Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-20 | Union | Nj | Central Jersey Sales and Services | Multiple face locations | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
An employee was filling a pipe with water and air when the pipe exploded in his face, resulting in lacerations to the face and cheeks. | |||||
2021-10-15 | Union | Nj | Deep Foods, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was manually dispensing a caustic cleaning chemical into a 5-gallon container. The chemical splashed onto the employee causing chemical burns on his right thigh. | |||||
2021-09-24 | Mount Union | Pa | Bonney Forge Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was stamping part nomenclature on metal elbows. The employee's right index finger was caught between the part and the die, and the fingertip was amputated by the stamping machine. | |||||
2021-08-20 | Uniontown | Pa | Meridian Point Apartments | Head | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
A maintenance employee was attacked by a tenant at an apartment complex. The tenant struck the employee in the head with a hammer, causing a laceration. | |||||
2021-07-07 | Uniontown | Oh | Barberton Tree Service Inc | Skull | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
Two employees were unclogging the chipper after a rainstorm. One employee opened an access panel to the drum of the chipper to unclog it while the second employee went to the other side of the chipper. The first employee then shut the access panel. The motor was off, but the drum was still spinning. A piece of clogged brush kicked the panel open and struck the second employee in the forehead, resulting in multiple skull fractures. | |||||
2021-06-01 | Union Point | Ga | Lincoln Lumber Georgia, LLC | Multiple face locations | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was observing a robot stacking lumber onto pallets for shipment. The robot's arm picked up a piece of lumber to place on a pallet, then swung and struck the employee's face. The employee was hospitalized with a jaw fracture, loss of teeth, and an open wound to the right side of the mouth. | |||||
2021-02-04 | West Union | Wv | MPLX G&P | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was manually repositioning a metal cabinet in a wooden shipping crate when their left pinky finger was caught between the wooden crate and the cabinet, resulting in an amputation between the nail bed and knuckle. | |||||
2021-02-03 | Uniontown | Oh | XPO Logistics Freight, Inc. | Brain | Nonclassifiable |
An employee was found walking around with a gash in his head and a concussion. Another employee slipped on ice and fell, resulting in a broken ankle. Note to user: This record contains two separate events that were reported simultaneously to OSHA by the employer. These events are captured as one report. | |||||
2021-01-31 | Union City | Ga | DHL | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was standing in a freezer when a forklift ran over his left foot resulting in an injury that required surgery. | |||||
2020-09-14 | Uniontown | Pa | Segra Communications | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
On September 14, an employee was on a ladder performing telecommunications work when the ladder slipped and the employee fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with broken bones and required surgery. | |||||
2020-07-08 | West Union | West Virgini | Penn Line Corporation | Arm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee approached a brush pile to gather cut brush. A second employee was cutting limbs in the brush pile using a chainsaw. When that employee turned, the tip of the chainsaw lacerated the first employee's right arm. | |||||
2020-06-09 | Union City | Georgia | Atlas Technical Consultants, LLC | Foot (feet) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was surveying a sewer system. His camera equipment touched an overhead line, causing an electrical arc that burned the employee's feet (most severely affecting the left foot). | |||||
2020-04-27 | Union | Nebraska | Pomp's Tire Service, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was exiting a farm tractor when the wind blew the door closed on his finger, smashing and amputating his fingertip. | |||||
2020-02-25 | Union Springs | Alabama | Wayne Farms, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was operating a wing saw in the debone area and sustained an amputation to a fingertip. | |||||
2020-02-23 | Union | New Jersey | Wash Hound Car Wash | Leg(s) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
Two employees went to service a car and the car ran over them. One employee was hospitalized for a broken leg. The second employee was hospitalized for a broken hip. | |||||
2020-02-18 | Union City | Georgia | A . Smith & Co. Productions | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was moving metal walls on a movie set, setting them against the side of a truck. One of the walls fell forward and struck the employee on the head, tearing ligaments in the employee's neck. | |||||
2020-01-16 | Uniontown | Pennsylvania | Lowe's Home Centers, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was lowering a stop sign when the employee's finger was caught in between the stop sign and the brace, resulting in an avulsion to the right pinky fingertip. | |||||
