Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-08-05 | Kittanning | Pa | Kittanning Care Center | Hip(s) | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee was providing care to a patient when the patient kicked the employee in the chest, knocking her to the floor and breaking a hip. | |||||
2020-06-28 | Kittanning | Pennsylvania | Appalachian Drillers LLC | Ankle(s) | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
On a rig at a well site, a hydraulic line ruptured and sprayed diesel fuel onto a turbo, which caused a fire. Two rig employees hit the kill switch and jumped off of a 15-foot platform. One employee suffered a fractured ankle and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-08-14 | Kittanning | Pennsylvania | Big Lots | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was stocking shelves when the shelving amputated her left ring finger. | |||||
2019-06-06 | Kittanning | Pennsylvania | Drug Plastics and Glass Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee noticed a coolant hose dripping on a blow mold during a new mold setup. The employee attempted to push the hose into a quick connect fitting to stop the leak. Upon reaching into the molding area, the employee's thumb came to rest on top of a positive stop. The mold then closed, capturing his thumb on the positive stop. His right thumb had to be surgically amputated. The blow mold was guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
2018-04-21 | Kittanning | Pennsylvania | Surefire Wireline LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was handling a piece of pipe when it slipped and caught his right pointer finger between the pipe and trailer, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2017-04-18 | Kittanning | Pennsylvania | Precision Geophysical, Inc. | Pelvis | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
Four employees were in a utility terrain vehicle (UTV) going up-hill when it tipped backwards and rolled down the hill. Two employee were hospitalized. One employee was hospitalized for a broken pelvis and the second employee was hospitalized for leg injuries. | |||||
2015-01-09 | Kittanning | Pennsylvania | Megnin Mills, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
Employee incurred a partial amputation of index finger on left hand while operating a splitting saw. |