Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-05 | Lancaster | Pa | Arconic Lancaster Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was feeding interleave paper into the start of a coil on a slitter machine when their hand was pinched between the hold down and arbors. The employee's right hand was drawn into the in-running nip point, resulting in avulsions to their right thumb and index finger, for which the employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-10-13 | Lancaster | Pa | Greiner Industries, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was helping as a forklift turned over a load of steel rails. The load shifted and hit the employee's left leg, breaking the tibia and the fibula. | |||||
2021-10-07 | Lancaster | Pa | Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Company of Pennsylvania, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was walking when they struck the back of a moving clamp truck. The employee was knocked to the side and fell to the ground, and their foot was possibly run over, resulting in a foot injury that required surgical amputation of the foot. | |||||
2021-09-30 | Lancaster | Pa | Haller Enterprises Incorporated | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee fell about 9 feet from a 12-foot step ladder. The employee suffered five broken ribs and a punctured lung. | |||||
2021-09-08 | Lancaster | Pa | Environmental Air Systems, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee had just installed a temporary PVC bypass pipe to flush a system. The pipe was connected to hot water, and the water melted the glue joints on the pipe. Hot water sprayed onto the employee's chest and burned it. | |||||
2021-09-01 | Lancaster | Pa | Shanks Extracts, Incorporated | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was walking on the concrete sidewalk in front of the lobby door when she tripped and fell onto the sidewalk dislocating her right shoulder. | |||||
2021-08-29 | Lancaster | Oh | Walmart Superstore | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee's left foot caught a pallet that was on the floor. The employee fell to the floor and suffered a broken right hip. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-08-16 | Lancaster | Oh | Cameron, A Schlumberger Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was operating a small jib crane in the shop to lift a small valve. While adjusting the rigging around the valve to position it, the employee's left ring finger was caught between the rigging and the valve, resulting in a partial amputation before the first knuckle and the removal of the fingernail. | |||||
2021-07-30 | Lancaster | Pa | FEDEX FREIGHT, INCORPORATED | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing up on the back of his truck to shut the back door when he slipped and fell to the pavement, resulting in a fractured left arm that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-07-07 | Lancaster | Tx | Venus Construction, Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
The injured employee was in a 7- to 8-foot deep trench installing a large, 66" diameter reinforced concrete pipe. An excavator bucket came loose and fell into the trench, striking the employee on the left side of their body. The employee sustained a large contusion on the upper left leg, a broken left arm, and their left hand was surgically amputated. | |||||
2021-07-06 | Lancaster | Tx | Neuline Kitchens, LLC | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was cleaning the filter on a floor cleaning machine on a dock and fell off the edge of the dock to the ground below. The employee's ankle was broken in three places and required surgery. | |||||
2021-06-30 | Lancaster | Pa | Metro Express | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee unloaded a food truck and began to feel ill. The employee was hospitalized for heat stress. | |||||
2021-06-26 | Lancaster | Tx | American Homestar of Lancaster | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was standing near a forklift giving instructions to a forklift operator when the forklift began to move and struck the employee in the right foot, resulting in a fracture. | |||||
2021-06-24 | Lancaster | Pa | Goodhart Sons, Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was assisting in feeding a piece of steel into a forming machine when his right hand got caught between the steel and a forming roller, resulting in partial amputations of all fingers on his right hand. | |||||
2021-06-24 | Lancaster | Tx | American Homestar of Lancaster | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was standing behind a parked forklift when they were struck in the lower right leg by another forklift and caught between the two forklifts, resulting in broken bones. | |||||
2021-06-23 | Lancaster | Pa | Joyland Roofing, LLC. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was repairing a gutter while on a ladder when they fell from the ladder, resulting in head and foot injuries. | |||||
2021-06-19 | Lancaster | Pa | Steel Fab Enterprises, LLC | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
While dismounting a skid steer loader, an employee contacted the loader and fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured femur. | |||||
2021-05-26 | Lancaster | Pa | Speedwell Construction Inc. | Forearm(s) | Injured by object breaking in hand |
Two employees carried a piece of glass that had been on a conference room table to the dumpster. The glass was roughly 8 feet by 3 feet. As the employees got ready to put the glass into the dumpster, the glass shattered, causing a severe laceration to the right forearm of one of the employees. The laceration required surgery. | |||||
2021-05-21 | Lancaster | Tx | OLLIES BARGAIN OUTLET INC | Ankle(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a double pallet jack. During a sharp right turn, the employee's left foot was caught between the platform of the pallet jack and a wooden pallet on the ground. The employee's lower ankle was lacerated. | |||||
2021-05-12 | Lancaster | Pa | Stoltzfus Drywall | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was working on scaffolding when they fell 4 feet to the ground, resulting in a fractured right leg. | |||||