2019-09-03 | Union | New Hampshir | MIDDLETON BUILDING SUPPLY, INC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
While walking out of an office an employee tripped over a chair leg, fell to the floor, and broke their right hip. | |||||
2019-07-30 | Union Grove | Wisconsin | CTW Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
Two employees were running a rig to brush a well. One employee's finger was pulled into a pulley by a cable as he checked cable tension. The tip of his right index finger was severed. | |||||
2019-06-27 | Union | New Jersey | DUREX, INC. | Head | Struck against object or equipment |
An employee was working on a metal press when the die broke and his head lunged forward, striking the equipment. He suffered a laceration requiring stitches. | |||||
2019-06-21 | Uniontown | Alabama | Alabama Catfish Feedmill, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was attempting to change out rubber belts on a fine screw system when he slipped and fell from the fine screw system approximately 10 feet to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized for contusions and lacerations to the jaw and shoulder. | |||||
2019-06-19 | West Union | West Virgini | Helmerich and Payne IDC | Fingernail(s), nailbed(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was reconfiguring a 1" airline. The employee's hand was on a 90-degree fitting while a co-worker turned the pipe using an 18-inch pipe wrench. The employee's hand then became caught between the 90-degree fitting and a steel skid, resulting in a fractured left ring finger and nail avulsion that required surgery. | |||||
2019-06-14 | Union | New Jersey | Jetro Holding LLC | Foot (feet) | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. |
An employee was moving merchandise with a pallet jack when it ran over his foot. | |||||
2019-06-05 | Union City | Georgia | WERNER ENTERPRISES, INC. | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was hit by a car while guiding a team driver into a loading position. She suffered fractures to the ribs, right thigh, and left knee. | |||||
2019-05-29 | Uniontown | Pennsylvania | Kwik Fill | Hip(s) | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. |
An employee was pumping gas into a car. The car pulled away from the pump while the nozzle was still in the gas tank. The employee fell and suffered a hip injury that required surgery. | |||||
2019-05-03 | Union | New Jersey | Raymond of New Jersey LLC | Ankle(s) | Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport |
An employee was helping another employee dispose of an old forklift truck into a dumpster truck. After placing the forklift in the dumpster the forks of the forklift slipped and struck the injured employee's ankle. | |||||
2019-03-19 | West Union | West Virgini | Chapman Corporation | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
A pipefitter was climbing down a detachable ladder attached to the side of a flatbed truck. He fell off the ladder and struck the ground, suffering a concussion, a broken collarbone, and broken ribs. | |||||
2019-03-01 | Uniontown | Pennsylvania | Excel Site Rentals LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by handheld object or equipment |
An employee was trying to loosen a connection with a 60-inch pipe wrench. The wrench slipped off the pipe, spun around, and struck him. He suffered a head injury, an amputated little finger, a broken collarbone, and broken ribs. | |||||
2019-02-10 | Union City | Georgia | DHL Supply Chain | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was being trained to operate a forklift. The forklift collided with a storage rack and the employee's left foot was lodged between the forklift and the rack. | |||||
2019-01-30 | Union City | New Jersey | Cream O Land Dairy LLC | Elbow(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
On January 30, 2019, an employee was making a delivery when the employee slipped and fell on black ice, fracturing the left elbow. | |||||
2019-01-24 | Union | Kentucky | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee stepped out of his vehicle to deliver a package, slipped and fell on ice. He sustained a hip fracture/fractured ball joint. | |||||
2018-08-02 | Union City | Georgia | Keg Plumbing | Foot (feet) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was on a tractor bucket, being lowered into a trench that was being excavated. He slipped and was struck by the thumb of the excavator, suffering puncture wounds to both feet. | |||||
2018-07-10 | Uniontown | Pennsylvania | Fayette Resources Inc. | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee tripped and fell, hitting her head on a kitchen stove. She was hospitalized for a possible head injury. | |||||
2018-06-12 | Uniontown | Ohio | B&B Wrecking & Excavating, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment |
An employee was cutting the leading edge of a structural member as part of a structural demolition. After cutting the beam, the roof collapsed and the employee fell 12 feet. The employee was hospitalized for a fracture. | |||||
2018-05-17 | Uniontown | Pennsylvania | Goodwill Recycling Center | Ankle(s) | Trip on uneven surface without fall |
An employee was sitting on a recycling truck that was making pickups when she stepped down from the truck onto uneven gravel and sprained her ankle. | |||||
