Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-17 | Leetsdale | Pa | Libertas Copper, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was attaching a C-hook to a smaller scale hook attached to an overhead crane. The C-hook was resting on top of a coil. The smaller scale hook was not fitting into the C-hook and the C-hook slid off of the coil, striking the employee's left shin and causing a laceration. | |||||
2021-08-22 | Leetsdale | Pa | Libertas Copper, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was working as a casting assistant in a casting area when he began sweating profusely and feeling ill. He was hospitalized, suffering from dehydration and heat exhaustion. | |||||
2020-07-15 | Leetsdale | Pennsylvania | Mayberry Supply | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was on a dock attempting to dislodge a tarp winder that was caught on a truck trailer. When the tarp winder became dislodged, the employee fell 4.5 to 5 feet to the concrete floor between the dock and the trailer, cracking his pelvis and seven ribs. | |||||
2020-05-29 | Leetsdale | Pennsylvania | Rudd Equipment Company | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was working on a piece of equipment when his knife slipped and went into his chest. | |||||
2019-09-07 | Leetsdale | Pennsylvania | HUSSEY COPPER | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
Four employee were pouring a 320" copper stock. A hose failed which caused the ram of the casting unit to drop during the pouring process. The falling of this ram, which was controlled by the caster, allowed molten copper to come in contact with steam inside the pit that is filled with water. This caused a violent reaction/explosion. All four employees received burns to their arms, body, and face when they were sprayed with molten copper. | |||||
2018-08-11 | Leetsdale | Pennsylvania | S&B Industrial Contracting Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On Saturday, August 11, 2018, four employees were unloading a barge containing structural steel. One employee was operating an overhead crane remotely when the cable jumped off the hoist. The injured employee went on the crane to see if there was anything he could do to get it back on track. While he was trying to get the cable back on track, tension developed in the cable, severing the ring, middle, and index fingers of his left hand and the index and middle fingers of his right hand. | |||||
2017-04-05 | Leetsdale | Pennsylvania | Libertas Copper, LLC | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee received second and third degree burns to the hand, neck, ear and foot when molten copper contacted water and "popped." | |||||
2016-02-22 | Leetsdale | Pennsylvania | Frederick Logan Company, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was lifting an object with a crane when the object fell onto the employee's left foot, amputating all of his left toes. |