| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-29 | Edgerton | Oh | AIR-WAY MANUFACTURING COMPANY | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On September 29, 2021, an employee was using a machine that cut holes in plastic caps. The machine's blade amputated the tip of his finger. | |||||
| 2021-02-22 | Edgerton | Ks | Chewy Fulfillment Center | Multiple foot (feet) locations | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a dock stocker. As the dock stocker made a left turn, it struck a stack of empty pallets and a corrugated gaylord. The employee's left foot was caught under the gaylord and was degloved. The employee was hospitalized, and two of her toes were medically amputated. | |||||
| 2021-01-27 | Edgerton | Wi | M.J. Electric, LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
| An employee had been climbing a utility pole to install a dolly on the pole and fell approximately 50 feet to the ground below. The employee was hospitalized with a lacerated spleen and internal bleeding. | |||||
| 2020-09-18 | Edgerton | Ks | Spectrum Brands Central Fulfillment Center | Fingertip(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee driving a forklift made a left turn to go into a rack aisle, then stopped to let another employee lower their forklift. The employee then lost control of the forklift while passing the other lift. The employee reached out to brace himself prior to impact with a cross beam and his left pinky finger was pinched between the forklift and the cross beam. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-01-09 | Edgerton | Wisconsin | United States Postal Service | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee delivered a package and was returning to the delivery vehicle when the employee slipped on ice in the customer's driveway and fell breaking a knee. | |||||
| 2019-07-19 | Edgerton | Wisconsin | Adams & Sons, Ltd. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| At 9:15 a.m., on July 19, 2019, an employee was installing gutter screens while standing on the roof of a house. The employee slipped and fell from the roof, landing on a concrete sidewalk about 10 feet below and suffering a broken pelvis and vertebrae. | |||||
| 2019-03-14 | Edgerton | Kansas | Spectrum Brands Central Fulfillment Center | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
| An employee's foot/toes were caught between a moving lift truck and angle iron. The employee's left big toe was crushed, resulting in its amputation. | |||||
| 2019-01-03 | Edgerton | Kansas | J.B. Hunt Transport Inc. | Multiple head locations | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
| A J.B. Hunt employee was walking across a crosswalk toward his parked truck. He was struck by another J.B. Hunt employee in his personal vehicle, suffering microfractures around the left eye, a bruised right knee, and a fractured cranium on the left side near his hairline. | |||||
| 2018-01-08 | Edgerton | Kansas | Triumph Structures | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was using hoisting equipment to transfer sawed parts to a floor transport when a metal block fell from the hoisting equipment and severely cut the employee's index finger, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2017-10-18 | Edgerton | Ohio | Matsu Ohio, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On October 18, 2017, an employee was attempting to retrieve a jammed part near the point of operation on a stamping press when his left fourth finger made contact with the tooling and was amputated. | |||||
| 2016-07-25 | Edgerton | Kansas | Lasco Accoustics & Drywall - OKC, LLC | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was working on stilts, hanging sheet rock, when he slipped and fell. He fractured his elbow and injured his hip, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-12-10 | Edgerton | Ohio | Orin Elliott Products, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee suffered a finger amputation (first digit on her left hand index finger) while operating a drill press/reamer. The employee was wearing cotton gloves at the time of the incident. | |||||