| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-10-07 | Ridgway | Pa | Advantage Metal Powders, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
| An employee was opening the gate/door to empty a load with the wheel handle beneath a powder blender when he felt pain in his right forearm. The employee was hospitalized for a muscle tear that required surgery. | |||||
| 2018-03-14 | Ridgway | Pennsylvania | Alpha Precision Group | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was loading a part onto a slotter when the part began to fall off of the holding fixture. While straightening the part out on the fixture, the employee actuated the slotter with her other hand. Her right index fingertip was then caught and amputated between the vice fixture and the part. | |||||
| 2017-01-12 | Ridgway | Pennsylvania | Clarion Sintered Metals, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting a press. The powdered metal is gravity fed through a tube into the die and the die shoe was not moving properly. The press was put into set up mode and the employee attempted to jog the shoe slightly. While the arm was jogging, a small metal arm of the shoe caught the employee's finger and pinched it between the shaker and the shake stop box. The fingertip was later amputated. | |||||
| 2015-06-18 | Ridgway | Pennsylvania | Allegheny Diamond Services | Multiple body parts | Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment |
| Two employees were taking measurements under the Route 219 bridge to prepare for their next cut on the bridge. The bridge collapsed. One of the employees was hospitalized for head, neck, and spinal injuries. The other employee was treated for a broken ankle. | |||||
| 2015-06-01 | Ridgway | Pennsylvania | Metal Powder Products Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee's right index fingertip was amputated after it was caught in a pinch point between a rotating auger blade and the blade's enclosure fixture. | |||||
| 2015-05-07 | Ridgway | Pennsylvania | Clarion Sintered Metals, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was placing cardboard into the cardboard compactor chute while standing on a work platform with railings. The employee stepped through the railings to step on the cardboard and push it down further into the chute. The compactor was engaged at the time. The employee's leg got caught and became entangled in the moving cardboard. The employee suffered a broken leg and required hospitalization for surgery. The leg had to be amputated at the knee. | |||||