Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-06-23	Grandview	Mo	Wilbert Funeral Services	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was separating a concrete form from a vault. The form came off the hoist hook, and the employee's fingertips were crushed between it and the vault. The employee's right ring and middle fingertips were medically amputated.
2021-06-12	Grandview	Mo	Silgan Dispensing Grandview	Lower leg(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee was working on an automatic guided vehicle (AGV) that had stalled when they were struck in the right leg by a second AGV, resulting in a fractured right tibia.
2021-05-13	Grandview	Tx	Noltex Truss DFW, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was trying to remove a floor truss from a table when the table closed. His left middle finger was caught in the table, and the fingertip was amputated.
2021-04-02	Grandview	Tx	Universal Forest Products Grandview, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was under a jammed notching machine, removing a board, when the machine amputated the tip of their left middle finger.
2021-01-16	Grandview Heights	Oh	Nationwide Realty Management	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was inspecting a non-functioning garage door. The employee pulled the emergency garage door release pull cord while standing on the third step of a ladder; the cord snapped back and the employee fell to the concrete floor, his left side striking a box that contained a pointed object. He suffered seven broken ribs, a broken scapula, and a collapsed lung.
2020-09-05	Grandview	Tx	Brookshire Brothers	Upper arm(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
While carrying trash to a dumpster, an employee slipped on mud and fell to the concrete. The employee suffered a broken humerus.
2020-08-07	Grandview	Mo	Silgan Dispensing Grandview	Leg(s)	Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
While driving a forklift to be parked, an employee got caught between the forklift and an automated forklift, leading to two broken legs.
2020-04-28	Grandview	Missouri	AGP Glass Inc.	Hip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was unboxing a crate of glass. When the side of the box was opened, the product fell out and caught the employee, crushing his hip.
2020-03-02	Grandview	Missouri	Sponge Company	Foot (feet)	Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
An employee was on a forklift when its rear wheel amputated half of his left foot.
2019-08-15	Grandview	Missouri	Mission Plastics North	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee sustained possible heat stroke while working on an injection molding line.
2017-06-29	Grandview	Missouri	ISS FACILITY SERVICES	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a 6-foot step ladder while attempting to change a light bulb, suffering a head concussion, broken ribs, and scrapes/cuts. The employee was hospitalized.
2017-05-02	Grandview Heights	Ohio	Miles McClellan Constuction	Ankle(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was removing a security fence panel while trusses were being delivered to the job site nearby on a flatbed truck. The banding holding the trusses together broke, and the trusses slid off the truck and struck the employee's right ankle, breaking it.
2017-03-22	Grandview	Missouri	PETERSON MANUFACTURING COMPANY	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee's fingertip was amputated after entering a tube-cutting machine.
2015-12-31	Grandview	Missouri	TRIUMPH STRUCTURES	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was operating a fork truck and emptying a trash container. His hand was smashed and part of a finger was amputated.
2015-10-17	Grandview	Texas	Noltex Truss	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a saw to cut lumber and amputated a finger.
2015-09-21	Grandview	Missouri	Horizon Package Testing Service Inc.	Elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a ladder onto the pavement below and injured the left elbow requiring hospitalization.
2015-01-26	Grandview	Missouri	Security Financial, LLC*	Multiple body parts	Fall to lower level
Employee at a customer's residence fell while traversing a stairway on 26 January 2015. She hit her right-side (ribs) against the railing as she tried to catch herself, however, she continued to fall, landing on her upper back. Employee was hospitalized.