Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-13 | Johnstown | Oh | New Day Farms | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On November 13, 2021, at 1:15 PM, an employee was preparing to clean the inedible conveyance system and suffered the amputation of their left middle fingertip. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time. | |||||
2021-11-04 | Wrightstown | Nj | Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonclassifiable |
An employee was training another employee on aircraft loading when their right thumb was pinched between two loaders, resulting in amputation. | |||||
2021-10-20 | Youngstown | Oh | Boardman Orthopedics and Rehabilitation | Lower leg(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
On October 20, 2021, an employee left the front desk when the phone rang from the office. The employee turned to re-enter the door to the front desk and struck their shin against the door. The employee suffered a fractured tibia. | |||||
2021-10-19 | Johnstown | Oh | Anomatic Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was adjusting part placement on a machine. The press head actuated and pinched the employee's left thumb, causing a laceration and amputation to the tip. | |||||
2021-09-28 | Youngstown | Oh | CoreCivic | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was using a three-step ladder to change a light fixture. The employee fell to the ground and sustained a fractured hip. | |||||
2021-09-24 | Burgettstown | Pa | Union Electric Steel Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was preparing to lift a 25,000-pound forging with an overhead crane using a spreader bar and a set of chains. The chains on one side of the forging snagged on set downs and would not slide into position. The employee used his right hand to position the chains to the center of the load when the crane began to lift the forging. The employee's right middle finger was caught between the chain and the forging, resulting in amputation to the first knuckle. | |||||
2021-09-09 | Hummelstown | Pa | The Exterior Company | Brain | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was inspecting a one-story residential roof. He fell down the roof slope and off the edge to the ground, suffering broken facial bones, lost teeth, a broken ankle, and brain bruising. | |||||
2021-09-07 | Reamstown | Pa | Boose Aluminum Foundry Company, Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a saw to cut off a casting. The saw blade contacted the employee's left thumb, causing an amputation to the thumb. | |||||
2021-08-18 | Charlestown | Ma | Casella Recycling LLC | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a ladder on a vehicle, landing on the ground and suffering a hip injury. | |||||
2021-08-11 | Youngstown | Oh | MPW Industrial Services | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was packing dunnage to be shipped out when they began to experience a headache and body aches due to a heat-related muscle injury and dehydration. | |||||
2021-08-09 | Littlestown | Pa | Littlestown Foundry, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a vertical milling machine when the machine caught the glove on her right hand. The glove became wrapped around the rotating bit resulting in amputation of her right middle finger. | |||||
2021-07-29 | Johnstown | Pa | Laurel Motors Inc. | Pelvis | Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c. |
An employee was on their knees with their upper body in a car while attempting to connect scanning equipment to an engine control module. The car went into drive and lurched forward. The driver's door struck a post and pinned the employee between the door and doorframe, resulting in a broken pelvis. | |||||
2021-07-24 | Klingerstown | Pa | Michael Foods, Inc. | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
On July 24, 2021, an employee was cleaning egg-breaking machines with a corrosive chemical. The chemical burned the employee's knees and lower legs, and the employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-07-09 | Youngstown | Oh | Heart Reach Neighborhood Ministries | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a ladder that was leaning against a flag pole. As the employee was changing the rope on the flag pole, the pole shifted and the employee fell to the concrete below, resulting in a broken ankle, a fractured wrist, a knee injury, and a lower back injury. | |||||
2021-07-08 | Youngstown | Oh | Youngstown Tube Co | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was loading a flatbed trailer with material. The employee slipped and fell from the flatbed to the ground, suffering broken ribs and a forehead laceration. | |||||
2021-07-07 | Youngstown | Oh | National Heat Exchange | Nonclassifiable | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was using a pressure washer when the fitting came off, causing the water to be injected under his skin. | |||||
2021-06-20 | Johnstown | Oh | Daybreak Foods, Inc. | Upper arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning off a manure belt when the belt grabbed onto his hand, resulting in an amputation of the right arm above the elbow. | |||||
