Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-10 | Pennsauken | Nj | BARRY CALLEBAUT USA, L.L.C. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a clogged machine when a finger contacted rotary blades within a pipe on the machine, resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
2021-10-04 | Penn | Pa | George DeLallo Company | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was helping a co-worker take out the trash to a dumpster near a loading dock. The employee fell off the loading dock and suffered a fractured back, lacerated head, and lacerated finger. | |||||
2021-09-14 | Pennsauken | Nj | Caliber Collision | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
As an employee was removing an engine from a truck, the engine fell on the employee's left middle finger. The employee's finger was partially amputated. | |||||
2021-04-06 | Pennington | Al | Georgia-Pacific | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
A maintenance employee was servicing a piston cylinder when the rod and rod head came loose from the framework holding it. He and another maintenance employee were lifting the cylinder with a hoist and the cylinder head fell approximately 20-24" and struck the employee's left ring finger, causing a fracture and a partial degloving. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery. | |||||
2021-02-02 | Penndel | Pa | McDonald's | Upper arm(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking into work from the outside when they slipped and fell on the wet floor, resulting in a broken humerus. | |||||
2021-01-18 | Pennsauken | Nj | J&J SNACK FOODS CORP. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a ladder to the floor, suffering a head injury as well as a left-foot injury that caused the amputation of a toe. | |||||
2021-01-18 | Pennsauken | Nj | H&P Construction | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a 15-foot ladder, removing wall paper. The employee fell through the ladder rungs and landed on the floor, suffering two broken heels and a broken left ankle. | |||||
2020-10-12 | Penn Hills | Pa | Turner Dairy Farms, Inc. | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level |
A delivery driver was organizing his truck for daily deliveries and fell from the liftgate to the ground. The employee suffered a dislocated/fractured elbow. | |||||
2020-09-03 | Pennsauken | Nj | J & J SNACK FOODS SALES CORP. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects |
An employee was loading bagels from a table when his finger got stuck in the gap between work tables. When he pulled away he sustained a partial amputation of the left middle finger. | |||||
2020-08-26 | Pennington | Al | Georgia-Pacific | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
A coater operator was working at a board machine, adjusting the coater wipe at the coater rolls. The rolls caught the employee's right forearm, crushing it. He was hospitalized and his right hand was surgically amputated. | |||||
2020-04-13 | Pennsauken | New Jersey | Airborne Systems | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over a pallet jack and fell to the ground, suffering a broken hip. | |||||
2020-04-09 | Pennsauken | New Jersey | McClean Packaging | Leg(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was working on a conveyor line. A machine activated and struck the employee's leg resulting in a laceration and fracture to the leg. | |||||
2020-02-11 | Pennsauken | New Jersey | LOOMIS ARMORED - US | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was troubleshooting a machine's conveyor when his fingers were caught in a nip-point between the belt and roller, amputating the fingertips of the left index and middle fingers. | |||||
2019-07-10 | Pennsauken | New Jersey | Colours Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was moving a 55-gallon metal drum onto a pallet when his left middle finger became caught between two barrels. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2019-04-15 | Pennsauken | New Jersey | Pepsi-Cola And National Brand Beverage Ltd. | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
A forklift struck an employee in a warehouse, injuring his left ankle and foot. | |||||
2019-02-05 | Pennsauken | New Jersey | Pepsi-Cola & National Brand Beverage, LLC. | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was walking alongside a walkie rider pallet jack when the pallet jack turned and struck the employee's left leg resulting in an ankle fracture. | |||||
2019-01-08 | Pennsburg | Pennsylvania | BORO CONSTRUCTION INC. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
An employee was washing down brick from a scaffold when the employee fell approximately 25 feet from the scaffold to the ground/wall. The employee was hospitalized with a broken leg, broken hip, and broken nose. | |||||
2018-05-18 | Penn Hills | Pennsylvania | Turner Dairy Farms | Heel(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet |
An employee was walking through a temporary construction area when he stepped into a 3-foot-deep footer and fractured his heel. | |||||
2018-05-15 | Pennsauken | New Jersey | Food Bank of South Jersey | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
On 5/14/2018, a temporary employee was walking through a warehouse when his phone was knocked out of his hand. As he reached to pick up his phone, a powered industrial vehicle backed over his left foot, breaking it and requiring surgery. Steel toe shoes were worn at the time of the incident. | |||||
2018-05-13 | Pennsauken | New Jersey | J&J SNACK FOODS CORP. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a hopper when it activated while the employee's hand was inside, causing a finger amputation. | |||||
2018-04-30 | Pennsboro | West Virgini | Halliburton Energy Services | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was performing maintenance on a pump at a gas well frac job. The employee removed the top cap off of the pump and removed the top valve. The employee went to remove the bottom valve and the pump stroked, catching and crushing the employee's right hand. The employee suffered a hand injury and was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-03-14 | Penn Yan | New York | KanPak LLC | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
While working on a sterilizer, an employee opened the damper door and came into contact with steam, suffering burns to the hands and face. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-01-27 | Pennsauken | New Jersey | G&F Graphic Services Inc. dba Inserts East | Forearm(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was resetting paper when the employee's right hand went between two moving gravity fed rollers, suffering a right forearm contusion. | |||||
2018-01-10 | Pennsauken | New Jersey | Bergey's Trucks Inc | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over a parts cart while picking parts/walking and fell to the ground, suffering a compound fracture to the arm. | |||||
2017-09-09 | Pennsville | New Jersey | New River Electrical Corporation | Multiple body parts | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was working in an electrical substation when a cable snapped and struck the employee on the shoulder and the side of the head. The employee suffered bruising. | |||||
