| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-30 | Saxonburg | Pa | Fortis Energy Services, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was making a connection when a swivel bounced back and caught his right middle finger between the swivel and the stump, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2020-02-03 | Saxonburg | Pennsylvania | Gaven Industries Inc. | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Two employees had lifted a 200-pound hatch and attached a gas shock to the hatch assembly (to be prototyped as a hold-open device). A third employee reached up to pull on the hatch and determine the force needed for the hatch to close with the gas shock in place. The tack welds that held one end of the gas shock broke, causing the hatch to close on the employee's right hand. The employee's hand and fingers were broken and a tendon and an artery in the hand were torn. | |||||
| 2020-01-31 | Saxonburg | Pennsylvania | Aldi, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a motorized pallet jack and got wedged between the pallet jack and shelving. The employee was hospitalized for a rib injury. | |||||
| 2019-02-19 | Saxonburg | Pennsylvania | Throwers Trucking Inc. | Head | Other fall to lower level |
| A truck driver was climbing down a fixed ladder on his truck when he fell, suffering a small head laceration. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-06-24 | Saxonburg | Pennsylvania | ALDI Distribution Center | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was backing a center control pallet jack into product and struck racking crushing the employee's right thumb. | |||||
| 2015-05-15 | Saxonburg | Pennsylvania | Allegheny Health Network | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
| An employee sustained a back injury during a patient lift. | |||||
| 2015-02-06 | Saxonburg | Pennsylvania | Ibis Tek | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Employee was using a crane to pick up windows weighing 250 pounds. Employee's fingertip got caught between a window and a shipping container. Employee suffered an amputation from the first knuckle (tip) of the pointer finger. | |||||