Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-04-04 | Villanova | Pa | Villanova University | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to other harmful substances |
An employee was serving food and had an allergic reaction to the fish that was being served. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-02-18 | Villanova | Pa | Villanova University | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on ice while walking to his car, falling to the asphalt road surface and suffering broken ribs on the right side, as well as tearing a lung. | |||||
2018-07-16 | Kenova | West Virgini | U.S. Postal Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee returned from his mail route and was not feeling well due to the heat. He was later hospitalized for dehydration. | |||||
2017-06-23 | Villanova | Pennsylvania | Villanova University | Upper and lower limb(s) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was standing on and dismantling a mobile scaffold when the scaffold tipped over and the employee fell to the floor, breaking an elbow and femur. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-06-19 | Villanova | Pennsylvania | Villanova University | Groin | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was working with an acetylene torch when the hose blew off the torch and struck the employee in the groin. | |||||
2017-05-17 | Kenova | West Virgini | U.S. Postal Service Kenova | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
On May 17, 2017, an employee experienced a heat-related illness in the afternoon hours while delivering mail, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-04-26 | Nova | Ohio | Ohio Carbon Industries, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On April 26, 2016, at approximately 9:30 PM, an employee was spinning a non-energized rotary press by hand to clean excess oil with a rag. The rag was caught in the spinning press, pulling the employee's hand toward the punches. His right middle fingertip was amputated by the downward punch. | |||||
2015-08-19 | Villanova | Pennsylvania | Villanova University | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was directing traffic at the main parking lot along Lancaster Avenue. The employee experienced heat exhaustion and was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-08-05 | Kenova | West Virgini | J & J General Maintenance, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On August 5, 2015, at approximately 4:00 p.m., an employee sustained a left index fingertip amputation when it was pinched between two crane pads that were being loaded by a crane. | |||||
2015-03-18 | Kenova | West Virgini | K&N Contracting, Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
On March 18, 2015, at approximately 12:05 p.m., an employee fell from the tracks of the track truck while unloading straw bales from the truck bed. He fell 2 to 3 feet and struck his head on the ground, resulting in hospitalization for chest-wall bruising and head injury. |