| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-22 | Manheim | Pa | Bigbee Steel and Tank Company | Skull | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| Two employees were fabricating a 50,000-gallon steel storage tank and were putting the last head on the tank. One employee was on top of the tank, jacking the head seam tight, when the lug where the jack's hook was attached tore free from the weld on the shell. The jack fell and struck the injured employee, who was on the ground, in the head causing his hard hat to come off. The injured employee became disoriented. Moments later, the chain, hook, and lug also fell and struck the injured employee | |||||
| 2021-05-24 | Manheim | Pa | Manheim Auto Auction | Face | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| An employee was walking through a garage. He tripped and fell to the floor, suffering a facial fracture and a cut hand. | |||||
| 2020-06-11 | Manheim | Pennsylvania | Fred Beans Parts, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was stepping out of the back of his parts truck, using the grab bar. He stepped down onto the bumper of another truck that was parked right next to his truck. His boot got stuck and he slipped and twisted his leg. The employee sustained a fractured left tibia. | |||||
| 2019-06-06 | Manheim | Pennsylvania | Effluent Retrieval | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
| The injured employee was detailing the trunk of a vehicle to get it ready for auction. Another employee moved a car forward and pinned the injured employee against the trunk causing significant injury to the left leg (multiple fractures and muscle damage). | |||||
| 2019-06-02 | Manheim | Pennsylvania | TE Connectivity | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was adjusting a screw machine when the 18-pound lid on the back of the machine fell on his left ring ringer. The tip was amputated. | |||||
| 2019-03-13 | Manheim | Pennsylvania | Deer Country Farm and Lawn, Inc. | Head and trunk | Explosion, n.e.c. |
| An electric hand grinder was being used to cut an empty metal 55-gallon drum that had held motor oil. The drum exploded. The employee suffered a broken facial bone, moderate burns on the side of the face, and burns to the esophagus and lungs. | |||||
| 2017-08-23 | Manheim | Pennsylvania | Noah W. Kreider and Sons, LLP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting a manure drive and attempting to change the timing by adjusting the tensioner on the drive chain when the chain caught his fingers, amputating half of his left middle finger and most of his left pinky finger and lacerating his left index and ring fingers. The three-phase switch next to the guard was off at the time. | |||||
| 2016-01-27 | Manheim | Pennsylvania | Noah W. Kreider and Sons, LLP | Brain | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was shoveling snow from a low-slope roof when he fell through a skylight approximately 15 feet to the floor below. He was hospitalized with a severe concussion, head laceration, fractured skull, broken ribs, broken pelvic bone, broken left femur, and broken left eye socket. | |||||
| 2015-11-11 | Manheim | Pennsylvania | LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| Employees were participating in team building exercises at the sports complex. An employee was climbing a wall when she lost her grip and fell 20 feet. She broke both heels and her thumb, requiring surgery. | |||||