Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-04-06 | Gering | Ne | Prime Metal Products, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was dumping scraps of sheet metal into a waste bin. He was retrieving some pieces of metal from the hopper when they lacerated his left index and middle fingers. | |||||
2020-01-30 | Gering | Nebraska | Wenger Manufacturing | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was loading ductwork onto a flatbed trailer when the sliding gate pinched the employee's right middle finger, causing a partial amputation to the fingertip. | |||||
2018-08-17 | Gering | Nebraska | Midwest Auto Supply, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was clearing a shelf when an air bag unit was knocked off the shelf, struck a car battery, and deployed, striking and fracturing the employee's lower leg. | |||||
2017-05-16 | Gering | Nebraska | Kelley Bean Co. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was stacking bags of beans in a railcar and was standing on them when the stack shifted and he fell to the railcar floor. He suffered a lacerated forehead and fractured right wrist, requiring overnight hospitalization. | |||||
2016-01-11 | Gering | Nebraska | R & C Welding Fab Trucking and Crane Service, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was trying to remove a metal piece from the punch/iron-work machine when the machine cycled and amputated his left index fingertip. |