Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-06-14 | Black Hawk | Co | Jacobs Entertainment Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was restocking a soda vending machine when her finger was pinched in the door resulting in a 1/4 inch amputation of the right middle finger. | |||||
2019-01-31 | Black Hawk | South Dakota | Bridger Steel, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was using a rag to clean rollers when the employee's glove became caught in the rollers, resulting in the amputation of two fingers. The rollers were unguarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
2018-09-13 | Black Hawk | Colorado | Guardian Metal Systems, L.L.C. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
While installing a metal roof, an employee fell 5-6 feet to a lower working surface. The employee suffered a broken vertebra and was hospitalized. Fall protection was not in use at the time of the incident. | |||||
2016-08-23 | Black Hawk | Colorado | Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was on a ladder helping a third-party contractor test and repair an electrical fuse bucket when an arc flash occurred, burning the employee's right hand and left eyebrow. |