| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-03 | Nesquehoning | Pennsylvania | KME Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On May 3, 2019, at approximately 8:00 AM, an employee was buffing a 4-foot long metal shaft on a lathe using an abrasive pad. The spinning shaft caught the employee's glove causing a partial amputation of the right thumb. | |||||
| 2018-06-08 | Nesquehoning | Pennsylvania | KME Fire Apparatus | Hand(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
| On June 8, 2018, at approximately 12:40 PM, four employees were moving a truck cab into the paint shop. The truck cab was on a rolling cart. As they were moving the truck cab, a temporary employee got his right hand caught between the truck cab and the paint shop door causing a severe avulsion injury. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-04-20 | Nesquehoning | Pennsylvania | Ametek, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working on a heated press when it came down and crushed his left hand, breaking several fingers and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-06-08 | Nesquehoning | Pennsylvania | KME Kovatch | Knee(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was moving a door panel when the door panel fell off the horse, causing the employee to fall to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right patella. | |||||
| 2015-08-06 | Nesquehoning | Pennsylvania | E.J. Breneman, L.P. | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee sustained a serious leg injury while he was attempting to dismount a CAT paving machine. The employee was in the process of dismounting the equipment, slipped and suffered a puncture to the knee from a bolt protruding on the machine. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery. | |||||
| 2015-02-13 | Nesquehoning | Pennsylvania | KME Fire Apparatus | Thoracic region | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| During a work break at 9:20 AM on February 13, 2015, an employee was walking behind the building to his car in the parking lot and slipped on an ice patch. The employee sustained compressed fractures of the T2 and T5 cervical discs. | |||||