Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-11 | Pitts | Ga | Pitts Gin Co Inc | Head and trunk | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was cleaning up cotton from around a conveyor belt. He fell onto the belt, passed under an auger that was over the belt, and hit a metal support beam with his head. He continued down the conveyor and a piece of metal overhead struck his left eye. He suffered trauma to the eye, as well as chest fractures. | |||||
2021-11-10 | Pittsburgh | Pa | Darden Restaurants | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cleaning a bandsaw when it amputated the tip of one of his fingers. | |||||
2021-10-25 | Pittsburgh | Pa | Clean Textile Systems LP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was working under a machine. The machine was started and its rotating parts caught the employee's right thumb, amputating it. The machine was not locked out at the time. | |||||
2021-10-12 | Pittsburgh | Pa | Managed Labor Solutions, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to tripping |
A temporary employee tripped and fell on pavement in a parking deck area. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-10-02 | Pittston | Pa | Ball Metal Beverage Container Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
Two employees were replacing a guard chute on a printed scrap baler. One of them was lining up the guard using his left hand when the counter door cycled into the open position, resulting in amputation of the tip of his middle finger. | |||||
2021-09-27 | Pittsfield | Me | Walpole Outdoors, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting a length of vinyl material with a table saw. The employee's hand slipped and the sawblade amputated the tip of his thumb. | |||||
2021-09-15 | Pittston | Pa | Ball Metal Beverage Container Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
As an employee was stepping down from a step ladder, their right middle finger got caught between the employee's tool holder and the ladder. The employee's fingernail was removed and the finger was fractured. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-09-13 | Pittsburgh | Pa | U.S. Postal Service | Hand(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
An employee was changing the arm controller tensioner on a machine. As he pulled his right hand back, it struck a guard, which lacerated the back of the hand. | |||||
2021-09-01 | Pittsburgh | Pa | Carnegie Mellon University | Brain | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was disassembling a manhole cover lifter to be loaded into a work van. As the employee was removing the magnetic attachment and bent over to pick it up, the long handle fell down, hitting the employee on the head. The employee suffered a concussion. | |||||
2021-08-06 | Pittsburgh | Pa | Hanson Ready Mix | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was replacing a handrail at the rear of a ready-mix concrete truck. He fell from the truck, suffering a broken left ankle that required surgery. | |||||
2021-08-03 | Pittsburgh | Pa | Rossman Hensley Inc | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
Two employees were attempting to install metal framing studs near a 480-volt electrical panel box when an arc flash occurred, resulting in electrical burns on both employees that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-08-02 | Pittsburgh | Pa | Interior Supply Inc | Ankle(s) | Other jump to lower level |
On 8/02/2021 at 3:00 p.m., an employee jumped to the ground from the bed of a flatbed truck and suffered a broken ankle that required surgery. | |||||
2021-07-30 | Pittsburgh | Pa | Richard Goettle, Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee walked under an aerial lift as a piece of sheet piling was being cut. The piece fell approximately 20 feet and struck his hard hat and neck, resulting in a neck laceration. | |||||
2021-07-27 | Pittsburgh | Pa | Arch Masonry, Inc. | Upper extremities | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was using a restoration cleaner to wash a home when the cleaner got into his rubber gloves, causing chemical burns. | |||||
2021-07-23 | Pittsburgh | Pa | Giant Eagle Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
Two employees were retrieving plastic grocery bags. One employee slipped on some bags that had fallen to the floor, fell, and suffered a broken hip. | |||||
2021-07-20 | Pittsburgh | Pa | Eat'n Park | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
A cook was working in the kitchen, slipped on some food debris on the floor, and fell breaking a hip. | |||||
2021-07-17 | Pittsburgh | Pa | WEST PENN HOSPITAL | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over equipment and fell to the floor, suffering facial and leg fractures. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-07-16 | Pittsburgh | Pa | American National Skyline Inc | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway |
An employee was in an aerial lift on a public road. A truck hit the lift basket and its ladder/ladder rack injured the employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery. | |||||
2021-06-22 | Pittsburgh | Pa | American Airlines | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing a ladder. He fell at the second or third rung, hitting his head on the ground below and suffering possible head trauma. | |||||
2021-06-17 | Pittsburgh | Pa | Innovative Electronics Corporation | Head | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over a power jack, fell to the floor, and suffered a head laceration that required staples. | |||||
2021-06-10 | Pittsburgh | Pa | Golden Triangle Construction | Multiple foot (feet) locations | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
