| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-20 | Lehighton | Pennsylvania | St. Luke's Hospital Blue Mountain Campus | Eye(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. | |||||
| 2017-01-06 | Lehighton | Pennsylvania | Donald 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. | |||||
| 2016-01-06 | Lehighton | Pennsylvania | J & R Slaw Incorporated | Nonclassifiable | Struck 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. | |||||
| 2015-10-20 | Lehighton | Pennsylvania | J & R Slaw Incorporated | Thigh(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. | |||||