Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Spring Gulch Campground, 475 Lynch Road, NEW HOLLAND, PENNSYLVANIA 17557
on — Fractures , affecting the Foot (feet) excluding toes.
Final narrative
An employee was walking down a grass-covered hill and fell, resulting in two broken bones in the right foot.
An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.
An employee was talking to a child on the playground, when the child grabbed her hand to lead her away. The employee stepped, lost her balance, and fell over. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture of her lower left leg and required surgery.
An employee was lowering a safe stack beam inside a trailer. The beam released, causing the employee to fall back and strike his head on the trailer floor. He was hospitalized with a brain bleed and a concussion.
An employee was on the ground working to close a trailer door. The door was caught by the wind and blew the employee backward. He landed on his back and sustained four fractured ribs, requiring hospitalization.
An employee was driving a golf cart down the road on a campsite. The golf cart left the paved surface, the employee was ejected, and the golf cart rolled onto them. The employee sustained chest and back injuries including a fractured sternum and several vertebrae fractures including the C2 vertebra.
On May 20, 2024, at approximately 2:38 p.m., an employee tripped over a package that was delivered to the main office. The employee suffered a hip injury and was hospitalized.
A maintenance employee was helping a camper light a propane stove and the 5-pound, attached propane bottle exploded causing second- and third-degree burns to the employee's left hand and face.
An employee was involved in a dispute with a campground customer when the customer fired a shotgun. The employee's finger was partially amputated and his head was grazed by a bullet. The employee was also shot in the thigh.
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.