Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-09-24 | Russia | Oh | Abrasive Source Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On September 24, 2021, an employee was working at a lathe when the lathe's spindle caught the employee's right glove. The employee suffered an amputation to the right ring finger. | |||||
2021-03-19 | King Of Prussia | Pa | Havpak International Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was adjusting the film of a packing machine when a button was pressed and the arm came down on the employee's left thumb, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2020-09-16 | King Of Prussia | Pa | First Quality Enterprises, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was troubleshooting and adjusting the position of a lift table assembly inside a bagging machine when the entire lift table assembly rotated, pinching the employee's left index finger between the pivot arm and the servo coupling. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the left index fingertip. | |||||
2020-08-01 | King Of Prussia | Pa | Vimco, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was spooling new wire into a road mesh machine when his hand got caught in part of the machine and the reverse button on the machine was pressed. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2020-06-04 | King Of Prussia | Pennsylvania | First Quality Retail Services | Fingertip(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was draining glue from melted adhesive. The glue severely burned his fingertip and he was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-08-28 | King Of Prussia | Pennsylvania | VIMCO INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was threading wire into a wire drawing machine when his finger slipped as the machine was pulling the wire, resulting in a partial amputation of the left ring finger. | |||||
2019-07-18 | King Of Prussia | Pennsylvania | CBRE/GSK Account | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
As an employee exited the lab, he lost footing on a slippery floor. His left pinky finger got caught in the door jam as the door closed and his finger was amputated. | |||||
2018-06-04 | King Of Prussia | Pennsylvania | Peirce-Phelps, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was delivering marble to a customer using a flat bed truck. The employee was standing on top of the truck and was about to dismount. The employee reached out for the door of the cab, which swung open, causing the employee to lose balance and fall off the trailer to the ground below. The employee sustained a fracture to the spine and injuries to the left arm and shoulder. | |||||
2018-06-01 | King Of Prussia | Pennsylvania | Tech Tube, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was operating a draw bench when the tube broke, causing it to recoil into and partially amputate the employee's finger. | |||||
2018-05-05 | King Of Prussia | Pennsylvania | Nordstrom | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
An employee was walking through the parking lot when her shoe became caught in a concrete seam. She fell to the concrete, fracturing her hip and hand. | |||||
2018-02-19 | Russia | Ohio | Clopay Building Products | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee sustained a partial finger amputation when moving the guard on a circular saw. | |||||
2018-01-20 | King Of Prussia | Pennsylvania | CTI, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was retrieving hamburger patties from between moving conveyor belts when the employee's finger entered a pinch point and suffered an amputation. The machine was not shut off at the time. | |||||
2017-10-14 | King Of Prussia | Pennsylvania | CTI Foods, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
A temporary employee suffered a right thumb amputation while attempting to remove a piece of meat that was hanging from a meat grinder. The grinder was guarded at the time. | |||||
2017-04-12 | King Of Prussia | Pennsylvania | Penn Home Infusion Therapy | Ankle(s) | Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was leaving work and fractured her ankle and injured her wrist after jumping from the loading dock. | |||||
2016-09-20 | King Of Prussia | Pennsylvania | Le Bus Bakery, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
While attempting to pull a tray out of an egg wash machine, an employee's fingertip was amputated by the machine's conveyor belt. | |||||
2016-08-31 | King Of Prussia | Pennsylvania | Arkema Corp. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing an egress ladder and fell. | |||||
2016-05-07 | King Of Prussia | Pennsylvania | WORTH AND COMPANY | Foot (feet) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was cleaning a condenser coil. Kleen Coil (yellow) spilled into his boots burning his foot. | |||||
2015-08-27 | King Of Prussia | Pennsylvania | PACKERS SANITATION SERVICES, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a trim blender while it was running and amputated the left index fingertip. | |||||
2015-08-17 | King Of Prussia | Pennsylvania | Republic Services | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was walking from the bathroom in an area where a bucket loader was operating. The loader struck and broke the employee's right leg while it was backing up. | |||||
2015-07-10 | King Of Prussia | Pennsylvania | Devon Construction Inc | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee offloading rebar from a flatbed truck lost his balance and fell off the truck, breaking both bones in his leg and requiring surgery. | |||||
2015-06-08 | King Of Prussia | Pennsylvania | US Postal Service | Hand(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
On 6/6/15, an employee was bitten on the left hand by a stray dog while delivering mail. The bite later became infected and required hospitalization. |