Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-09-03 | Irvine | Pa | Ellwood National Forge | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was polishing a 3/4" x 13 1/4" steel shaft in a lathe using emery paper. The emery paper got caught around the workpiece and the employee's right ring finger was amputated. | |||||
2021-08-09 | Irvine | Ca | U.S. Postal Service | Brain | Nonclassifiable |
An employee hit his head on a gate while delivering mail. He suffered a head injury. | |||||
2020-05-04 | Irvine | California | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE - HARVEST STATION | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
A mail carrier tripped and fell on stairs at a residence. The employee sustained broken ribs and a punctured lung. | |||||
2020-02-13 | Irvine | California | DEPT OF COMMERCE - BUREAU OF THE CENSUS | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped on a curb in a parking lot and fell to the asphalt, suffering a dislocation and fracture of two toes on the left foot. | |||||
2020-01-02 | Irvine | Pennsylvania | Ellwood National Crankshaft | Face | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was walking to a locker room restroom. He tripped and fell, and his face struck a steel column with a latch mount for a fire extinguished. He suffered a facial fracture with damage to the eye area. | |||||
2019-09-05 | Irvine | Pennsylvania | Ellwood National Forge | Eye(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee moved a forging from the layout table to the centering machine using an overhead crane. The employee removed the crane’s hook from the forging and then moved the crane away from the area. As the crane was moving away, the hook got caught on the centering machine. The hook came under tension and then let loose, striking the employee on the right side of his head. The employee sustained a fractured orbital bone and eye damage. | |||||
2015-06-10 | Irvine | California | FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
On June 10, 2015, an employee was operating a UTV on the range when the UTV hit a patch of soft sand and flipped. The employee fell out of the UTV, landed on an ammunition can, and injured his back. |