| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-22 | Grand Island | Ne | Levander's Automotive | Eye(s) | Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport |
| An employee was using a hammer to loosen a part on an automobile's suspension system when the employee was struck in the eye by the automobile's control arm, resulting in an eye injury. | |||||
| 2021-10-07 | Grand Island | Ne | OVERHEAD DOOR CORPORATION | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped over a piece of garage door in a warehouse. The employee fell to the floor and suffered a broken right hip. | |||||
| 2021-07-07 | Grand Island | Ne | Walmart Supercenter | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was sitting on a desk. When she stood up, she fell to the floor and broke her right ankle. | |||||
| 2021-06-23 | Grand Island | Ne | CNH Industrial America LLC | Ankle(s) | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| An employee was thrown from a material delivery tug to the ground, suffering a broken ankle. | |||||
| 2021-06-09 | Grand Island | Ne | JBS Swift | Wrist(s) and arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was unjamming a beef hide from a flesher machine when the flesher wheel closed on the employee's arm, fracturing the upper arm and wrist. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident, but was not locked out. | |||||
| 2021-05-28 | Grand Island | Ne | MCCAIN FOODS USA, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a drum former machine. The employee's right middle finger was caught in the machine and the fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-05-18 | Grand Island | Ne | CHIEF CONSTRUCTION | Cheek(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was replacing a roof panel. The employee fell through a hole to the ground and some boxes 20 feet below, suffering a broken cheekbone and lacerations. | |||||
| 2021-04-28 | Grand Island | Ne | Aurora Cooperative Elevator Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was working on a grain dryer when it lacerated his left thumb. | |||||
| 2021-04-10 | Grand Island | Ne | AGI-MFS/York/Stormor/Brownie | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to fix a jam on a die press. The machine closed on his left hand, crushing, fracturing, and lacerating it. The employee's pinky finger was amputated. The machine was not locked out at the time. | |||||
| 2021-01-09 | Grand Island | Ne | Walmart Supercenter | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was taking product out of a shipper. He stumbled on a pallet behind him and fell, breaking his ankle. | |||||
| 2020-09-08 | Grand Island | Ne | OVERHEAD DOOR CORPORATION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was troubleshooting a leak from a hydraulic line when high pressure hydraulic fluid penetrated the skin on the employee's finger. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-08-03 | Grand Island | Ne | Cleary Building Corp | Pelvis | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| Trusses fell from a cart, breaking a temporary employee's pelvis. | |||||
| 2020-06-30 | Grand Island | Nebraska | HASTINGS FOOD LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a meat packaging machine. The employee's right hand was caught between the sealing head and the sealing bucket. The employee suffered lacerations to the middle and index fingers, as well as an amputation to the ring finger. | |||||
| 2020-02-08 | Grand Island | Nebraska | JBS Swift Beef | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was performing preventive maintenance on an overhead ground beef take-up conveyor and its motor/gearbox assembly. The employee's left arm was caught in the moving conveyor and skin was burned/removed. | |||||
| 2019-08-26 | Grand Island | Nebraska | MFS/YORK/STORMOR | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was attempting to retrieve a part in a punch press machine area when the punch press cycled, crushing and puncturing the employee's left hand. | |||||
| 2019-08-20 | Grand Island | Nebraska | Chief Construction Office | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| After fixing a roof that was making excessive noise, an employee became ill and was hospitalized for heat exhaustion. | |||||
| 2019-06-09 | Grand Island | Nebraska | Swift Beef Company | Face | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was walking down some stairs when he fell down the stairs and his face struck the ground, resulting in facial fractures and lacerations. | |||||
| 2018-09-22 | Grand Island | Nebraska | JBS USA LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was emptying a spinal vacuum tank. The employee's right middle finger was caught in a valve; the tip was amputated. | |||||