2018-05-16 | Union | Illinois | New Dimensions Precision Machining, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c. |
On May 16, 2018, a temporary employee had been cutting an aluminum extruded bar stock on a circular saw and then turned the machine off to blow dust off of the blade using an air hose. The blade had not come to a complete stop and nicked him, lacerating his right index fingertip. His fingertip had to later be surgically amputated. | |||||
2018-05-15 | Mount Union | Pennsylvania | AC Products, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee operated a forklift to transport a hopper outside in order to empty the hopper contents into a dumpster. The employee got off the forklift and tried to move down the manual lever that causes the hopper to empty, but the lever was tight. When the employee finally got the lever to go down, the hopper shifted and caught the employee's hand between the hopper and a forklift fork, resulting in the amputation of the employee's left middle finger at the first knuckle. | |||||
2018-03-28 | Union Springs | Alabama | Wayne Farms, LLC | Eye(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was performing maintenance on a gizzard machine when his left eye struck the machine lid. | |||||
2018-03-14 | Union City | New Jersey | National Labor Strategies | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to electricity |
While picking an order from a ladder, an employee received an electrical shock and fell from the ladder. The employee suffered difficulty speaking, shaking, and difficulty walking, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-03-12 | Union City | Georgia | Estenson Logistics | Head and trunk | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was walking by some crates/boxes that were stacked in the yard when a huge wind gust blew one of the top crates off the stack. The crate struck his head, left shoulder, and left rib cage area and knocked him to the ground. He suffered broken ribs, a mild concussion, and a bleeding spleen, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-02-08 | Union Beach | New Jersey | DeVooght House & Building Movers of NJ LLC | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was helping to move a beam when the employee lost footing, slipped, and fell, twisting/breaking an ankle and tearing ligaments. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-01-20 | Union City | Georgia | Dematic Corp. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was attempting to track a conveyor belt when his jacket was pulled into the conveyor belt, breaking bones in his right arm. He was hospitalized. The conveyor was not locked/tagged out at the time. | |||||
2018-01-03 | Union | Missouri | Huellinghoff Brothers, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was starting to ventilate a tractor trailer tanker. Anhydrous ammonia vapors were to be ventilated before filling the tanker with propane. When the employee started to hook up the fan, leftover liquid anhydrous ammonia in the lines splashed him and caused first and third degree chemical burns. | |||||
2017-10-12 | Uniontown | Pennsylvania | Laurel Contracting Inc. | Arm(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was changing a beam on a skid steer using a hammer when a chip of steel broke loose and punctured the employee's left arm, requiring surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
2017-10-10 | Union City | Georgia | DHL Supply Chain-Kraft | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift. As he was turning, the product on his pallet began to fall. He adjusted the lift and lost control of it, hitting a rack. During the collision, his left foot was caught between the forklift and the rack, suffering bleeding, severe swelling, and a fracture. | |||||
2017-09-22 | Uniontown | Pennsylvania | Lee's Plumbing & Excavating, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment |
An employee was on top of the bank of an excavation when it collapsed, breaking his vertebrae and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-09-03 | Union Springs | Alabama | Wayne Farms LLC | Upper arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was removing a bird from the bird chiller machine when the employee's right arm above the elbow was caught in the machine, fracturing and lacerating the upper right bicep. The employee was hospitalized. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time. | |||||
2017-08-30 | Uniontown | Alabama | Alabama Catfish, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee approached a fillet machine when it grabbed her glove, catching and severely lacerating her hand. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-08-10 | Union | Mississippi | Peco Farms, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Needlestick without exposure to harmful substance |
An employee was holding a pullet while a coworker performed a vaccination when the employee was accidentally stuck in the right index finger behind the first knuckle with a quarter-inch, 18-gauge needle that was being used to administer the vaccine. | |||||
2017-07-01 | West Union | West Virgini | Precision Pipeline, LLC | Arm(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
While sandblasting a pipeline, an employee stepped on the sandblaster's air hose. The nozzle then swung toward the employee, and sandblast media was injected into his arm. | |||||
