Stefaniks' Next Generation Contracting

Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached — Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries — ALIQUIPPA, PENNSYLVANIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Stefaniks' Next Generation Contracting in ALIQUIPPA, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Stefaniks' Next Generation Contracting Report ID 2025076877
Address 3113 Green Garden Rd, Suite 380 City, State ZIP ALIQUIPPA, PENNSYLVANIA 15001
Event Date July 16, 2025 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries Body Part Multiple trunk locations
Event Type Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached Source of Injury Gates, hatches vehicle and machine cargo
Secondary Source Trucks unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 237990 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 40.59000, -80.30000

Incident Narrative

An employee was unhooking the ramps to an equipment trailer in preparation for unloading equipment. The employee engaged the pneumatic system to lower the ramp. He walked around the back of the trailer and the ramp fell down and pinned him to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to his T5 and T7 to T11 vertebrae, three fractured ribs on the left side, a punctured lung, and severe bruising of his left side and hip. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On July 16, 2025, a worker at Stefaniks' Next Generation Contracting in ALIQUIPPA, PENNSYLVANIA suffered multiple severe wounds and internal injuries to the multiple trunk locations. The incident was classified as struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached, with gates, hatches vehicle and machine cargo identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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