| 2018-08-22 | Grand Island | Nebraska | Mid-Nebraska Disposal, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee drove a roll-off truck to a landfill and was emptying a load when he noticed a hydraulic leak on one of the hoses. He was looking to see where the leak was coming from when the hydraulic stream hit his left index finger, penetrating his work glove and cutting his finger, which allowed the hydraulic fluid to enter his finger. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-06-05 | Grand Island | Nebraska | Swift Beef Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was attempting to hoist a cow with a winch. When the winch was activated, the employee's finger was caught in the chain causing a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-05-21 | Grand Island | Nebraska | Sargent Irrigation, Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee was dewatering the work site. A guy line on a drill came loose and knocked a live electrical powerline into the employee, shocking his forearm. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-03-30 | Grand Island | Nebraska | MCCAIN FOODS USA, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was cleaning a work area with a hose when the lid of a batter machine came down on and broke the employee's left ring finger, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-03-09 | Grand Island | Nebraska | CHIEF CONSTRUCTION | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was getting tools out of a toolbox drawer when the drawer closed on the employee's right pinky finger. The fingertip had to be medically amputated. | |||||
| 2018-03-01 | Grand Island | Nebraska | CNH Industrial America LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was hoisting a large part off of a paint rack. The part shifted as it was pulled off the rack using a chain and sling. The employee's finger was caught between the part and the cart resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger. | |||||
| 2018-01-09 | Grand Island | Nebraska | Standard Iron, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was drilling holes in a pipe when the employee's sleeve and glove became caught in the rotating drill bit, resulting in right thumb and pinky finger amputations. | |||||
| 2017-09-27 | Grand Island | Nebraska | JBS USA, L.L.C. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was attempting to remove a piece of fat that was stuck on the bottom side of a small intestine splitter when her left index finger made contact with the energized blade, amputating the fingertip above the first knuckle. The cutting blade was unguarded at the time. | |||||
| 2017-09-27 | Grand Island | Nebraska | JBS USA, L.L.C. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was attempting to remove fat stuck in the small intestine splitter when her left index finger contacted the energized blade, amputating the finger above the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2017-08-22 | Grand Island | Nebraska | HORNADY MANUFACTURING CO | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was operating a head stamping machine when it jammed. As the employee attempted to unjam the machine, it crushed and amputated the employee's left ring and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2017-07-13 | Grand Island | Nebraska | Swift Beef Co. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was attempting to shackle a cow that had survived the slaughter process, using a chain connected to a winch. As the cow was rolling around, the employee attached the chain to the cow and started the winch. When the winched tightened, the chain also tightened and pinched the employee's fingers, amputating the left middle and index fingers. | |||||
| 2017-07-11 | Grand Island | Nebraska | Swift Beef Co. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was removing a bale of material that had settled into a grated auger opening. As he reached to replace the grating over the auger, his right middle fingertip was caught and amputated between the grating and the running auger. | |||||
| 2017-06-20 | Grand Island | Nebraska | Hornady Manufacturing | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a machine when his middle fingertip was caught and amputated between two moving steel plates. | |||||
| 2017-05-25 | Grand Island | Nebraska | Menard, Inc. | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was unloading merchandise when his right hand was pinched between the merchandise. He suffered a contusion and fracture. | |||||
| 2017-05-11 | Grand Island | Nebraska | Swift Beef Co. | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped and fell on a film of fat on the platform floor, fracturing the right femur. | |||||
| 2016-09-23 | Grand Island | Nebraska | Swift Beef Co. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee's coworker was sawing 1-inch hind shanks, while the employee pulled the product and bagged it after it was cut. A piece of fat was pulled into the saw. When the employee attempted to remove it, her left index finger was amputated just above the second knuckle. | |||||
| 2016-09-06 | Grand Island | Nebraska | Swift Beef Co. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee used a cleaning rod to clear ground beef out of a running grinder. The grinder grabbed the cleaning rod and pinned the employee's thumb to the machinery, amputating the tip. | |||||
