| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-12 | Festus | Missouri | CROWN PLASTICS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee had been cutting a plastic sheet using a panel saw. As he was picking up the pieces he had cut off, the saw grabbed his left glove and pulled his thumb into the blade, resulting in an amputation between the nail and the joint. | |||||
| 2019-02-25 | Festus | Missouri | Mercy Hospital Jefferson | Lumbar region | Injured by physical contact with person while restraining, subduing-unintentional |
| A security officer sustained a lumbar strain while taking a patient out of restraints and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-03-01 | Festus | Missouri | CROWN PLASTICS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was operating a machine (similar to a wood lathe) when he noticed a sound suggesting a loose belt. While troubleshooting, his fingers were caught in the pulley and crushed. | |||||
| 2015-09-09 | Festus | Missouri | Cutex Brands, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| At 10:30 a.m. on the production floor, an employee attempted to unjam one of the pads on the PAD machine. The blade on the machine amputated her left-hand index finger from the bed of the fingernail to the tip. She was hospitalized. The machine was still running at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2015-02-03 | Festus | Missouri | CLEAN HARBORS | Multiple lower extremities locations | Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source |
| An oxy-fuel cutter caught his lower right pant leg on fire on 1/31/15 resulting in third degree burns on his right leg from the ankle to the knee. The worker was hospitalized on 2/3/15 for treatment of the burn injuries. | |||||