Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-30 | Atchison | Ks | Bradken, Inc. | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was working on a casting in the welding department. A fork truck backed into his right leg causing a severe laceration that required surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
2021-06-11 | Atchison | Ks | BUNGE MILLING INC. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee had been troubleshooting an extruder machine. The employee was struck by steam that came through a bolt hole and sustained second degree burns to the neck. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-06-08 | Atchison | Ks | Valley Hope of Atchison | Brain | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
An employee tripped over a stair, fell, and struck her head on the floor, losing consciousness. | |||||
2021-03-15 | Atchison | Ks | R & S Maintenance Services | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was pushing a hose out of an exterior door on the second floor of a facility. The hose lifted up the hand rail and the employee fell over it, landing on the ground 12 feet below. The employee suffered a broken right ankle. | |||||
2021-01-23 | Atchison | Ks | BUNGE MILLING INC. | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was loading carts when he fell to the concrete ground, suffering fractures to the hip, knee, and tibia. | |||||
2019-08-28 | Atchison | Kansas | MGP INGREDIENTS, INC. | Scalp | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was preparing to clean up grain from the outside of a grain bin using a grain vacuum. When the vacuum was started, it sucked on to the grain door. It then released suddenly as the employee pulled it off; the employee fell backwards and hit his head and back on a drag conveyor. He suffered a contusion to the back of the head. | |||||
2019-08-23 | Atchison | Kansas | Bradken, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a "blast car" to transfer a vehicle from the blast room to the staging area. The employee was found beneath the blast car carriage, and required an amputation to the left leg below the knee. | |||||
2018-02-23 | Atchison | Kansas | Bottorff Construction Inc | Hip(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was guiding a piece of metal in place with welds when one of the welds broke and hit the employee on the hip. The employee suffered a hip fracture and was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-10-16 | Atchison | Kansas | Medicalodges Atchison | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking through the dining room when she slipped and fell on the recently mopped floor. She landed on her left knee and then rolled on to her right side. She was hospitalized with a fractured left tibia and fractured left patella. | |||||
2016-08-15 | Atchison | Kansas | Fargo Assembly of PA., Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was cutting tubing on a cutter when the tubing slipped out of place. She used her left hand to hold it in place. When the blade was activated, it amputated her left index fingertip. | |||||
2015-02-02 | Atchison | Kansas | NORTHWEST PIPE CO | Lumbar region | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
An employee was repairing a forklift step using a vise. The employee tried to bend the step back into shape by pushing up on the step and injured his lower back. |