2021-06-14 | Hummelstown | Pa | Dairy Farmers of America | Multiple lower extremities locations | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was about to kosherize a product line, having just switched a hose from another line after draining the water out of it. When he opened a valve to start the process, 200-degree Fahrenheit water hit him in the left leg and foot, burning him from the thigh down. | |||||
2021-06-08 | Morristown | Nj | The Napp-Grecco Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was cleaning up a work area after conducting pipeline construction and excavation operations. The employee developed severe leg cramps and was hospitalized, suffering from heat stress. | |||||
2021-05-28 | Gibbstown | Nj | Raymour & Flanigan Distribution Center | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was placing wheel chocks on a trailer. The trailer moved when another employee entered it, causing the wheels to crush the first employee's fingers. The employee suffered a partial amputation to a thumb. | |||||
2021-05-26 | Hackettstown | Nj | FQSR LLC dba Kbp Foods | Head and neck | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on a wet floor and fell injuring her neck and head. | |||||
2021-05-21 | Stow | Oh | Refuse Materials, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
Three employees were polishing the concrete floor in the back break room and were overcome with carbon monoxide (CO) from the compressor that was used in that room. One employee was hospitalized for CO poisoning. | |||||
2021-05-18 | New Kingstown | Pa | Valk Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating the hydraulic shear and amputated a fingertip. | |||||
2021-05-14 | Johnstown | Pa | AmeriServ Financial, Inc. | Arm(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee fell in an elevator, landing on the floor and suffering a compound fracture of the right arm. | |||||
2021-05-11 | Doylestown | Pa | UHS of Doylestown, L.L.C. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employees hand was caught in the door jamb as the door closed and the top part of the employee's finger was amputated. | |||||
2021-05-01 | Williamstown | Ma | Wild Oates Cooperative Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting green onions with a knife and partially amputated their left index finger. | |||||
2021-04-22 | Johnstown | Pa | Highway Equipment Company | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was working on a piece of machinery. The employee was knocked off the equipment and lost consciousness. The employee was hospitalized for brain swelling and surgery. | |||||
2021-04-16 | Lewistown | Pa | Nittany Paper Mills Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was re-threading a paper converting machine at the embossing roller area. Their left hand became caught between the steel embossing roller and a rubber roller. The employee's left index finger was amputated. | |||||
2021-04-07 | Pottstown | Pa | Pottstown Division | Leg(s) | Excavation or trenching cave-in |
An employee was working in a trench making a pipe connection when the trench collapsed on the employee. The employee's leg was crushed. | |||||
2021-03-27 | Shepherdstown | Wv | H & G Catrow Contracting Inc | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached |
While performing maintenance on a front end loader/backhoe, an employee removed a pin, which caused the machine arm to come down on the employee's finger. The employee's finger was caught between the machine arm and a stationary object, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-03-25 | Pottstown | Pa | Atlantic Plant Maintenance, Inc. | Arm(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was moving a cart with a grey board on it. Due to shifting of the cart or a wheel catching on an obstruction, the cart tipped over and struck two employees. One employee sustained a laceration on his arm requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2021-03-12 | North Kingstown | Ri | Poseidon Electric Solutions, LLC | Brain | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee was riding on the bumper of a work van. He fell off and his head struck the pavement, causing a head/brain injury. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery. | |||||
2021-03-03 | Charlestown | Ma | Casella Recycling LLC | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was walking along a platform when a drill bit, being used nearby, broke and sent a steel shard into the employee's left eye. The employee suffered a cut retina. | |||||
2021-02-24 | Plaistow | Nh | Weston Solutions Inc | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was spreading de-icing agent on a driveway when they slipped and fell on ice. The employee was hospitalized with an injury to the right knee. | |||||
2021-02-10 | Bristow | Ok | Walmart, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on ice in parking lot while on break, falling to the ground and injuring a hip. | |||||
