| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-24 | Helena | Ok | Dacoma Farmers Co-Op Inc | Multiple face locations | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee was loading an ATV onto a flatbed truck. The ATV rolled over onto the employee, who suffered a broken jaw, nose, and eye socket. | |||||
| 2021-07-24 | Helena | Mt | Big Sky Trucking | Multiple body parts | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| Two employees were washing a semi-truck on a wash pad in a yard. Near the end of the job, the truck was moved ahead about 30 feet while one of the employees was still on it. The employee fell from the catwalk on the back of the tractor trailer and was run over. The employee suffered a broken pelvis, a broken right femur, and a degloved left thigh. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-06-29 | Helena | Mt | Woody's Car Wash | Lower leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet |
| An employee was drying vehicles as they came out of the car wash. His foot slipped into a hole at the end of the track where the roller goes back down. The roller amputated his right leg under the kneecap. | |||||
| 2021-06-16 | Helena | Mt | Walmart | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell while climbing down the ladder of a top stock cart. The employee landed on the floor and suffered a broken femur that required surgery. | |||||
| 2021-06-05 | Helena | Mt | Lithia Chevrolet Buick GMC of Helena | Fingertip(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was moving a parking barrier with a forklift. When he went to reposition the barrier, his finger was smashed between the barrier and the forklift, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-03-17 | West Helena | Ar | Walmart | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was rolling bins in a receiving area. She tripped over a metal tracker on the floor, landed on her right hip and shoulder, and suffered injuries to both including a broken hip. | |||||
| 2021-01-13 | Helena | Mt | Petra, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
| Employees were replacing a patio door on a second floor. As one of the employees approached the door opening, he stumbled and fell through the opening and off the side of the deck. He landed on the ground 12 feet below and suffered broken ribs. The deck did not have a guardrail at the time. | |||||
| 2020-09-14 | Helena | Mt | Montana Valley Irrigation, LLC | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee was replacing a 25hp electric agricultural water pump in an irrigation pumphouse and received an electric shock of 480 volts. The employee sustained burns to the hands. | |||||
| 2020-06-13 | Helena | Montana | AutoZone | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was handling a ladder on a sales floor when his left little finger got caught in the rungs. As the ladder tipped over, the finger was amputated at the knuckle. | |||||
| 2020-02-08 | Helena | Montana | Securitas Security Services | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was conducting a security patrol when they slipped and fell on ice on a walkway, sustaining a fractured ankle. | |||||
| 2019-08-05 | Helena | Montana | ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONTRACTORS, INC. | Pelvis | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| While entering a 3-foot trench, an employee fell onto the handle of a shovel. The employee was impaled by the handle, and sustained injuries which included a perforated intestine and a broken rib. | |||||
| 2018-05-29 | Helena | Arkansas | Enviro Tech Chemical Services, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| Two employees were inspecting a 3-way actuated ball valve that was not working properly. One employee went to the control room to switch the valve position in a different direction. The injured employee's left index finger entered the valve and the valve closed on his finger causing a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-02-19 | Helena | Montana | BMC | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was opening a delivery truck door when floor joists fell off the truck and struck the employee, causing head and back injuries, as well as a neck fracture. | |||||
| 2017-05-22 | Helena | Montana | Grizzly Steel, Inc. | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| Two employees were working from a column form wall about 19 feet in height to complete rebar tie-in on the cage of the column. Both employees were descending from the column form wall when they lost their footing and fell to the concrete slab below. One employee sustained a crushed heel and broken lower leg and was hospitalized. The second employee sustained a back injury. | |||||
| 2017-02-25 | Helena | Arkansas | Omnimax | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning the rollers that apply chemical treatment and paints to metal coils when his hand was caught in the metal coils. His right pinky finger, ring finger, and thumb tip had to be surgically amputated. | |||||
| 2017-02-04 | Helena | Montana | Securitas Security Services | Pelvis | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped on ice on the sidewalk while on foot patrol, fell to the ground, and shattered his pelvis. | |||||
| 2015-05-24 | West Helena | Arkansas | Family Dollar Stores | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Shooting by other person-intentional |
| An employee was shot in the abdomen during an attempted robbery. | |||||