Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2020-04-23	New Cumberland	Pennsylvania	Defense Logistics Agency	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was standing on the fork of a forklift 2 feet off the ground pulling on shrink wrap when he slipped and fell to the ground, fracturing his hip.
2019-07-18	New Cumberland	Pennsylvania	The Arc of Cumberland & Perry Counties	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee slipped while walking down the stairs, fell to the ground, and sustained a broken ankle requiring surgery.
2018-06-27	New Cumberland	Pennsylvania	E.K. Services, Inc.	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was getting out of a dump truck and facing the truck with three points of contact. As he stepped onto the slip-resistant tread, his foot slipped off and he fell backwards, striking his head on the step of a backhoe that was parked next to him. He suffered a head laceration and lost consciousness.
2017-08-11	New Cumberland	Pennsylvania	Donald B Smith Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
On August 11, 2017, at 8:30 a.m., an employee was dismounting a ladder onto a roof when the metal shingle that he stepped on detached and he fell 15 feet to the ground, fracturing his lower lumbar, cervical spine, and three ribs. He was hospitalized.
2015-09-30	New Cumberland	Pennsylvania	Underground Solutions, Inc	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was loading pipe into a fusion machine when the pipe became crooked. The employee tried to remove the pipe by lifting it with a coworker. His right pinky and ring fingers got caught between the pipe, amputating his fingertips.
2015-01-26	New Cumberland	Pennsylvania	Defense Logistics Agency	Eye(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Employee was setting up an iron worker, aligning lower and upper dies, when it fully cycled. A piece of the upper die came off when it hit the lower die, striking the employee in the right eye.