| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-05-15 | Mount Joy | Pennsylvania | Hospice & Community Care | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee was walking in an office when she fell to the floor, suffering a broken hip. | |||||
| 2020-03-07 | Mount Joy | Pennsylvania | Mount Joy Wire Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was stringing a machine when his finger was caught. The fingertip was broken resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2020-01-31 | Mount Joy | Pennsylvania | Esbenshade, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped and fell on a cement floor resulting in hospitalization for a hip fracture. | |||||
| 2019-08-21 | La Joya | Texas | Terra Firma Materials | Arm(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was offloading petroleum gas from a tanker when the oil-based petroleum gas liquid sprayed him as he removed the hose. He sustained chemical burns to both arms. | |||||
| 2018-04-13 | Mount Joy | Pennsylvania | DeMuth Steel Products, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was setting up a hydraulic press brake when his fingers were pinched in the die, amputating four fingers on the left hand and one finger on the right hand. | |||||
| 2018-04-09 | Mount Joy | Pennsylvania | Greiner Industries, Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was welding a 1,000-pound beam that was sitting on two stands when the beam rolled off the stands and pinned him to the floor, injuring his right leg and right arm. | |||||
| 2018-02-14 | Mount Joy | Pennsylvania | Phoenix/Packaging, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
| An employee was going from one area of the plant to another and attempted to cross the roller conveyor when the employee lost balance and fell. The employee sustained a broken ankle. | |||||
| 2018-01-22 | La Joya | Texas | Newman Operating Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was grabbing a transfer cup to place it on top of a rod when his thumb became caught in the transfer cup's hole, amputating it. | |||||
| 2017-09-15 | Joy | Illinois | Big River Resources, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| On 9/15/2017, at approximately 3:10 p.m., two employees were in an articulating boom lift raising up along the side of a grain bin when they contacted overhead powerlines, receiving electrical shocks. | |||||
| 2017-07-12 | Mount Joy | Pennsylvania | Republic Services of Marietta | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was emptying a roll off container. While opening the latch, the handle popped up and caught the employee's pinky finger resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2017-06-29 | Mount Joy | Pennsylvania | GK Industries, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was attempting to retrieve cut stock from the back of a metal shear when the shear cycled and amputated three of his left fingers. | |||||
| 2017-06-26 | Mount Joy | Pennsylvania | Greiner Industries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was guiding material through rollers when the employee's welding glove and left hand were pulled into the roller pinch point, amputating the left thumb and index fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-05-02 | Mount Joy | Pennsylvania | HERSHEY EQUIPMENT COMPANY | Nonclassifiable | Fall, slip, trip |
| An employee was standing on a mobile scaffold about 3 or 4 feet above the floor when the platform became partially unsecured and tilted. The employee lost his balance and fell into a stand. He was hospitalized with a puncture wound and possible internal injuries in the sternum/chest area. | |||||
| 2017-01-05 | Mount Joy | Pennsylvania | Wenger Feeds, LLC | Arm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a pry bar to loosen debris on a machine when the pry bar slipped and broke his arm. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time. | |||||
| 2016-04-18 | Mount Joy | Pennsylvania | Great Dane Limited Partnership | Ear(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
| Employees were adjusting an 8-feet-wide rollup door. The clamp holding the door up slipped, causing the door to come forward and strike/lacerate an employee's left ear. | |||||
| 2016-03-28 | Joyce | Louisiana | WEST FRASER SOUTH INC | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was repairing a debarker machine. The arm of the machine was loosened and fell on the employee's hand fracturing a finger and injuring a tendon that required surgery to repair. | |||||
| 2015-11-17 | Mount Joy | Pennsylvania | Greiner Industries | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was changing out a die in a brake press and pinched a finger between the die and the bed of the machine amputating the fifth fingertip on the right hand. | |||||
| 2015-10-08 | Mount Joy | Pennsylvania | Great Dane Trailers LLC | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was working from a scaffold next to and surrounding a semi trailer. The employee fell about 13-15 feet to the floor between the scaffold and the trailer sustaining head and back injuries. | |||||
| 2015-07-20 | Joyce | Louisiana | WEST FRASER SOUTH INC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was positioning lumber in direct sunlight and temporarily lost consciousness. He was hospitalized for treatment. | |||||
| 2015-06-26 | Mount Joy | Pennsylvania | Keystone Lawn Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a zero-turn riding mower to mow a lawn. The employee slumped forward; as he did so, his left hand was pulled under the mower deck. His left ring finger was amputated, and the blade of the mower sliced into his hand. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-05-28 | La Joya | Texas | Department of Homeland Security-Customs and Border Patrol | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| An agent was climbing a fence to inspect an abandoned house for illegal aliens when he was attacked by a dog. The agent fell off the fence striking his head and possibly receiving a concussion due to his inability to remember any details of the event. | |||||
| 2015-02-23 | Mount Joy | Pennsylvania | Mount Joy Wire Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| Employee suffered an amputation past the first joint of his left ring finger and tip of his left pinky finger while operating a machine in the PMP Dept. | |||||
| 2015-02-16 | Mount Joy | Pennsylvania | Aero Communications Inc | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was installing a cable on a telephone pole, working from a 28-foot ladder. The employee fell approximately 18 feet while descending the ladder. | |||||