Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Dentsply Sirona, Inc., 570 West College Avenue, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA 17405
on — Intracranial injuries, unspecified, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was found unconscious and unresponsive, lying at the foot of the third floor stairs. It is believed that he fell. He was hospitalized with a head injury.
An employee was cleaning up around a grinder. His right index finger was caught in the grinder, and he suffered a laceration and a fracture to the finger.
On September 25, 2023, an employee was working in the body department installing doors, hoods, and tailgates. The employee finished their shift and was hospitalized later that evening for a back injury.
An employee was carrying plastic boxes and tripped over a purse that was on the floor. She sustained an injury to femur and hip that required surgery and hospitalization.
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.