Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-09-22 | Council Grove | Ks | Flint Hills Rural Electric Coop Association Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
A work crew was unloading a used 35-foot power pole to a residential site. The pole rolled off the digger derrick truck, fell approximately 30 feet, and landed on the injured employee. The employee was hospitalized for a concussion, a fractured shoulder and ribs, and internal injuries. | |||||
2020-01-28 | Council Grove | Kansas | Diversicare of Council Grove LLC | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was assisting a patient, tripped over an electric wheel chair foot rest, and fell to the floor striking a door jamb/frame during the fall. The employee was hospitalized for a subarachnoid hemorrhage. | |||||
2018-08-29 | Council | Idaho | Western Timber Products, Inc. | Hand(s) | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee tripped and fell into a molding machine opening. The machine's knives injured his hand, exposing and cutting two tendons. He was hospitalized. |