Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-04-29	Triadelphia	Wv	Silgan Plastics Corporation	Arm(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee changed out a press mold and heated a nozzle with a torch to purge the press out. After the employee was finished heating the nozzle, he went to close the front door when degraded plastic came out of the barrel and onto his right arm. The employee suffered burns to his arm that required hospitalization.
2021-02-01	Triadelphia	Wv	Brennan Services	Nonclassifiable	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
Employees had been pumping out oil and gas waste water from a tanker truck. Vapors/fumes from the condensate mixed in with the waste water caught fire when a torpedo heater started up and a spark shot out of the back. Two employees sustained multiple second and third degree burns and were hospitalized.
2020-06-05	Triadelphia	West Virgini	Cabela's	Multiple foot (feet) locations	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was driving a powered industrial truck. As it turned, the employee's right foot was raked between the machine and a rack, causing a cut to the foot/heel.
2020-04-09	Triadelphia	West Virgini	North Star Painting Company, Inc.	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was on a bridge, fixing containment for sandblasting. He fell from the edge to the ground 4-5 feet below and suffered a broken pelvis.
2020-02-27	Triadelphia	West Virgini	East Coast Metal Systems, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was bending gutter straps using a motorized folding machine. The machine clamed on his right middle and ring fingers, crushing them and amputating the fingertips.
2018-05-24	Triadelphia	West Virgini	Five Guys	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting potatoes with a manually powered slicer and amputated the tip of his left middle finger.
2018-03-15	Triadelphia	West Virgini	Cabela's Wholesale LLC	Heart	Overexertion involving outside sources
On March 15, 2018, at approximately 11:05 a.m., an employee complained of chest pains while working in the receiving department, transferring cardboard boxes that weighed 50 lbs. or less to wooden pallets. The employee was hospitalized for a possible heart attack.
2018-02-18	Triadelphia	West Virgini	Walmart Stores, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
On February 18, 2018, an employee bent over to pick up a dime on the floor and lost her balance and fell resulting in a fractured right hip and fractured right elbow.
2016-09-01	Triadelphia	West Virgini	Elite Gasfield Services	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was struck by a pressurized 4-inch hose when it was disconnected from his truck. The employee suffered broken ribs, a collapsed lung and a right arm laceration.
2016-03-18	Triadelphia	West Virgini	Cabelas, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
On March 18, 2016, at approximately 6:15 a.m., an employee was operating a stand-up forklift and traveling toward the battery changing area when his left hand made contact with the overhead racking system, amputating his left pinky finger near the knuckle.
2015-04-10	Triadelphia	West Virgini	Silgan Plastics	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On April 10, 2015, at approximately 8:30 a.m., an employee tripped over a shop vac extension cord and fell on her right knee, resulting in a fracture and hospitalization.
2015-01-24	Triadelphia	West Virgini	Silgan Plastics	Pelvis	Fall on same level due to slipping
On January 24, 2015, an employee slipped on ice in the parking lot and fell. The employee suffered fractures to the pelvic area and was hospitalized.