Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at FCC Allenwood, PO Box 3500, WHITE DEER, PENNSYLVANIA 17887
on — Fractures, affecting the nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
A correctional officer was supervising inmates and had just entered the officer's station when an inmate attacked the officer. The correctional officer was hospitalized with two cuts on the left hand, a laceration on the left forehead, a laceration on the left side of the nose, a laceration on the inside of the left upper lip, a hematoma to the right forehead, a laceration through the right ear, bruises on the chest, bleeding from the right ear drum, and a broken nose.
HospitalizedNose, except internal location of diseases or disordersInmate or detainee in custody
An employee was lifting a heavy chiller in order to clean the area when the end plate (approximately 300 pounds) fell on his finger while trying to move it. His right middle finger was partially amputated (3/4 inch to the base of the nail).
On Tuesday, March 10, 2015, at approximately 6:05 AM, an employee slipped on an icy sidewalk at FCI Allenwood and sustained a severe leg and arm injury. She was hospitalized.
A store employee was pushed by a shoplifter into the frame of the entrance door to the store. The employee's head struck the doorframe resulting in head injuries and contusions on her hand and arm. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was making patient rounds at the hospital and stopped to talk with the charge nurse in front of the nurse's station. A patient reached over the nurse's station, grabbed a metal three-hole paper punch from over the desk, and proceeded to attack the employee with it. The employee sustained lacerations to the head and face, a fractured forearm, and a fractured little finger.
A teacher's assistant was attending to a student in the quiet room when they were pushed by another student. The employee fell to the floor and sustained a left hip fracture.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 922140)
An employee was working in the food service warehouse when he experienced chest pain, difficulty breathing, and lost consciousness. The employee sustained carbon monoxide poisoning.
An employee was responding to a physical altercation between two inmates when they slipped and fell on the ground, landing on their left arm. The employee was hospitalized with a compound fracture to their left forearm.
An employee was working on an out-of-service forklift when his hand was caught in the door frame as the stuck cab door was being opened. The employee sustained a middle fingertip amputation.
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.