Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Company of Pennsylvania, Inc., 207 Pitney Road, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA 17601
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was walking next to a ramp while a forklift was bringing a 10-foot wooden crate down the ramp. The crate's door swung open; the employee was trying to close it when the forklift began moving backward. The employee's right arm was caught between the door and a metal beam, causing a substantial laceration near the elbow.
HospitalizedArm(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
More severe injuries at Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Company of Pennsylvania, Inc.
An employee was adjusting a wooden board with an opening under a press. As the press lowered, the employee's right middle fingertip was caught between it and the board. His fingertip was amputated and his index and ring fingers were lacerated.
An employee was walking when they struck the back of a moving clamp truck. The employee was knocked to the side and fell to the ground, and their foot was possibly run over, resulting in a foot injury that required surgical amputation of the foot.
On February 14, 2017, at 12:45 p.m., an employee's right foot became caught on his desk, causing him to fall to the floor. He broke his left hip and was hospitalized.
Two employees were walking through the warehouse behind a forklift that was moving pallets of 30-foot metal bottom bars. When the forklift reversed, the top of the forklift struck a box of metal bottom bars on top of racking, causing the box to fall and strike the two employees. They were both taken to the hospital; one employee was treated and released without being admitted. The other employee was hospitalized with a fractured left orbital bone and an injured right knee.
The injured employee was spray painting lay flat shipping reels while another employee was picking up the reels with a telehandler after they were painted. The telehandler bumped a reel, causing other reels to fall. The injured employee was caught between the reels, resulting in broken left femur.
An employee was installing an aerial drop cable across a roadway. The employee was on a ladder positioned against a telephone pole. Cable had been installed on one side of the roadway. The employee was making the connection to the pole on the opposite side of the roadway when a box truck contacted the cable, causing the employee to fall onto the grass of the customer's yard. The employee sustained broken ribs and was hospitalized.
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More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 312210)
An employee was adjusting a wooden board with an opening under a press. As the press lowered, the employee's right middle fingertip was caught between it and the board. His fingertip was amputated and his index and ring fingers were lacerated.
An employee was walking when they struck the back of a moving clamp truck. The employee was knocked to the side and fell to the ground, and their foot was possibly run over, resulting in a foot injury that required surgical amputation of the foot.
On February 14, 2017, at 12:45 p.m., an employee's right foot became caught on his desk, causing him to fall to the floor. He broke his left hip and was hospitalized.
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.
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