Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-03	Wilkes Barre	Pa	Texas Roadhouse, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was slicing bread with a knife. The knife severely lacerated the employee's thumb, causing an amputation to the thumb tip.
2021-10-01	Wilkes Barre	Pa	Intermetro Industries Corporation	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was adjusting a ram on a filter press by pulling on a press plate with a hook. The hook slipped, causing the employee to slip and fall 6 feet from an elevated platform. The employee struck the staircase and the floor. The employee suffered two broken wrists, a broken nose, and a concussion. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-04-19	Wilkes Barre	Pa	Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped over a case of water and fell, resulting in hospitalization for a hematoma to the leg.
2020-10-20	Wilkes Barre	Pa	Heinz Rehab Hospital	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was waxing the floors, slipped, and fell onto their back. The employee was hospitalized for a collapsed lung.
2020-09-03	Wilkes Barre	Pa	Alexandria NE LLC	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
An employee was stepping off a forklift. The employee's left foot was crushed between the forklift and a railing, and the little toe was amputated.
2020-08-04	Wilkes Barre	Pa	PCC Contracting, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee was cutting the concrete surface in a parking garage. He fell through the resulting opening to the lower level, suffering minor bruises and contusions on the concrete floor.
2020-05-10	Wilkes Barre	Pennsylvania	Chewy, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was operating a pick cart when the employee turned and fell onto the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a severe hip injury.
2020-03-02	Wilkes Barre	Pennsylvania	Kohl's Department Store	Scalp	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was on break in the break room. The employee put her foot up onto a chair, to tie her shoe, while she was standing. When the employee lifted her head back up, from tying her shoe, she passed-out, fell backward, and hit her head. The employee sustained a hematoma on the back of her head and was hospitalized.
2020-01-06	Wilkes Barre	Pennsylvania	Veterans' Administration	Hip(s)	Fall while sitting
An employee fell to a laboratory floor while trying to sit down on a wheeled chair. The employee suffered a broken left hip.
2019-08-26	Wilkes Barre	Pennsylvania	Chewy, Inc.	Wrist(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
An employee was walking to her car when she tripped on the corner of a speed bump. She fell and fractured her right wrist, requiring hospitalization.
2019-06-22	Wilkes Barre	Pennsylvania	Downs Racing, L.P.	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
In the facility shop area, an employee was overcome by chemical vapors. The employee experienced shortness of breath and was hospitalized.
2019-01-24	Wilkes Barre	Pennsylvania	U.S. Postal Service	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
A delivery driver slipped on ice while exiting a vehicle and fell backwards. The employee's head struck the asphalt, causing lacerations and trauma. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-01-14	Wilkes Barre	Pennsylvania	Schiels Family Market	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was moving a pallet loaded with empty milk crates when the crates started to fall. The employee tripped and fell to the floor while attempting to move out of the way of the crates, suffering a hip fracture.
2019-01-09	Wilkes Barre	Pennsylvania	Keystone Human Services	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was entering the building when they slipped and fell onto the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left femur and was hospitalized.
2018-08-18	Wilkes Barre	Pennsylvania	King's College	Forearm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On August 18, 2018, an employee was cleaning a gymnasium after a summer graduation ceremony when the employee's right hand became entangled in a tarp that was being automatically rolled up by a tarp-rolling machine. The employee suffered a broken right forearm, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2018-07-07	Wilkes Barre	Pennsylvania	Wegman's Food Markets Inc	Arm(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell onto a hard tile floor, suffering a severe right forearm contusion and possible broken bones. She was hospitalized.
2018-06-11	Wilkes Barre	Pennsylvania	Mim Installations, Inc.	Brain	Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
An employee was installing decking on a mezzanine level. The employee stepped backwards and fell 18 feet through an undecked portion of the mezzanine to the concrete floor below resulting in hospitalization for a concussion. Fall protection was not secured at the time of the incident.
2018-01-23	Wilkes Barre	Pennsylvania	Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was riding the elevator down from the 5th floor. It stopped between the 1st and 2nd floors and would not move. He tried to get the elevator to move, worked his way out of the opening, and fell about 6 feet to the pavement below. He broke several ribs.
2017-08-16	Wilkes Barre	Pennsylvania	Mohegan Sun Pocono Down LP	Hip(s)	Fall while sitting
An employee was sitting on a picnic bench when she fell off and hit the ground, breaking her hip.
2017-07-18	Wilkes Barre	Pennsylvania	Core-Mark Midcontinent, Incorporated	BODY SYSTEMS	Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
An employee experienced chest pains throughout the day while making deliveries to customers. The employee was lifting stock, unloading stock, and setting up ramps at customer locations. The employee was hospitalized with chest pain and heart arrhythmia.
2017-06-05	Wilkes Barre	Pennsylvania	US GREENFIBER, LLC	Leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was walking between a bagger gate and bagger snout of a bagger machine operated by a coworker when the coworker cycled the bagger machine. The mechanical bagger gate then struck and crushed the employee's left leg, breaking it and requiring hospitalization.
2017-03-31	Wilkes Barre	Pennsylvania	U.S. Postal Service	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level
An employee was walking down a grassy hill after delivering a package to a residence and fell fracturing her ankle in three places.
2017-03-21	Wilkes Barre	Pennsylvania	US Greenfiber, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
On March 21, 2017, an employee was checking an empty chemical hopper and amputated two fingers on the right hand when the slide gate struck the employee's right hand.
2016-05-11	Wilkes Barre	Pennsylvania	SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION	Foot (feet)	Stepped on object
An employee was using a spud wrench to loosen bolts on a steel form panel. The nut was on very tightly, so he placed his foot on the wrench to loosen it. He lost his balance and the point of the wrench went up through the sole of his work boot, puncturing and fracturing his right foot.
2015-02-04	Wilkes Barre	Pennsylvania	US Postal Service	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
Employee was exiting work vehicle and caught finger in driver-side door, resulting in the amputation of the employee's right middle fingertip.