Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-15 | Meadville | Pa | Channellock, Inc. | Hand(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was helping to install a forging hammer sow block. He was standing near the hammer and guiding a forklift operator who was manipulating the suspended block. The employee was directing the forklift backward to realign the block and had his hand on top of timber that was connected to the load strap. As the block was coming out, it contacted the bottom of the hammer and caused the timber to rotate. The employee's hand was crushed between the timber and the forklift tine. | |||||
2021-07-06 | Meadville | Pa | United Parcel Service CC - New Wilmington | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
At about 5:15 p.m. on July 6, 2021, after driving a delivery route and delivering packages on a 90-degree day, an employee developed muscle cramps. He was hospitalized, suffering from dehydration. | |||||
2020-10-09 | Meadville | Pa | B&B Designed Systems, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
Employees were finishing one ground termination in a three-phase, 480 volt panel. The ground touched the feeder lug and the panel, which caused a short and an arc flash. One employee was hospitalized with burns to the face, hands, and forearms. | |||||
2020-04-01 | Meadville | Pennsylvania | Blooming Valley Landscape and Supply, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was operating a rototiller when the blades of the rototiller became stuck in the ground. The employee moved to the front of the rototiller and attempted to dislodge it. The rototiller moved forward and the blades struck the employee's lower left leg, causing multiple fractures. | |||||
2019-06-28 | Meadville | Pennsylvania | Environmental Products & Services of Vermont, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
Employees were cleaning and removing sludge from a pit. A vacuum truck was vacuuming the sludge out of the pit. An employee was using a pressure washer to help make the sludge more flowable. Another employee was holding the vacuum hose to evacuate the sludge when his foot became stuck in the sludge. The employee operating the pressure washer used it around the other employee's stuck foot in an attempt to free it. The water from the pressure washer penetrated through the top of the employee's bo | |||||
2019-02-18 | Meadville | Pennsylvania | US Foundry & Machine, Inc. | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was using a crane to lift the actuator out of a machine. The actuator fell onto the employee's right hand, breaking four fingers and the wrist and dislocating the radius. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-02-15 | Meadville | Pennsylvania | Ainsworth Pet Nutrition, LLC, a Division of JM Smucker Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was in a dryer room. Her left hand contacted a rotating airlock/rotary feeder valve in a pipe, causing the amputation of her index fingertip. | |||||
2018-08-03 | Meadville | Pennsylvania | Tradesmen International, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was cutting aluminum siding with a siding brake when his right pinky finger was caught in the siding brake, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2018-05-28 | Meadville | Pennsylvania | Walmart Supercenter # 1656 | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
A forklift operator was operating a forklift, moving empty wood pallets to the back of a building. The forklift's wheels went off of the blacktop and onto the dirt ground; the forklift went down a slight downhill grade and tipped over. The employee was hospitalized with broken ribs and lacerations to the hands that required stitches. | |||||
2018-04-19 | Meadville | Pennsylvania | Ernst Conservation Seeds, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using pneumatic nippers to cut line stake material. As he made a cut, the tip of his left hand was caught in the nippers. He suffered a left thumb tip amputation. | |||||
2017-10-16 | Meadville | Pennsylvania | Hazlett, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by handheld object or equipment |
On 10/16/2017, an employee was in an aerial lift cutting a tree with a chainsaw. He put the saw down on the tree and went to break off a tree limb to throw it clear of a fence. The chainsaw began to move and he went to stop it. The saw then revved up and amputated his left pinky finger to the first knuckle. | |||||
2017-09-26 | Meadville | Pennsylvania | Advanced Cast Products Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was working in the production area when he began showing signs of heat-related illness. He was hospitalized for dehydration. | |||||
2017-09-12 | Meadville | Pennsylvania | Meadville Forging Company, L.P. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was operating a 2,500-ton vertical press while the machine was in idle mode. The employee was manually spinning the die manipulator when his right middle fingertip was caught and amputated in a pinch point while spinning the die manipulator. | |||||
2017-08-17 | Meadville | Pennsylvania | Meadville Medical Center | Leg(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was transferring a pot of hot oil from the kitchen to the oil disposal container for recycling when some of the hot oil spilled on his left leg. He was hospitalized with burn injuries. | |||||
2017-03-30 | Meadville | Pennsylvania | Universal Well Services, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee finished loading a trailer and exited the trailer via the trailer stairs. The employee slipped on the stairs and fell breaking her left wrist. The employee was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
2017-02-20 | Meadville | Pennsylvania | Ernst Conservation Seeds, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was collecting willow branches and using pneumatic clippers to cut the material to length. As the employee was cutting a branch, he amputated the tip of his left thumb without bone loss. The hospital reattached the tip of the thumb. | |||||
2017-01-08 | Meadville | Pennsylvania | Ainsworth Pet Nutrition, LLC | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An extrusion machine became backed up. Employees dissipated the energy and were going to remove the machine's die plate when a pressure buildup caused the plate to blow off and strike an employee in the right arm. He fell onto his left side, fracturing three ribs and separating his right shoulder. | |||||
2016-04-14 | Meadville | Pennsylvania | Swank Construction Company, LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet |
An employee and coworker were installing a cable lifeline while standing on a scaffold platform. The wall plate of the middle scaffold support broke at the connection point, causing the employee and coworker to fall approximately 12 feet. The employee was hospitalized with a ruptured spleen, requiring surgery. | |||||
2015-10-12 | Meadville | Pennsylvania | The Tapco Tube Company Inc. | Forehead | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee received electrical burns to his forehead when he leaned into a live electrical box and contacted the 480V electrical panel. | |||||
2015-09-21 | Meadville | Pennsylvania | The Tapco Tube Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was measuring metal and lost his grip on the measuring tool. When he reached for it, his gloves were caught in the guide rollers resulting in the amputation of two fingers at the first joint. | |||||
2015-03-12 | Meadville | Pennsylvania | Frito-Lay, Inc. | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
On March 12, 2015, an employee slipped on ice and fractured his arm while getting back into his truck at the company's distribution/storage facility. | |||||
2015-02-27 | Meadville | Pennsylvania | Northwest Roofing | Nonclassifiable | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
Employee fell approximately 16 feet through a skylight to the ground inside the building. | |||||
2015-02-27 | Meadville | Pennsylvania | Northwestern Roofing Company, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Fall through surface or existing opening |
While cleaning snow off of a roof, the employee fell through a skylight. | |||||
2015-02-03 | Meadville | Pennsylvania | Allegheny Recovery Corporation | Foot (feet) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Employee was driving a standard roll-off truck for picking up containers of spent material from various metalworking companies in the area. He was on-site to pick up a metal box type container from a customer. The employee hooked the truck's wire rope cable and winch up to the box and engaged the winch briefly. The box was moved close to the bed of the truck and raised a few inches off the ground. The winch was disengaged. He then placed a tarp over the box. As the employee was placing the |