2017-08-03 | Pennington | Alabama | The Boldt Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee had been working outside in hot and humid conditions. The employee became dehydrated and was hospitalized for heat exposure. | |||||
2017-07-19 | Pennington | Alabama | Georgia Pacific Consumer Products LP | Lower extremities | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee received steam burns to the lower extremities while repairing a sewer grate. | |||||
2017-06-22 | Pennsauken | New Jersey | UPS FREIGHT | Brain | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was removing freight from the back of a truck when a forklift entered the back of the truck. The vibration from the forklift caused a bar to fall and strike the employee in the head. | |||||
2017-06-01 | Pennsboro | West Virgini | Pro Oil and Gas Services LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
On June 1, 2017, at approximately 4:00 a.m., an employee was about to perform maintenance on an oil and gas down-hole mechanical setting tool. The employee picked up the 70 lb. setting tool to bump it on the ground and release the pressure. The tool was slippery from being covered with honey oil, and the employee's grip slipped. His right middle finger was then crushed and amputated by the setting tool. | |||||
2017-03-16 | Pennsauken | New Jersey | Barry Callebut, LLC | Hand(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was repairing a machine that was on a jack. The employee slipped and hit the jack and the machine fell three feet onto the employee's right hand fracturing it. | |||||
2017-02-03 | Pennsauken | New Jersey | Aluminum Shapes, LLC. | Nonclassifiable | Exposure to harmful substance through skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was hospitalized after receiving chemical burns. | |||||
2016-10-10 | Pennsboro | West Virgini | High Point Construction Goup LLC | Multiple body parts | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
On October 10, 2016, at approximately 4:30 p.m., an employee was helping to remove a light plant generator from an excavation. A 9-foot chain was attached to telehandler forks and the light plant was lifted from the excavation and transported to a flatbed pickup truck located below a power line. While standing on the ground, the employee used his hand to guide the light plant onto the 4' high flatbed. The telehandler forks made contact with the overhead 7,200-volt line. The employee received sec | |||||
2016-07-08 | Pennsauken | New Jersey | Philadelphia Sign Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee amputated their right index finger on the staple machine. | |||||
2016-07-06 | Pennsauken | New Jersey | ALUMINUM SHAPES, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a sandblaster when the top third of the employee's right ring finger was amputated by the sand blaster's belt and pulley. | |||||
2016-06-13 | Pennington | Alabama | Georgia Pacific Consumer Products LP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was threading up a paper machine when his hand was caught and pinched by a hydraulic cylinder, lacerating his third, fourth, and fifth fingers and fracturing his fourth and fifth fingers. | |||||
2016-05-19 | Pennsville | New Jersey | HUNTER KEYSTONE PETERBILT LP DBA HUNTER JERSEY PET | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was moving a vehicle into a bay when the employee's hand was caught between the tire and the wheel well crushing one finger and breaking another finger. | |||||
2016-04-22 | Pennsauken | New Jersey | ALUMINUM SHAPES, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was feeding metal parts into a rolling machine when her glove became caught in the rollers and her hand was pulled into the machine. She suffered a pinky fracture and index fingertip amputation. Her ring finger required stitches. | |||||
2016-03-28 | Pennsboro | West Virgini | Crossfire Production Services, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
On March 28, 2016, at approximately 11:20 p.m., an employee exited his excavator and peered into the bin where he was placing additives. Wearing metatarsal gloves, the employee placed his left hand on the side of the bin. A piece of metal, used as a trough, was not secure and slid against his hand, amputating his left pinky finger down to the knuckle. | |||||
2016-01-17 | Pennsauken | New Jersey | ALUMINUM SHAPES, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee amputated the right middle fingertip while using the die machine. | |||||
2015-10-22 | Pennsauken | New Jersey | CinchSeal Associates | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee amputated two digits on the left ring finger while operating a milling machine. | |||||
2015-09-20 | Pennellville | New York | VNA of CNY | Thigh(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
An employee was providing home care and was bitten on the right inner thigh by the client's dog. | |||||
2015-08-25 | Pennsauken | New Jersey | Shelby Mechanical | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee broke his leg when a piece of equipment shifted on a jack and kicked the jack out causing the piece of equipment to fall on him. | |||||
2015-08-22 | Pennington | Alabama | Georgia Pacific Consumer Products LP | Upper and lower limb(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
Two forklifts collided in the processing area causing one of them to tip over. The employee in the forklift that tipped over sustained a broken arm and a broken ankle requiring surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
2015-08-19 | Pennsville | New Jersey | U.S. Postal Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was delivering mail on their route when they began to feel unwell and vomited. The employee was diagnosed with dehydration. | |||||
2015-07-19 | Penn Yan | New York | Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital | Hand(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee received third degree burns to the left hand due to steam from a vegetable cooker. | |||||
2015-07-11 | Pennsauken | New Jersey | Remtek Services Incorporated | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was working on a roof when debris came in contact with an overhead wire causing an arc flash that struck the worker. He fell from the roof. | |||||
2015-06-04 | Pennington | New Jersey | BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell, resulting in head injuries. | |||||
2015-03-21 | Pennsauken | New Jersey | Restaurant Depot | Brain | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee operating a forklift backed off of a loading dock and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion. | |||||
2015-03-06 | Pennsauken | New Jersey | NEW ENGLAND MOTOR FREIGHT | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to slipping |
Employee slipped on ice and fell in the parking lot while walking from the building to the truck. | |||||
2015-02-18 | Pennsauken | New Jersey | Bravo Building Services, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was injured when he fell from a ladder. | |||||
2015-01-25 | Pennington | New Jersey | STOP & SHOP | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to slipping |
Employee slipped and fell on the ice as she was walking into the store to start her shift. |