Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-26 | West Homestead | Pa | Advance Auto Parts | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over self |
An employee tripped and fell while walking through an aisle, landing on the floor and suffering a broken hip. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery. | |||||
2017-07-31 | West Homestead | Pennsylvania | WHEMCO, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Two employees were working in a man lift basket about 12 to 13 feet off the ground. They were using an overhead hoist to reposition a piece of equipment they were working on in the vertical boring mill. As the overhead hoist was being lowered, the limit switch plate of the hoist came in contact with an employee's left hand, which was resting on the man lift railing. The injured employee sustained the amputation of the left pinky fingertip. |