PEACH GLEN, PENNSYLVANIA—
Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. - Peach Glen Plant
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. - Peach Glen Plant, 800 Peach Glen- Idaville Road, PEACH GLEN, PENNSYLVANIA 17375 on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was cutting down a tree with a chainsaw when the tree shifted and fell on top of the employee's legs. The employee suffered multiple fractures to both legs.
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