Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-07-30 | Ranson | Wv | UFP Ranson, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
Employees were working on a fence machine stacker. When it was activated, an employee was pinned between a lifting mechanism and the machine's lid, suffering a crushing injury across the chest. | |||||
2021-05-04 | Ranson | Wv | Universal Forest Products Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a saw. The saw was turned on and amputated the employee's left ring finger. | |||||
2021-02-12 | Ranson | Wv | Comcast Cable | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was using an aerial lift to repair overhead cable lines. A tractor trailer drove by on the road below and made contact with the power lines creating an electrical arc that struck the employee. The employee sustained electrical shock and burns to the right arm and lower right region of their back. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-09-29 | Branson | Mo | WEBER GROUP | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was ascending a 12-foot ladder and fell when he was approximately half way up the ladder. The employee suffered a broken clavicle and collapsed lung. | |||||
2020-09-01 | Branson | Mo | Kanakuk Ministries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting a board on a table saw. The board kicked back and the employee's right ring finger was partially amputated by the blade. | |||||
2020-07-29 | Branson | Missouri | SILVER DOLLAR CITY | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
On July 29, 2020, an employee was working on a pump on a water ride. As he was descending a ladder down a rock formation to go into a concrete channel to work on the pump, he tripped and fell approximately 16 feet into the channel, which had been drained of water. The employee's injuries included fractures and dislocations. | |||||
2019-07-07 | Branson | Missouri | Wyndham Mountain VIsta | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was cleaning out an outdoor fire pit when he began feeling ill and had difficulty speaking. He was hospitalized due to heat stress. | |||||
2019-04-05 | North Anson | Maine | Cousineau Wood Products | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was clearing a piece of wood that was stuck in a jump saw when the blade activated and amputated his left thumb tip. | |||||
2019-01-02 | Branson | Missouri | Rinehart Food Service | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was using a hand truck to unload his delivery truck when he turned around and slipped. His hand truck load also slipped and fell on his left leg, fracturing it in two places. | |||||
2019-01-02 | Branson | Missouri | Southern Consturction | Lower leg(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person |
An employee was assisting a chainsaw operator with felling a tree when the chain bucked, striking and lacerating him on the lower left leg. | |||||
2017-07-06 | Delanson | New York | Plank Construction Company, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting wood with a circular saw when the blade amputated his right thumb tip. | |||||
2017-04-13 | Branson | Missouri | PRO FINISH PAINTS, LLC. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
On 4-13-17, two employees were working in an aerial lift when it ran over a septic tank cover. The cover then collapsed, causing one employee to be catapulted out of the lift and the other to slam into the guardrails of the lift. | |||||
2017-02-28 | Branson | Missouri | PHOENIX HOME CARE | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was walking down a flight of three stairs from the client's home into their garage when she missed the last step and fell. She was hospitalized for a fractured tibia and fibula. | |||||
2017-01-23 | Branson | Missouri | SILVER DOLLAR CITY | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was dismantling an elevated platform after the completion of a production. The bolts were removed from a section. When the employee stepped on that section, the floor tipped and the employee fell 7.7 feet landing on his feet and rolling onto his back. The employee suffered bilateral fractures to the ankles and heels. | |||||
2016-08-11 | Branson | Missouri | PENMAC, INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was hospitalized for a heat-related injury. | |||||
2016-06-11 | Branson | Missouri | Silver Dollar City Attractions | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was hospitalized for heat exhaustion. | |||||
2015-07-29 | Branson | Missouri | MASTERCORP INC. | Arm(s) | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
Two employees were traveling between buildings in a golf cart. Road conditions were wet and slippery from recent rainfall. The golf cart was traveling downhill, and the driver slammed on the brakes to stop the cart. The golf cart overturned, throwing the injured employee out. The cart landed partially on the employee, fracturing his left arm and injuring his shoulder. He was hospitalized for treatment. The injured employee was not wearing a seatbelt at the time. | |||||
2015-07-01 | North Anson | Maine | Cousineau Wood Products of Maine, LLC | Hand(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a Yale electric stand-up fork truck to move a pallet of veneer from the dryer to the veneer storage room. The fork truck was stationed near a wall. The employee accelerated the fork truck while it was in reverse gear, and he lost his balance. He braced himself by placing his left hand on the outside of the carriage. His hand got caught between the carriage and a wall. | |||||
2015-03-11 | North Anson | Maine | COUSINEAU WOOD PRODUCTS, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee amputated two fingers on a glue spreader. | |||||
2015-01-17 | Branson | Missouri | WILLOW RIDGE LODGE | Face | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
Employee was walking in the parking lot, tripped over a parking block and fell. The fall resulted in a laceration to the employees face which required hospitalization. |