Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-09-13	Mill Hall	Pa	American Food & Vending Corporation	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was exiting out the back of a truck. He stepped on a cart, slipped, and fell out of the truck, suffering five broken ribs and a scraped chin. He was hospitalized.
2020-09-18	Mill Hall	Pa	RelaDyne, LLC	Brain	Other fall to lower level
While moving drums in the back of a delivery truck, an employee fell from the truck to the ground, suffering a concussion and head laceration. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-08-10	Mill Hall	Pa	Condos, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was trying to pull a winch hook out on a tilt trailer. The winch was activated, partially amputating one of the employee's fingers.
2020-08-06	Mill Hall	Pa	Glen O Hawbaker	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was closing a vehicle's tailgate. The employee's right little finger was caught in the latch mechanism and was partially amputated.
2019-02-02	Mill Hall	Pennsylvania	Best Line Equipment, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
An employee was loading a lift onto a trailer. As the employee attempted to drive past the hinge point, the lift lost traction and slid off the back of the elevated beaver tail ramp. The employee's chest struck the operator control panel breaking ribs and his sternum.
2018-08-24	Mill Hall	Pennsylvania	Croda, Inc.	Multiple face locations	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
On August 24, 2018, an employee was bleeding out a line carrying cetyl 16-18 fatty alcohol. The material was frozen in the line; when the employee opened the bleeder valve, the hose blew off and struck him in the face. He suffered fractures of the hard palate and nasal spine and a lacerated gumline that required stitches.