Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-01-30 | West Middlesex | Pennsylvania | Estes Express Lines, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Exposure to environmental cold |
An employee was working outside on a dock in zero-degree weather when he experienced numbness in all fingers on both hands. He was hospitalized with frostbite to fingers on both hands. | |||||
2017-03-29 | West Middlesex | Pennsylvania | T. Bruce Sales, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a press brake to flatten metal plates. The metal plate was held in place by a hoist hook. The hook slipped off the metal plate causing the metal plate to strike the employee's right arm. The employee was hospitalized for surgery to repair a broken right arm. |