| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-12 | Great Bend | Ks | VENTURE CORPORATION | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was inspecting a hopper bin when their loose clothing was caught in a tail pulley. The employee suffered a broken arm. | |||||
| 2021-07-22 | North Bend | Oh | Baleco International | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was breaking down a malformed bottle with a box cutter. The box cutter slipped and amputated the side of the employee's left thumb. | |||||
| 2021-07-13 | North Bend | Oh | Vexco Engineering LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was shoveling coal inside the conveyor room, got dizzy, and collapsed. The employee was hospitalized for heat stress. | |||||
| 2021-02-24 | West Bend | Wi | Matenaer Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was setting up a new press brake when his finger was caught between the press brake and a part. The tip of the employee's finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-08-17 | Bend | Or | U.S. FOREST SERVICE, BEND-FORT ROCK RANGER DISTRICT | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
| While attempting to repel from a tree, a smoke jumper fell approximately 25 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured L4 vertebra and a shoulder injury requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2020-05-14 | Great Bend | Kansas | Western Ag Enterprises, Inc | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely |
| An employee was on a silage pile to roll down side walls and weigh them down with tires. A tire rolled downward, striking him in the face. He suffered a damaged ligament in the neck. | |||||
| 2019-09-04 | West Bend | Wisconsin | Cole Manufacturing Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a press brake when it caught his left middle finger, amputating it. | |||||
| 2019-07-31 | West Bend | Wisconsin | DGS Heartland | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was standing by, waiting for other employees to finish stacking boxes. The lower boxes in the stack collapsed, causing the upper boxes to fall forward onto the employee breaking both legs. | |||||
| 2019-02-21 | South Bend | Indiana | U.S. Postal Service | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
| An employee tripped on the edge of a ramp in a parking lot, falling face first between the wheel and the wheelhouse of the truck that was on the ramp. The employee's shoulder struck a step on the truck, and the whiplash action caused tingling and restricted movement. | |||||
| 2019-02-01 | Great Bend | Kansas | The Great Bend Cooperative Inc. | Cheek(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell off an application spreader rig while washing a window and struck the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured cheek bone. | |||||
| 2018-09-25 | Great Bend | Kansas | JACAM Chemicals 2013, LLC | Ankle(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| Employees were trying to connect a wellhead with a two-to-one swedge and a quick coupler. A valve was opened to route pressure through the swedge. The swedge's threads stripped and it struck an employee in the ankle, fracturing it. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-04-07 | Great Bend | Kansas | Fuller Industries LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a machine that clamps onto a metal-framed brush and drills holes in it when her fingertip was caught in the clamp. She suffered a partial amputation of the left ring finger. | |||||
| 2018-03-28 | West Bend | Wisconsin | Squared Away Builders, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was using a table saw when the blade partially amputated the employee's fingertip. The blade was unguarded at the time. | |||||
| 2017-10-09 | West Bend | Wisconsin | Premier Workforce Solutions, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was shocked and fell from a ladder while changing out the ballast of a light fixture, suffering electrical burns and bumps/bruises from the fall. | |||||
| 2017-09-05 | West Bend | Wisconsin | M. M. Schranz Roofing, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| On September 5, an employee fell approximately 10 feet off a canopy while repairing a roof. The employee suffered a fractured back. | |||||
| 2017-06-22 | West Bend | Wisconsin | Metalcraft of Mayville, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee's fingertip was crushed between a part and the fixture holding the part, requiring surgical amputation. | |||||
| 2017-03-16 | West Bend | Wisconsin | Matenaer Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a jam on the slitter machine and amputated a fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-10-21 | North Bend | Ohio | Todd Hetz Roofing, Inc. | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
| An employee was on the roof of a two-story house checking the felt to make sure it was smooth when he slipped on the wet felt and fell two stories, breaking his elbow and suffering a possible concussion. | |||||
| 2016-10-12 | West Bend | Wisconsin | Matenaer Corporation | Hand(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee suffered an amputation when a die press fell on his hand. | |||||
| 2016-09-13 | West Bend | Wisconsin | Homes for Independent Living of Wisconsin LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was trying to de-escalate a resident having a mental breakdown. The resident sprayed the entire contents of a fire extinguisher in the basement of the building. The employee inhaled the fire extinguisher contents and experienced breathing distress, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-08-15 | Bend | Oregon | U.S. FOREST SERVICE, BEND/FORT ROCK RANGER DIST. | Forearm(s) | Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden |
| An employee was riding a horse on the trail when the horse disturbed a bee's nest. The bees stung the horse, causing the horse to buck and throw off the employee. The employee landed on a jagged stump and sustained lacerations to the left forearm, and possibly sustained rib and spleen damage. | |||||
| 2016-08-01 | Horseshoe Bend | Idaho | Bogus Basin Recreational Association Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 21 to 25 feet |
| Two employees were performing maintenance on a lift by a tower and were being transported in a basket up the lift line. When the basket arm contacted the sheaves of the tower, the basket jettisoned from the cable. The two employees fell with the basket 25 feet to the ground. Both suffered broken bones and concussions. | |||||
| 2016-07-14 | Great Bend | Kansas | Walmart Store #770 | Hand(s) | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
| An employee was filling a lawn mower tire with air when the tire popped and struck the employee's hand, fracturing it. | |||||
| 2015-06-23 | Great Bend | Kansas | Nabholz Construction Corporation | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| While reaching through a hole in a wall an employee stepped on a ladder that was leaning against the lower part of this opening. He stepped above the fulcrum of the ladder. Therefore, the ladder acted like a teeter-totter and the employee fell about two feet and broke his left ankle. | |||||
| 2015-05-05 | Big Bend National Park | Texas | Big Bend National Park | Brain | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was changing a tire on a backhoe when he was struck on the head, requiring hospitalization. | |||||