Tremont, PA

Employers with the most severe injuries in Tremont

Example incidents

• Big Lots TREMONT, PENNSYLVANIA · 2023-07-05 · Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified

  An employee was cleaning behind a conveyor when their finger was caught in the drive chain resulting in a right index fingertip amputation.

• Maine Drilling & Blasting TREMONT, PENNSYLVANIA · 2022-10-10 · Small-scale (limited) fire

  Two employees were cleaning up debris from around explosive storage magazines. They loaded wooden pallets, cardboard boxes, a ripped bag of ammonium nitrate-fuel oil (ANFO), and a hardened bag of ANFO into a box truck. They drove to the fire pit located in the parking lot and offloaded the debris and both ANFO bags into the fire pit. The fire was then lit. An explosion occurred, and the blast sent shrapnel outwards. Employee 1 was knocked down by the blast and suffered a puncture to the neck from a stone. Employee 2 was also knocked down. Employees in the nearby office trailer were knocked out of their chairs and some were thrown across the room. All employees suffered from temporary hearing loss and concussion symptoms. One employee was hospitalized and four others were injured but not hospitalized.

• Big Lots Distribution Center TREMONT, PENNSYLVANIA · 2021-01-20 · Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident

  An employee was operating a stand-up forklift. Its cage crushed his left hand against a nearby storage rack, degloving the thumb and crushing the fingers.

• Big Lots Distribution Center TREMONT, PENNSYLVANIA · 2021-01-02 · Fall on same level, n.e.c.

  The injured employee was going to enter a room at the same moment another employee was exiting the room. The door swung open and struck the injured employee. The injured employee fell to the concrete floor and broke her hip. The employee was hospitalized.

• Closeout Distribution, Inc TREMONT, PENNSYLVANIA · 2019-02-22 · Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident

  An employee was traveling through a facility on a stock picker. The stock picker began to tip during a turn, and the employee's left arm struck a rack upright support. He suffered fractures to the arm and was hospitalized.

• Closeout Distribution, Inc TREMONT, PENNSYLVANIA · 2018-05-29 · Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning

  An employee was doing preventative maintenance on a conveyor. After applying oil to the chain and sprockets, the employee used a rag to clean up spilled oil. The rag and the employee's right middle finger got caught in the chain and sprocket. About 1/4 inch of the fingertip was amputated. The machine was not guarded at the time.

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