Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Primus Technologies Corporation, 2250 Reach Road, WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA 17701
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was standing and opening a large cardboard box when he twisted his right knee, lost his balance, and fell on his right hip. He broke his hip, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was pulling on a bale of corrugated cardboard boxes that were on a conveyor. The straps on the bale failed and the employee fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a fractured femur and/or hip.
On December 27, 2023, an employee was delivering mail to an apartment complex when their knee gave out and they fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a left tibia fracture.
An employee was walking to the inventory cage when her ankle gave out and she fell to the floor. The employee sustained a femur fracture and was hospitalized.
An employee was dislodging a pallet that was stuck when boxes of product fell onto them, causing them to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured femur.
An employee was performing maintenance on a panel conveyor. He went to read the tag under the machine when the machine cylinder cycled and amputated his fingertip.
An employee was standing between the carriage and the machine frame to change a water rinse bath on an auto plating line. The carriage began moving and the employee's head was crushed between the carriage and the plating line frame, causing a skull fracture and a partial ear avulsion.
An employee was operating a wire sleeving machine and re-inserted the screws into the machine. She was attempting to grab the wire sleeve when her right index fingertip was amputated by the machine's blade. The machine's safety bypass bar was removed at the time of the incident.
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.