| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-30 | Saint Marys | Pa | Mersen USA St. Marys - PA Corp | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Three employees were installing louvers using a crane (one employee in the crane, two on the ground). The crane raised a louver and an employee's right index and middle fingers were pinched between the top of the louver and the bottom of a catwalk. Both fingertips were amputated. | |||||
| 2021-10-08 | Saint Marys | Ga | Performance Contracting Incorporated | Forehead | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was erecting a scaffold. A scaffold plank was being hoisted up when it fell, striking and lacerating the employee's forehead. | |||||
| 2021-08-24 | Saint Marys | Oh | SETEX INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| The injured employee was training a co-worker in a weld cell and putting parts into the fixture. The injured employee's left middle finger got caught in the head rest clamp resulting in a partial amputation of the finger at the nailbed. | |||||
| 2020-08-06 | Saint Marys | Ks | Evergy | Skull | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell while descending concrete stairs, resulting in a contusion and fractures to the back and center of his head. | |||||
| 2020-06-02 | Saint Marys | Ohio | Omni Manufacturing, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working on a press when the press operator started the machine. The press then crushed the employee's right hand, resulting in a finger amputation. | |||||
| 2020-02-19 | Saint Marys | Ohio | ST. MARYS FOUNDRY INC. | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| On February 19, 2020, an employee was adding chemical to an alcohol wash holding tank when alcohol wash splashed onto the employee's clothes. The employee put the shirt on the ground and tried to burn off the alcohol with a torch. The shirt caught fire and set the employee's pants on fire as well. The employee suffered burns to the hands, arms, chest, and legs. | |||||
| 2020-01-08 | Saint Marys | West Virgini | Kenan Transport LLC | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee fell while exiting a truck, landing on the ground about 1 to 1 1/2 feet below and suffering a broken hip. | |||||
| 2019-07-10 | Saint Marys | Pennsylvania | Penn Highlands Healthcare, Inc. Penn Highlands Elk | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was getting ready to repair an air handler. He looked inside the air handler to see what tools were needed. He was attempting to shut off the equipment when his left hand contacted the moving fan blade, resulting in a left ring fingertip amputation. The fan was running at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2019-06-02 | Saint Marys | Pennsylvania | Mersen USA St. Marys - PA Corp | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| Two employees were using a scissor grab to lift a graphite spacer. As they were standing the spacer upright, the grab slipped off, fully extended, and spun, striking one of the employees on the left hand. The tip of the employee's little finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2019-02-17 | Saint Marys | Pennsylvania | Keystone Powdered Metal Company | Skull | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell down a flight of seven metal stairs, breaking his skull. | |||||
| 2019-02-04 | Saint Marys | West Virgini | ST. MARYS VETERINARY CLINIC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was performing evening kennel rounds and walking dogs. The employee was knocked down to the concrete floor by a dog and suffered a broken hip. | |||||
| 2018-07-18 | Saint Marys | Pennsylvania | Pro Process, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was sliding a part over a diamond hone when the reamer caught his heavy-duty glove. The glove was pulled in, and he suffered lacerations and possible fingertip amputations to his right index and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2018-03-28 | Saint Marys | Pennsylvania | Morgan Advanced Materials | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| While conducting a die change, an employee attempted to remove a clamp ring from around the die. The die ring assembly slipped and pinched the employee's left middle finger between the ring and the table of the press, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-02-05 | Saint Marys | Ohio | OTTERBEIN ST. MARYS RETIREMENT LIVING COMMUNITY | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| On February 5, 2018, an employee tripped over a dust pan while sweeping the kitchen and fractured a femur. | |||||
| 2017-10-04 | Saint Marys | Pennsylvania | SGL Carbon, LLC - Saint Marys | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was changing out a standard chuck and installing a collet chuck on a small twin spindle lathe. While attempting to take off the first chuck, the employee stepped on the foot pedal, which actuates the hydraulic draw tube and separates the chuck from the face plate. He placed his fingers between the chuck and face plate and attempted to unthread the chuck from the draw tube. While he was unthreading the chuck, the lathe was activated via the foot pedal. The chuck then drew back toward | |||||
| 2017-09-12 | Saint Marys | Pennsylvania | Keystone Powdered Metal Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| Two employees were repairing a press. During the process, the two employees were repositioning the core rod assembly onto a pallet near the back of the press. The core rod assembly was in a vertical position, with the core rod component sitting on a pallet. One employee was operating a forklift to reposition the core rod assembly. The forklift operator communicated to the other employee that he was going to lay the core rod assembly down. At that point, the other employee had his right hand hold | |||||
| 2017-09-09 | Saint Marys | Pennsylvania | Ledvance, LLC | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was inspecting finished lightbulb products in a cardboard box at an inspection station. The inspection station was on a work platform that is 33 inches wide, 8 feet long, and 9 inches high. The employee finished inspecting the parts in the cardboard box and turned to go get another cardboard box full of light bulbs. As she turned to step off the platform, she fell to the ground and injured her hip, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2017-07-06 | Saint Marys | Ohio | AAP ST. MARYS CORP. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning the cyclone on the AZO auger on the paint line when the employee's finger contacted a rotating auger resulting in a fingertip amputation to the right middle finger. | |||||
| 2017-05-22 | Saint Marys | Pennsylvania | Penn Pallet, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| A temporary employee was operating a horizontal bandsaw. The employee started to adjust the in-feed rail on the saw using a wrench while the saw was running. The wrench slipped in the employee's hand and his right index finger contacted the saw blade. The employee was taken to the hospital and the index finger was amputated in the hospital the day after the incident. | |||||
