| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-06-26 | Moorefield | West Virgini | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee had just cleared a machine, jammed by a mis-cut, in poultry cut-up area. The employee was reaching to remove a second mis-cut when the circular saw started up and amputated the tips of the employee's right thumb and index finger (with no bone loss). | |||||
| 2020-06-26 | Orefield | Pennsylvania | Jaindl Turkey Sales, Inc | Leg(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| An employee was using an articulating front end loader to move bales of hay. The loader tipped over on its side and broke the employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-05-22 | Moorefield | West Virgini | American Woodmark Corporation | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was working in her designated area pulling parts when she slipped and fell to the floor, striking her left knee and forehead. She was hospitalized for her injuries. | |||||
| 2019-05-26 | Moorefield | West Virgini | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| On 5/26/19, at approximately 11:30 p.m., an employee was using a chicken cutting blade to separate a leg quarter from a shackle when the employee's fingers contacted the blade, resulting in right index and middle finger amputations. | |||||
| 2018-01-10 | Orefield | Pennsylvania | KidsPeace | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
| An employee was standing in the hallway when a client came running down the hall and knocked the employee to the ground. The client also punched the employee's face. The employee suffered fractures to the fourth and fifth vertebrae. | |||||
| 2018-01-05 | Moorefield | West Virgini | Allegheny Dimension | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On January 5, 2018, at approximately 2:30 p.m., an employee was attempting to unjam a board from a machine when the employee made contact with the hogger head wheel, resulting in an amputation to the right index finger. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2017-03-07 | Moorefield | West Virgini | Pilgrim's Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee climbed up onto a machine and reached to remove accumulated chicken parts. The right ring fingertip was amputated by the guarded saw blade. | |||||
| 2017-02-18 | Moorefield | West Virgini | Pilgrim's | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On February 18, 2017, at approximately 5:30 p.m., an employee was replacing the chain on a breading machine conveyor that was turned off. The power was restored to the machine while the employee was checking the tension of the chain. The moving chain caught and amputated the employee's right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-09-03 | Orefield | Pennsylvania | Kids Peace | Wrist(s) | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
| An employee was conducting an intervention with a client (patient). The client pushed her, causing her to fall and dislocate/fracture her right wrist. | |||||
| 2015-06-05 | Moorefield | West Virgini | Pilgrim's | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On June 5, 2015, at approximately 11:45 a.m., an employee was working with blenders that are used to grind meat. An opening on the bottom of the grinder allows ground meat to fall into a buggy. The employee reached to remove a small portion of meat and his left hand made contact with an energized, rotating auger. | |||||
| 2015-05-05 | Moorefield | West Virgini | Pilgrim's | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| On May 5, 2015, at approximately 12:30 p.m., an employee stepped onto the side of the box machine to fill the glue pot with glue sticks. The employee's foot slipped off the surface of the machine, causing her to fall to the floor and fracture her hip. | |||||
| 2015-04-20 | Moorefield | West Virgini | PILGRIMS PRIDE | Multiple upper extremities locations | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee working on the Dapec 3 Line received fractures to the right hand, forearm, and elbow after coming in contact with a rotating shaft. | |||||
| 2015-01-19 | Moorefield | West Virgini | Pilgrims | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| Employee working in the stock room at floor level lost balance while trying to catch a tub that was falling from a table. Employee fell to the ground and fractured a hip. | |||||