| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-12 | Phoenixville | Pennsylvania | Canteen Vending Services | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| At about 5:50 a.m. on January 12, 2020, an employee was loading a delivery van when he fell off the loading dock to the ground 3 feet below. He suffered head injuries and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-08-09 | Phoenixville | Pennsylvania | McAvoy Brick Company | Nonclassifiable | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet |
| Employees were tasked with fixing an indoor rail car that is utilized for brick making activities. The injured employee went into an open storage area to retrieve corrugated aluminum to utilize for repair activities. The employee stepped on a piece of foam board and fell through the foam board approximately 10 feet into the room below. | |||||
| 2019-05-28 | Phoenixville | Pennsylvania | Volpe Dedicated, Inc. | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was stepping down from a semi-tractor cab to hook up airlines and raise the trailer landing gear when the employee's foot missed one of the cab steps, causing the employee to fall 3 to 4 feet and strike the pavement. The employee injured the left elbow, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2018-03-27 | Phoenixville | Pennsylvania | Volpe Express | Multiple head locations | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| A maintenance employee was working from a 6-foot step ladder to repair an overhead door when the pipe wrench he was using slipped off a tension spring and hit his head. He then fell off the ladder, landing on his right side and hitting his head on the dock floor. He sustained two skull fractures and a hairline fracture to the jaw. | |||||
| 2017-05-05 | Phoenixville | Pennsylvania | Brians House Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing |
| An employee was sitting at a dining room table completing paperwork when a client stabbed her in the upper left shoulder with a steak knife. The knife penetrated her chest cavity wall and punctured her lung. | |||||
| 2016-07-26 | Phoenixville | Pennsylvania | Cosentino Center of Pennsylvania | Nonclassifiable | Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was loading stone slab on a transport cart. The crane clamp got caught on the cart and kicked out the stone slab which struck the employee. | |||||
| 2016-07-22 | Phoenixville | Pennsylvania | Tague Lumber, Inc. | Multiple head locations | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee received injuries to his head and eyes when a board struck him due to a kickback from a woodworking machine. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-04-22 | Phoenixville | Pennsylvania | JD Eckman, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was struck by a section of traffic guardrail. A backhoe was being used to remove the section. When it pulled on the guardrail, a portion of the guardrail flung and struck the employee in his legs. | |||||
| 2015-01-28 | Phoenixville | Pennsylvania | TBP Converting | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was operating a rotary die press in the die cutting department on January 28, 2015. The employee sustained an amputation on the left hand below the first joint of the thumb while cleaning it. | |||||