2017-02-07 | Uniontown | Alabama | Alabama Catfish, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee suffered a left thumb tip amputation while operating a band saw. Cut-resistant gloves were not worn at the time of the incident. | |||||
2016-10-06 | Union | Ohio | Impact Fulfillment Services | Arm(s) | Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle |
An employee suffered an arm injury while operating a forklift. | |||||
2016-08-09 | Union | New Jersey | MORRE-TEC INDUSTRIES INC | Hand(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee injured his hand when it was caught in a ribbon blender. | |||||
2016-07-30 | Union | Missouri | Gateway Extrusions, Ltd. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a utility knife to cut cardboard strips out of a full sheet of cardboard and amputated the left ring fingertip. | |||||
2016-07-27 | Uniontown | Pennsylvania | Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania | Elbow(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee carrying armload of clothing tripped and fell on a new ergonomic mat that was not laying flat on the floor, striking an elbow on the floor. The employee suffered a fractured elbow, which required surgery. | |||||
2016-07-15 | Union | Ohio | DHL | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee lost control of a forklift and tried to manually stop it with their left foot. The foot was caught between the forklift and the base of a warehouse rack and fractured. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-07-11 | Union | Missouri | R.R. Donnelley & Sons, Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was removing a paper jam from an F-27 File Folder Single Lane Machine while operating it in jog mode. His left ring and middle fingers were caught in a roller, resulting in the loss of the fingertip pad on the ring finger. | |||||
2016-06-20 | Union Star | Missouri | Capital Electric Line Builders Inc | Nonclassifiable | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
Two employees were connecting a hard line to a conductor. As they were pulling the line, the wire grip that held the line gave way, and the cable jumped into the air and hit the employees. Both employees were hospitalized overnight, and one employee required surgery. | |||||
2016-06-14 | Uniontown | Pennsylvania | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Elbow(s) and arms(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
While transporting mail, an employee was struck by a hamper and fell over, breaking her arm and dislocating her elbow. | |||||
2016-06-05 | Union City | Georgia | DHL Supply Chain | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was operating a standup reach truck, performing a pull-down function. She was scanning the barcode when her right hand was pinned between the reach truck and the racking system, causing soft-tissue damage and multiple fractures. | |||||
2016-06-01 | Uniontown | Pennsylvania | United States Postal Service | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was delivering mail when she slipped on a gravel driveway and broke her leg, requiring surgery. | |||||
2016-05-13 | Union | New Jersey | Sloane and Company | Skull | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet |
An employee fell approximately 5 feet through an open ground-floor elevator shaft, suffering a fractured eye socket and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-05-12 | Union | New Jersey | Deep Foods, Inc | Nonclassifiable | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee suffered an amputation while cleaning out a peanut inducer machine. | |||||
2016-05-09 | Union Center | Wisconsin | Purina Animal Nutrition | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was performing maintenance work on a boiler and received second and third degree burns to the left arm and chest. | |||||
2016-03-11 | Union City | Georgia | DHL Supply Chain | Lower leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a reach forklift truck when he struck a steel column while turning. His left foot was pinned between the reach truck and the steel column, and he fractured his lower left leg. | |||||
2016-01-26 | Union | Illinois | Central Wire, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. |
An employee was performing set up on a wire drawing machine when his hand was pinched between the wire and the block on the machine. His left-hand ring finger was partially amputated and his middle finger was fractured. | |||||
2016-01-25 | West Union | West Virgini | Precision Drilling Co., LP | Hip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On January 25, 2016, at approximately 4:30 p.m., an employee was completing rig service on the top drive. The service door was open and lowered with a winch. The employee was positioned on the service door, approximately 8 to 10 feet above the ground, and wore fall protection. The remote for the winch developed an electrical short, causing the winch to re-spoil. This caused the door to raise back up. The employee was pinned between the service door and the top drive, resulting in two hairline h | |||||
2016-01-23 | Union | Missouri | GATEWAY EXTRUSIONS, Ltd | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
Three employees were installing a steel reinforcement sheet on the top of a paint line washer dry-off oven. One of the employees lost his footing and fell approximately 16 feet backward. He sustained multiple facial fractures, a broken arm, and a broken leg. | |||||
