Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-05-13 | Bellevue | Nebraska | Eriksen Construction Company | Leg(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was driving an ATV when the ATV tipped over while making a sharp turn. As a result, the employee suffered broken bones to the left leg. | |||||
2019-09-20 | Bellevue | Nebraska | Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning out dough at a conveyor belt. The belt caught the employee's left arm, causing it to strike a roller assembly. The arm was broken. | |||||
2019-07-19 | Bellevue | Nebraska | U.S. Postal Service | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was helping to unload a truck frame using a forklift. The frame shifted and fell off the forklift, striking the employee and causing a partial amputation of the left thumb tip. | |||||
2019-05-29 | Bellevue | Ohio | Magretech, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Explosion |
On May 29, 2019, an employee was hospitalized after being struck in the chest by a piece of metal while troubleshooting the chip compactor after an explosion inside the machine. The employee sustained a chest burn and bruise. | |||||
2018-07-11 | Bellevue | Nebraska | Coleman Worldwide Moving LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was moving furniture when he started cramping, vomiting, and feeling exhausted. He was hospitalized for heat-related illness. | |||||
2018-05-03 | Bellevue | Nebraska | CORESLAB STRUCTURES OMAHA INC | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee received an electrical shock while unplugging an extension cord. | |||||
2018-04-04 | Bellevue | Nebraska | Papilion Sanitation | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway |
An employee was attempting to cross the road to pick up a trash can when a driver swerved around a car in front of him, and struck the employee, who suffered minor bruising. | |||||
2017-10-11 | Bellevue | Nebraska | CORESLAB STRUCTURES OMAHA INC. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a table saw to cut foam strips when the rotating blade amputated his left thumb tip. | |||||
2017-09-15 | Bellevue | Nebraska | Traco, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was painting the ceiling of an indoor gun range, stepped off the edge of the scaffold and fell 11 feet resulting in multiple fractures to the back, hip, legs, ankles and feet. | |||||
2017-05-26 | Bellevue | Nebraska | Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc. | Wrist(s) and elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell off a portable staircase while fixing conveyor canopies, fracturing the right wrist and elbow. | |||||
2017-05-18 | Bellevue | Ohio | International Metal Hose Company | Foot (feet) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
On May 18, 2017, an employee was rolling a reel of steel when it tipped onto the employee's right foot, crushing it. | |||||
2017-02-02 | Bellevue | Ohio | Magretech, LLC | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was struck by a forklift, suffering a broken leg and ankle. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2016-10-12 | Bellevue | Nebraska | Darling Ingredients Inc. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was cleaning magnets while standing on a step ladder. The employee slipped while stepping off the ladder and fractured the left ankle. | |||||
2016-08-28 | Bellevue | Ohio | Wilbert, Inc. | Multiple head locations | Contact with hot objects or substances |
On August 28, 2016, an employee was clearing a "hot drop" at a press and was sprayed with hot plastic. The employee was hospitalized with second degree burn injuries to the face and right ear. | |||||
2016-08-10 | Bellevue | Nebraska | CoreslabStructures, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
An employee was removing a tire from a split rim wheel on a heavy truck when the lock ring was blown off of the assembly. The force amputated the employee's 3rd, 4th, and 5th digits on the left hand. | |||||
2016-02-24 | Bellevue | Ohio | Wilbert, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On or about February 24, 2016, at 7:30 a.m., an employee was unjamming a plastics grinder when his right middle fingertip was amputated by the grinder's spinning blades. | |||||
2015-12-24 | Bellevue | Nebraska | Walmart # 2847 | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was bringing in clothing from the trailer outside into the backroom. She was about to climb an A-frame ladder when her feet slipped and she fell sideways, landing on her arm. | |||||
2015-12-03 | Bellevue | Nebraska | NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
While walking from one patient's duplex to another, an employee slipped and fell on a grassy area that was covered in ice. The employee fractured their tibia. | |||||
2015-12-01 | Bellevue | Ohio | The Bellevue Manufacturing Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On or about December 1, 2015, an employee's right middle finger was crushed and fractured while setting up the "straight draw" press. | |||||
2015-08-27 | Bellevue | Ohio | Witherup Construction Company Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On or about August 27, 2015, an employee suffered an amputation of the right index fingertip while helping to load a crane onto a flatbed for transport. | |||||
2015-08-24 | Bellevue | Ohio | Bunge North America (East), LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was working on the soy bean preparation line when he caught his hand near a clam-shell-like device that stops the flow of soy beans to the scale resulting in the amputation of his left middle fingertip. | |||||
2015-07-13 | Bellevue | Ohio | Amcor Rigid Plastics USA, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
Two operators were attempting to clear a "down bottle error" on the blow molding machine. They opened an interlock door and were looking into the bed area. One employee leaned on a metal plate that guides the bottles. The pressure from the leaning employee released a metal flap that caught the employee's right middle finger. | |||||
2015-01-23 | Bellevue | Nebraska | Coreslab Structures, Omaha | Forearm(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
Employee walking on the top of a form tripped and fell resulting in a broken left forearm. |