Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-05-21 | Martinsburg | Wv | Concrete Pipe & Precast | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On May 21, 2021, an employee was using an overhead crane to lift a cured precast concrete piece. The employee had connected the crane's lifting hook to the lifting hook on the concrete piece. As the piece was lifted, the chain tightened and pinched the employee's right index fingertip. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2021-05-13 | Martinsburg | Pa | H.H. Brown Shoe Company, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was trimming excess leather from a boot on the inseam trimming machine when the workpiece slipped and his right index finger contacted the blade resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
2021-04-12 | Martinsburg | Pa | Curry Supply Company | Fingertip(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was backing up a forklift. The employee's left thumb was caught between the forklift's overhead guard and a partially fabricated tank made of thin-gauge steel. The thumb tip was amputated. | |||||
2021-03-25 | Martinsburg | Wv | Quad Graphics, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was helping to change out a cylinder on a press. He was putting the cylinder arms down to put the cylinder in place. As he stepped over the driveshaft to pull the pin and roll the cylinders, he lost balance and started to fall forward. He dropped the cylinder arm to regain his balance and the arm came down on his right index finger and amputated the fingertip. | |||||
2020-09-04 | Martinsburg | Wv | Hollingsworth LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was clearing some plastic caught in a conveyor and auto wrapping station. A roller cut off the tip of his right index finger. | |||||
2020-07-06 | Martinsburg | Pennsylvania | H.H. Brown Shoe Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee had been using a trimming machine with a 1-inch-diameter radial blade to trim off excess leather shoe material. While he was moving a case of finished trimmed work, the blade nipped his left middle and ring fingers, causing partial amputations. | |||||
2020-06-17 | Martinsburg | Pennsylvania | Bedford Farm Bureau | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
On June 17, 2020, an employee was cleaning a grain chute and was caught in the chute when their neck was pinched by a grain chute lever and injured. | |||||
2020-05-11 | Martinsburg | Pennsylvania | Bedford Farm Bureau Co-Op Association | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached |
An employee was repairing an industrial powered truck when the hydraulics failed, causing the lift carriage to fall onto his back. | |||||
2020-01-28 | Martinsburg | West Virgini | Janus International | Face | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee was replacing the door tracks on a roll-up door for a storage unit when the tension came off the spring, releasing the door frame. The door frame struck the employee in the face, resulting in potential facial fractures that required hospitalization. | |||||
2020-01-27 | Martinsburg | West Virgini | Fabcon Precast | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was securing the forks to a forklift when the employee's fingers became pinched between the mast and the boom on the forklift, resulting in a left middle fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-08-09 | Martinsburg | Pennsylvania | H. H. Brown Shoe Company, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was helping a forklift driver move a sole press machine when the machine tipped over and fell onto the employee. The employee was pinned between the machine and the floor, suffering broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and a cut to the left ear. | |||||
2019-06-14 | Martinsburg | Pennsylvania | Cove Shoe Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a boot turning machine when the employee's finger was caught in the machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-03-22 | Martinsburg | West Virgini | QUAD GRAPHICS | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell while walking down stairs, landing on the floor and suffering fractured ribs and a head contusion/hematoma. | |||||
2019-03-12 | Martinsburg | Missouri | FENNEWALD CUSTOM WELDING, INC | Nonclassifiable | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
Four employees were working inside the shop on a propane tank. They were removing a valve from the propane tank when the gas filled the workspace and ignited. One employee was burned and required hospitalization. | |||||
2019-02-23 | Martinsburg | West Virgini | QG Printing II, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On February 23, 2019, an employee was removing dust from the sensor of a recycling system. The fingertips on the employee's right hand came into contact with the paddle blade, causing amputations to the middle and ring fingers. | |||||
2019-02-12 | Martinsburg | West Virgini | QG Printing II, LLC | Leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet |
An employee stepped onto the plexiglass window on the binding machine. The window broke and the employee fell three feet suffering a broken leg. | |||||
2018-08-08 | Martinsburg | West Virgini | Quad Graphics, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
On 08/09/2018, an employee was installing a new baler when it shifted and he fell approximately 5'8" off the baler to the ground, suffering broken ribs, a broken collarbone, and a punctured lung. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-04-27 | Martinsburg | West Virgini | Darden, Inc. | Hand(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
On April 27, 2018, an employee was removing a sauté pan from the stove when oil from the pan spilled and entered the cuff of the oven mitt/glove the employee was wearing. The employee suffered a burn to the left hand and was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-03-04 | Martinsburg | West Virgini | Board of Child Care | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee fell on the sidewalk while walking and broke a femur, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-09-27 | Martinsburg | West Virgini | Macy's Logistics & Operations | Brain | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was sliding a tote under a conveyor when the employee's head struck the side guard of the conveyor, resulting in a possible concussion. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-03-15 | Martinsburg | West Virgini | FedEx Ground Packaging, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Overexertion and bodily reaction |
An employee was sorting packages and suffered shortness of breath. The employee was hospitalized for a possible heart attack. | |||||
2016-08-13 | Martinsburg | West Virgini | United States Postal Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
On August 13, 2016, at 4:30 p.m., an employee became ill while delivering mail in a company vehicle. The employee was hospitalized for heat exhaustion. | |||||
2016-04-23 | Martinsburg | West Virgini | Quad Graphics, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On April 23, 2016, at approximately 4:30am, an employee was troubleshooting a press guard that was shaking when the employee's fingertip was amputated by the machine's moving conveyor. |