Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-03-23 | Kennett Square | Pa | University of Pennsylvania - New Bolton Center | Hand(s) | Nonclassifiable |
An employee suffered a hand laceration while hopping over something. The employee was hospitalized for an infection. | |||||
2019-08-23 | Kennett Square | Pennsylvania | Eastern Horticultural Services, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was positioning a riding lawn mower when he lost grip and fell to the concrete floor, breaking his right femur and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2019-05-22 | Kennett | Missouri | AMERICAN RAILCAR INDUSTRIES INC. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was performing maintenance on a rotator. The rotator had a catch in it so the employee was manually rotating the machine by pulling on the strongback, which was not bolted to the machine. As the machine rotated the strongback fell and struck the employee's right leg causing a fractured tibia and fibula. | |||||
2017-07-18 | Kennett Square | Pennsylvania | Kennett Square Specialties, LLC | Head and neck | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was working from the second floor of a mushroom house when he fell approximately 7 feet through an open walking/working platform and landed on the first level, injuring his head and neck. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-03-14 | Kennett | Missouri | AMERICAN RAIL CAR INDUSTRIES | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
An employee was up on the deck of the plasma cutter to operate the panel control box when he tripped falling forward onto the surface of the plasma table. He tried to break his fall with his right hand and broke his right wrist. | |||||
2016-02-09 | Kennett Square | Pennsylvania | Dewson Construction Company | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was climbing a 6-foot ladder while carrying a piece of lumber when he fell, injuring his ribs and lung. | |||||
2015-12-23 | Kennett | Missouri | Parker Hannifin | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee operating the mandrel extruder lost her arm. She was admitted to the hospital for surgery. |