2021-05-11 | Lancaster | Pa | Stoner Industrial Services | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee was walking up a set of stairs and was inspecting welds on a handrail where a platform was going to be installed. At the transition where the stairway lead to the next flight of stairs, the employee fell and landed on the floor below, sustaining injury to the back and arm. | |||||
2021-04-23 | Lancaster | Pa | J. Walter Miller Company | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was investigating the chain of a pallet jack that had hung up. The chain pulled tight and amputated the employee's left index fingertip. | |||||
2021-04-06 | Lancaster | Tx | BLAKEMAN STEEL | Ankle(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was removing bolts from a joist assembly when a joist fell and struck the employee, breaking their ankle. | |||||
2021-03-22 | Lancaster | Oh | Inferno Concrete Pumping | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell off a truck while working on concrete pump pipes, landing on the ground and suffering a head injury. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-03-01 | Lancaster | Oh | Glasfloss Industries, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was retrieving die cuts from between two pallets when their foot became caught on one of the pallets, causing the employee to lose their balance and fall to a concrete floor. The employee suffered a fractured right hip. | |||||
2021-02-22 | Lancaster | Pa | Burnham LLC | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on a snow-covered ice patch in a back lot between steel storage racks. He fell and injured his left ankle. | |||||
2021-02-20 | Lancaster | Pa | Novinger's Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking across the floor to begin the end-of-day cleanup when the employee slipped on fireproofing spray on the concrete floor and fell. The employee was hospitalized with three broken ribs and a partially collapsed lung. | |||||
2021-02-17 | Lancaster | Pa | United Zion Retirement Community | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was taking a retirement community resident to a medical appointment. While he was helping her into the building, she lost her balance; as he tried to help her, he fell to the pavement and broke his left hip. | |||||
2021-02-07 | Lancaster | Tx | National Distribution Center LLC | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was moving a phone booth with a pallet jack. The phone booth tipped over and fell on the employee, resulting in a broken leg. | |||||
2021-02-01 | Lancaster | Pa | THERMAL SOLUTIONS PRODUCTS, LLC | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet |
An employee fell into a gap between a lift table and the floor which was around 2 feet deep. The employee sustained a dislocated shoulder. | |||||
2021-01-29 | Lancaster | Pa | DooDad Printing LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was operating the press. The employee observed that there was no water on the water form roller tray. As the employee was checking the water supply, the employee's left index and middle fingers were caught and amputated by the water form roller. | |||||
2021-01-27 | Lancaster | Ny | Moldtech, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a rubber mill when their right hand was caught between the roller of the mill and a piece of rubber. The employee's middle and ring fingers were degloved to the first knuckle. Later, the ring finger was medically amputated to the first knuckle. | |||||
2021-01-14 | Lancaster | Oh | Norwesco, Inc | Multiple trunk locations | Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system |
An employee was using a hoist to lower the lid of a center drain mold onto the mold body. The employee stepped back from the production platform onto the mold mount to try and gain better control of the lid when he fell and struck his torso on the side of the platform. The employee suffered fractured ribs and a bruised lung and torso, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2021-01-05 | Lancaster | Pa | Flyway Excavating, Inc. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was cutting a tree into smaller sections for transport by a trackhoe. A section of log that was being picked up by the trackhoe slipped and caught the employee's lower right leg between two logs. The employee suffered a fracture to the lower leg/ankle. | |||||
2020-10-10 | Lancaster | Tx | Capstone Logistics | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was checking trash cans when he was struck by a forklift that was exiting a tractor trailer. The employee sustained a fractured right leg. | |||||
2020-09-29 | Lancaster | Tx | ICU Medical Inc | Hand(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
A contract employee was driving a forklift in a warehouse. As he went around a corner in an aisle, his hand was caught, crushed, and lacerated between the forklift and a rack. | |||||
2020-09-29 | Lancaster | Pa | Wexcon, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. |
The injured employee was helping another employee unload pipe from a delivery truck. As an employee lifted pipes with a forklift, a shorter pipe slipped off the forks and hit a wedge, which hit a 4" x 4"x 8' board. The board spun up and struck the injured employee in the abdomen, causing blunt force trauma to the abdomen that resulted in removal of part of the small and large intestines. | |||||
2020-09-25 | Lancaster | Tx | Waddington North America | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was clearing a jam on the straw machine and amputated their right middle finger. | |||||
2020-09-12 | Lancaster | Pa | LSC Communications US, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet |
Two employees were loading a roll of paper into a printing press. The decking moved forward as part of the process, and an employee slipped and fell into the resulting opening. The employee suffered a broken tibia. | |||||
2020-09-02 | Lancaster | Pa | Nissin Foods, Incorporated | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was cleaning a noodle jam on a conveyor. Her left ring fingertip was caught between the conveyor belt and the transfer plate and amputated. | |||||
