Fall to lower level, unspecified · Intracranial injuries, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wenger Feeds, LLC, 101 West Harrisburg Ave., RHEEMS, PENNSYLVANIA 17570
on — Intracranial injuries, unspecified, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee entered a corn silo to free up a jammed grain sweep when the corn he was standing on gave way, causing him to fall and strike the weights of the machine. He was hospitalized for possible fractured ribs and head trauma.
An employee was walking through the parking lot to their vehicle when they tripped and fell, resulting in injuries to the left knee and right elbow. They were hospitalized.
An employee was trying to clear a jam in a pellet mill. A portion of the mill was still cycling and the rollers caught the employee's right hand. The index finger was medically amputated.
An employee was stepping out of a vehicle toward a fuel pump when his foot slipped off the cement pad of the fuel island and he fell to the ground. He fractured his right leg and was hospitalized.
An employee was using a pry bar to loosen debris on a machine when the pry bar slipped and broke his arm. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time.
An employee was using a shepherd's hook to help position a jib crane. The hook slipped and the employee fell into an adjacent structure, suffering three broken ribs and a punctured lung.
An employee was using a water hose to clean the outside of a wastewater drain system when he fell into an area of the drain that was not covered. Hot water and chemicals caused first, second, and third-degree burns all over the employee's body. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was cutting down a steel above-ground storage tank. He was on the roof of the tank when he fell 20 feet to the ground, resulting in a broken elbow and sprained leg. The employee was wearing a harness that was tied off at the time.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 311119)
An employee was working on removing the gearbox from the drive shaft of the motor assembly of a feather drier. He was using a hydraulic tool to pull the pieces apart when a bolt dislodged from the eye of the gearbox and the corner of the gearbox broke off. The employee was struck in the nose (sinus cavity), resulting in hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was on a forklift checking the sprinkler system drain. The employee fell 8 feet from the forklift to the floor. The employee suffered a broken collar bone and was hospitalized.
An employee was working as a dumper on a packaging line. A passing forklift turned and pinned the employee against a guardrail. The employee suffered fractures to their ribs and a leg requiring hospitalization.
An employee was cleaning an upper mezzanine. When he leaned against the mezzanine gate, he fell through the gate opening and landed 11 feet below. The employee sustained fractured orbital bones.
An employee was assigned to clean a feed mill in the basement. He then rode a tool and material basket to return from the basement to the ground level. He fell out of the basket and landed about 5 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to his arm, lower back, and foot.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.