Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-01	Mechanicsburg	Pa	Leer Electric, Inc	Multiple body parts	Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
An employee was pulling wire from an attic when he slipped and fell through the drywall ceiling to the floor, about 7 or 8 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to his elbow and ribs, as well as possible lung damage.
2021-06-29	Mechanicsburg	Pa	Susquehanna Valley Roofing Services, Inc.	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
An employee was on a roof to roll roofing coating when they fell 15 feet onto a lower roof, rolled off the lower roof, and fell an additional 6 feet to the ground below. The employee suffered a broken pelvis and facial fractures.
2021-03-19	Mechanicsburg	Pa	Keystone Petroleum Equipment, LTD.	Multiple body parts	Small-scale (limited) fire
Two employees were replacing the threads on a 4-inch riser tube on an underground storage tank. The tank flashed over and blew the manway off. One of the employees suffered third-degree burns on 50 percent of their skin surface.
2020-07-10	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	MidState Mechanical & Electrical LLC	Upper arm(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was working from a ladder, finishing up wiring on a lighting circuit. When a wire was cut, the employee was shocked and fell about 6 feet onto equipment below. He suffered a severe laceration to the left triceps and was hospitalized.
2020-04-29	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	Nestle Purina Petcare	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was attempting to clear a jam on an extruder machine when the employee's hand came into contact with a rotating valve, resulting in the amputation of four fingers.
2020-04-21	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	DHL Supply Chain	Leg(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
Two employees were unloading a truck at a dock; one was driving a standup forklift and the other was driving a high reach forklift. While the standup forklift was backing up, its operator's leg was pierced by the high reach forklift's forks.
2020-04-09	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	Crete Carrier Corporation	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was stepping into a truck when he slipped in the rain and fell to the ground, suffering a broken right leg.
2020-02-19	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	BWI of Masonite	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was pulling a door slab from a shelf when he lost balance and fell backwards onto the concrete floor. He suffered an injury to a spinal disc and was hospitalized.
2020-02-17	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	Crescent Park Corporation	Foot (feet)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a forklift and got their foot caught between the forklift and a guard pole.
2020-02-13	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	Stephen F Peters Inc	Multiple face locations	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was on a scaffold, using a gas-powered saw to cut out a lintel. The saw caught on something and kicked back, striking the employee in the right cheek. The employee suffered lacerations from the cheek to the top of the nose.
2020-01-06	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	Westrock Box on Demand	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was loading rolls of paper into a machine and crushed their right thumb, index finger, and middle finger in the machine.
2019-05-29	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	Messiah Lifeways at Messiah Village	Brain	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was stepping over a washer and caught his foot in the loop of the rope attached to his cart. He fell and suffered a subdural hematoma.
2019-03-27	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	VCA Willow Mill Animal Hospital	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee tripped and fell, breaking her right hip.
2019-03-26	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	Messiah Lifeways at Messiah Village	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was playing volleyball with the residents, twisted an ankle and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a broken shoulder as a result of the fall.
2019-03-18	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	American Hungerford Insulation	Neck and back	Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
An employee was installing insulation in the 2x6 exterior wall on the third floor when he slipped and fell to the ground about 22 feet below. The employee suffered back and neck fractures.
2019-03-14	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	UPS Ground Freight Inc.	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee slipped on a metal bar inside a truck trailer, suffering a knee injury.
2019-02-22	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	CH&N Construction Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was refueling a tracked excavator. The employee slipped and fell off the excavator to the ground injuring their back, shoulder, and head.
2018-09-25	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	Fry Communications, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was inching a printing press. Two of the employee's fingers were caught in the press, suffering injuries; the employee was hospitalized.
2018-09-05	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	U.S. Postal Service	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee lost the keys to her postal vehicle while delivering mail. She sat in the vehicle and called for assistance. When the assistance arrived, she was found unresponsive in the vehicle due to dehydration.
2018-07-26	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	Defense Logistics Agency	Ankle(s)	Boarding, alighting-excluding slip, trip, fall-single episode
An employee was stepping off a forklift onto soft, wet soil and turned his ankle. The ankle fractured.
2018-06-15	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	Allen Distribution	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was reversing a walkie-rider when she became caught between the equipment and a guardrail, breaking her right tibia and ankle. She was hospitalized.
