DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2019-08-02New BrightonPennsylvaniaValley Waste ServiceFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was hooking the latch from a truck to a dumpster. The truck's lifting lever was engaged, and the employee suffered a partial thumb amputation in the pinch point.
2017-07-13New BrightonPennsylvaniaCol-Fin Specialty Steel II IncFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was pulling wire through a die on a draw block machine when the employee's left ring finger was caught and amputated between the machine's jaws and the drum.
2017-04-27New BrightonPennsylvaniaDamascus Steel Casting CompanyNonclassifiableExplosion, n.e.c.
An employee was melting steel in a furnace when the molten steel contacted piping carrying circulating water and caused an explosion. The employee was burned by steam and molten metal and was hospitalized.