Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-03-08 | Wyomissing | Pa | Walmart | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped on merchandise on the floor and fell, injuring her right shoulder. | |||||
2019-06-07 | Wyomissing | Pennsylvania | TRUGREEN - CHEMLAWN | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Nonroadway noncollision incident |
An employee was operating a stand-up sprayer and fell off a retaining wall. The employee was hospitalized for multiple fractures to the right shoulder. | |||||
2019-05-08 | Wyomissing | Pennsylvania | Burkey Corporation | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a 6-foot ladder and suffered a wrist fracture requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2019-01-25 | Wyomissing | Pennsylvania | R. M. Palmer Company | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning the rollers of a conveyor belt when their arm became caught in the rollers and sustained open fractures of the radius and ulna bones in the left forearm. | |||||
2018-08-25 | Wyomissing | Pennsylvania | The Highlands at Wyomissing | Forearm(s) | Other fall to lower level |
While walking down the steps outside a residence, an employee tripped on the middle step. The employee fell forward, suffering a broken left forearm, and was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-03-09 | Wyomissing | Pennsylvania | RP Management | Ankle(s) | Trip without fall |
An employee was moving a dumpster from inside an apartment to the outside when he stumbled and his ankle was pinned between the curb and the dumpster. He suffered a broken left ankle. | |||||
2018-01-12 | Wyomissing | Pennsylvania | UGI HVAC Enterprises, Inc | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee stood up from a chair and tripped on a desk, falling forward onto her knees. She then either hit her shoulder or braced herself with her right arm and suffered shoulder pain. She also hit her head on the door. She was hospitalized with a right shoulder fracture. | |||||
2016-06-16 | Wyomissing | Pennsylvania | PA American Water | Ankle(s) | Slip or trip without fall, n.e.c. |
An employee was walking down a flight of stairs and stepped wrong, resulting in a broken ankle. |