Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-03-16 | Myerstown | Pennsylvania | Dutch Valley Food Development, Inc. - New Holland Branch | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was dragging an empty pallet when she slipped and fell. The pallet landed on her. Her left leg was broken below the hip. | |||||
2018-08-31 | Myerstown | Pennsylvania | Tech Cast Holdings, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was grinding a casting using a 20-inch face-front grinding wheel when the employee's finger was pinched at the bottom of the wheel on the seal plate, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2017-07-24 | Myerstown | Pennsylvania | Dentech Inc | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was moving a dust collector when it tipped over and fell on the employee's left leg, breaking it. | |||||
2016-04-06 | Myerstown | Pennsylvania | H.M. Stauffer & Son, Inc. | Knee(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was using a pneumatic nail gun to assemble walls when the gun came in contact with his knee and discharged the nail into it. He required surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
2015-08-04 | Myerstown | Pennsylvania | Tellus 360 | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a jointer to join two pieces of wood when his left hand slipped into the blade. His left ring finger was amputated. | |||||
2015-01-09 | Myerstown | Pennsylvania | Goodwill Keystone Area | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
A worker fell while exiting a van used to transport him to his designated work site. He suffered a fractured right femur and will undergo surgery in the hospital overnight. | |||||
2015-01-08 | Myerstown | Pennsylvania | Tech Cast Holdings, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Contact with hot objects or substances |
Employee was adding a steel bar to the induction furnace when it flared up and splashed hot metal on the employee. Employee was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital. |