Employees were disassembling a lattice boom crane. The crane had been lowered to a working height slightly above ground level and was also being supported by an assist crane. The injured employee was removing one of the connector pins when a section of the boom shifted downward and contacted his right foot resulting in a crushing injury to the foot and toes. | |||||
2021-05-31 | Pittsburgh | Pa | Bellissimo Distribution - Penn Mac | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
While reaching for product in the warehouse, an employee lost balance and fell off a pallet jack landing on the floor approximately 4 to 5 feet below. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left knee. | |||||
2021-05-27 | Pittsburgh | Pa | Bellissimo Distribution - Penn Mac | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. |
An employee was moving an electric pallet jack. The jack ran over the employee's left foot, breaking toes. | |||||
2021-05-21 | Pittsburg | Tx | Kent D Martin Construction, LLC | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was installing metal roofing onto a house when he fell off the roof edge onto the ground and suffered a broken right leg. | |||||
2021-05-10 | Pittsburgh | Pa | Alstom | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was testing vehicles under high voltage and sustained an electrical shock. | |||||
2021-05-10 | Pittsburgh | Pa | Masco Interiors Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was working from a Baker scaffold to put in studs. The scaffold was bumped and one of its wheels fell into a hole. It then fell over, and the employee fell to the ground 6 feet below, suffering a possible fracture. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-03-22 | Pittsburg | Tx | UT Health East Texas Pittsburg | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee got up from his desk to go see a patient when he fell and broke his hip. | |||||
2021-02-16 | Pittsburgh | Pa | Foot Locker, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was taking out the garbage when the employee slipped on ice and fell to the ground, sustaining a compound fracture to the right tibia. | |||||
2021-02-10 | Pittsburgh | Pa | Excel Home Care, a Help at Home Company | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking into a store from a parking lot when they slipped and fell on ice, resulting in a spinal injury. | |||||
2021-01-26 | Pittsburgh | Pa | VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on ice and fell in the parking garage resulting in a broken leg. | |||||
2021-01-08 | Pittsburgh | Pa | SG II Energy | Nonclassifiable | Intentional injury by other person |
An employee was assaulted and injured while sweeping a lot at 3:44 a.m. | |||||
2020-10-14 | Pittsburg | Ks | Evergy Pittsurg Service Center | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was sliding a potential transformer on a trailer. The tip of his little finger was pinched between the transformer and another one next to it. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2020-10-02 | Pittsgrove | Nj | Bancroft | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to slipping |
While mopping the floor with hot water, an employee slipped and fell in the water. The employee sustained burns on the arms, torso, and buttocks. | |||||
2020-09-21 | Pittsburgh | Pa | D. Bauer Enterprises, Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee had been installing blocking on a roof. The employee slipped and fell approximately 12 feet off the roof and sustained a fractured left ankle, a fractured left elbow, and a fractured and dislocated right elbow. | |||||
2020-09-16 | Pittsburgh | Pa | Davey Tree | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
During tree felling, a tree fell to the ground, bounced, and struck an employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized for a leg fracture. | |||||
2020-09-11 | Pittsburgh | Pa | TruFood Mfg. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to other harmful substances |
An employee suffered an asthma attack in an area that was being mopped. | |||||
2020-09-09 | Pittsburgh | Pa | CPS Construction Group, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was unloading a flatbed truck. He fell off the truck onto the ground, injuring his ankle, and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-08-19 | Pittsfield | Ma | Haddad's Motor Group Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell out of a vehicle after it was lifted 4 feet with him inside it. He landed on the concrete floor, suffering lacerations and broken bones. | |||||
2020-08-08 | Pittsburgh | Pa | RAM Acoustical Corporation | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was grinding a concrete panel with a 4-inch grinder. The top of the panel broke and fell to the ground, landing on his left foot and breaking all five toes. | |||||
2020-07-31 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Gulisek Construction, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was changing a bit on a hammering gun when the gun actuated, causing an amputation to the employee's little finger. | |||||
2020-07-28 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | U.S. Postal Service | Foot (feet) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was walking down the stairs near the loading dock when they fell and broke a bone in their left foot. | |||||
2020-07-28 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Family Links | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
An employee fell while walking up stairs, suffering broken bones. | |||||
2020-07-24 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | MCKAMISH, INC. | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was on a portable ladder changing out a compressor for an air handler. The ladder slipped and the employee fell to the ground about 5 feet below, suffering a spinal fracture in the lower back. | |||||
