Great Valley Metal/Non-Metal

The employee spent the day doing various maintenance jobs welding and grinding. EE experienced eye irritation and thought it was due to smoke or dust. Late in the evening, EE went to the ER and had a small piece of steel removed from EE's eye. EE reported the injury to EE's supervisor on 4/8, the supervisor forwarded it to the safety department on 4/18.

Employee was using a utility knife to cut rubber belting. The knife slipped and cut the employee's leg. Stitches were required to close the wound.

Delivery truck driver was climbing over the side of the truck box to enter the bed when ee missed a rung on the built-in ladder inside the box and fell, suffering a fractured rib.

A storm was coming in and the wind had picked up. Employees were cleaning up the work site in preparation when one employee had a bit of sandblasting sand blow up under his safety glasses and into his eye. Flushing with water did not remove it so he saw a physician who removed it and prescribed eye drops.

Employee was using a bar to lift a feeder into place. He strained too hard and injured his groin.

While using a utility knife to cut rubber conveyor belt, the knife slipped out of a groove in the rubber causing a laceration to the employee's left thumb. The wound required three stitches, x-ray and tetanus shot.

DRIVER WAS WALKING FROM HIS TRUCK TO THE SCALEHOUSE. HE FELL BETWEEN THE SCALE AND THE END OF THE SIDEWALK, HIS LEFT FOOT WENT THRU THE SIDEWALK.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING WIRE THROUGH A CONDUIT IN THE SHOP, THE WIRE BROKE AND THE EMPLOYEE FELL ONTO HIS BACK.

EE WAS WALKING ON A HORIZONTAL MANITOWAC BOOM TO PERFORM MAINENENACE DUTIES. HIGHLIFT OPERATORMOVED BOOM CAUSING EE TO LOSE BALANCE & FALL TO THE GROUND. HE HIT LOWER RIGHT BACK & LEGS ALONG WITH HIS CHEST & ELBOWS. MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE RIGHT SIDE, THERE ARE NO BROKEN BONES