2018-06-04	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	Fry Communications Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was feeding a new roll into the web press and caught his right hand between two rollers. He sustained fractures to the right pinky finger and internal trauma to the right hand.
2018-05-22	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	Fry Communications Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was pulling scrap paper from the press folder when his left index finger became caught under a belt, amputating his fingertip. The belt was unguarded at the time of the incident.
2018-03-18	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	Fry Communications, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was changing a roll of shrink wrap when his right pinky finger was smashed between the roll of shrink wrap and the bracket where the roll sits, resulting in an amputation to the first knuckle.
2018-02-06	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	Groff Tractor & Equipment, Inc.	Fingernail(s), nailbed(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning grease from the front hydraulic coupling hoses of a wheel loader to align the holes and coupling pins manually. Once the coupling pins were aligned, the system's hydraulic system was ready for testing. A second employee climbed into the wheel loader's cab as the first employee examined the pins. The second employee turned the wheel loader key, which automatically engaged the pins. At the same time, the first employee tried to clear out some additional grease from the cou
2017-09-15	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	United Parcel Service of America, Inc.	Brain	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee tripped while getting off a forklift and fell to the ground. He lost consciousness and sustained injuries to his face and shoulders.
2017-04-26	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	Power Component Systems, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was removing HVAC units, when the unit and the employee fell to the ground, approximately 7.5 feet. He was hospitalized for two broken wrists, a knee injury, and a concussion.
2017-03-19	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	Chewy.com, LLC	Ankle(s)	Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was driving down the aisle and dismounted the scooter before it had come to a complete stop. The employee's right ankle was fractured.
2017-02-22	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	Crescent Park Corporation	Lower leg(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee and a coworker collided around a corner while operating stand-up forklifts. The forks of the coworker's forklift struck and fractured the employee's left leg below the knee.
2017-02-06	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	Fed Ex Supply Chain	Leg(s)	Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle
An employee was operating a standup powered industrial truck. The employee tried to stop the truck with their foot and broke the left leg.
2016-08-26	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	Fry Communications Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
The employee was bending over to remove a bad printed copy. Their left hand was on the stacker/bundler when the plunger engaged and amputated the left index finger.
2016-07-27	Mechanicsburg	Ohio	Moody's of Dayton, Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
A drill stem fell onto an employee's leg as it was being lifted by a crane. The employee sustained a broken leg.
2016-04-24	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	Keystone Human Services	Knee(s)	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
A client at a group home became violent and charged an employee. The employee was knocked to the ground and suffered a fractured knee.
2015-12-09	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	Kohl's Department Store	Neck and back	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was working from a 10-foot step ladder when a bar that holds clothes came loose. She lost her footing and fell 10 feet from the ladder to the concrete floor, breaking vertebrae in her neck and back.
2015-11-12	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	UPS	Forehead	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On 11/12/15 an employee tripped over a pallet and fell striking the right side of the forehead. The employee was later hospitalized.
2015-09-15	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	Farinelli Construction Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee operating a jointer amputated the right hand middle and ring fingers.
2015-08-12	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	Combustion Services, Inc.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was putting the rear gate on the state body truck when he turned and fell approximately 3-4 feet off the bed of the truck breaking his left hip and sustaining lacerations to his side, arm and leg.
2015-07-07	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	EK SERVICES, INCORPORATED	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was injured when an excavator operator backed into him. The employee sustained injuries to his left leg and ankle and dislocated his left shoulder. The injured employee was hospitalized.
2015-06-09	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee stepped off of his Jung Heinrich stock picker in aisle 30 of the general warehouse area at approximately 10 AM. The lift was not fully lowered to the floor at the time. He fell 2 to 2.5 feet to the floor, breaking his right hip and requiring hospitalization.
2015-04-29	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	Your Building Centers, Incorporated	Multiple body parts	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was delivering roof trusses to a new residential home site. The delivery truck bed was on an angle allowing the trusses to slide off the truck bed. A wooden girder came off the top of the stack striking the employee in the back and right foot. The employee had broken ribs and a broken right foot.
2015-01-21	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	JJLH of Cumberland Valley LLC	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
Employee coming in to work stepped out of her vehicle and slipped on ice. She broke her left ankle.