2020-07-20 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | J.M. Young & Sons, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee fell approximately 10-12 feet off a ladder and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-07-17 | Pittsburg | Kansas | HD Supply Construction Supply, Ltd. | Nonclassifiable | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
A delivery driver was lifting bundles of wire mesh off a flatbed trailer using a truck-mounted lift. As he was lowering the mesh, the lift tipped over and ejected him forwards. He landed on the ground and was injured. | |||||
2020-07-06 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Waste Management of Pennsylvania, Inc. | Upper arm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was collecting trash in a residential neighborhood. The employee was placing a 3 x 3 foot mirror into the front-loading garbage truck when the mirror broke. The employee sustained a laceration to their left bicep. | |||||
2020-07-02 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | American Airilines | Brain | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was working on a mule at an airport. A hydraulic line burst as he was pressurizing the hydraulic system, causing him to fall backwards and hit his head on the pavement. | |||||
2020-06-30 | Pittston | Pennsylvania | Corning Lifesciences | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
On June 30, 2020, at approximately 3:45 PM, a temporary employee picking orders in the warehouse was struck in the back of the neck by a stack of boxes that fell from stacked pallets. The employee sustained fractures to the back, ribs, and pelvis, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2020-06-23 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | W.A. Hoy Construction, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was ripping a 2x4 for a keyway using a portable circular saw when the saw amputated his right pinky finger. | |||||
2020-06-12 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | UPMC St. Margaret | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was cleaning a room with a mop. The employee stepped backward and their foot became entangled in the mop. The employee tripped and fell backward to the floor, resulting in a back injury and a hip contusion. | |||||
2020-06-05 | Pittstown | New Jersey | Solar Mite Solutions | Leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee fell through a skylight on a roof, landing on the floor below and suffering a broken leg. | |||||
2020-06-03 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Bayer | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level |
On June 3, 2020, an employee was walking in an office when she felt a pain in her leg and fell to the floor. She was hospitalized, having suffered a broken femur. | |||||
2020-06-02 | Pittsburg | Texas | Pilgrim's Pride | Elbow(s) and arms(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell down the front steps and sustained fractures to the left arm and elbows. | |||||
2020-05-12 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Barber Spring Company | Wrist(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was approaching the exit end of an automated and fully enclosed shot machine. A spring that was discharging jammed between the discharge pusher and the discharge transfer plate. The spring unjammed suddenly. Due to the excess force created between the discharge pusher and the discharge transfer plate, the spring shot out of the machine to the stop plate, a distance of approximately 8 feet. At that exact moment, the employee's hand was near the discharge table and the spring struck th | |||||
2020-05-12 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Green Rack Contracting | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
An employee was installing solar panel mounting supports on the roof of a commercial building when the anchor he was tied off to ripped out of its seam, causing him to fall 20 to 25 feet to the asphalt below. He suffered brain swelling, a collapsed lung, and paralysis. | |||||
2020-05-08 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Sovereign Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee suffered a right index finger amputation while operating a chop saw, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2020-04-30 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Comcast | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was working at a customer's address to troubleshoot an in-channel frequency response issue. The employee was preparing to check radio frequency levels at the tap located on the strand next to a wood utility pole at the end of the customer's concrete pad driveway. He set up his 28-foot extension ladder onto the wood utility pole and began his ascent. He ascended the ladder to about the 13th or 14th rung and was reaching for his fall restraint lanyard to secure himself and the ladder t | |||||
2020-03-29 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | OK Grocery Company | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on the floor where a drink had been spilled. He suffered an injury to his left leg and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-02-28 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Carnegie Mellon University | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over a large dolly and fell to the floor, hitting several items on the way down. She suffered a broken bone in her left thigh and a strained right wrist. | |||||
2020-02-25 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Diamond Wire Spring Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was grinding a spring and suffered a partial amputation to the left ring finger. | |||||