| 2016-06-25 | Grand Island | Nebraska | Crete Carrier Corporation | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| On 6-25-2016, at 8:00 a.m., an employee was fueling his truck in the rain. When he went to step on the fuel island, he slipped and fell on his right hip, fracturing it. | |||||
| 2016-04-18 | Grand Island | Nebraska | MFS/YORK/STORMOR | Lumbar region | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| While pulling a tool cart, an employee fell to the concrete floor while trying to grab a part. She fractured her L2 vertebra. | |||||
| 2016-03-15 | Grand Island | Nebraska | Swift Beef Co. | Hand(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| While performing maintenance on a saw, an employee's left hand contacted the moving saw blade, resulting in a left-hand avulsion. The saw guard was not affixed properly at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2016-03-04 | Grand Island | Nebraska | Standard Iron, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was moving storage racks with a forklift when the forklift became stuck in the mud. The employee was putting boards under the tires with help from a coworker. The storage rack fell from the forklift and struck the employee. He sustained a crushed pelvis, broken ankle, broken ribs, and a head injury. | |||||
| 2016-02-17 | Grand Island | Nebraska | Mid Nebraska Disposal, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was replacing the automatic arm for a tarp on a disposal truck. As he reached for a pin, the automatic arm moved and pinched his finger between the top and bottom arms, amputating his left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-02-03 | Grand Island | Nebraska | Hornady Manufacturing | Whole body | Explosion, n.e.c. |
| An employee was operating the Pierce and Prime Line. A primer got jammed in the line and the employee used a tool to try and unjam the line. The tool set off the primer and the adjacent primers causing a minor explosion. The employee was hospitalized with abrasions and lacerations to their face and body. | |||||
| 2016-01-22 | Grand Island | Nebraska | St. Francis Medical Center | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped on a portable monitor cord and broke the right patella. | |||||
| 2016-01-05 | Grand Island | Nebraska | JBS USA, L.L.C. | Skull | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking in the parking lot when she slipped on ice and fell, striking her head on the pavement. She suffered a skull contusion. | |||||
| 2015-12-29 | Grand Island | New York | ISLECHEM, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An operator was packing out powders from the bottom spout on a ribbon blender. The gate valve on the spout became clogged. The employee reached into the spout while the blender was running resulting in the amputation of their left middle, ring and index fingers. | |||||
| 2015-11-23 | Grand Island | Nebraska | JBS Swift | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was unhooking the initial hook on a cattle's hind leg. While re-hooking it to another shackle, the cattle's leg dropped down. The slack was not removed from the shackle due to mud and manure. The hook went up, and the employee's right thumb got caught in the shackle, causing an initial avulsion that later required surgical amputation above the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2015-10-21 | Grand Island | Florida | SACK ROOFING, INC. | Heel(s) | Other jump to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| On 10/21/2015, a roofing employee was performing a roofing tear off of dead wood. During the replacement of dead wood the worker ran out of replacement wood. The worker covered an opening in the roof with felt paper. The employee lost his balance and jumped from the roof of a single story mobile home instead of falling through the felt covering. Both heels were injured. | |||||
| 2015-09-03 | Grand Island | Nebraska | Bosselman Energy, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was filling propane cylinders for forklifts when a flash fire occurred. The employee sustained first and second degree burns on both sides of their torso and arms. | |||||
| 2015-09-01 | Grand Island | Nebraska | JBS USA, LLC | Ankle(s) | Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c. |
| An employee was standing between pallets next to a wall. A pallet-jack operator, who was trying to drive around another worker, struck the pallets, which in turn struck the employee and fractured the right ankle. | |||||
| 2015-05-21 | Grand Island | Nebraska | HORNADY MANUFACTURING CO | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating an ammunition loading machine. One cartridge did not have a bullet seated in the opening, so he reached into the opening to remove the faulty cartridge. His finger got caught by the transfer bar (feeding mechanism). | |||||
| 2015-03-18 | Grand Island | Nebraska | JBS USA, LLC, Grand Island | Arm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee cutting cow tongue attempted to hang the tongue on a hook. The tongue started to fall from the employee's left hand. The employee attempted to grab it with the right hand, which held a knife, causing a left-arm laceration. | |||||