2020-08-28 | Lancaster | Tx | American Homestar Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee was lifting a steel I-beam to be placed on a table when the I-beam slipped. The employee attempted to grab the I-beam and it fell on his index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2020-08-25 | Lancaster | Oh | Target Corp. | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee missed the last 2 steps while descending from an A-frame ladder. She fell to the concrete floor and suffered a possible brain hemorrhage. | |||||
2020-08-16 | Lancaster | Tx | Electrolux | Arm(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was attempting to close the extended lip of a malfunctioning dock plate. He used a T-bar to prop the dock plate up while trying to disengage the dock lock with another T-bar. The T-bar propping up the dock plate fell, causing the dock plate to fall down on his left arm and break it. | |||||
2020-07-14 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | LSC Communications US, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was removing a jammed bundle from a conveyor when their finger was pulled by a sheet metal guide. The employee sustained an amputation of the right ring fingertip. | |||||
2020-06-15 | Lancaster | Wisconsin | Scott Construction Inc. | Multiple body parts | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was operating a roller machine to seal coat on asphalt when the employee swerved to avoid a dog and the roller machine rolled down a hillside. As a result, the employee sustained four fractured ribs and a burned right leg, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2020-06-15 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Monro Muffler & Brake, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee had just checked a vehicle's exhaust from a lift. As the employee moved from the lift to a stool, he fell about 4 feet to the floor and suffered a collapsed lung. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-05-19 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | High Steel Structures LLC | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing down a ladder from a trailer. He fell to the ground, his head striking a girder as he fell. He suffered a broken right hip socket. | |||||
2020-04-27 | Lancaster | Texas | Rumsey Construction, LLC | Pelvis | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was working in a steel trench box (about approximately 10-12 feet deep), spreading rock at the bottom of the trench and waterline pipe. A pipe struck the employee as the employee was working in the trench and fractured the employee's pelvis. | |||||
2020-04-20 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | US Durum Products, LTD | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a ladder tightening a steam pipe when the steam pipe burst. A piece of the pipe hit the employee on the head, knocking him off the ladder. He hit a piece of equipment on the way to the ground and landed on the concrete floor. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-04-10 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | WASTE MANAGEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, roadway |
An employee stepped off a waste management truck, which then ran over his right foot, crushing his foot/leg. | |||||
2020-03-12 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | GSM ROOFING | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. |
An employee was loading pails of adhesive into the bucket of a utility loader when their left middle finger was pinched between a 15-gallon pail and the bucket and amputated. | |||||
2020-03-03 | Lancaster | Texas | American Homestar of Lancaster | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was using a hoist to move a wall into place so it could be screwed down. While moving the wall into place, it bumped into an existing wall and was displaced from the hoist, falling onto the employee. The employee sustained a neck fracture. | |||||
2020-02-13 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Kunzler & Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was watching hotdogs on a packing machine to be sure they were straight. The employee was straightening them out when a block came down and struck the employee's right little finger, causing three fractures. The machine was unguarded at the time. | |||||
2020-01-20 | Lancaster | New York | Glauber Equipment Corporation | Lung(s), pleura | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee developed metal fume fever due to grinding or welding operations on a metal base, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2020-01-17 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee fell through the door of a gas station kiosk, landing on the concrete ground and suffering fractures to the right rib and shoulder. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-01-15 | Lancaster | Ohio | Homewatch Caregiver | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was getting laundry out of a dryer at a client's home. The employee fell to the floor, suffering a broken hip ball socket. | |||||
2020-01-05 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Kellogg's Company | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was removing a shred cooker lid. The employee's left middle finger was pinched between a spud wrench and a railing; the fingertip was amputated with no fracture or bone loss. | |||||
2020-01-02 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | J. Walter Miller Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
An employee was using a powered hand truck to move scrap from a cutoff area to a foundry. The employee's left little finger was rammed into a wall and sustained an open fracture, with amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
2020-01-02 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | High Steel Structures, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell while descending a ladder, landing on the ground 3-4 feet below and suffering a rotational fracture to the tibia and fibula. | |||||
2019-09-10 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Steel Fab Enterprises, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
A shear machine amputated an employee's right middle fingertip (with no bone loss). | |||||
2019-09-09 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Sauder's Eggs | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee turned off a conveyor belt to pull out a skid that had gotten stuck. While his hand was inside the machine, the machine was turned on again. The employee was hospitalized for injuries to his left hand which require surgery. | |||||
