Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at SFS Group USA, Inc., 1045 Spring Street, WYOMISSING, PENNSYLVANIA 19610
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the head and trunk.
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Final narrative
An employee was moving a scrap hopper with wheels to empty it outside. The hopper slid off the dock, pulling the employee off the dock. They fell and landed on the pavement, sustaining head and spine injuries. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.
HospitalizedHead and trunkRamps, loading docks, dock plates
An employee was using a rag to clean a machine when the rag became caught, pulling his hand into the machine's chain and sprocket. As a result, he suffered an amputation of his middle finger, a partial amputation of his ring finger, and lacerations to two fingers. The machine was running at the time of the incident.
A temporary employee's right hand was caught between two rollers while attempting to unjam a metal part on the roll sorter machine resulting in overnight hospitalization.
An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.
An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.
An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.
An employee was drawing wire when a chain caught three fingers on his right hand. The employee sustained an amputation to the right ring finger, the fingerprint pad of the middle finger, and the tip of the index fingerprint pad.
An employee was buffing production parts and the rotating wheel contacted their left hand, resulting in hospitalization due to a laceration to the hand and a fracture to the hand and wrist.
An employee was repositioning a washer on an assembly machine when the machine cycled and the employee's right index fingertip was caught and amputated.
An employee was helping to remove a die from a press. The forks shifted on the forklift they were using and the die pinched their arm against the safety bar, resulting in crush injuries to the right hand, a fractured right radius, and a laceration requiring stitches.
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.