| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-20 | De Soto | Mo | Holiday Inn Club Vacations Timber Creek Resort | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was tightening a belt on a golf cart when the seat of the cart fell forward, hitting the ignition. The vehicle turned on and the employee's left hand was pulled in. The belt amputated his index fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-09-14 | De Soto | Ga | Irby Construction Company | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee slipped and fell off the back of a flat bed truck. The employee sustained fractured ribs. | |||||
| 2020-03-31 | De Soto | Kansas | Huhtamaki Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
| An employee was changing out a broken cable. The cable was raised and had a punch installed to hold the weight of the door while the employee was performing the maintenance. When the cable was replaced, the weight of the door dropped, resulting in an amputation of the employee's left middle finger to the joint and a damaged ring finger. | |||||
| 2017-07-28 | De Soto | Kansas | Electrical Corporation of America, Inc. | Brain | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was tracing overhead conduit in a mechanical room. The room has HVAC ductwork that runs from the ceiling down to 2' x 2' louvers in the floor. As the employee was looking up at the conduit, he stepped backwards and fell through one of the louvers approximately 10 feet to a lower level, suffering a head injury. | |||||
| 2015-06-19 | De Soto | Kansas | Rehrig Pacific Company | Ankle(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was removing the ejection plate from a mold while a crane was being used to "take a strain" on the plate. The employee was under the mold, which was sitting on saw horses, using a wrench to remove bolts. As he was removing the bolts, the mold shifted and broke his ankle. | |||||
| 2015-05-11 | De Soto | Kansas | AIRTEX MANUFACTURING LLLP ENGINEERED AIR | Hand(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| A forklift dropped a load on an employees right hand, smashing it. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery on his right thumb. | |||||