Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-07-09 | Wexford | Pennsylvania | R+L Carriers Shared Services, LLC | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was moving freight inside a truck when his pallet jack became stuck on a pallet. The employee tugged on the pallet jack to free it. When the pallet jack became free it began rolling toward the employee. He fell off the lift gate onto the parking lot, landing on his left elbow and side. He sustained a broken left arm. | |||||
2019-03-26 | Wexford | Pennsylvania | Mosites Construction Company | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell to ground level while installing a wall form, suffering a femur fracture. | |||||
2017-10-10 | Wexford | Pennsylvania | Irwin Interiors System Inc. | Pelvis | Other fall to lower level |
At a construction site, an employee fell from a ladder broke his pelvis. | |||||
2017-05-26 | Wexford | Pennsylvania | Baierl Chevrolet Inc. | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell down a step and broke an arm while exiting a restroom. | |||||
2017-05-10 | Wexford | Pennsylvania | Martin Byler | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
An employee was conducting framing activities for a residential home when he lost his footing and fell approximately 24 feet from the roof to the ground, breaking his wrist and ankles. | |||||
2016-08-02 | Wexford | Pennsylvania | North Hills Racquet Club | Knee(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was teaching tennis class when his knees gave out and he fell. He ruptured both patella tendons in both knees. | |||||
2016-03-01 | Wexford | Pennsylvania | Peoples Natural Gas | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee stepped onto an approximately 18-inch-tall retaining wall. The top cap block of the wall slid, causing the employee to fall and fracture his hip. He required surgery. |