| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-06 | Kutztown | Pa | H&K Group, Inc. | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
| An employee was descending from a catwalk when they missed the step onto the ladder and fell approximately 21 feet to the ground, sustaining a fractured pelvis, a chipped spine, a concussion, and a laceration to the face. | |||||
| 2020-07-08 | Kutztown | Pennsylvania | Solo Laboratories, Inc | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was on a ladder, hanging a TV on a wall. The employee fell to the floor and suffered a head injury. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-05-21 | Kutztown | Pennsylvania | Terra Structures | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was cutting a soil nail to remove a whaler from an excavation protective system when the whaler tipped over onto him. The employee suffered a spinal injury and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-06-24 | Kutztown | Pennsylvania | Lehigh Valley Site Contractors | Multiple head locations | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting a 24-inch concrete pipe with a cut-off saw when the saw kicked back and struck his head, causing a concussion and jaw fracture. | |||||
| 2019-04-02 | Kutztown | Pennsylvania | Jetson Specialty Marketing, Inc. | Brain | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee hit the back of his head on a metal spout. | |||||
| 2017-10-09 | Kutztown | Pennsylvania | East Penn Manufacturing | Nonclassifiable | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A maintenance employee was reaching into a machine to straighten a cable when the machine activated and caused an amputation. | |||||
| 2017-02-10 | Kutztown | Pennsylvania | Hessian Company LTD | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was removing concrete product from the molds and got a finger pinched between the pulling beam and the pulled concrete product. The employee's left little finger was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2016-08-13 | Kutztown | Pennsylvania | LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK | Lumbar region | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
| An employee moving a patient felt throbbing pains in her lower back and was hospitalized with a back sprain. | |||||
| 2016-07-15 | Kutztown | Pennsylvania | Waste Management | Face | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was repairing a diesel fuel tank. He was burning off extra metal after the repair and the vapors ignited. The employee received second degree burns to the face. | |||||
| 2016-07-01 | Kutztown | Pennsylvania | Hearth and Home Technology Inc | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was adjusting racking. The grate slipped and smashed a finger resulting in the amputation of a fingertip on the left hand. | |||||
| 2015-08-23 | Kutztown | Pennsylvania | PALRAM PANEL, INC. | Head and neck | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| Four employees were burned by hot plastic while working in the vicinity of a plastic extruding machine. One employee required hospitalization. The employees were purging an extruder machine and cleaning the die when they were sprayed with hot, melted PVC material. The hospitalized employee suffered first and second degree burns to the face and neck. | |||||