| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-19 | Cassville | Mo | JUSTIN BRANDS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was operating a table saw and amputated a finger on their left hand. | |||||
| 2019-08-22 | Cassville | Missouri | US Census Bureau | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was canvassing addresses for verification purposes. She parked her car on an incline, stepped out, and slipped and fell. She injured her right thumb, broke her left leg, and suffered a swollen eye. | |||||
| 2019-03-26 | Cassville | Missouri | GEORGES INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was moving box lids on a conveyor. A knuckle chain caught his right hand and severely smashed part of his index finger. The finger was medically amputated to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2018-07-11 | Cassville | Missouri | ARNING COMPANIES INC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On July 10, 2018, an employee was operating a press shear when his left middle finger went under the hold-down, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-05-07 | Cassville | Missouri | MAVERICK TRANSPORATION | Multiple body parts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| On May 7, 2018, aluminum pieces 15 to 20 feet in length were being unloaded from a truck. When a PIT operator removed straps from the load, several bundles of aluminum fell and struck an employee from behind. He suffered a broken leg and severe head injury, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-10-12 | Cassville | Wisconsin | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Depletion of oxygen |
| An employee was monitoring and collecting mussels in a river when she became low on oxygen and lost consciousness underwater. She was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-09-05 | Cassville | Missouri | GEORGE'S, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to unjam a chicken bagging machine when the machine cycled and amputated the employee's middle finger up to the first joint. | |||||
| 2017-05-19 | Cassville | Missouri | GEORGES INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was hosing down floors with water when he noticed a piece of chicken stuck in an external neck skin cutter and attempted to remove it. The cutter's moving blades then amputated his left index fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2016-09-14 | Cassville | Missouri | Power Line Consultants | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee was helping to install a guide wire for a high voltage 7620 volt line. He was holding onto the guide wire at ground level while a coworker in an elevated aerial lift was tightening the guide wire bolt. The coworker came into contact with a live wire bolt, which energized the guide wire that the employee had in his hand. Both of his toes suffered electrical burns, requiring hospitalization. PPE was not worn at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2016-06-17 | Cassville | Missouri | J&M PALLET LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee suffered a left index finger amputation below the joint while cutting with a band saw. | |||||
| 2015-12-29 | Cassville | Missouri | GEORGE'S INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee had three fingers on the right hand crushed when the glove that the employee was wearing got caught in a gear. Part of one finger had to be surgically amputated. | |||||