2021-02-10 | Jamestown | Ri | Anchor Insulation Company, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee on an 8-foot step ladder was reaching through a rough-framed wall with a reciprocating saw to trim foam that was installed over a staircase. Due to vibrations caused by the saw, the ladder moved away from the wall. The employee fell through the wall and landed on the staircase approximately 8 to 10 feet below. During the fall, the employee broke the handrail on the staircase. The employee sustained a fractured left ankle. | |||||
2021-02-07 | Pottstown | Pa | POTTSTOWN HOSPITAL COMPANY LLC OF DE | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking to his car through the parking lot when he slipped and fell on ice. The employee sustained a fractured left ankle. | |||||
2021-02-06 | Williamstown | Wv | REM Community Options | Ankle(s) | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee was assisting a client at the client's home. The client became upset and pushed the employee out of a chair, resulting in a broken ankle. | |||||
2021-01-29 | Jonestown | Pa | SUPREME MID-ATLANTIC CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was preparing to install the horizontal track for an overhead door inside a refrigerated truck while working from a 4-foot platform ladder. The safety screw that maintains the pre-spring-loaded overhead door in the down position had been removed and the door was ejected from the vertical door track. As the door moved upward, the employee's left index finger was caught between two panel sections resulting in the removed of skin from the fingertip. | |||||
2021-01-27 | Youngstown | Oh | Gateways To Better Living, Inc. | Knee(s) | Injured by physical contact with person while restraining, subduing-unintentional |
An employee was attempting to subdue a client when they fell to the floor and suffered a knee injury. | |||||
2021-01-21 | Jamestown | Nd | Skywest Airlines | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was walking around jet bridge stairs to search and clean an aircraft. He slipped on snow-covered ice and fell to the ground, injuring his head. | |||||
2021-01-20 | Johnstown | Oh | Heartland Hospice | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell on ice in a driveway. The employee's leg was broken in two places, requiring surgery. | |||||
2021-01-06 | Jamestown | Ny | Blackstone-NEY Ultrasonics | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting wood on a table saw and amputated a fingertip. | |||||
2021-01-05 | Youngstown | Oh | Grace Services Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was cutting and splitting logs with a hydraulic splitter when their finger became crushed between a log and the hydraulic splitter, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2020-10-09 | Jonestown | Pa | Love's Travel Stops and Country Stores | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet |
An employee was on the third rung from the top of a 6-foot-high ladder, putting a wooden pallet into an open dumpster. The employee fell from the ladder to the ground, suffering a broken right shoulder and a bruised right hip. | |||||
2020-10-05 | Goffstown | Nh | U.S. Postal Service | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
While on a route delivering mail an employee stepped out of their LLV onto soft/loose gravel, lost footing, twisted an ankle, and fell to the ground. The employee attempted to brace their fall with their arm which resulted in a broken shoulder blade. | |||||
2020-10-01 | Jamestown | Oh | Guess Brothers AG., Inc. | Multiple body parts | Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was cleaning out the warehouse and burning cardboard boxes in a burn pile. A box had a paint can inside which exploded onto the employee causing burns to the face and hands. | |||||
2020-09-25 | Youngstown | Oh | Legend Painting Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
An employee was checking to see if the outrigger wire was tight enough. He grabbed onto the outrigger wire and it slipped, causing him to fall approximately 20-25 feet from the platform and into shallow water and a riverbed road below the bridge. The employee suffered multiple arm and leg fractures. | |||||
2020-09-22 | Stoystown | Pa | Highland Tank & Mfg. Co. | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was under a truck taking the transmission out. The truck, which was supported by blocks, fell and the gas tank pinned the employee to the floor. He sustained injury to the hips, leg, and lower back. | |||||
2020-09-17 | North Kingstown | Ri | Cardi Construction Corporation | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was walking alongside a skid steer that was carrying a hoisted cage used to pour foundations. He was holding onto the cage to keep it steady when he tripped over a nearby portable generator. The skid steer then ran over his foot, fracturing his right ankle. | |||||
2020-08-25 | Youngstown | Oh | Diamond Steel Construction | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
Employees were installing a 25-foot steel column that had a hitch to a steel base plate. As they tried to put the base plate on the foundation with a telehandler, it slipped out of the nylon sling. The hitch struck an employee on the left lower leg between the knee and ankle, causing a compound fracture. | |||||