2020-02-23 | Pittsburg | Kansas | Kansas Crossing Casino L.C. | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
A host in the restaurant tripped over a chair leg and fell breaking the right femur. | |||||
2020-02-20 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Vitalant | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over an extension cord and injured her shoulder and hip on the ground. | |||||
2020-02-13 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Frank B Fuhrer Holdings, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee fell while trying to jump onto a runaway forklift, landing on the concrete floor and suffering contusions and bumps. | |||||
2020-02-06 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Dawn Food Products, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee slipped on a truck's lift gate and fell, suffering broken ribs and a ruptured spleen. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-02-05 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Bristol Environmental, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was attempting to remove a mirror off a wall from a 6-foot ladder when the mirror fell and struck the ladder, causing the employee to fall from the ladder to the ground. He suffered a right femur fracture. | |||||
2020-01-29 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Cleaning Services Corporation | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
An employee was sweeping debris from the sidewalk when she hit an uneven piece of the sidewalk and fell, fracturing her right knee. | |||||
2020-01-14 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Easley & Rivers, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity |
While working from a scissor lift, and employee contacted live electrical components and was shocked, receiving electrical burns. | |||||
2020-01-14 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | U.S. Xpress, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was riding a lift gate when his right foot was caught between the lift gate and trailer, resulting in the amputation of his middle and fourth right toes. | |||||
2020-01-07 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Mongiovi & Son Excavating Incorporated | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a 10-foot step ladder drilling into concrete with a hammer drill when the employee fell from the eighth rung to the ground below, suffering a hip injury. | |||||
2020-01-03 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | St. Moritz Security Services, Inc. | Head | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee had finished checking on an alarm in the master bedroom. He then walked down stairs, missed the bottom step and fell to the ground, suffering a head contusion. | |||||
2020-01-03 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Century Steel Erectors | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was guiding a bundle of box channels/tube columns toward the ground. His left hand was on the bundle when it shifted, causing his left hand to become pinched between two pieces of steel. His left hand was lacerated. | |||||
2019-09-06 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | U.S. Postal Service | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was scanning placards on the city dock. A tug that was pulling three containers of mail came around to unload and the end of a container struck the injured employee. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-09-05 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH | Nonclassifiable | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
Two laboratory employees were re-stocking chemicals on shelves. While moving a 4-liter glass bottle of acetonitrile the bottle dropped and broke, splashing them with acetonitrile. | |||||
2019-08-16 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | EASTERN ELEVATOR SERVICE & SALES COMPANY | Multiple body parts | Other jump to lower level |
On August 16, 2019, a maintenance field technician was on top of an elevator at the third floor level. The elevator began to move up and he had to jump through the doors to the third floor. He suffered a broken shoulder and broken ribs. | |||||
2019-08-15 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Rivers Casino | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over a wardrobe Z-rack and fell to the floor, breaking her right hip. | |||||
2019-08-08 | Pittston | Pennsylvania | Conbraco Industries | Pelvis | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a stock picker and got caught between the stock picker and a pallet rack resulting in a fractured pelvis. | |||||
2019-07-20 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Allied Universal | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over a wheel chock and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-07-17 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking in the office building and slipped on the vinyl flooring. The employee sustained a spiral fracture of the right leg/ankle. | |||||
2019-07-10 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Sysco Foods | Foot (feet) | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. |
An employee was operating an electric pallet jack when the pallet jack rolled over his foot, resulting in hospitalization and surgery for a fractured foot. | |||||
