Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-04-12 | Ellsworth | Wi | Quality One Woodwork LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On April 12, 2021, an employee was operating a jointer machine. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the left index finger while removing the wood panels from the machine. | |||||
2020-05-04 | Ellsworth | Kansas | Great Plains Manufacturing | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a horizontal saw to cut tubes. The saw cut about 1/8 inch off the tip off his left middle finger. | |||||
2019-03-10 | Ellsworth Afb | South Dakota | Ellsworth Air Force Base | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
While walking on base, an employee slipped on ice and fell backwards. The employee's head struck the ground. The employee suffered a concussion and a laceration to the back of the head. | |||||
2017-04-07 | Ellsworth | Maine | THE JACKSON LABORATORY | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was loading supplies into a truck and closing the tailgate when his right ring finger was caught in the tailgate, amputating his fingertip. | |||||
2016-09-19 | Ellsworth | Kansas | The Ellsworth Coop | Leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was outside of a grain elevator watching the auger operation. When he entered the grain elevator, his left leg was caught and amputated in a running auger. | |||||
2016-07-06 | Ellsworth Afb | South Dakota | Mandala, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was installing exterior walls to a back patio storage unit. He was nailing the top sill plate with a nail gun when the gun bounced and swung down, hitting his left leg. His finger was still on the trigger, and the gun fired a nail into his leg. |