2020-08-25 | Youngstown | Oh | Simon Roofing | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was climbing down from a roof on a fixed metal ladder. The ladder broke from the wall and he fell 5-6 feet to the ground, suffering broken ribs and a head injury. | |||||
2020-08-19 | Youngstown | Oh | Tod Homestead Cemetary | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was attempting to open a door to enter the office area when she slipped and fell to the floor. She was hospitalized with a hairline fracture to her hip. | |||||
2020-08-07 | Jonestown | Pa | Supreme Mid-Atlantic Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An assembler was using a cordless drill with a 3/8" bit to drill through a fiberglass reinforced panel on a truck when the drill bit went through the steel wall of the truck cab and grabbed onto his glove. The right index fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2020-07-28 | North Kingstown | Rhode Island | North Atlantic Distribution, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
Two employees were moving the hood of a car. One of the employees sustained a back strain and fell to the ground. | |||||
2020-07-23 | Jamestown | New York | Jamestown Macadam, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee operating a rebar bending machine had his finger pinched between a piece of rebar and a fixed point on the rebar bending machine. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation without bone loss. | |||||
2020-07-14 | Youngstown | Ohio | Boston Retail Products, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was turning a plastic part in a puller machine when his left hand was caught in the machine, resulting in multiple lacerations and stitches. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-07-10 | Moorestown | New Jersey | Auto Plus Auto Parts | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was moving a pallet jack when his left ankle was caught between its platform and the wall. He suffered a broken ankle and tibia. | |||||
2020-07-07 | Youngstown | Ohio | United States Postal Service | Lower leg(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
An city mail carrier was attacked by a dog while delivering mail. The dog bit the carrier's left shin severely; the carrier was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
2020-06-25 | Johnstown | Colorado | High Country Beverage | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was operating a pallet jack. The tine of a forklift struck the employee, breaking the employee's left foot | |||||
2020-06-24 | Littlestown | Pennsylvania | HOFFMAN HOMES, INCORPORATED | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was walking down a grassy slope. She became unsteady or slipped. At that point her right knee locked in place, her leg bent the wrong way, and she fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right tibia. | |||||
2020-06-11 | North Kingstown | Rhode Island | Electric Boat Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was adjusting the guardrail of an elevated lift platform. The employee was pushing the guardrail up while another employee, who was standing on the lift, was pushing down on the guardrail. The injured employee got his right middle finger caught in a pinch point on the guardrail and sustained a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2020-06-11 | Jamestown | North Dakota | MAGNUM ELECTRIC, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On June 11, 2020, at 7:30 a.m., an employee was diagnosing why a breaker kept tripping on a dust extraction system at a grain dryer facility. As the employee was cleaning out the dust near the airlocks, the system started. The fan blades then amputated all four of his fingers on his right hand. | |||||
2020-06-08 | Charlestown | Massachusett | Boston Sand & Gravel Co. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
While jack hammering concrete, an employee slipped and fell 5 feet. | |||||
2020-06-05 | Pittstown | New Jersey | Solar Mite Solutions | Leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee fell through a skylight on a roof, landing on the floor below and suffering a broken leg. | |||||
2020-05-15 | Boystown | Nebraska | Father Flanagans Boys' Home | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting a piece of wood with a table saw when the wood kicked back and pulled his hand toward the blade, resulting in a left middle fingertip amputation. | |||||
2020-04-30 | Robstown | Texas | US Ecology Texas, Inc. | Knee(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was helping a loader operator transfer catalyst from a bin into a roll-off box when the bin came off the loader's forks and fell on the ground. The employee was standing next to the bin when it fell and attempted to get out of the way, falling down in the process. The employee sustained left and right knee injuries. | |||||
2020-04-27 | Jamestown | North Dakota | Vetter Construction, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was unloading materials onto a roof when the employee slipped and fell off the roof. During the fall to the ground, the employee's head hit a trailer, resulting in a fractured skull and injuries to the nose, mouth, teeth, jaw, ear, and left shoulder. The employee lost consciousness and was hospitalized. Fall protection was not worn at the time of the incident. | |||||
