Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021-11-08 | State College | Pa | J.C. Orr & Son, Incorporated | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee walked behind a pallet they were moving when they tripped over another pallet that was staged in the same area and fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left tibia. | |||||
2021-09-15 | State College | Pa | Lowe's Home Centers, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was folding up a lift gate after making a delivery. His thumb was injured between the truck bed and the lift bed. The thumb was partially amputated. | |||||
2021-05-21 | State College | Pa | R.H. MARCON, INCORPORATED | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was bringing a brake down on a piece of metal. The clamping mechanism caught his right thumb, causing the amputation of the thumb tip. | |||||
2021-04-15 | State College | Pa | Texas Roadhouse | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee slipped and hit a vat of hot oil/grease, which burned his arm, chest, and torso. | |||||
2020-08-12 | State College | Pa | UPS | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee developed heat stress symptoms after delivering packages. The employee was hospitalized, suffering from dehydration. | |||||
2020-01-23 | State College | Pennsylvania | Mount Nittany Health | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee walked past a doctor who was using essential oils and had a respiratory reaction. | |||||
2020-01-06 | State College | Pennsylvania | Four GSC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell on a wet floor while walking to punch out, suffering a fractured hip. | |||||
2019-08-08 | State College | Pennsylvania | Penn State University | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was cutting plywood on a table saw when a piece of plywood kicked back and struck the employee's abdomen, puncturing it. | |||||
2019-05-20 | State College | Pennsylvania | HRI, INC. | Lower leg(s) | Other exertions or bodily reactions |
On 5/20/2019, at 8:00 AM, an employee suffered a spiral fracture to his tibia and fibula while turning around. | |||||
2019-03-16 | State College | Pennsylvania | Penn State University | Foot (feet) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell while walking down stairs, suffering a broken foot. | |||||
2019-02-08 | State College | Pennsylvania | Bartlett Tree Services | Knee(s) | Slip on substance without fall |
An employee was stepping over branches lying on a sidewalk. The employee slipped and twisted her knee resulting in a torn ACL in the right leg. | |||||
2019-01-08 | State College | Pennsylvania | Sam's Club | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was cleaning up in a tire and battery shop when he fell to the floor, suffering a broken left hip. | |||||
2018-09-07 | State College | Pennsylvania | American Home Development in Construction | Brain | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee was driving a buggy down a hill when he hit a curve and fell off the buggy onto a concrete sidewalk, hitting his head and suffering a concussion. | |||||
2018-08-30 | State College | Pennsylvania | UPS | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was preparing for his delivery route and started not feeling well. He was hospitalized for possible heat exhaustion. | |||||
2018-06-21 | State College | Pennsylvania | Worth & Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting the flange on a fire stop collar with a portable bandsaw and amputated his left index finger to the knuckle. | |||||
2018-06-15 | State College | Pennsylvania | Trampoline Parks LLC | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
A forklift ran over an employee's left leg as it backed up, fracturing his tibia. | |||||
2018-05-22 | State College | Pennsylvania | MACY'S | Knee(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was pushing a grill out of the stock room for a customer when she turned the corner and felt a pop in her right knee. She fell to the floor and shattered her right knee. | |||||
2018-04-09 | State College | Pennsylvania | Epic Health Services | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was walking down stairs, missed the last step and fell fracturing a hip. | |||||
2016-07-08 | State College | Pennsylvania | Roger's Electric, Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was shocked while modifying a lighting circuit, burning his hands and causing a right index finger amputation. |