2019-08-29 | Lancaster | Wisconsin | Amcor | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
At 3:48 a.m., an employee was descending from a roof to a lower roof. The employee fell down a stairway, landing 10 feet below and breaking his left leg and foot. | |||||
2019-07-24 | Lancaster | Texas | Superior Installation Services Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was using a ratchet strap to plumb and shim a vertical post that was part of a mezzanine installation. The employee released the ratchet strap and his right index finger was caught in the strap, resulting in a broken finger. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-07-02 | Lancaster | Texas | United Natural Foods, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
At the chill dock, an employee who was picking orders dismounted a pallet jack and was struck by the pallet jack, suffering a fractured tibia. The pallet jack had not made a complete stop at the time of the incident. | |||||
2019-05-21 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Shanks Extracts, Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was adjusting the pouch line machine and amputated his right ring finger just below the first knuckle. | |||||
2019-04-24 | Lancaster | New York | Rolite Manufacturing, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was trying to adjust the air pressure on a reamer machine. The tip of the employee's right little finger was amputated. | |||||
2019-04-16 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Ferndown Real Estate, LLC | Foot (feet) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was hanging lights from a ladder when the employee fell from the ladder to the ground, breaking the left foot. | |||||
2019-03-11 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Arconic | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was servicing a pneumatic pump. After he attached an air hose, the air control valve caught his right middle finger, causing a partial tip amputation with no bone loss. | |||||
2019-02-01 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Kunzler and Company Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
A maintenance employee was pulling on a belt while clearing a labeling jam. When it became free, it caught his fingers in the conveyor belt, amputating the end of his pinky finger and fracturing his ring finger. | |||||
2018-09-25 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Calvary Fellowship Homes | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was helping a co-worker hang a peg board in a cottage garage when he tripped over another peg board that was propped up against a lawn mower. He fell and broke his hip. | |||||
2018-09-21 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Kunzler & Company, Inc | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
A temporary employee was cleaning equipment when an air valve actuated, closing a container lid on the employee's left forearm. | |||||
2018-09-19 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Horst Realty | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less |
While changing a fan on an overhead air conditioner, an employee suffered a 220-volt shock. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-09-19 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Lancaster General Hospital | Heart | Exposure to traumatic or stressful event, n.e.c. |
An employee suffered a heart attack after arguing with another employee. | |||||
2018-08-27 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Lancaster Oil Company, Inc. | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was hunched over cleaning up debris from the floor using a small shovel when a nearby forklift started backing up. The forklift driver did not see the hunched over employee and ran him over. He suffered a broken left ankle and a fractured right ankle and foot, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-08-14 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | The Hershey Company | Trunk | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was performing a PM on a pump house silo pad steam station when a steam valve was actuated, releasing steam and hot condensate on the employee. He sustained second degree burns on his torso. | |||||
2018-07-24 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Nissin Foods | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was trying to remove a jam from a soup dispenser packaging line. The employee's right little finger was caught in the mechanism and the tip was amputated. | |||||
2018-07-20 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Richard L. Sensenig Co. | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was walking on the roof of a school, 20 feet above ground level. The employee fell through the gypsum roof deck and was injured requiring hospitalization. The employee suffered a fractured pelvis, ribs, right hip, tailbone, vertebrae, wrist, and humerus as well as nerve damage and temporary blindness. | |||||
2018-07-17 | Lancaster | New York | CSM Bakery Solutions | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was clearing a plugged production line when the employee contacted the pump rotor, resulting in a right index fingertip amputation. | |||||
2018-07-15 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | KELLOGG COMPANY | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
A spotter was attempting to stop two moving forklifts from colliding when he was pinned between the two, fracturing his tibia and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-07-11 | Lancaster | Illinois | Pioneer Oil Company, Inc. | Face | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
A crew was working to remove tubing from a well. A 2-inch hose was connected to the tubing for fluid circulation. The crew was raising the tube when the hose was caught and came under tension. An employee attempted to dislodge the hose, which reacted and sprung into the employee's face, breaking bones. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-06-27 | Lancaster | Ohio | Anchor Hocking, LLC. | Wrist(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was removing a jammed piece of glass with tongs when the glass punctured through the employee's glove and cuff. The glass lacerated the employee's wrist and became embedded in it, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-06-26 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Company of Pennsylvania, Inc. | Arm(s) | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. |