2020-04-17 | Youngstown | Ohio | AMG Resources Corporation | Leg(s) | Fall or jump from and struck by rail vehicle-transportation incident |
An employee was in the process of switching railcars in the scrap yard when he slipped and fell from the engine landing beneath the railcar wheel as the railcar was moving. His right leg and left foot were crushed, resulting in a right leg amputation. | |||||
2020-04-06 | Hummelstown | Pennsylvania | Keystone Human Services | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall while sitting |
An employee had been packing up some belongings. The employee started picking up papers from the floor while sitting in an office chair. The employee lost their balance and fell to the floor. After being helped back up, the employee proceeded to their car, but fell in the parking lot. The employee sustained a hematoma on the back of the head and may have a broken bone in their neck. | |||||
2020-03-19 | Youngstown | Florida | E.F. San Juan, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was ripping 3/4-inch strips of wood using a table saw when his hand contacted the blade, resulting in an amputation his left middle and pointer fingertips. | |||||
2020-03-18 | Jamestown | North Dakota | Collins Aerospace | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped due to icy conditions in the parking lot and suffered a left hip injury. | |||||
2020-03-16 | Myerstown | Pennsylvania | Dutch Valley Food Development, Inc. - New Holland Branch | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was dragging an empty pallet when she slipped and fell. The pallet landed on her. Her left leg was broken below the hip. | |||||
2020-03-14 | Youngstown | Ohio | P & L HEAT TREATING & GRINDING, INC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was sandblasting a cap aluminum dye assembly. He stood the part up to turn it onto the other side. The part then tipped over and amputated his left middle fingertip. | |||||
2020-03-12 | North Kingstown | Rhode Island | Taylor Farms, New England, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee suffered a partial amputation of his left middle finger while cleaning a dicer machine. | |||||
2020-03-02 | Pottstown | Pennsylvania | Titan International Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was cutting metal on a shear. His hand slipped and the shear amputated four of his fingers. | |||||
2020-02-28 | Stow | Ohio | Polystar Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. |
A bundle of angle iron was being lowered and the injured employee's left thumb was caught under the bundle resulting in amputation of the thumb tip. | |||||
2020-02-24 | Morristown | New Jersey | KM Contracting Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was conducting demolition and repair work on a concrete parking garage stairwell. The employee began to remove concrete slabs from the top of the second-floor platform when the metal sub-sheet underneath him collapsed and he fell approximately 10 feet through the opening. He landed on the concrete ground and sustained fractures to his hands and pelvis. | |||||
2020-02-19 | Jamestown | New York | Jamestown Metal Products, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
Two employees were assembling doors onto storage cabinets while the cabinets were laying on their backs. After attaching the doors, they stood the cabinet up onto a wooden dolly. The doors came open and the excess weight away from the center of gravity caused the cabinet to fall forward on top of one employee. The employee was hospitalized with abrasions to the left arm and pelvis. | |||||
2020-02-14 | Cooperstown | New York | Resource Center for Independent Living, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
A personal care assistant was walking up to a house when she slipped on ice and fell to the ground, suffering a broken right femur. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-02-14 | Jamestown | Pennsylvania | Combined Systems, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Explosion |
Explosive powder material was being poured into a plastic container. An explosion occurred and five employees were transported to the hospital. One employee sustained burns to the face and left hand. | |||||
2020-02-10 | North Kingstown | Rhode Island | Manafort Transit, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Collision between water vehicle and object |
An employee was working from a floating platform to remove a concrete form when a wave in the water caused the platform to rise up above the protective bumpers. His left little finger was then caught between the formwork bolt and the platform, causing a partial amputation of the left little finger. | |||||
2020-02-04 | Moorestown | New Jersey | SBARS Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a bailer when it crushed his left hand. The ring and middle fingers were medically amputated. | |||||
