Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-01-02 | Jeannette | Pennsylvania | Dominion Energy Transmissin, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was felling dead ash trees when an adjacent ash tree fell and struck his head. He was hospitalized with a fractured spine. | |||||
2019-09-23 | Jeannette | Pennsylvania | Elliott Group | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped on a pallet while walking. He fell to the concrete, suffering a broken left femur. | |||||
2017-08-19 | Jeannette | Pennsylvania | Omnova Solutions Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee and a coworker were starting up the winder on a calendar machine when the employee became caught between the machine's spindle and material being fed into the winder, suffering a fractured arm and fractured left ankle. | |||||
2016-07-29 | Jeannette | Pennsylvania | St. Moritz Security Services, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee lost his balance while tying his shoe and fell, fracturing a hip. |