An employee was walking next to a ramp while a forklift was bringing a 10-foot wooden crate down the ramp. The crate's door swung open; the employee was trying to close it when the forklift began moving backward. The employee's right arm was caught between the door and a metal beam, causing a substantial laceration near the elbow. | |||||
2018-06-22 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Kalas Mfg. Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was working on a die casting machine, running an angle mold. The employee's hand was caught in a pinch point, causing a finger amputation injury. | |||||
2018-06-20 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Foundation Building Materials | Knee(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet |
An employee fell between a dock plate and the rear of a truck in a loading dock area, striking and injuring a knee. | |||||
2018-06-20 | Lancaster | Texas | KL Enterprises, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was using a hot stick to test an electrical circuit in a junction box. He came into contact with an energized electrical circuit and was shocked. | |||||
2018-06-20 | Lancaster | Texas | KL Enterprises | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee received an electrical shock while getting ready to tie in a light ballast, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-06-01 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Lancaster Oil Company, Inc. | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Fire |
An employee was cutting a cardboard drum clasp with a reciprocating saw to sample contents when a spark reacted with the contents and burned both of his forearm's and hands. | |||||
2018-05-25 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | LSC Communications | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
A bindery operator's finger was caught in a belt and pulley while pointing to the reflector on the line. The tip of his right index finger was amputated. | |||||
2018-05-17 | Lancaster | Texas | Heritage One Roofing, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was going up a roof hatch ladder when the employee slipped and fell approximately 12 feet to the concrete floor, fracturing the right femur, right pelvis, and multiple ribs. | |||||
2018-05-15 | Lancaster | Texas | Los Altos Fence & Supply, Inc. | Arm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee's sleeve became caught in an auger that he was using to drill holes for fence posts. He suffered an arm fracture. | |||||
2018-05-15 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Tomlinson-Bomberger Lawn Care & Landscape, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee had conducted landscaping, including rototilling, hand raking, and planting, at a work site. Around 4:30 PM, he was riding in the company truck to leave the work site when he felt ill, lightheaded, and dizzy. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion. | |||||
2018-05-04 | Lancaster | New York | Erie Logistics | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee walked to the front of his double pallet jack and placed his right hand on the throttle and his left on the body of pallet jack with both feet on the ground. When he turned the throttle, the pallet jack ran into his lower left leg, fracturing it. | |||||
2018-04-30 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Weis Markets, Incorporated | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was attempting to feed meat through a meat grinder when it injured the employee's right-hand muscle and ligament. The machine was running at the time. | |||||
2018-04-17 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Hunter Family of Companies | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was walking across the parking lot when he tripped and fell to the ground, breaking four ribs. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-04-09 | Lancaster | Ohio | GLASFLOSS INDUSTRIES, LP | Forearm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a knife to cut banding on flattened boxes. The knife slipped and lacerated the employee's left forearm. The laceration required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2018-04-04 | Lancaster | Ohio | Spires Paving | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was reinstalling wiring on a lowboy trailer. The door on the hydraulic compartment was open. Strong winds from a storm blew the hydraulic compartment door shut and the employee's right hand was caught in the door resulting in amputation of the middle fingertip. | |||||
2018-03-30 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Lugiala Mechanical, Incorporated | Multiple body parts | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment |
An employee was performing HVAC maintenance at the ceiling level. While he was moving his fall protection lanyard from one side of a beam to another, the working surface on which he was standing collapsed. He fell to the floor, breaking three ribs and his scapula. | |||||
2018-03-29 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Healthcare Services Group, Incorporation | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell to the floor while operating a floor stripping machine, breaking a leg and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-03-19 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Hurst Electric, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was operating a hammer drill when his work glove was caught in the drill bit, resulting in a left pinky finger amputation. | |||||
2018-03-14 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Lancaster Mold, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was servicing an overhead garage door system and operated the door via remote. The door struck the ladder, causing him to fall approximately 15 feet to the floor. He fractured his left ankle. |