| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-30 | Aberdeen | Sd | Metropolitan Mechanical Contractors, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was raising a scissor lift when his right hand was caught between the top rail of the lift and a pipe. The employee's middle, ring, and little fingers were broken. | |||||
| 2020-09-17 | Aberdeen Proving Ground | Md | Jacobs Technology, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was helping to install an M256 tube with a bearing assembly into a recoil mount in preparation for testing. While guiding the tube (which was being held by a crane) into the recoil mount, his gloved hand became caught, resulting in the amputation of two left-hand fingertips. | |||||
| 2020-07-27 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | Lien Transportation Co. | Arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| During paving operations, an employee was releasing a hose at the hot plant to clear out the line, when hot oil sprayed out onto the employee. The employee sustained burns to the arms requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2020-06-04 | Aberdeen | Idaho | J.R. Simplot Company | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell from a ladder to the ground, suffering a broken right femur. | |||||
| 2020-02-04 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | 3M | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was unloading new equipment from a pallet skid. The employee was removing the strapping from a panel when it became dislodged from the transportation skid and began to tip. The employee attempted to balance the paneling but succumbed to the size. The panel continued to tip and caught the employee's finger between the panel and the parked forklift's mast, resulting in a partial amputation to the right ring finger from the nail bed to the tip. | |||||
| 2020-01-22 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | New Angus, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a jaw puller in a harvest line. The jaw puller activated and the employee's thumb was bent backwards and broken. | |||||
| 2019-09-11 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | Lien Transportation Company | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was loading a skidder onto a trailer. The D-ring used to attach the strap that retained the trailer snapped forward and crushed the employee's left index fingertip. The fingertip required surgical amputation. | |||||
| 2019-08-28 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | New Angus, LLC | Fingernail(s), nailbed(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
| An employee was removing entrails from a slaughtered cow when a piece of hair from the cow lodged in his middle fingernail bed on his right hand. The employee developed an infection in his hand requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2019-08-21 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | TNJ Enterprises | Leg(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee was using a chain hooked around scrap lodged in a shear's press box and attached to an excavator's grapple. When the employee put tension on the chain it broke, causing the grapple to swing and strike the employee's leg. The employee's left leg was fractured, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2019-07-26 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | Fisher's Cleaning Service | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was using a 6-foot A-frame ladder to access and clean windows. The employee fell approximately 2 feet from the ladder and hit their head on the pavement, resulting in a concussion and brain bleed. | |||||
| 2019-07-18 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | Molded Fiber Glass Companies/South Dakota | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was conducting an inspection of the product line when the product being inspected, a spar cap, fell from the cart. It landed on and injured the employee's legs. | |||||
| 2019-07-15 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | Concord Grain, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was servicing a skid steer bucket from a quick attachment point when the spring holding the hydraulic cylinder gave way and crushed their finger. The employee sustained a broken index finger and lacerations to the skin that required surgery and stitches. | |||||
| 2019-07-05 | Aberdeen | Idaho | M&M POTATO INC | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee was testing the repair of an electrical cord. An arc flash from the cord burned the employee. | |||||
| 2019-06-20 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | New Angus, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was manually catching a carcass that went down the incorrect rail line. The employee caught the carcass before it passed a gate and signaled a nearby employee to shut down the line to allow the carcass to be pulled backwards and moved onto the correct rail. During this process, the carcass fell off the rail system and onto the employee's leg, fracturing a shin bone. | |||||
| 2019-04-13 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | New Angus, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was degutting a cattle carcass with a knife. The knife punctured the employee's left lung. | |||||
| 2019-03-16 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | Midwest Medical Transport Company | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking in the parking lot from his vehicle to the building when he slipped on ice and fell, striking the ground. He sustained multiple fractured ribs and bruising to his spleen, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2019-02-25 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | UPS Center Aberdeen | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was conducting a car check in a snow packed parking lot when he turned or twisted his body and fell to the ground. As a result, the employee suffered a spiral fracture of the left tibia. | |||||
| 2019-01-22 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | 3M | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was removing a plastic component that was jammed in a de-energized machine. The employee placed their left hand on a metal slide, then used pliers with their right hand to pry the slide open. Upon applying significant force to the slide with the pliers, the jam broke free. The employee's left index fingertip was pinched and amputated between the slide and an adjacent metal surface. | |||||
