Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-26 | Beatrice | Ne | Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center | Upper arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was reaching for paper towels while cleaning up when her left foot caught on a box and she fell to floor, landing on right arm and shoulder. The employee suffered a fracture of the right humerus bone. | |||||
2021-03-15 | Beatrice | Ne | Landmark Snacks | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee had just shut off a meat grinder and was reaching to clear its blade. The grinder blade amputated 1/4 to 3/8 inch from the employee's left middle finger. | |||||
2021-03-03 | Beatrice | Ne | MIDWEST LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS, INC. | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was working from a 6 ft. stepladder removing wiring from a suspended ceiling. The employee fell from the third rung of the ladder, approximately 3 feet, to the tile floor, resulting in 3 broken ribs and a hip fracture. | |||||
2020-01-20 | Beatrice | Nebraska | Brown Transfer Co. LLC | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee stepped down from his truck and slipped on ice, suffering torn ligaments in his left knee. | |||||
2017-06-19 | Beatrice | Alabama | Scotch Plywood Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was working in the dryer building area stacking units of veneer plywood with a forklift. The employee got off the forklift to place timbers between the stacks of veneer. In the process the employee's right index finger was pinched and smashed between the timbers and the forklift forks, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-05-25 | Beatrice | Nebraska | Landmark Snacks | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee suffered a finger amputation while cleaning a mixer machine. The machine was guarded and energized at the time. | |||||
2016-08-05 | Beatrice | Nebraska | Landmark Snacks, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee's left index finger was amputated while attempting to release product on a mixer. | |||||
2016-04-12 | Beatrice | Nebraska | TOPPS MECHANICAL, INC. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was helping to stabilize an optical comparator on the forks of a forklift when the machine shifted slightly. One corner of the machine slipped off the edge of the fork and hit the employee's leg above the ankle. The employee was hospitalized with a broken leg. | |||||
2015-07-09 | Beatrice | Nebraska | Neapco Components | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee operating an assembly press reached into the press to adjust a flange; his finger was pinched in the press. |