2020-01-28 | Jamestown | North Dakota | Builders First Source | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was stepping out of his delivery truck onto the street when he slipped on an ice buildup, injuring his hip. | |||||
2020-01-22 | Johnstown | Pennsylvania | DLP Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
A shuttle bus driver was placing safety cones around a bus in a parking lot. He slipped on ice, fell backwards to the ground, and hit his head, suffering an abrasion and a hemorrhage. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-01-10 | Youngstown | Ohio | Commercial Metal Forming | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was pulling blank sheets of metal off a burn table using a crane. The employee was shaking the metal to loosen the blanks from it when a sheet fell onto the employee's left little finger, pinching it against a slat. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2020-01-07 | Blountstown | Florida | LR Steel Building Erectors, LLC. | Brain | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
On January 07, 2020, an employee was removing the metal sheeting of a 1:12 pitched roof while using his personal fall protection. He was anchored to the peak of the roof when he stepped back while pulling a metal sheet and fell head first through a skylight about 16 feet to the concrete floor below. He suffered head trauma and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-09-19 | Doylestown | Pennsylvania | Kistler Obrien Fire Protection | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
While repairing a stuck/clogged valve, an employee fell 8 to 9 feet from a ladder and landed on the floor. The employee sustained a fractured left leg. | |||||
2019-09-06 | Pottstown | Pennsylvania | Henkels and McCoy | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a digging bar to break rock that was preventing a trench box from fitting into an excavation. The tool caused a compound fracture to the employee's ring finger. | |||||
2019-09-05 | North Kingstown | Rhode Island | Anvil International, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
A flat bar was being cut on an automatic horizontal bandsaw. A piece of steel tubing was being used to guide the parts being cut into a bin. The tubing moved and the rotating sawblade caught an employee's glove. His left index finger was partially amputated. | |||||
2019-08-15 | Lewistown | Pennsylvania | TRINITY PACKAGING CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was removing an air bubble in the plastic film on a winding machine. His right hand fingers were pinched between two rotating rollers, resulting in amputation of the middle and ring fingertips. | |||||
2019-08-12 | Doylestown | Pennsylvania | Weis Market Store 232 | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee tripped and fell while working in an overhead storage area, suffering broken vertebrae. | |||||
2019-08-09 | Jamestown | New York | Lakeside Capital Corporation | Foot (feet) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was using a web sling to load a steel coil onto a hoist when the web sling failed, allowing the coil to fall to the ground and land on the employee's left foot, breaking it. | |||||
2019-08-08 | Morristown | New Jersey | WSP (Louis Berger US) | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee tripped on carpet in an office area and fell sustaining a fractured hip that required surgery. | |||||
2019-08-06 | Norristown | Pennsylvania | WORTH & COMPANY, INCORPORATED | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a ladder. | |||||
2019-07-31 | Hummelstown | Pennsylvania | Rhodes Construction Solutions | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was changing a light bulb from a ladder. The ladder slipped and the employee fell 18 feet to the floor, suffering six broken ribs, a broken pelvis, and a broken hip. | |||||
2019-07-30 | Beardstown | Illinois | Swift Pork Company | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
On July 30, 2019, an employee was moving boxes onto a pallet when he felt a pinch in his lower left pelvic area. He was hospitalized due to a hernia. | |||||
2019-07-26 | Jamestown | North Dakota | Cavendish Farms, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was walking to his workstation when cardboard bales fell over and struck him. He sustained shoulder pain and a possible broken ankle. | |||||
2019-07-22 | Pottstown | Pennsylvania | A & L Handles Inc. | Head, neck, and trunk | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was testing a hot water solenoid for the dripping process when he was sprayed with hot water and sustained burns to his chest, neck, and face. | |||||
2019-07-21 | Johnstown | Colorado | Reliance Oilfield Services LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
A wireline operator was rebuilding a hydraulic setting tool. He finished rebuilding the bottom section of the tool and noticed it was partially stroked out. He went to use the weight of the setting sleeve to finish stroking the tool vertically. His finger was in the hole at the end of the setting sleeve and when he hit the ground with the tool, it stroked and amputated his right ring fingertip. |