techtron Environmental, Inc. | Hand(s) | Nonstructural fire, n.e.c. |
While installing plumbing in a clean room, an employee contacted a white powdery substance that burst into flames. The employee suffered thermal burns to the hands. | |||||
2019-06-27 | Hopewell Junction | New York | Mohegan Associates, Inc. | Multiple arm locations | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was unloading a sign trailer and disconnecting a sign from its travel supports. The employee's right arm was caught on the horizontal stiffener (Z-bar). The employee fell off the trailer and suffered a laceration to the right arm from under the arm pit to below the elbow. The brachial artery was severed. | |||||
2017-05-30 | Hopewell | Illinois | Shawn Yarger | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
An employee was trimming a tree from an elevated bucket at an approximate height of 50 feet when a portion of the tree that was cut fell and struck the bucket. This caused the bucket to fall to a lower position approximately 8 feet below the original work position. The employee was flipped out the bucket and fell 42 more feet to the ground, breaking bones and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-02-10 | Hopewell Junction | New York | IBM CORPORATION | Nonclassifiable | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
Employee was working in the Wets Tool Area which has hydrofluoric acid (HF) in the wafer and tool area. The employee was exposed to HF and was sent to the Burn Unit in Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, PA. The employee is scheduled for skin graft surgery. | |||||
2015-02-02 | Hopewell Junction | New York | IBM | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee walking in the parking lot, slipped on snow/ice and fell injuring his hip. |