| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-26 | New Castle | Pa | Consolidated Glass Corporation | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was loading glass panels onto truck with a crane when a section of glass fell and pinned the employee on the ground. The employee suffered a fractured tibia and fibula in their right leg, which required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2021-07-20 | New Castle | De | MTC Logistics | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
| An employee was calibrating elevated refrigeration probes while inside a cage about 15 to 20 feet off the ground, chained and padlocked to the forks of a forklift. The forklift backed into a safety bollard. The cage broke free as the chains and padlock snapped. It fell to the ground and the employee suffered a broken back with spinal cord damage. | |||||
| 2021-06-17 | New Castle | Pa | Faddis Concrete Products | Multiple body parts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee and a co-worker were preparing to remove a load of mesh from a flatbed. After releasing the ratchet strap that was being used to secure the mesh, the tension on the strap caused the mesh to shift and fall toward the employee. The employee was pushed into a panel behind him, resulting in a fractured left index finger, C5 and C7 spinal fractures, and possible nerve damage. | |||||
| 2021-05-05 | New Castle | Pa | Penn Line Service Inc | Multiple body parts | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was struck in the back by a tree limb that was being moved to a chipper area via a pulley system. The employee was hospitalized with fractured vertebrae and ribs. | |||||
| 2020-10-09 | New Castle | De | Praxair, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting a dry ice block-making machine that was not forming ice blocks correctly. The machine engaged and the employee's left hand was pulled inside resulting in amputations to the pinky, ring, and middle fingers on his left hand. | |||||
| 2020-09-15 | New Castle | Pa | Bessemer Concrete, LLC | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| A truck driver was working from a stepladder, loading pre-cast concrete sound barriers onto the flatbed of a truck. He stepped off the ladder, slipped, and fell about 5 feet to the ground. He suffered a hip injury and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-08-24 | New Castle | De | SUMMIT STEEL | Heel(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was placing steel angles on skids. Multiple steel angles fell off a skid, dislocating and fracturing the employee's heels. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-08-24 | New Castle | De | Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
| An employee was backing a forklift down a warehouse dock. The forklift collided with another forklift; the employee's left foot was caught and broken between the two. | |||||
| 2020-06-15 | New Castle | Delaware | Hawk Industrial Services, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| While an employee was performing routine maintenance on the conveyor system, the conveyors turned on and pulled the employee's right hand through the sprocket. Four fingers on the right hand were amputated. | |||||
| 2020-03-06 | New Castle | Pennsylvania | Faddis Concrete Products | Hand(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| A temporary employee utilized an overhead crane to move a concrete panel from one area to another. The panel started moving towards a post. The employee put his hand on the concrete panel to stop it before hitting the post, but his left hand was caught between the panel and the post. The employee sustained a crushing injury to the left hand and was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2020-03-02 | New Castle | Pennsylvania | R & P Transportation | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| Two driver employees were riding a lift gate from the ground to the trailer's edge. As they were traveling up, one employee reached down to lift up the trailer's roll up door. While reaching for the trailer's door, the employee's left foot got caught between the lift gate and the back of the trailer. Three toes on the employee's left foot were broken and the employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-02-28 | New Castle | Delaware | AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY | Head and trunk | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| A crew of ironworkers was disassembling am 1,100-pound steel jacking frame using chain hoists. The upper section of the frame freed from the upper bracket and the load became unstable, swung free, and knocked an employee to the ground. The employee suffered a concussion and lacerations to the kidney and pancreas. | |||||
| 2020-01-28 | New Castle | Pennsylvania | Superior Forge and Steel Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| A maintenance employee had locked a machine out and was preparing for maintenance. The employee was tightening a spanner nut when he bumped the hydraulic oil line. The oil sprayed out of the line and cut the employee's finger, which required 2 stitches and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2020-01-18 | New Castle | Delaware | Revolution Recovery Delaware | Nonclassifiable | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| An employee was working on the sort line when it became jammed. He had to go onto the line to remove a wire that was twisted in the conveyor. When the wire was removed, he entered an area above the chute. Once the belt was restarted, he missed a step and fell down the chute, landing on the pile of refuse below. He suffered multiple lacerations. | |||||
