Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-08-22 | Grinnell | Iowa | U.S. Postal Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
An employee was delivering mail to a residence when he was stung by a wasp or bee. The employee had a severe allergic reaction and went into anaphylactic shock which caused a heart attack. | |||||
2016-09-14 | Grinnell | Kansas | FRONTIER AG INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was feeling for a hole that needed to be patched on the outside of a corn leg's steel housing, which was leaking grain. The employee's left index finger entered the leg and was amputated above the first knuckle. The corn leg was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident. |