| 2017-01-24 | Saint Marys | Ohio | Omni Manufacturing, Inc. | Brain | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was walking in the aisle when the drive motor of a press came apart while running at a high speed and a piece flew off and struck the passing employee in the head. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-10-20 | Saint Marys | Ohio | Pro-Pet LLC | Foot (feet) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee suffered a broken foot after a 200 lbs. piece of machinery fell from a manual pulley system. | |||||
| 2016-10-07 | Saint Marys | Pennsylvania | Metaldyne Performance Group | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was working at a drum dump station, dumping material into a tumbler. He was putting a 55-pound steel drum onto the dump station when the drum fell. When he tried catching the drum, his right index finger was caught between the falling drum and the next drum in line to be dumped, amputating his fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-09-08 | Saint Marys | Ohio | Pro-Pet LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On or about September 8, 2016, at approximately 3:35 a.m., an employee was turning a belt within a bailer when his fingers were pinched between the belt and sprocket. His left index and middle fingertips were amputated. | |||||
| 2016-08-22 | Saint Marys | Ohio | Kroger #910 St. Marys | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was getting cleaning supplies from a storage area and was using a short step stool to reach products on elevated shelving. He fell while getting down from the step stool, injuring his hip and requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2016-04-22 | Saint Marys | Pennsylvania | Osram Sylvania, Inc. | Brain | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| Three employees were investigating an H2S odor at a cooling tower. One of the employees removed the lid from the cooling tower and stuck a measuring rod in to measure the level. The employee put the lid back on and started walking away. The employee became lightheaded and fell onto the concrete walkway, requiring hospitalization for a concussion and skull fracture. | |||||
| 2016-04-22 | Saint Marys | Pennsylvania | Metco Industries, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was setting up a powdered metal press for production. While he was attempting to check if the inner punch was firing, his left-hand middle finger was struck by the tooling, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-01-13 | Saint Marys | Pennsylvania | Metaldyne SinterForged Products, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On 1/13/16, at 8:30 a.m., an employee was running a manual assembly press with two hand controls installed. While the employee's hand was in the point of operation, the press activated and pinched the employee's left index finger, amputating the tip. | |||||
| 2015-12-29 | Saint Marys | Pennsylvania | Metco Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was placing a part into a sizing press. While the employee's hand was in the point of operation, the tooling engaged and pinched the employee's right index finger between the tool and die. The employee suffered an amputation of the right index finger as a result of the incident. The light curtains installed on the press were bypassed at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2015-12-12 | Saint Marys | Pennsylvania | Mersen USA St. Marys - PA Corp | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was working in the graphite mixing department. The mixing process creates one pound graphite mix balls. Once the mixing process was completed, the employee dumped the contents of the mixer into a stainless steel box. One of the mix balls landed on the edge of the stainless steel box. The employee reached for the mix ball to throw it into the box. As the employee reached for the mix ball, he lost his balance and pinched his finger between the mix ball and the edge of the stainless ste | |||||
| 2015-10-22 | Saint Marys | Pennsylvania | Mersen USA St. Marys-PA Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was dumping powdered graphite/carbon debris from a drum suspended from a crane by a nylon sling into a hopper on the ground. The employee's left hand was on the hopper as the caked carbon material fell out of the drum and into the hopper causing the hopper to shift. His hand was caught between the edge of the hopper and the drum resulting in the amputation of the left pinky finger between the first and second knuckle. | |||||
| 2015-10-02 | Saint Marys | Kansas | Bob Bergkamp Construction Company Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee lost approximately 1/3 of the finger while performing routine daily maintenance on a piece of equipment known as a topsoil screen. Two employees were cleaning debris from the radiator. In order to gain access to the radiator, the motor was moved. While placing the motor back into its proper alignment by placing a pin into a mount, the mount moved catching the employees finger and causing injury. | |||||
| 2015-09-25 | Saint Marys | Pennsylvania | Osram Sylvania, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working at the former machine. As the employee attempted to pull out a full stack of trays from inside the machine, the stack pusher engaged upwards to push the trays. The stack pusher caught and partially amputated the employee's right-hand middle finger. | |||||
| 2015-07-06 | Saint Marys | Pennsylvania | Keystone Powdered Metal Company, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| The shoe in the powdered metal press was hanging up so the employee who is a set-up trainee went to trouble shoot it. The employee unplugged the plant airline to the moving part (shoe). The employee then plugged in the cleaning airline to the shoe. The cleaning airline has much less pressure than the plant airline. The shoe did not move as it should. The employee tried to maneuver the shoe with her hand and it would not move. The shoe then moved forward and caught her fingertip between the sho | |||||
| 2015-06-05 | Saint Marys | Ohio | Continental | BODY SYSTEMS | Nonclassifiable |
| On or about June 5, 2015, an employee working with waste cement drums felt light-headed and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-06-01 | Saint Marys | Pennsylvania | Mersen USA St. Marys - PA Corp | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On June 1, 2015, at 10:00 a.m., an employee was moving a 160-pound steel die along a roller conveyor when his finger got caught between the die and a conveyor roller, amputating his right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-03-17 | Saint Marys | Pennsylvania | PMP, LLC | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee had just changed the upper inner tool on a powdered metal press. The upper inner tool was not properly aligned with the lower die. When the employee cycled the press, the upper outer tool shattered and created shrapnel, which struck the employee in the neck. The employee was hospitalized for surgery to remove the shrapnel from his neck. | |||||
| 2015-03-06 | Saint Marys | Ohio | Dollar Tree | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee broke her ankle when she slipped on ice in the parking lot. The employee was admitted to the hospital for surgery. | |||||