Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-04-13 | Slippery Rock | Pa | DuraEdge Products | Nonclassifiable | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a mixing machine. The employee was caught in the mixer and suffered broken bones and lacerations. | |||||
2020-05-21 | Slippery Rock | Pennsylvania | Whitehall Specialites Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee suffered a partial amputation to his left middle finger when his hand entered the discharge chute of a hammer mill while it was operating. | |||||
2019-07-09 | Slippery Rock | Pennsylvania | Golon, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing down an extension ladder when he fell, suffering a broken heel and hip. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-09-14 | Slippery Rock | Pennsylvania | North Country Brewing Company | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a ladder while dismantling a greenhouse, suffering a head injury. | |||||
2017-07-21 | Slippery Rock | Pennsylvania | Fiber & Cable Specialists, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was connecting a fiber optic cable on a utility pole when his spike kicked out and he fell approximately 15 feet to the ground, breaking his leg and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-06-09 | Slippery Rock | Pennsylvania | PSC Metals Incorporated | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was using a chop saw to cut aluminum. He stopped cutting the metal and turned the chop saw off. The chop saw had some revolutions left. The employee tripped and fell, and the back of his left knee struck the blade, lacerating it. He was hospitalized and required surgery. | |||||
2015-09-17 | Slippery Rock | Pennsylvania | NHS Human Services, Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was injured and hospitalized while assisting a resident from a wheelchair to the bed. The employee fell and fractured the left shoulder. | |||||
2015-01-14 | Slippery Rock | Pennsylvania | Meridien Energy, LLC | Foot (feet) | Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport |
An employee's foot was struck by an excavating machine. The employee was admitted to the hospital and stayed overnight for surgery. |