| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-15 | Lyon Station | Pa | East Penn Manufacturing Co. | Ankle(s) | Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating an electric pallet jack when it struck a parked van. His legs were pinned between the bumper of the van and the pallet jack. His right ankle was broken and he suffered contusions to the left lower leg/ankle. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-06-13 | Lyon Station | Pa | East Penn Manufacturing Company, Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a jam on a battery machine when their finger got caught between the machine and a battery case. The employee sustained a finger amputation. | |||||
| 2021-02-19 | Lyon Station | Pa | East Penn Manufacturing, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a machine on a pasting department line in an automotive plant. The employee's hand was caught between a conveyor belt and a roller, causing a partial finger amputation. | |||||
| 2021-02-05 | Lyon Station | Pa | East Penn Manufacturing Co. | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking from his work station when he tripped over a stepstool and fell to the floor, resulting in a fractured right tibia. | |||||
| 2019-09-09 | Lyon Station | Pennsylvania | DEKA BATTERIES | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee's left middle finger was caught and amputated by a finishing line conveyor. | |||||
| 2019-08-08 | Lyon Station | Pennsylvania | East Penn Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was moving a battery when his right ring finger was pinched and amputated between two large batteries weighing 2700 pounds. | |||||
| 2019-02-18 | Lyon Station | Pennsylvania | EAST PENN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INCORPORATED | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee fell on ice in a parking lot after stepping out of his struck. He suffered a head injury and bruises on the arm and leg. | |||||
| 2019-01-15 | Lyon Station | Pennsylvania | East Penn Manufacturing | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was standing beside a conveyor gate when another employee closed the gate latch on the first employee's left index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-09-05 | Lyon Station | Pennsylvania | EAST PENN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INCORPORATED | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was removing a guard and frame from a machine during maintenance work when the guard dropped onto his left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-05-29 | Lyon Station | Pennsylvania | East Penn Manufacturing Company, Incorporated | Fingertip(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a walkie rider while trying to reach a pallet on a rack when the employee's left hand was caught between the walkie control and the racking. The employee suffered a left middle fingertip amputation and a fractured finger. The employee's index finger required stitches. | |||||
| 2018-05-11 | Lyon Station | Pennsylvania | East Penn Manufacturing | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee placed a cover in a welder and hit the two-hand control. The cover was not situated correctly. As the employee attempted to adjust it, the welder amputated the employee's right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-02-24 | Lyon Station | Pennsylvania | East Penn Manufacturing Company, Incorporated | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| Two employees were removing a 4-foot long piece of 14-inch diameter ventilation duct work, which supported a second piece of 10- to 11-foot long duct work. When the employees removed the 4-foot long piece, the 10 to 11-foot long piece fell and struck one of the employees, who suffered abdominal and intestinal injuries, a head contusion, and a fractured hip. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-09-05 | Lyon Station | Pennsylvania | East Penn Manufacturing | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was repairing/adjusting an air switch when the switch engaged. The clamps then amputated/avulsed the employee's left ring finger from the base of the nail down. The air switch was not locked/tagged out at the time. | |||||
| 2017-02-18 | Lyon Station | Pennsylvania | East Penn Manufacturing Company, Incorporated | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was walking around a stacker truck when the truck operator ran over the employee's left foot. The employee's left pinky toe had to be surgically amputated. | |||||
| 2016-07-31 | Lyon Station | Pennsylvania | East Penn Manufacturing | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was backing up the stacker truck with his left hand on the control lever when he pinched his left pinky finger between a rack and the stacker truck control lever resulting in the amputation of two-thirds of the pinky finger. | |||||
| 2016-03-23 | Lyon Station | Pennsylvania | East Penn Manufacturing | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was taking batteries from a conveyor belt and placing them on the lift table for shipping. The employee stepped backward, tripped on the anti-fatigue mat, and fell to the floor, suffering a right hip injury. | |||||
| 2015-12-02 | Lyon Station | Pennsylvania | East Penn Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was demonstrating the function of a sliding axle trailer to a coworker when the trailer drifted unexpectedly and caught the employee's finger in one of the adjustment holes. The employee's right index finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2015-09-25 | Lyon Station | Pennsylvania | East Penn Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a stack loader forklift to move product when his left foot got pinned between a light pole and the lift truck. He experienced left foot swelling. | |||||
| 2015-05-18 | Lyon Station | Pennsylvania | East Penn Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a stack truck (PIT). He turned the truck in the wrong direction and struck a metal guardrail post. He had stuck his foot out of the truck before striking the post, and his foot was crushed between the truck and the post. | |||||
| 2015-04-17 | Lyon Station | Pennsylvania | East Penn Manufacturing Company, Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| A battery repair employee removed battery cells from a tray of an industrial battery using a hoist and a below-the-hook lifting device, which consisted of a lug that fit onto the hook of the hoist and a metal angle that fit through connectors on the tops of the battery cells. With the right hand, the employee held the below-the-hook lifting device to keep this device from slipping out of the connector and operated the hoist pendant with the left hand. While holding the below-the-hook lifting dev | |||||
| 2015-04-01 | Lyon Station | Pennsylvania | East Penn Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was walking/working in an aisle when a metal tray weighing approximately 350 pounds was knocked off the third shelf of an adjacent racking system. The tray hit the floor and then hit the employee. He suffered a fractured left femur and a hematoma over one eye. | |||||
| 2015-02-25 | Lyon Station | Pennsylvania | East Penn Manufacturing Company, Incorporated | Pelvis | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| On February 25, 2015, at approximately 10:00 AM, the injured employee was working near racking aisle 600. A stacker truck bumped into the employee's right foot, which caused the employee to fall on his left side and fracture his left pelvis. | |||||
| 2015-02-03 | Lyon Station | Pennsylvania | East Penn Manufacturing | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped on ice in the parking lot while walking from his car to report for work in the morning. He sustained a fractured left ankle and was admitted to the hospital. | |||||