Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-08 | Souderton | Pa | Leidy's LLC | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking to another work area when they slipped and fell, resulting in a broken left ankle. | |||||
2021-10-20 | Souderton | Pa | SynaTek LP | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell off a loading dock to the ground 4 feet below. He landed on his side and suffered broken ribs and shoulder trauma. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-01-21 | Souderton | Pa | JBS Souderton, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Gored or rammed by animal |
An employee was moving cattle from pen to pen in a barn. A steer became agitated and head-butted the employee's upper right thigh. The employee suffered a contusion and swelling to the thigh. | |||||
2020-03-31 | Souderton | Pennsylvania | Kratz Enterprises | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was repairing an HVAC unit on the roof of a school. He slipped on the rooftop ladder and fell. The ladder caught his left little finger as he fell, causing an amputation to the finger. | |||||
2019-06-28 | Souderton | Pennsylvania | LEIDY'S INC. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was operating a band saw to cut slabs of cooked bacon when the saw cut his finger, resulting in an amputation to his right index fingertip. | |||||
2019-04-29 | Souderton | Pennsylvania | Guidemark Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode |
An employee bent over to hook up the truck to a fire hydrant to load water. While bending over, he herniated a disc in his back. | |||||
2019-03-07 | Souderton | Pennsylvania | JBS Soudertown. Inc | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
A door closed on an employee's left hand, causing the amputation of the tip of the little finger. | |||||
2018-09-11 | Souderton | Pennsylvania | Almac Group | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level due to tripping over self |
An employee was walking across a production floor when she tripped and fell to the floor, suffering a dislocated shoulder, a knee injury, and a laceration to the face. | |||||
2016-10-11 | Souderton | Pennsylvania | JBS Souderton, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was conducting maintenance when a restraint failed on an air driven system, allowing a door to close on and crush the employee's hand. | |||||
2016-09-23 | Souderton | Pennsylvania | JBS Souderton, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was attempting to clear a jam on a food packaging machine when his left ring fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2016-02-18 | Souderton | Pennsylvania | Living Branches | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
While an employee was cutting a tomato with a knife, the employee's fourth left-hand fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2015-09-11 | Souderton | Pennsylvania | Asher's Chocolates/Lewistown, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was sanitizing a chocolate enrober. As he attempted to unjam the chocolate pump, the pump started and amputated his left index fingertip. | |||||
2015-09-02 | Souderton | Pennsylvania | Asher's Chocolates/Lewistown, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was operating a forklift to move equipment, which became unstable and started tipping. The employee dismounted the forklift to steady the equipment, which struck the employee, resulting in a broken tibia and contusions to other parts of the body. | |||||
2015-03-16 | Souderton | Pennsylvania | Shelly's Enterprise | Nonclassifiable | Fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a second-floor platform. |