East Penn Manufacturing Company, Incorporated

An employee was recycling material by adding it to a molten lead pot. The employee came in contact with the molten lead and suffered burns to the lower back and shoulder.

An employee was casting a cable when the mold malfunctioned and closed on the employee's thumb. They sustained a burn and crush injury.

An employee was clearing a jam on a battery machine when their finger got caught between the machine and a battery case. The employee sustained a finger amputation.

An employee fell from a powered industrial truck to the floor after colliding with a stack of material. The employee suffered a back injury and broken hip.

An employee fell on ice in a parking lot after stepping out of his struck. He suffered a head injury and bruises on the arm and leg.

An employee fell while exiting a trailer. The employee landed on their left side on the pavement, suffering multiple broken ribs on the left side. The employee was hospitalized.

A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.

Two employees were removing a service lift platform from the back of a radar system. While handling the service lift platform, employee 2 was standing on the back of the radar and lost their footing, causing the service lift platform to shift and fall. The injured employee then fell from the top of the platform electronic subsystem (PES) to the floor, approximately 56 inches. The injured employee fractured his left elbow and left hip.

An employee fell from a loading dock to the ground 2-3 feet below. She suffered a compound fracture of the left hip and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.

An employee was walking/moving a walkie (material handling equipment) when it struck and fractured their right leg. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was operating material handling equipment when their right foot was caught between the material handling equipment and a railing. The employee sustained fractures to the big toe and second toe.

An employee was operating a forklift when it collided with another forklift at an intersection. The employee suffered a broken lower right leg from a rack of battery plates on the forks of the other truck.

Four employees were moving a 400-pound flange to the ground when part of the load was released and the injured employee's hand became caught between the flange and the ground. The employee sustained a left middle fingertip amputation.

An employee was recycling material by adding it to a molten lead pot. The employee came in contact with the molten lead and suffered burns to the lower back and shoulder.

An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a 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.