| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-24 | Girard | Oh | TA Operating, LLC | Hand(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a pneumatic tool to remove U-bolts on a truck. The tool pinned his left hand, causing a fluid buildup injury. | |||||
| 2021-02-25 | Girard | Oh | Metalico Youngstown Inc. | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was on a ladder, replacing rollers on a conveyor belt. The employee fell from the ladder to the ground 8-10 feet below and suffered a broken femur. | |||||
| 2021-01-26 | Cape Girardeau | Mo | KIEFNER BROTHERS INC. | Hip(s) | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| An employee was driving a concrete cart. As the cart turned from a street into a parking lot, it hit the concrete lip at the drive entrance. The handlebars jarred, hitting the employee in the side and causing him to fall off the cart. He landed on the concrete and suffered a broken left hip. | |||||
| 2020-04-01 | Cape Girardeau | Missouri | MELVIN MILLS ROOFING LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was climbing a ladder to a roof. The employee fell from the ladder to the ground, suffering a broken pelvis, a shattered left heel, fractured lower vertebrae, and a ruptured spleen. | |||||
| 2020-02-18 | Girard | Ohio | Brainard Rivets | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a header machine when his foot slipped from the brake and his right hand thumb was caught in the machine, amputating the tip of his thumb. | |||||
| 2020-01-14 | Cape Girardeau | Missouri | QC LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| Two employees were working to unchoke a dust collector. The injured employee suffered amputation of two fingertips when he contacted the rotating rotary valve. The valve was unguarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2019-05-30 | Cape Girardeau | Missouri | SEMO Ready Mix | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was descending a loader and fell fracturing his hip. | |||||
| 2019-05-02 | Cape Girardeau | Missouri | SEMO READY MIX INC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee had been using a chipping gun to dislodge hardened concrete inside a plant mixer drum. The employee was being relieved by another employee and stood up to exit the drum. He then slipped on concrete debris, lost balance and fell forward striking his right side on a mixing fin in the drum. The employee fractured two ribs. | |||||
| 2019-02-04 | Cape Girardeau | Missouri | ST. FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee was walking to her vehicle, slipped or tripped and fell in the parking lot breaking a hip. The injury required surgery to repair. | |||||
| 2018-08-28 | Cape Girardeau | Missouri | HARBOUR FREIGHT TOOLS | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| An employee was helping a customer load a product when he tripped over a sidewalk, injuring his knee on the ground. Feeling dizzy and short of breath, he was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-06-18 | Cape Girardeau | Missouri | Quality Tree Service | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was in a bucket truck when it became overloaded and ejected him. He suffered collapsed lungs and a broken back. Fall protection was not worn at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2018-06-10 | Cape Girardeau | Missouri | SOUTHEAST MISSOURI HOSPITAL | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was working on the boiler room air conditioner and fell from a step ladder. The employee fractured the right arm and suffered a head contusion, bruising down the right side of his body as well as an abrasion on his left hand. | |||||
| 2018-05-10 | Cape Girardeau | Missouri | Dutch Enterprises Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was servicing rooftop HVAC units and turning off a water valve when he was attacked by bees or wasps. As he tried to swat and move away from them, he fell approximately 13 feet from the roof to the ground. | |||||
| 2018-04-19 | Girard | Illinois | R and R Bindery Services | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was dropping books into a binding machine and pinched the tip of her right middle finger in the clamp resulting in fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2017-07-27 | Cape Girardeau | Missouri | Ozark Gas | Nonclassifiable | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee had been removing valve caps from acetylene cylinders using an electric drill equipped with an attachment. Acetylene gas was ignited by a spark and the employee was hospitalized for burns. | |||||
| 2017-04-27 | Girard | Ohio | Interstate Shredding, LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| On 4/27/17, while cleaning a work platform, an employee stepped through a hole in the floor and fell against the guardrail, suffering a spleen injury that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-06-15 | Cape Girardeau | Missouri | Brockmiller Construction | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee became ill after working inside a new construction building for part of the day and also outside part of the day. He was hospitalized that evening for heat stroke. | |||||
| 2016-05-10 | Cape Girardeau | Missouri | PROCTOR & GAMBLE PAPER PRODUCTS | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was preparing to replace a gear box while his fingers were wrapped with a paper towel. A chain near the gear box caught the paper towel and pulled his fingers into an in-running nip point, amputating his right index and middle fingertips. | |||||
| 2015-12-10 | Girard | Ohio | Windsor House Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level |
| On December 10, 2015, an employee fell to the floor in the hallway leading to the activity room, sustaining a broken right wrist and broken left hip. | |||||
| 2015-11-16 | Girard | Ohio | Interstate Shredding, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source |
| An employee was torching (cutting) railroad rails with an oxygen/propane torch when a spark struck his lower left pant leg, causing burn injuries to his shin area. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-09-10 | Cape Girardeau | Missouri | BOTKIN LUMBER CO., INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| Half of an employee's right pinky finger was amputated by a lumber planner he was operating. | |||||