Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-28 | Lewisberry | Pa | Flight Systems Automotive Group | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was adjusting a circuit board in a machine. The operating mechanism caught his right little finger, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2021-08-19 | Lewisberry | Pa | FedEx Ground | Knee(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment |
An employee's knee hit the frame of a conveyor belt. The employee suffered blood clots and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-04-08 | Lewisberry | Pa | Bath Saver Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting material with a circular saw when his middle and ring fingers contacted the saw resulting in fingertip amputations. | |||||
2021-01-15 | Lewisberry | Pa | trevdan, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing a ladder to a second floor. The ladder slipped out from under him and he fell to the ground, breaking his ankle. | |||||
2019-02-27 | Lewisberry | Pennsylvania | Leafguard Holdings, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was using a 24-foot extension ladder to install gutters. The ladder kicked out and slid down the residential home's siding to the ground. The employee fell 15 feet and broke both wrists and sustained a head laceration requiring stitches. | |||||
2018-04-02 | Lewisberry | Pennsylvania | FEDEX GROUND | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was loading packages inside a trailer when she slipped and struck her left-side ribs against a roller. She suffered fractured ribs and was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-03-27 | Lewisberry | Pennsylvania | Amazon Fulfillment Center | Lower leg(s) | Nonclassifiable |
An employee was moving product onto a pallet. The employee was moving out of the way of an oncoming powered industrial truck (PIT) when the employee stepped backwards into the pallet on the PIT resulting in a fractured fibula near the ankle. | |||||
2018-03-08 | Lewisberry | Pennsylvania | Evolve Logistics Group, Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee and co-driver prepared to pull a trailer to a dock door. Before pulling this trailer, the employee went to make sure that the trailer's door was closed. The employee ducked under to check and leaned into the adjacent bay, which was empty at the time. Then, another driver backed a 53-foot long trailer into the previously empty adjacent bay and did not see the employee. The employee was struck by the trailer, resulting in two broken clavicles, which required hospitalization. | |||||
2016-09-26 | Lewisberry | Pennsylvania | Alpha Broder Company | Ankle(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. |
An employee was standing in front of a pallet of product to place it in the bin when a coworker on a turret truck ran into the pallet, jolting the employee's foot between the pallet slats. He suffered a broken right ankle. | |||||
2016-07-25 | Lewisberry | Pennsylvania | Alpha Broder | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee was operating the "Pack Mule" to pick orders in the warehouse. The employee was hit from behind by another "Pack Mule" and was pinned between the ladder and control panel of his "Pack Mule." The employee was hospitalized for a broken rib and a punctured colon. | |||||
2016-01-11 | Lewisberry | Pennsylvania | Amazon.com | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee dismounting a powered industrial truck stumbled and struck a safety rail, resulting in lower leg fractures and hospitalization. |