Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-09-05 | Munhall | Pennsylvania | Lowe's Home Improvement Store #0780 | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over self |
An employee tripped and fell, breaking his left ankle. | |||||
2019-07-21 | Munhall | Pennsylvania | Michael's | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
While climbing down a ladder, an employee missed a step, fell to the floor, and fractured a hip. | |||||
2018-08-01 | Munhall | Pennsylvania | St. Moritz Security Services, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was sitting at her post in or near a school gymnasium while the floor was being stripped and waxed. Vapors emitted from the process aggravated her asthma, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-04-30 | Munhall | Pennsylvania | Bristol Metals, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was hanging a coil of steel on a coil holder using a metal mesh sling. The sling was being removed when the crane eye caught the shaft of the mandrel. The employee's left middle finger was then caught between the eye of the sling and the mandrel, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
2017-02-14 | Munhall | Pennsylvania | Marcegaglia USA | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was using compressed air to clean out materials in a saw. The employee's left hand was on the frame of the machine when it cycled and a brass rail caught the employee's thumb and pinched it against the frame. The employee's left thumb tip had to be surgically amputated. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident. |