Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-06-23 | Wheatland | Pa | Zekelman Industries, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was aligning and feeding pipes into the galvanizing tank at a charging station when the pipes slid in at an angle, resulting in the molten zinc shooting up the pipe and onto the employee. The employee suffered burns to their right wrist. | |||||
2021-06-09 | Wheatland | Pa | Zekelman Industries | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was standing at a manufacturing turnstile that held coils. The turnstile was turned on and moved to its "home" position. The employee's boot was caught under the turnstile plate, which fractured and dislocated his toes. | |||||
2021-03-31 | Wheatland | Ca | Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Sacramento | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
A chef was slicing limes with a knife and amputated their left ring fingertip. | |||||
2021-03-30 | Wheatland | Pa | Zekelman Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
An employee was pulling a metal cart with a plastic roll on it toward a flatbed truck. His left little finger was caught between the cart handle and a piece of metal pipe on the truck. The finger was lacerated and the employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-01-08 | Wheatland | Pa | Sharon Tube Co | Multiple body parts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
A crane was taking a bent section of pipe out of a portable scrap pocket. As an employee removed a sling on one side of the scrap pocket, the scrap pocket fell over. One of the parts in it struck the employee on the back, knocking him to the ground. He suffered fractured vertebrae, a broken nose, and a facial injury that required stitches. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-05-04 | Wheatland | Pennsylvania | Zekelman Industries | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was stepping down while walking into an area. His foot rolled and he fell onto a concrete floor, breaking his left lower tibia and fibula. | |||||
2018-05-05 | Wheatland | Pennsylvania | Zekelman Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was using a crane to lower a coupling box. He was guiding the coupling box onto another coupling box when his right ring finger was caught and amputated between the two coupling boxes. | |||||
2015-07-21 | Wheatland | Pennsylvania | JMC Steel Group | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was working on a pipe-threading machine, placing caps on the end of a pipe. The employee's finger caught the sharp edge of the pipe and was severely lacerated. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-03-24 | Wheatland | Pennsylvania | JMC Steel Group | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was burned on his lower back and posterior by a heater used to warm equipment and the general environment. He was wearing personal protective equipment. |