CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA—
The Giant Company
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at The Giant Company, 1149 Harrisburg Pike, CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA 17013 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was unloading recyclables and empty pallets when his right ring finger was caught between the pallet jack's grab bar and a wooden pallet, resulting in amputation of flesh underneath the nail to the first knuckle.
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SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA—
The Giant Company
An employee was moving pallets of water. A pallet started to lean, and the employee moved to its side to push the 35-pack of water and straighten the product on the pallet. The water fell and knocked the employee to the ground, and the employee suffered a dislocation to the left hip as well as a fracture to the hip socket. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
BURNHAM, PENNSYLVANIA—
The Giant Company
A pallet was being moved through a store backroom on a powered pallet jack. The side of the pallet struck an employee, causing them to fall to the floor and suffer a broken left hip.
LEHIGHTON, PENNSYLVANIA—
The Giant Company
An employee was collecting shopping carts in the parking lot when they lost their balance and fell to the pavement. The employee sustained a fracture to the shoulder.
MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA—
The Giant Company
An employee was standing on a piece of cardboard in the bakery department when she lost her balance. While trying to brace her fall, both her hands went into the hot oil in a donut fryer. She sustained burns to both hands up to the wrists and was hospitalized.
LANGHORNE, PENNSYLVANIA—
The Giant Company
An employee was on a step ladder while setting up for a store holiday party when they fell, resulting in a fractured pelvis and right shoulder.
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