| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-02 | North Huntingdon | Pa | Giant Eagle | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped on a floor that had just been cleaned and fell, resulting in a fractured left hip. | |||||
| 2021-07-08 | Huntingdon Valley | Pa | General Flange & Forge, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was sharpening a long bolt with a grinding machine. The bolt slipped and the employee sustained lacerations to their ring and pinky finger as well as an open fracture and a nail bed injury. | |||||
| 2021-03-22 | North Huntingdon | Pa | XPO Logistics | Foot (feet) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was putting the dock plate into a trailer. His foot slipped and he fell, suffering a broken bone in his foot. | |||||
| 2020-09-21 | Huntingdon Valley | Pa | Alro Steel Corporation dba Alro Metals Service Center | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was lifting a bundle of metal onto a stack with a crane. The bundle clipped the top bundle on the stack which then fell off and onto the employee's left leg fracturing it. | |||||
| 2020-08-16 | Huntingdon Valley | Pa | Holland Floor Covering | Ankle(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a circular saw to cut wood. The wood got jammed inside the saw's guard, and the saw cut the employee's ankle, causing a laceration that required surgery. | |||||
| 2020-04-01 | Huntingdon Valley | Pennsylvania | Asplundh Tree Experts, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object or equipment |
| A seven-employee crew was removing a 100-foot poplar tree. The crown was cut off and the employee on the tip line (which controls the direction of the tree limbs, keeping them away from power lines) was signaled to begin pulling. The tree limb that the tip line was attached to broke free and struck the employee's torso. | |||||
| 2019-03-16 | Huntingdon | Pennsylvania | Huntingdon Fiberglass Products, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was tightening the east side of a slitter after a job change and checked to see if the mat was being cut properly. As he was checking, his glove was caught and his fingers were pulled into the compaction roller, de-gloving his left middle, ring, and pinky fingers and resulting in amputation. | |||||
| 2019-01-22 | Huntingdon Valley | Pennsylvania | Henkels & McCoy, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| While checking on equipment on the back of a welding truck, an employee fell off the back of the truck to the ground about 36 inches below. The employee suffered multiple fractures and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-08-15 | Huntingdon Valley | Pennsylvania | HCR ManorCare Health Services | BODY SYSTEMS | Other structural fire without collapse |
| An employee was evacuating residents from a unit during a small fire when the employee inhaled smoke, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-06-18 | Huntingdon | Pennsylvania | DJM Builders, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was climbing a ladder to inspect roofing work when he lost his balance and fell approximately 17 feet, landing on two subcontractors below. He broke five ribs. | |||||
| 2018-03-22 | North Huntingdon | Pennsylvania | Dave McLaughlin Interiors | Nonclassifiable | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet |
| An employee was working on a baker's scaffold when the platform gave way and he fell approximately 4 feet, suffering a vertebral compression fracture. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-08-15 | Huntingdon Valley | Pennsylvania | Tyco Integrated Security/Advarck Logistics | Skull | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell from a ladder and hit his head, suffering a minor skull fracture and requiring stitches. | |||||
| 2016-09-14 | North Huntingdon | Pennsylvania | Express Scripts Inc. | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| An employee was walking down a hallway when her sandal caught, causing her to fall. She broke her left kneecap and required surgery. | |||||
| 2015-11-13 | Huntingdon Valley | Pennsylvania | Land Care LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was pulling tarp over the bed of a flatbed truck. As the employee dismounted the truck, the employee's wedding ring got caught on a truck bolt. The ring finger had to be surgically amputated at the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2015-07-21 | North Huntingdon | Pennsylvania | Verizon of PA, of LLC. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was ascending a portable ladder and fell approximately 10 feet, breaking a hip. | |||||