Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-01-20 | Tremont | Pa | Big Lots Distribution Center | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift. Its cage crushed his left hand against a nearby storage rack, degloving the thumb and crushing the fingers. | |||||
2021-01-02 | Tremont | Pa | Big Lots Distribution Center | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
The injured employee was going to enter a room at the same moment another employee was exiting the room. The door swung open and struck the injured employee. The injured employee fell to the concrete floor and broke her hip. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-09-03 | Tremonton | Ut | U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census | Brain | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee fell onto pavement from an unknown height and hit her head. The employee was hospitalized with head injuries including bleeding from the brain. | |||||
2019-02-22 | Tremont | Pennsylvania | Closeout Distribution, Inc | Arm(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was traveling through a facility on a stock picker. The stock picker began to tip during a turn, and the employee's left arm struck a rack upright support. He suffered fractures to the arm and was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-06-05 | Tremont | Illinois | Tremont Cooperative Grain Company | Leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
On June 5, 2018, at approximately 2:00 p.m., an employee slipped on soybeans while exiting a flat storage building and his left leg went into the running floor auger resulting in amputation of the left leg. The auger was unguarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
2018-05-29 | Tremont | Pennsylvania | Closeout Distribution, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was doing preventative maintenance on a conveyor. After applying oil to the chain and sprockets, the employee used a rag to clean up spilled oil. The rag and the employee's right middle finger got caught in the chain and sprocket. About 1/4 inch of the fingertip was amputated. The machine was not guarded at the time. |