| 2020-01-03 | New Castle | Pennsylvania | Ellwood Quality Steels Company | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee had finished cutting a round metal ingot with a saw. The employee went to move the scrap piece and it fell/sank down into a bed of mechanical rollers. The mechanical rollers are normally used to remove the scrap piece out of the way so the piece can be lifted by a crane. The employee then attempted to manually move the scrap piece by pulling it off of the mechanical rolls. The piece was too heavy and rolled backwards towards the ingot. The employee's left middle finger became trapped | |||||
| 2019-06-11 | New Castle | Delaware | United States Postal Service | Foot (feet) | Shooting by other person-unintentional |
| An employee was attending firearm training at a shooting range. A second employee had a live round in his rifle that discharged while he was doing a gun function test. The first employee was shot in the right foot. | |||||
| 2019-05-01 | New Castle | Pennsylvania | Ellwood Specialty Steel | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was removing a tarp/cover from a container to unload cargo from the container. While standing on top of the cargo the employee reached for a tool while bracing himself against the cover ribs. The employee fell from the cargo to the bottom of the container and then fell from the container to the floor below. The employee sustained a fractured C2 vertebrae. | |||||
| 2019-04-04 | New Castle | Pennsylvania | Castle Builders Supply | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was lowering the flop chute on the back of a cement truck. As he was unfolding the flop chute, his right pinky finger was pinched between the sections of the chute and amputated. | |||||
| 2019-02-26 | New Castle | Pennsylvania | Kiewit Corporation | Brain | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee was found unresponsive near a heat recovery steam generator, on his knees with blood around his nose and a bump on the head. He was hospitalized, having suffered a traumatic brain injury, a subdermal hemorrhage, multiple facial fractures, and lumbar and thoracic fractures. | |||||
| 2019-01-02 | New Castle | Pennsylvania | Faddis Concrete Products | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| Three concrete panels were placed on dunnage, approximately 6" off the ground in the batch end area of the plant. The dunnage was perpendicular to the panels and approximately 3 feet from each end of the panel. These panels were spaced about 3 to 4 feet apart and were free standing on the dunnage. At 6:40 p.m., an employee was picking up foam pieces in the same area and placing them into a 5-gallon bucket. He bent down to pick up an item about midway down the panel when the second panel from the | |||||
| 2018-06-17 | New Castle | Pennsylvania | Ellwood Quality Steels Company | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was finishing a vertical mold set-up when the lid fell. The employee entered the mold to try to retrieve the lid. The mold next to the one he was in was filled with molten steel. He could not get out of the mold and was burned by the radiant heat from the adjacent mold. He suffered burns to 6% of his body (hands, back, buttocks). | |||||
| 2018-06-03 | New Castle | Pennsylvania | Ellwood Quality Steels Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was working as a bottom pour laborer and became disoriented. The employee was diagnosed with heat stroke. | |||||
| 2018-04-06 | New Castle | Pennsylvania | Graziani Construction, Inc. | Skull | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was unloading pipes off the back of a truck. As the employee removed a section of pipe, the 2 x 3 wood spacer that was in place between the pipes came loose and struck the employee in the head. The employee was hospitalized with a skull fracture. | |||||
| 2018-02-16 | New Castle | Delaware | E.J Deseta Company Inc. | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was being elevated in a scissor lift to install duct work. The employee's left hand was caught between the scissor lift's hand rail and the conduit suspended in the air resulting in a fractured and lacerated hand. | |||||
| 2018-01-18 | New Castle | Delaware | Bayshore Ford | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking to a vehicle in the parking lot when he slipped on a patch of ice. He hit his head on the vehicle and fell to the ground, landing on his back. His head struck the asphalt, suffering possible neck fractures and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-01-09 | New Castle | Delaware | Canada Dry Bottling Company of New Castle | Leg(s) | Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway |
