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Years on record
2000–2026
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April 1, 2026 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lehigh Asphalt Paving & Construction Co · Struck by flying object

IW was using hammer to loosen wedge blocks. A shard of metal came loose and stuck in their arm, causing a laceration.

August 14, 2024 PA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Glasgow Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IW struck left little finger with hammer.

June 23, 2017 PA · Metal/Non-Metal dry screening plant operator, screen house operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Glasgow Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Digging out chute. Employee has been working regular job since June, was treating with therapy. Employee has not improved and is going for surgery Fri. 9-15-17. Employee will be off work following surgery.

February 25, 2016 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lehigh Asphalt Paving & Construction Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was using a ratchet and it slipped off the bolt and struck EE above the right eye.

August 8, 2014 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lehigh Asphalt Paving & Construction Co · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Lifting motor with chain hoist. The chain became disconnected and pinched left index finger causing laceration and fractures.

April 16, 2013 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lehigh Asphalt Paving & Construction Co · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was using a wrench to install a roller on a crushing plant. When he pulled on the wrench he had a pain in his chest. He then was short of breath. The evening of 4/16/13 he was admitted to the hospital with a collapsed lung.

October 4, 2012 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lehigh Asphalt Paving & Construction Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting a rubber hose with a utility knife and the knife slipped and cut his left palm.

December 9, 2011 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Barletta Materials & Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting a piece of conveyor belt with a utility knife and cut his left thumb, requiring stitches.

April 20, 2011 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lehigh Asphalt Paving & Construction Co · Struck by flying object

Employee was hammering a bucket tooth and a piece of metal broke from the tooth and lodged in the surface of his abdomen.

June 23, 2010 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lehigh Asphalt Paving & Construction Co · Struck by flying object

Employee was striking a chisel with a hammer and a small piece of metal broke off and lodged in his left hand.

October 7, 2009 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Barletta Materials & Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was working on a scalper deck of a crushing plant. He got his finger between a bar and hammer and lacerated his right middle finger. EE did not report this injury until 10/13/09 when it became infected.

September 30, 2005 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lehigh Asphalt Paving & Construction Co · Struck by flying object

Employee was removing a tooth from a loader bucket with a hammer. A piece of metal broke off and hit him in the face.

August 29, 2001 PA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Glasgow Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CRUSHER WELDER HIT EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN THEY WERE HITTING I BEAM TRYING TO FREE IT.

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