| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||||
| 2020-05-12 | 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||