Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PID, LLC, 8199 Perry Highway, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA 16514
on — Fractures, affecting the jaw, chin.
Final narrative
An employee was trying to put a numbered pinny on a person walking a horse as they were entering a paddock area before a race. The horse startled and kicked the employee in the face, breaking the employee's jaw. The employee was hospitalized.
Four employees were transporting cleaning chemicals when there was a spill and/or chemical reaction when the chemicals mixed. One of the employees was hospitalized, suffering from difficulty breathing, shortness of breath, and lightheadedness.
An employee was helping to position a horse for cervical X-rays. The employee was kicked in the face by the horse and was hospitalized with facial injuries and head trauma.
An employee was bringing in a horse from the pasture when they were kicked by the horse. The employee was hospitalized with a broken nose and a sprained wrist.
An employee was preparing a bundle of green onions for chopping. While holding the bundle in his left hand, he made his first cut using a 9-inch kitchen knife held in his right hand. The knife contacted the tip of his left thumb, resulting in an amputation of approximately 0.5 inches of the thumb that required hospitalization.
A prom was being lifted due to the water level of a river. A cable gave way and the prom collapsed, hitting the first level of a barge and injuring seven employees. Two of the employees were hospitalized, having suffered broken bones, head injuries, and leg injuries.
An employee was carrying a tray of bread when they tripped over a fryer filter machine. The employee landed in the container of hot grease, resulting in burns to the right arm and shoulder.
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.