| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-08 | Hesston | Ks | AGCO CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was connecting a powered industrial truck (PIT) winch hook to steel plates. The winch engaged and the employee's left hand was caught between the hook and the steel plates resulting in amputation of their left middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-07-31 | Hesston | Ks | AGCO Corporation | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee worked an entire shift and sustained heat stroke. | |||||
| 2020-10-17 | Hesston | Ks | ABM - Facility Services | Fingertip(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a forklift and was attempting to push the button to open a garage door. The employee's ring finger was caught between the forklift and a pole resulting in amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-07-20 | Hesston | Kansas | King Construction Company Inc | Forearm(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was using a boom lift to access and install a light bracket on the side of a bridge. The bracket came loose and struck the employee causing injury to the forearm that required surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2020-06-16 | Hesston | Kansas | AGCO Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was using an overhead hoist to move a partial tub filled with components when his finger was caught in the hoist. The employee sustained a partial amputation to one finger. | |||||
| 2017-03-06 | Hesston | Kansas | AGCO CORP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was moving an attachment member and got his left index finger caught between the attachment member and a dolly cart resulting in amputation of the finger. | |||||
| 2016-08-16 | Hesston | Kansas | AGCO CORPORATION | Foot (feet) | Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c. |
| An employee was using an electric pallet jack to put a load on top of a conveyor when the forks of the pallet jack became stuck on the conveyor and lifted the back of the pallet jack. The back of the pallet jack then landed on the employee's right foot, causing fractures. | |||||
| 2015-09-24 | Hesston | Kansas | AGCO Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On 9/24/15, at approximately 5:15 p.m., an employee was positioning a jack to a block bailer. He put his left hand on the side of the jack and his left middle finger got caught between the cradle and jack set. His left finger was crushed and had to be surgically amputated to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2015-08-21 | Hesston | Kansas | Excel Industries, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was forming parts on a hydraulic press brake. The material being formed rotated and crushed the employee's thumb between the material and the press brake frame. The employee's right thumb tip was amputated. | |||||
| 2015-04-16 | Hesston | Kansas | Excel Industries, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person |
| An employee standing adjacent to the process to affix a tag to a wood crate was struck with the stapler nail from another co-worker as they assembled the wood crate using a pneumatic stapler. The nail struck the left side of his chest under his arm. | |||||