DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2020-08-26Lehigh AcresFlTibbetts Lumber Co. LLCBODY SYSTEMSExposure to environmental heat
An employee was working outdoors in the lumber yard and building material orders. The employee became light-headed and had chest pain. The employee was hospitalized due to heat exhaustion.
2019-09-20LehightonPennsylvaniaSt. Luke's Hospital Blue Mountain CampusEye(s)Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
At about 9:30 p.m. on September 20, 2019, an employee was entering a hospital's behavioral health unit in response to an alarm. A patient struck him in the face, causing severe facial injuries. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-04-17Lehigh AcresFloridaLEESAR, INC.Leg(s)Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was driving a forklift in reverse and hit a shelf which caused a pallet to break the employee's leg.
2019-03-04LehiUtahYoung Living Essential OilElbow(s)Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was servicing a feller-buncher when he slipped on its icy track. He fell to the ground, suffering a broken elbow that required hospitalization and surgery.
2017-07-10Lehigh AcresFloridaColonial Roofing, Inc.Lower leg(s)Other fall to lower level
While climbing an access ladder through a roof hatch, an employee slipped and fell to the ground, suffering a lower leg fracture that required hospitalization.
2017-01-06LehightonPennsylvaniaDonald B. Remmey, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
On January 6, 2017, at approximately 11:45 a.m., an employee was operating a radial arm saw and amputated a ring finger.
2016-01-06LehightonPennsylvaniaJ & R Slaw IncorporatedNonclassifiableStruck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was driving a forklift to take excess liquid concrete to an area where it is poured into 2x2x6 forms for retaining wall blocks. The liquid concrete was being poured into a bucket, which the forklift was lifting above the forms, when the employee exited the forklift to either move or manipulate the bucket. The bucket slipped off the forklift onto his person, pinning him to the ground and causing body trauma.
2015-10-20LehightonPennsylvaniaJ & R Slaw IncorporatedThigh(s)Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
On or about October 20, 2015, an employee was cutting a piece of wood with a circular saw when the saw kicked back and cut his upper right leg. He was hospitalized.