| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-24 | Palmer Lake | Co | Peak Structural PolyLevel Warehouse | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was installing helical pipe. His left index finger was inside a helical pipe extension when the drive head attached to the extension was activated. The extension spun and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and another helical extension. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-04-05 | Palmer | Ma | Big Y Foods, Inc. | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was in a trailer checking the temperature of perishable goods when they tripped over a pallet and fell backward onto the concrete dock. The employee sustained a fractured wrist and two fractured fingers. | |||||
| 2020-09-11 | Palmerton | Pa | Lehigh Hanson | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in work zone |
| An employee was flagging drivers in a work zone on a public highway. He was struck by a spray truck that was moving in reverse while applying tar during a tar and chip paving operation. The employee suffered trauma to the left side, broken vertebrae, a punctured lung, and trauma to internal organs. | |||||
| 2020-08-18 | Palmer Lake | Co | Peak Structural PolyLevel Warehouse | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee was helping a forklift operator move a pallet and a 4X4 piece of wood when the employee's right pinky was crushed between the pallet and the 4x4, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2020-08-18 | Palmer Lake | Co | Westech Construction LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was on a ladder, lost balance, and fell to the ground. The employee suffered a broken collarbone, scapula and broken ribs. | |||||
| 2020-05-12 | Palmerton | Pennsylvania | PPL Electric Utilities | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Two employees were replacing a cover on a compact trench system. While they were dropping the cover in, one employee's left middle and ring fingers were pinched. Both fingers were broken, and the middle fingertip was amputated. The employee underwent surgery. | |||||
| 2020-01-17 | Palmerton | Pennsylvania | Zeager Brothers, Incorporated | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| A truck driver was in the back of a trailer, clearing it out after a delivery. The driver began to climb out of the trailer using a ladder leaning against it; the ladder kicked out and the employee fell to the pavement, suffering a broken hip and bruised ribs. | |||||
| 2018-09-21 | Palmer | Kansas | J-Six Farms, LLC | Foot (feet) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was unplugging a bin on a hog feed truck when the auger caught his left foot, causing crushing and laceration injuries. | |||||
| 2018-09-06 | Palmer | Massachusett | PROFESSIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS of CT, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was installing bolts to hold the metal parts of a framework when a metal part slipped and trapped his right pinky fingertip, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-08-03 | Palmer | Kansas | Palmer Grain Inc | Nonclassifiable | Dust explosion |
| An employee was prepping to run a batch of feed when a grain dust explosion occurred at the establishment elevator, burning the employee. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-04-13 | Palmer | Texas | I-45 Truck & Trailer Repair, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was performing touch-up painting on a commercial truck when he fell off a ladder, suffering broken ribs and lung injuries. | |||||
| 2017-07-27 | Palmer | Massachusett | BARBER TRUCKING, INC. | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was securing tarps over a load of lumber with bungee straps. The "s" hook came out of the grommet and the bungee strap recoiled and the "s" hook struck the employee's right eye resulting in a severe laceration. | |||||
| 2017-06-23 | Palmer | Massachusett | Baystate Hospital Group, Inc. | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking into the cafeteria when she slipped on spilled liquid and landed directly on her right knee fracturing her right patella. | |||||
| 2017-05-18 | Palmerton | Pennsylvania | American Zinc Recycling Corporation | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee experienced heat exhaustion during the second 8 hours of a 16 hour work shift. The employee was later hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-06-21 | Palmerton | Pennsylvania | Horsehead Corporation | Lower leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a scraper on a moving belt conveyor when the tail pulley severely lacerated the employee's left calf muscle. The employee was hospitalized overnight. | |||||
| 2015-11-05 | Palmerton | Pennsylvania | UPS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. |
| An employee was transferring an erect package on an erect package cart. The employee's thumb was underneath the package and when he pulled it out from under the package he sustained an amputation injury. | |||||
| 2015-07-29 | Palmerton | Pennsylvania | PALMERTON HOSPITAL | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking into the switchboard area and turned to leave the room. The employee tripped on a table leg near the door. The employee fell to the floor fracturing her hip. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-02-10 | Palmer | Massachusett | POLYMER CORPORATION | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee received second degree burns on the left hand while attempting to free an obstruction in an injection molding machine. | |||||