Injured by object held or wielded by person · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Geo-Solutions, Inc., 1458 Greensburg Rd, NEW KENSINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA 15068
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Wrist(s).
Final narrative
On 9/26/2025, an employee was using a pair of scissors to cut a zip-tie that was securing a box of files. The scissors slipped and lacerated the employee s left wrist. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was setting up adsorbents near an excavator. The excavator's hoist cylinder casing struck the employee, who suffered broken ribs, a broken collarbone, and a head laceration.
An employee was removing packaging from a roll of printing substrate. The blade of their utility knife got stuck. The employee used both hands to free the knife and the blade partially amputated their left little fingertip.
An employee was disassembling a pressurized unit using a driver drill. When the unit was disassembled, it caused a kickback from the tube head, causing the drill to strike the employee's left forearm. They sustained a diaphyseal fracture to their left radius and ulna, which required surgery.
While working at a customer's residence, an employee was cutting tape with a box cutter to wrap insulation for a piece of pipe. The box cutter struck a hardened object within the wall causing it to bounce back and puncture the employee's right eye. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was using the pipe-and-wrench method to loosen a seized bolt on a roof truss. A technician from another company was on the other side of the truss doing the same action with the same method. The employee's socket slipped off the bolt and his left hand was crushed against the truss, resulting in injuries to the index and little fingers, requiring hospitalization, surgery, and amputation of the index finger.
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