Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-05-10 | Tobyhanna | Pa | Tobyhanna Army Depot | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was working on an HVAC unit on top of a ceiling. The employee fell through the metal trusses, then fell 7-8 feet through a drop ceiling, landing on the floor. The employee suffered back contusions. | |||||
2021-05-03 | Tobyhanna | Pa | Tobyhanna Army Depot | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was loading stock into a bandsaw's automatic feeder. As the employee pushed the stock through the feeder, the hydraulic clamp came down and caught the employee's right hand against the stock. The employee's ring finger was partially amputated. | |||||
2019-02-27 | Tobyhanna | Pennsylvania | Knight Transportation | Head and trunk | Fall on same level |
An employee slipped/tripped and fell in the outdoor yard of a distribution center. The employee suffered a head and back injury and was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-03-24 | Tobyhanna | Pennsylvania | Myco Mechanical, Inc. | Multiple face locations | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
On March 24, at around 7 a.m., an employee was working on an HVAC piping system that was under a pressure test. Believing that the pressure test was completed, he removed the end cap from the pipe. There was still pressure in the pipe, which caused the end cap to fly off and strike him in the mouth area. He suffered lacerations to his mouth and cheekbone. | |||||
2017-02-08 | Tobyhanna | Pennsylvania | URS Federal Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was feeding a roll into a tube-cutting machine when his hand entered the hopper area of the machine. The internal cutting blade then amputated his right middle finger. | |||||
2017-01-27 | Tobyhanna | Pennsylvania | Walmart Distribution Center | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped on rope on the floor and fell, breaking his right femur. | |||||
2015-12-30 | Tobyhanna | Pennsylvania | Walmart Distribution Center 6080 | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
Employee A was filling a cardboard baler when Employee B turned on the baler. The hydraulic drive door caught employee A's left arm and amputated it below the elbow. | |||||
2015-08-12 | Tobyhanna | Pennsylvania | Rehrig Pacific Company | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Moving in opposite directions, oncoming, nonroadway |
Two forklifts were backing up and collided. One employee was taken to the ER with a back injury and was admitted. | |||||
2015-04-17 | Tobyhanna | Pennsylvania | Tobyhanna Army Depot | Head | Fall on same level |
An employee was found on the ground outside the turnstile near the parking lot. The employee needed staples in his head as a result of the fall. | |||||
2015-01-07 | Tobyhanna | Pennsylvania | DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
Employee was hospitalized due to a slip and fall in parking lot resulting in a fractured leg. |