| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-22 | Chanute | Ks | Orizon Aero Structures | Upper arm(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was on top of a platform. The employee took a step back and fell off the platform and sustained a midshaft fracture of the right humerus with displacement and overriding of fracture fragments. | |||||
| 2021-09-21 | Chanute | Ks | Optimus Industries LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was using C- and L-clamps to secure two half-inch steel plates, measuring 12 feet by 12 feet and weighing 400 pounds each. The steel plates were on a beam frame table. A plate moved, resulting in the amputation of the employee's left index finger between the first and second knuckles. | |||||
| 2021-01-05 | Chanute | Ks | Young's Welding Inc | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee returning to his work station walked by a forklift in operation when the forklift's tire struck his left ankle, resulting in swelling in his ankle and calf. | |||||
| 2020-08-04 | Chanute | Ks | River Rock Operating LLC | Head, neck, and trunk | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was conducting maintenance on a natural gas glycol dehydration unit when the housing unit ruptured and hot glycol fluid made contact with the employee, leading to hospitalization for third degree burns on top of the head, neck, and back. | |||||
| 2018-07-18 | Chanute | Kansas | Hi-Lo Industries Inc | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee turned 90 degrees to reach for a part, lost her balance, and fell to the floor. She injured her hip and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-04-08 | Chanute | Kansas | QES Pressure Pumping LLC | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was attaching a cable to a plug container to move it to the main rig floor. The employee had attached a hook to the plug container and was turning to continue pulling it when the employee stepped backwards into a pipe nest, falling approximately 2 feet and landing on a drill collar or pipe. The employee suffered a contusion and small crack to the right femur, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-01-18 | Chanute | Kansas | River Rock Operating, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to change a gear belt on a motor that had seized on a pumping unit when the belt started moving and caught his thumb, lacerating and breaking it. The motor was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2016-02-20 | Chanute | Kansas | Postrock Energy Services Corporation | Head and neck | Fire |
| On 2/20/2016, at around 4:00 p.m., an employee was using a machine called a planner to prep the poly pipe for welding repairs when a short burst of flame occurred. The employee received second degree burns to the side of the face and neck and was hospitalized overnight. | |||||