2019-06-27 | Pittsfield | Massachusett | Price Chopper Operating Co. of Massachusetts, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting chicken with a saw when his hand contacted the saw, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-06-20 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Calabria's | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped while walking on a wet floor and experienced a hip fracture, resulting in hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2019-06-14 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Allegheny General Hospital | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over self |
An employee was walking when she tripped on her sandals and suffered a broken femur and laceration. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-06-10 | Pittsfield | Massachusett | Stop & Shop Holdings, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee tripped and fell while leaving a walk-in cooler. She suffered a broken left femur. | |||||
2019-05-28 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Millie's Homemade Ice Cream | BODY SYSTEMS | Ingestion of harmful substance |
An employee was using a cleaning agent when the employee ingested the agent, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2019-05-21 | Pittsburg | Texas | Henderson Manufacturing | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was turning on a breaker on a disconnect box when an arc flash occurred, causing burns to the employee's left hand and face. | |||||
2019-05-15 | Pittsfield | Massachusett | Interprint, Inc. | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was using a sponge to remove dried ink from a press ink pan when the employee's right hand and arm were caught by a rotating cylinder that was near the ink pan. The machine was operating at the time. | |||||
2019-05-13 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Marsa, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee was sliding a heavy piece of stone when it slipped down and pinched his left index finger between the stone and a meter cover on the ground. His left index finger was smashed, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2019-05-10 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Integrated Corporate Health, LLC | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was walking from a parking garage in downtown Pittsburgh to a client's office when she stepped off the curb and fell backwards into a puddle. She broke her ankle, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2019-05-04 | Pittston | Pennsylvania | Linde Corporation | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
A maintenance employee was working alone on May 4, 2019. The employee may have been performing a sanding operation in an office and fallen from a 6-foot step ladder. He was found with head trauma and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-05-02 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was greasing and manually turning a bearing when his left ring fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2019-04-24 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | A. Martini & Company | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee fell approximately 9 feet from a porch roof to the ground below while installing a metal roof. The employee was hospitalized with tailbone and vertebrae fractures. | |||||
2019-04-05 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | American Airlines | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was attempting to repair a cargo door when the door fell down and struck him, causing head, neck, and shoulder injuries. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-04-01 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | UPMC St. Margaret | Leg(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was standing behind a registration desk when she fell, suffering a broken left leg. | |||||
2019-03-27 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Matthews International | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was attempting to change some broken belts on a dust collector when the guard slipped down and lacerated his right index fingertip, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The dust collector was locked out at the time. | |||||
2019-03-25 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | PrintDropper Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was trying to remove a piece of wood or staple that was stuck in an underpinning machine. The machine activated, catching the employee's left little finger and causing an amputation to the tip. | |||||
2019-03-14 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | DraxxHall Management Corporation | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was painting from a small scaffold, about 5 feet high. The employee fell off the scaffold, suffering broken ribs and a broken clavicle. | |||||
2019-03-14 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Rodef Shalom Congregation | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was walking down the stairs and fell. She broke her knee. | |||||
2019-02-22 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | St. Moritz Building Services Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Injured by physical contact with person while restraining, subduing-unintentional |
A security guard was injured while trying to break up a fight between students. He was punched and kicked and hospitalized for elevated blood pressure and heart rate. | |||||
2019-02-07 | Pittsburg | Texas | Pittsburg Steel, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was forming parts on a press brake. While he was pulling out a part, the machine activated and smashed his left ring and middle fingertips, causing amputation injuries. | |||||
2019-02-05 | Pittsfield | Massachusett | HILLCREST COMMONS | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level |
On February 5, 2019, an employee fell to the ground while exiting or entering his vehicle in a parking lot. He suffered broken bones in his leg/ankle. |