Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-07-29 | Smethport | Pa | International Waxes, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee who had been performing walkthrough inspections and cleaning drain filters began to experience nausea and cramps due to heat and dehydration, resulting in hospitalization. | |||||
2019-02-12 | Smethport | Pennsylvania | Dean Hushon Insulation, LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing a straight ladder that was secured to a boiler. On the third or fourth step of the ladder, the employee's foot slipped causing him to fall backwards and hit a fire extinguisher that was on the wall before falling to the concrete ground. The employee was hospitalized due to an injury to his twelfth vertebrae. | |||||
2018-03-19 | Smethport | Pennsylvania | International Waxes, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
Employees were working at a steam/hot water-filled drain box and had removed the cover for the drain box. An employee was walking into the area to hook up a vacuum truck when he stepped into the uncovered drain box. He suffered burns to both lower legs, requiring hospitalization. |