| 2018-07-17 | Aberdeen Proving Ground | Maryland | Aberdeen Proving Ground | Upper extremities | Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was mixing lithium aluminum hydride with dioxane when a reaction occurred, causing an explosion. He suffered a torn tendon in his upper extremities among other injuries. | |||||
| 2018-05-17 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | Regal - Hub City, Inc. | Hand(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee's hand became infected due to a metal sliver, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-05-14 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | New Angus, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was checking a side puller to see whether a contractor had sanitized it when the machine actuated while his hand was inside. His left hand was caught in the side puller, amputating portions of his index, middle, and ring fingers. The side puller was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2018-05-11 | Aberdeen | Mississippi | Hill Services Industrial & Environmental | Arm(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was hydro blasting a vertical pipe with a lancer to unclog the pipe. When the material that was clogging the pipe broke free, it knocked the lancer out of the pipe. The employee was then hit on the left arm by the lancer water pressure, suffering a laceration. | |||||
| 2017-08-22 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | BAE Systems Land & Armaments Limited Partnership | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was changing a bearing on an auger. He stepped down on the auger, which was still moving, and his foot was caught between the auger and the wall, amputating his right pinky toe. The auger was not locked/tagged out at the time. | |||||
| 2017-07-17 | Aberdeen | Idaho | SUNRIVER OF IDAHO, INC. | Skull | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to unjam stackable potato boxes on a box palletizer when the machine began operating and crushed the employee's skull. The palletizer was not locked out at the time. | |||||
| 2017-03-11 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | Regal - Hub City, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was assembling a large gearbox using the lifting hoist. Each end has swivel hooks hooked onto the assembly on the shaft ends. When he went to hook the hoist to the customer end the hook swiveled with his gloved hand on the chain hoist. As the weight shifted, his left index finger was caught between the chain and the chain adjustment resulting in amputation up to the first distal joint. | |||||
| 2017-01-10 | Aberdeen | Ohio | FeeCorp Industrial Services, Inc. | Head and trunk | Explosion |
| An employee was performing general clean up duties with a fire hose and shovel when an explosion occurred. The employee suffered severe head trauma, contusions and a broken rib. | |||||
| 2016-09-15 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | Twin City Fan | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee sustained an amputation to his index finger while using a metal lathe. | |||||
| 2016-08-25 | Aberdeen | Mississippi | Holley Performance Products, Inc. | Forehead | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was changing out a band saw blade. The employee loosened the wheel for the saw and went to get a forklift to lift and remove the wheel from machine. When he went to put chains on the wheel, the wheel fell and hit the door of the band saw machine causing it to swing open and strike him in the head resulting in a contusion to the forehead. | |||||
| 2016-08-15 | Aberdeen | Mississippi | Eutaw Construction | Head | Fall on same level |
| An employee fell onto gravel and lacerated his head. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-08-11 | Aberdeen | New Jersey | Shore Point Distributers | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee became weak and dizzy while making a delivery. He was hospitalized due to dehydration. | |||||
| 2016-06-24 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | Twin City Fan Companies, Ltd | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On the morning of June 24, 2016, at approximately 1:00 a.m., an employee attempted to lift a fan assembly off of a shipping pallet when the chain from the hoist became entangled or loose, causing the housing to tip off center. The employee tried to keep the housing from falling, and his left-hand fingers became caught between the housing and shop floor. His left ring fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2016-03-20 | Aberdeen | Ohio | Defcon Force, LLC | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was cutting welds inside a coal pulverizer when coal dust fell from above and caused a flash fire. The employee suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns to the face, hand, and arm. | |||||
| 2015-12-27 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | AVERA ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was mopping in a patient's room when the door started to close. The employee attempted to prevent the door from closing and slipped in the process. The employee sustained a hairline fracture to the head of the femur. | |||||
| 2015-12-16 | Aberdeen | Mississippi | Holley Performance Products, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee's hand was caught in a metal pipe bending machine resulting in a broken and dislocated left little finger. The left ring finger was crushed. | |||||
| 2015-07-13 | Aberdeen | Ohio | FeeCorp Industrial Services, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was water blasting inside the economizer on tubes with a gun at water pressures of 3000-8000 psi when the control to the gun broke. The employee lost control of the gun and the water pressure struck the employee's inner left thigh, causing severe lacerations. | |||||
| 2015-07-08 | Aberdeen Proving Ground | Maryland | Ulliman Schutte Construction | Leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was using a grinder when a piece of the grinding wheel broke off and struck him in the leg, causing a laceration and fracture. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-04-24 | Aberdeen Proving Ground | Maryland | U.S. Army, Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center | Elbow(s) | Rubbed or abraded by friction or pressure, n.e.c. |
| On April 21, 2015, an employee suffered an abrasion of the right elbow while doing computer animation. | |||||
| 2015-03-09 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | Titan Machinery | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| The employee was lining up a hole on a planter axle. The planter axle part shifted (overcentered) and severed the bottom portion of the employee's left index finger (pad). | |||||