| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-22 | Broken Bow | Ne | Lone Creek Cattle Company | Leg(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| An employee was herding cattle with a utility terrain vehicle. The vehicle rolled over and the employee suffered a fracture and puncture wound to the leg. | |||||
| 2020-02-13 | Broken Bow | Oklahoma | Tyson Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by shifting load during transport, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating a riding pallet jack, staging a load of pallets. As he was backing the pallets into the staging area, the top pallet came in contact with a concrete pillar. It shifted forward and struck the employee's right hand as it rested on the throttle control of the pallet jack. The employee suffered a compound fracture and laceration to the little finger, resulting in a medical amputation to the finger. | |||||
| 2019-09-17 | Broken Bow | Nebraska | Adams Land and Cattle | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell while dismounting an excavator. His elbow struck the concrete and was broken. | |||||
| 2019-07-10 | Broken Bow | Nebraska | Becton Dickinson | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| Two employees were removing a screw from a high-speed injection molding machine. As they were removing the screw tip, pressurized molten plastic was released through an opening around the screw tip which resulted in both employees being burned by the molten plastic. They sustained burns to the forehead, right neck, face, right arm, and right hand. One employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-06-22 | Broken Bow | Oklahoma | JD & Billy Hines Trucking Inc. | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| While exiting the passenger side of a truck, an employee mis-stepped and fell 2 to 3 feet to the ground, fracturing a femur. | |||||
| 2018-06-15 | Broken Bow | Oklahoma | Tyson Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was using a come-a-long to raise a basket out of a sump to clean it. When the basket reached the top, the come-a-long slipped out of gear and the basket fell. As it fell, the basket pulled the employee's left index finger into the come-a-long, resulting in an amputation of the left index finger up to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2018-05-25 | Broken Bow | Oklahoma | TYSON FOODS, INC. | Ankle(s) | Trip on uneven surface without fall |
| An employee was exiting the back of a semi truck trailer. They stepped down and their right ankle rolled on the rocks, suffering a dislocation. | |||||
| 2018-02-28 | Broken Bow | Oklahoma | TRI-LAKES SERVICES INCORPORATED | Lower extremities | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was reinstalling an atomizer header pipe when the tack welds failed, causing the pipe to fall approximately 4.5 feet and strike the employee in the lower right leg, fracturing it above the right knee and ankle. | |||||
| 2017-10-01 | Broken Bow | Oklahoma | Huber Engineered Woods | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
| An employee was exiting a vehicle when the vehicle rolled back on the employee resulting in fractured ribs, punctured lungs and a fractured cheek bone. | |||||
| 2017-09-19 | Broken Bow | Nebraska | Miller Fencing | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was moving a cow from one pen to another. He was standing outside the pen fence when the cow charged the fence and smashed it hard enough to loosen a 2" pipe. The pipe hit the employee with enough force to break his eighth rib and lacerate his liver. | |||||
| 2017-07-11 | Broken Bow | Oklahoma | TYSON FOODS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a product belt when his glove became caught between the belt and a guide. As he pulled his hand back, his left pinky finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2016-04-25 | Broken Bow | Nebraska | Charles Sergeant Irrigation Corp | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was trying to pull down a section of drilling pipe from the back of a truck when one of the pipes fell down and pinched his right ring finger, amputating it between the first and second knuckles. | |||||
| 2015-09-17 | Broken Bow | Nebraska | Becton Dickinson | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was threading a new roll of bags into the midstream bagger machine. The jaws of the machine include a heat seal and cutters. The machine activated and the jaws caught his finger resulting in the amputation of the left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-08-05 | Broken Bow | Nebraska | ADAMS LAND AND CATTLE CO. | Nonclassifiable | Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden |
| An employee was moving cattle to a pen and went to split the cattle herd. The horse the employee was riding tripped and fell with the employee. | |||||
| 2015-01-23 | Broken Bow | Nebraska | Becton Dickinson | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| Maintenance employee was responding to a jammed machine on line #9. The employee reached into the machine to remove the jam. The machine cycled, feeding another tray that pinched his right ring fingertip between the tray and the frame of the machine, resulting in the tip being amputated. | |||||