Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-08-17 | Williamsburg | Pa | Mill Hill Farm Supply Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was moving grain from a truck into a mill. A nearby auger caught the employee's pants leg and pulled the clothing off; the employee suffered an abdominal injury that required surgery. | |||||
2020-06-30 | Williamsburg | Kansas | JMZ Corporation | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was sitting on a tower platform running a new cable to the top for a new antenna installation. A gust of wind blew the other end of the cable, causing it to swing and then strike proximal transmission lines. An arc occurred, and the current went into the employee's left arm and out his lower left side. He descended a fixed ladder with assistance and was hospitalized with electrical burns to the left arm, buttock, and thigh. | |||||
2020-04-15 | Williamsburg | Pennsylvania | UPMC Home Health Care of Central PA | Multiple body parts | Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing |
On April 15, 2020, a nurse was leaving a patient's home when a member of the patient's family attacked and stabbed her multiple times. She suffered damage to the larynx and the phrenic nerve, as well as a shoulder injury and the near amputation of one of her fingers. | |||||
2020-01-24 | Williamsburg | Pennsylvania | Cenveo Worldwide Limited | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was trying to remove a jam from a VH machine when another employee jogged the machine. The employee's left ring finger was then caught in a pinch point between two rollers, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-07-09 | Williamsburg | Pennsylvania | CareSmart Solutions Inc. | Thoracic region | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a swing set to the ground, suffering a broken vertebra in his back. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-11-10 | Williamsburg | Virginia | Blackwater Electric Company, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee received electrical burns to his arm, chest, head, and elbow while testing a 4160-volt breaker panel. |