| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-04 | Palmyra | Pa | U.S. Postal Service | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| A mail carrier stepped over a railing between two properties that was 26 inches high. The employee's foot became caught in the railing and they fell to the ground, resulting in a broken rib. | |||||
| 2020-08-10 | Palmyra | Wi | Wicks Wood Floors, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| At about 9:00 a.m. on August 10, 2020, an employee was using a table saw to rip a piece of hardwood flooring when the wood kicked back and the employee's left hand was pulled into the blade. The employee suffered partial amputations to three fingers on the left hand. | |||||
| 2020-02-28 | Palmyra | Pennsylvania | Lebanon Valley Brethren Home | Heart | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
| An employee was pulling landscaping ivy from the grounds and felt chest pain. The employee was hospitalized with unstable angina. | |||||
| 2020-02-14 | Palmyra | Missouri | BRINKMAN PLUMBING CONTRACTORS, INC. | Arm(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee was installing a toilet. The toilet fell and broke, and its sharp edge lacerated the employee's left arm to the bone. | |||||
| 2020-02-05 | Palmyra | New York | Finzer Roller, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was grinding a rubber roller on a manual lathe. The employee's right hand came into contact with the grinding wheel and the employee's right middle and index fingers were partially amputated. | |||||
| 2020-01-22 | Palmyra | Missouri | PORT INDUSTRIES, INC. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was working from a ladder while attempting to install a clamp and hoist onto a metal boot (industrial plow) when the boot shifted, knocking the ladder away and causing the employee to fall approximately 10 feet to the ground below. The employee suffered 7 broken ribs, a lacerated kidney, and internal bleeding. | |||||
| 2019-06-21 | Palmyra | Missouri | PORT INDUSTRIES | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| An employee was checking/inspecting the hose to a trencher that was parked over a pit when he fell into the floor of the pit, suffering broken ribs. | |||||
| 2019-01-18 | Palmyra | Missouri | Doyle Equipment Manufacturing | Coccygeal region | Fall, slip, trip |
| An employee was unbolting a hopper on a vertical fertilizer blender so that it could be loaded for transportation. When all the bolts except the corner bolts had been taken off, the top corner bolts pulled though the rusted angle iron (and welds broke on the angle iron itself), causing a motion that sent the employee back and to the ground. The employee suffered a broken coccyx. | |||||
| 2018-06-25 | Palmyra | Missouri | BLEIGH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY | Fingertip(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was adjusting pins to get a concrete pouring machine into position. A spring-loaded pin came out of the machine and struck his hand, causing an amputation to the tip of his right ring finger. The machine was not locked out or tagged out at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2018-02-01 | Palmyra | Missouri | Continental Casting, LLC | Brain | Explosion, n.e.c. |
| An employee was preheating a gooseneck with a torch on a machine when an electrical panel exploded approximately 6 feet behind him. He was knocked to the floor and found unconscious. He suffered bleeding, head trauma, and a broken arm, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-04-04 | Palmyra | Wisconsin | Standard Process Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| The employee was beginning the clean-in-place process. The employee disconnected the air line which de-energized the valve causing it to close on the employee's right index finger and amputate the fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-01-06 | Palmyra | Missouri | Doyle Enterprises | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee fell approximately 2.5 feet from a tender frame after finishing repairs on a motor resulting in broken ribs and a punctured lung. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-06-13 | Palmyra | Missouri | Continental Casting | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee began vomiting after performing die-casting on a machine. He was hospitalized with severe dehydration. | |||||
| 2016-04-13 | Palmyra | Pennsylvania | DHL Supply Chain | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was installing a scissor assembly on a high reach forklift. A finger was pinched while aligning two holes when the assembly moved resulting in the amputation of the left index fingertip. | |||||