2015-12-29 | Union | New Jersey | Kalustyan Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was changing a bag on a spice grinder machine. The bag fell into the machine. The employee attempted to grab it and amputated a fingertip on the right hand when it came in contact with the grinder. | |||||
2015-11-19 | Union City | California | Wilson Utility Construction | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less |
On November 19, 2015, at about 8:00am two employees received electrical burns when they removed a grounding strap from 220Kv lines. They were working from a personnel platform suspended by a crane on a barge in the San Francisco Bay. | |||||
2015-11-15 | Union | West Virgini | United Technologies Corporation | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
On November 15, 2015, at approximately 7:30 a.m., an employee was helping a coworker remove a 6.5-feet tall, 2.5-feet wide, 1.5-feet deep electrical panel. The panel was strapped to a two-wheel hand truck/dolly. The 450-pound cabinet became unstable and fell on top of him, pinning him beneath it. The dolly stayed strapped to the cabinet, and the cross bar on the dolly made contact with the employee's lower leg, fracturing it. | |||||
2015-10-08 | West Union | West Virgini | Proactive Services LLC | Ankle(s) | Ran off driving surface, nonroadway |
On October 8, 2015, at approximately 12:45pm, an employee was operating an ATV when it began to slide on gravel. The ATV went over an embankment and rolled approximately 100 feet. The employee fell out of the ATV and suffered a fracture to his right ankle. | |||||
2015-10-07 | Union | Missouri | U.S. Postal Service | Knee(s) | Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode |
A rural letter carrier injured his knee while descending the steps at a residence. He was admitted to the hospital for surgery. | |||||
2015-08-22 | Union | Ohio | Quality Associates, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
On August 22, 2015, at approximately 0100, an employee turned a stand-up forklift and hit a crate. The employee's left foot, which was outside of the cockpit, broke. | |||||
2015-08-13 | Union | Ohio | Quality Associates | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
On or about August 13, 2015, an employee was struck by a forklift in the warehouse. The forklift crushed the employee's foot and ankle. | |||||
2015-07-29 | Uniontown | Alabama | Alabama Catfish, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck against object or equipment while moving it |
An employee was finned by a catfish while picking up and sorting the fish. The employee's fingertip was amputated after becoming infected. | |||||
2015-06-29 | Union | Illinois | BAG MAKERS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
On Monday June 29, 2015, at approximately 10:30 p.m., two maintenance employees were servicing a FLEXO press no. 9 in the FLEXO department. The FLEXO press no. 9 feeds bags for in-printing on the roller. The employee was tightening the driver side chain on the press and then proceeded to check the tension with his right hand to see if it was tight enough. The employee's right hand index finger became caught in the chain and sprocket pinch point resulting in a fracture injury. It is unknown at th | |||||
2015-06-25 | Uniontown | Pennsylvania | Fayette County Community Action Agency, Inc. | Groin | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode |
While removing a rack from the top shelf in a cooler, an employee experienced a groin injury that required surgery. | |||||
2015-05-14 | West Union | West Virgini | FTS International, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was disassembling a wire-line tool when a section of the tooling fell onto the employee's hand. The employee sustained deep lacerations to four fingers and small fractures to two fingers, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-04-05 | Union City | Ohio | Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet |
An employee standing on an elevated dock leaned against the guardrail system. The rail system gave way, allowing the employee to fall 8.5 feet. | |||||
2015-03-09 | Uniontown | Pennsylvania | Atlas Energy | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
On 03/09/15, at approximately 10:30 a.m., an employee was working from an aluminum ladder that was leaning against a tank. The employee fell approximately 4 feet off of the ladder and landed on a cement barrier. The employee suffered three broken ribs and a bruised kidney and was admitted to UPMC-Presbyterian. | |||||
2015-03-03 | Union City | Georgia | Exel | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was unloading a trailer using a forklift. While reversing the forklift, the employee struck the dock door, fracturing the left thumb. | |||||
2015-03-02 | Union City | Georgia | Exel Kraft Atlanta | Foot (feet) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee driving a forklift collided with a second employee who was driving a forklift with a pallet attached to it. The employee injured the left foot. | |||||
2015-02-23 | Union City | Ohio | Cast Metal Tech, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On or about February 23, 2015, employee amputated three fingers while operating the bandsaw. |