| An employee was using a walkie rider pallet jack to load cases of beverages into a delivery truck. He lost control as he approached the back of the truck, and his foot slipped off the walkie rider. His left leg was then caught between the front of the walkie rider and the truck bumper, suffering soft tissue damage that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2017-07-14 | New Castle | Delaware | Croda, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was performing maintenance on and cleaning a conveyor that moves powders up to a reactor when he noticed powder coming out of an elbow on the conveyor's powder tube. As he was checking the powder's consistency, his right index finger pushed through the powder and was caught in the conveyor's belt linkage, amputating his fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-07-06 | New Castle | Pennsylvania | West Penn Printing | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was performing maintenance on a printing press. The press was locked/tagged out, and the employee disengaged and removed the folder mechanism. The employee then attempted to re-engage the folder mechanism and slid it back into the press. As he was re-engaging the mechanism, his left index finger was caught and partially amputated in the mechanism's gear and chain. | |||||
| 2017-06-06 | New Castle | Delaware | Voigt & Schweitzer, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| At approximately 6:15 a.m., on June 6, 2017, an employee was stacking steel sub frames when his left hand was caught between two frames. As he attempted to pull his hand out, his left middle fingertip was torn off. | |||||
| 2017-05-23 | New Castle | Pennsylvania | Superior Forge and Steel Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was operating a band saw. The employee stopped to use an air gun to blow excess metal chips from the area when his glove was caught on the running saw blade. His right hand was pulled into the saw blade, amputating his index finger. | |||||
| 2017-05-11 | New Castle | Delaware | Enterprise Masonry Corporation | Eye(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was working on the second level of a scaffold approximately eight feet high. The employee was reaching up to adjust the toe board for the level above when he slipped and fell through the mid-rail to the ground below. The employee suffered a left shoulder and elbow injury and a laceration above the left eye requiring stitches. | |||||
| 2017-04-01 | New Castle | Pennsylvania | Ellwood Specialty Steel | Hand(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was setting up a steel bar on a lathe and tried to move the steady rest, which was open. When contacted, the top part of the steady rest fell onto and broke his right hand. He was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2017-02-21 | New Castle | Delaware | United States Postal Service | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was trying to dislodge a dock plate that was stuck to a trailer door when someone pushed the activation button for the plate. His right middle finger was then caught and possibly amputated between the dock plate and the door latch of the trailer. | |||||
| 2016-06-23 | New Castle | Delaware | Waste Management of Delaware | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was servicing a dumpster and placing it into its metal compactor housing. The dumpster did not make contact with the interlock switch. When the employee attempted to reposition the dumpster, the dumpster shifted and pinched his left thumb. He attempted to remove his left hand, and his thumb tip was amputated. | |||||
| 2016-06-23 | New Castle | Delaware | Waste Management of Delaware | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee had just emptied a dumpster with a front-load dump truck and was trying to make sure the dumpster went all the way back into its metal housing enclosure. While his left hand was on the top edge of the dumpster, his left thumb became pinched between the metal housing and the dumpster underneath it. About a quarter-inch of his thumb tip and part of his fingernail was amputated. | |||||
| 2016-02-13 | New Castle | Delaware | Croda, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was heating and circulating a chemical batch in a process tank. The employee opened the automatic valve in the control room to begin the transfer of hot molten chemical material. Two bottom drain valves were left open on the transfer line spilling the hot molten chemical material onto the floor. The employee was hospitalized for second and third degree burns to the lower extremities and both hands and arms. | |||||
| 2016-01-12 | New Castle | Pennsylvania | Graham Thermal Products, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was working with a crate filled with five glass panels. The crate was sitting on the floor. As the employee was maneuvering a glass panel in the crate, the crate shifted, causing five glass panels to fall out and onto the employee's lower left leg. The employee was hospitalized with a lacerated and broken lower left leg. | |||||
| 2015-12-16 | New Castle | Pennsylvania | Penn Line Service Inc | Multiple body parts | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was operating a cut-off saw and the wheel of the cut-off saw exploded and kicked back injuring the worker. The worker was hospitalized with a deep laceration to the chest and a chipped collarbone. | |||||
| 2015-01-07 | New Castle | Delaware | Delaware Army National Guard | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| Employee slipped on black ice and fell in the parking lot on Jan 7, 2015 @ 8:00 am. He broke his ankle and had to have surgery. | |||||