DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-07-09FredoniaWiQuasius Construction, IncNonclassifiableOther fall to lower level
An employee fell off a roof.
2021-02-11FredoniaKsSEK COOP Inc.Lumbar regionCollision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
An employee was using an articulating wheel loader to unload a customer's truck. The employee was backing the loader into a position parallel to the customer's truck when the loader struck the auger on the rear of a parked fertilizer truck. The employee was hospitalized with injury to the right side of their lower back.
2020-07-11FredoniaKansasKoehn Construction Services LLCNonclassifiableFall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
During demolition of a gel coat booth, an employee stepped on a sheet of plywood and fell approximately 10 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a fracture injury requiring hospitalization. Fall protection was not worn at the time.
2019-05-10FredoniaKansasGOLD MECHANICALBODY SYSTEMSInhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was working overhead and brazing 4" copper when a galvanized hanger was heated and he inhaled zinc. He later experienced respiratory distress and was hospitalized.
2017-02-07FredoniaKansasFredonia Cooperative AssociationMultiple body partsExposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was bleeding the pressure off the anhydrous ammonia tank when the anhydrous ammonia spilled and burned the lower half of his body.
2016-04-09FredoniaNorth DakotaLarson Grain CompanyLower leg(s)Struck by object or equipment
An employee was cleaning inside a grain bin when the sweep auger hit him on the leg, injuring his right leg calf muscle.
2015-05-22FredoniaPennsylvaniaAnchor Products, Inc.Fingertip(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A wooden pallet got stuck on a roller conveyor. The employee hooked a chain onto the pallet and the other end onto the mast of a forklift. As the employee hooked the chain onto the mast of the forklift, the forklift operator side shifted the forklift mast, causing the employee's finger to get pinched between the hook on the chain and the forklift mast. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation of his right index finger.