Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-09-01 | Weldona | Co | Coastal Chemical Co. L.L.C. | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was moving drums in the bed of a pickup. He fell from the tailgate, landing on his back and striking his head on the concrete ground. He suffered a contusion to the back of the head and bleeding in the brain. | |||||
2020-08-20 | Weldon Spring | Mo | BMC ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
The injured employee delivered cement to the customer and was cleaning the chute on the concrete truck in the staging area established at the site for cleaning tools. A track hoe arrived at the staging area for cleaning. The injured employee was standing between the concrete truck and track hoe and was struck in the abdomen by the track hoe bucket. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-09-23 | Sheldon | Illinois | Pomp's Tire Service, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
At about 4:11 p.m. on September 23, 2019, an employee was putting a rubber O-ring on a tire using a pry bar. The pry slipped and the wheel lock ring amputated the employee's left index fingertip. | |||||
2019-09-05 | Eldon | Missouri | Pep Water Proofing and Foundation Repair | Hand(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was installing foundation repair equipment when a pipe slipped and struck the employee on the head and left hand. The employee suffered a broken left hand. | |||||
2019-07-08 | Sheldon | Wisconsin | Tractor Central, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On July 8, 2019, an employee was making an adjustment under a round bailer when the accumulator was activated and moved downward. It crushed the employee against the ground, breaking ribs. | |||||
2017-09-01 | Weldon Spring | Missouri | Persimmon Woods Golf Club | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was trimming weeds near a creek bed when he lost his footing and fell approximately 15 feet into the creek bed, breaking his left wrist, three ribs, and two thoracic vertebrae. | |||||
2015-05-18 | Weldona | Colorado | Chapin Dairy | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
While working with heifers in front of the feed bunk, an employee did not see the feed truck backing up. The driver also did not see her, and she was knocked down under the truck. |