Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-05-18 | Bonners Ferry | Id | Holdeman Logging, LLC | Foot (feet) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a skidder at a logging site in thick brush when the employee's left foot was crushed by the skidder blade. | |||||
2021-03-08 | Bonner Springs | Ks | Walmart, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
Two employees were moving a pallet when an unassembled entertainment center fell from the pallet and crushed one employee's right thumb. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery. | |||||
2018-03-19 | Bonner Springs | Kansas | CSM BAKERY PRODUCTS NA, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was troubleshooting why a suction cup plate assembly was binding up. To do this, the employee cycled the machine to see what component on the suction cup assembly was creating the binding. As he grabbed the plate to make a manual movement, the suction cup plate was freed, allowing his left thumb to contact the housing of the plate cylinder. His left thumb tip was smashed between the plate and the cylinder housing. When he pulled his hand back, it removed the very tip of his thumb. | |||||
2016-02-15 | Bonner | Montana | Alcom, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting an angle on a small (5") piece of aluminum using a chop-saw. The material kicked upward and the employee's left thumb contacted the saw blade resulting in amputation of the thumb. | |||||
2015-08-18 | Bonners Ferry | Idaho | Customs & Border Protection | Multiple body parts | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee was traveling by ATV on a forest road. While turning a corner, he was thrown from the ATV and hit the ground. He broke his rib and collarbone and bruised his lungs. |