Ridgway, PA

Employers with the most severe injuries in Ridgway

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• Metaldyne Sintered Ridgway, LLC RIDGWAY, PENNSYLVANIA · 2023-10-01 · Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.

  An employee was taking a break from unloading the sintering furnace. His left hand became caught between two conveyor belts resulting in amputation of the index fingertip.

• Advantage Sales & Supply Co., LLC RIDGWAY, PENNSYLVANIA · 2023-05-25 · Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning

  An employee was operating a machine that wound polyester yarn through a piece of hollow sleeving. The in-feed yarn became caught under the spool on the floor. The employee bent down to the floor and tried to clear the yarn from under the spool. When he stood up, the yarn whipped and brushed against his left arm, then entangled his left thumb. It then pulled his thumb against a guidepost, where the thumb was amputated.

• The Davey Tree Expert Co. RIDGWAY, PENNSYLVANIA · 2022-07-07 · Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.

  An employee was felling a maple tree. The tree began to fall but became entangled with a dead tree. The top of the dead tree broke and fell into the employee's retreat path, striking his lower back and causing a hematoma.

• Clarion Sintered Metals, Inc. RIDGWAY, PENNSYLVANIA · 2022-05-09 · Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning

  An employee was clearing jammed parts from the work deck of a powdered metal press. The rotary wheel that moves the parts into the finished part bin had tension in it and rotated, pinching the employee's finger between the edge of the wheel and the frame of the press, resulting in an amputation. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.

• Keller North America RIDGWAY, PENNSYLVANIA · 2022-03-29 · Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet

  An employee was preparing to unload an 84-inch-thick drill bit/shaft from a flatbed truck. The part started to shift and the employee jumped out of the way and fell to the ground (3.5 feet below the edge of the trailer) and suffered a broken hip.

• Melton Truck Lines RIDGWAY, PENNSYLVANIA · 2020-11-24 · Other fall to lower level, unspecified

  An employee was tarping a load of lumber on his truck. He fell off the top of the truck to the ground and broke both wrists.

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Source: federal OSHA Severe Injury Reports, inspections, and ITA Form 300/301 filings. Counts reflect federal jurisdiction only.