| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-04 | Mountain Top | Pa | Mountain Top Foam | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was building foam tubs and stacking them on a pallet. As she was stacking a tub on the pallet, her left foot caught the pallet and she fell to the floor. She suffered a broken left femur and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-04-24 | Mountain Top | Pa | Gruma Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to push out a catch pan to clean an area. The employee's right index finger came into contact with the machine's drive chain and sprocket, causing an amputation to the fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2021-03-28 | Mountain Top | Pa | SVC Manufacturing, Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was ripping off excess plastic from a pallet on a conveyor when their left hand was crushed between a pallet and a metal stop on a roller conveyor. The employee sustained a middle finger amputation to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2020-04-25 | Mountain Top | Pennsylvania | MISSION FOODS | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was removing a piece of plastic from a conveyor line when her right hand was caught between the conveyor roller and a nip point, resulting in a right ring fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2020-01-20 | Mountain Top | Pennsylvania | Mission Foods | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee tried to clean a roller with a metal tong when the employee's right hand was caught between the roller and the tong, causing an amputation to the index finger. | |||||
| 2019-05-17 | Mountain Top | Pennsylvania | CornellCookson, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was unloading a truck and placing metal rods onto a cantilever rack with the aid of a hoist. A metal rod dislodged from the rack, fell, and struck the employee on the back. The employee suffered a fractured back bone and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-05-13 | Mountain Top | Pennsylvania | Rose Metal Systems, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| The injured employee was standing on a flat bed truck reading labels on parts to another employee who was on the ground. The injured employee put their foot on an interior support column weighing 826 pounds that was stacked four high and the stack shifted. The employee jumped to the ground and the column fell on top of him. The employee was hospitalized for broken ribs, a punctured lung, a punctured liver and internal bleeding. | |||||
| 2017-08-21 | Mountain Top | Pennsylvania | Berry Global Incorporated | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee's finger was pinched between the core and metal shaft on a plastic roll, amputating his fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-02-27 | Mountain Top | Pennsylvania | A&R Transport | Nonclassifiable | Fall, slip, trip |
| An employee was unloading at a customer location when the product became plugged with pressure still on the pneumatic trailer. The employee removed the 6" fill line cap, causing the pressure to release and the cap discharged into the employee's chest knocking him to the ground. The employee sustained fractured vertebrae, bruising to his chest, and a head contusion. | |||||
| 2017-01-15 | Mountain Top | Pennsylvania | Mission Foods | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was returning from their car after a break when they slipped on ice and fell in the parking lot. The employee suffered a broken right tibia and fibula and was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2016-08-10 | Mountain Top | Pennsylvania | Cornell Cookson, Incorporated | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| When the employee placed a piece of metal into the shear, the weight difference between the heavy end and lighter end caused the piece of metal to be raised above the shear table. The shear cycle then activated via the foot pedal, and the hold-downs and guard lowered and forced the piece of metal down toward the shear table. The employee's right index fingertip was pinched and amputated between the metal and the shear table. | |||||
| 2016-02-02 | Mountain Top | Pennsylvania | Crestwood Membrane dba i2M | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On or about 2/2/16, an employee was cleaning a laminator machine with a brillo pad in his gloved hand when the laminating roll, which is hot and sticky, caught his glove and pulled his hand into the rollers. He was hospitalized with burns and a fracture. | |||||
| 2015-09-18 | Mountain Top | Pennsylvania | AEP INDUSTRIES INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee suffered the amputation of their right index and middle fingers at the first joint when the employee opened the door of a machine to clean the interior with a cloth and the cloth and the employee's hand were pulled into the machine. | |||||
| 2015-01-23 | Mountain Top | Pennsylvania | AEP INDUSTRIES INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was removing a roll from a machine during normal routine operation when he dropped a heavy core and pinched his finger between two objects. His right ring finger was amputated from the tip to roughly one half of the nailbed. The first knuckle is intact. | |||||