Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-18 | Horsham | Pa | Endo International plc | Thigh(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was helping to transport a large tank on a cart when the cart hit a bump and the tank fell. The employee sustained a fractured femur and facial lacerations. | |||||
2021-07-07 | Horsham | Pa | United Parcel Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee who had been delivering packages began experiencing cramping in their arms and legs and was hospitalized for dehydration. | |||||
2020-10-12 | Horsham | Pa | United Parcel Service | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
While descending a 10-foot step ladder an employee slipped and fell, sustaining two broken bones in the lower leg. | |||||
2018-01-24 | Horsham | Pennsylvania | The Rumpf Corp | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
While descending a ladder, an employee missed a step and fell to the ground, suffering back contusions. | |||||
2017-06-08 | Horsham | Pennsylvania | Tinius Olsen Testing Machine Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
An employee was using a table saw to cut wood when a piece of wood became jammed in the blade. As the employee attempted to remove the jam, the blade lacerated the employee's right middle, ring, and pinky fingers. The saw was unguarded at the time. | |||||
2017-03-18 | Horsham | Pennsylvania | Ball Metal, Food & Aerosol Products Facility | Wrist(s) and arm(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee placed a pry bar into a flywheel of the machine. The machine started and the pry bar struck his right forearm breaking it and his wrist. | |||||
2016-07-28 | Horsham | Pennsylvania | PRO COM ROOFING CORPORATION | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee passed out and fell to the ground while climbing a ladder, breaking a femur and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-06-08 | Horsham | Pennsylvania | National Glass & Metal Company, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was moving a platform when his thumb was pinched between the rolling platform and a stationary machine. His left thumb tip was amputated. | |||||
2015-07-07 | Horsham | Pennsylvania | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, WILLOW GROVE HUB | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee had two fingers partially amputated while working on an unloader boom. The employees fingers were caught between a chain and sprocket. | |||||
2015-05-05 | Horsham | Pennsylvania | Dresser-Rand Company | Ankle(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
A maintenance employee was disassembling a machine. The machine was locked out and the alignment pins were installed to hold the part in place. After the last bolt was removed, the weight of the part sheared both pins and the part fell, striking the employee and breaking his ankle. |