| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-24 | Holdrege | Ne | McClymont Feed Yard | Lower leg(s) | Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden |
| An employee was on horseback in a cattle pen, trying to herd a sick cow out of the lot. The horse lost its footing and fell onto the employee, breaking his left tibia and fibula. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery. | |||||
| 2021-05-24 | Holdrege | Ne | ABM Janitorial Service - North Central Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped and fell over a floor scrubber in a janitorial closet. The employee suffered a hip contusion. | |||||
| 2021-04-28 | Holdrege | Ne | IES Commercial Inc. | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee was installing a stud for a dead end cap in a sectionalizer cabinet. An arc blast caused second-degree burns to the employee's face, neck, right elbow, and thigh. | |||||
| 2019-07-15 | Holdrege | Nebraska | Morten Construction, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee fell while climbing out of a truck. A barrel fell on him, breaking his tibia and fibula. | |||||
| 2016-08-04 | Holdrege | Nebraska | Lee Janssen Motor Co., Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| On 8/4/2016, an employee was using a sand blaster when a chain broke and fell on his toe, amputating it. | |||||
| 2016-07-01 | Holdrege | Nebraska | Schroeder Steel Erection, Inc | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| On or about 7/1/16, at approximately 11:30 a.m., an employee was climbing into an articulating boom lift from the horizontal section of a structural steel tube that was 12 feet above the ground when he began to slip. A coworker who was in the lift went to grab the employee and was pulled out of the lift, causing both employees to fall 12 feet to the ground below. The employee was hospitalized overnight for a fractured vertebra. The coworker was not hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-10-22 | Holdrege | Nebraska | Becton Dickinson & Co. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a jam and jogging the equipment due to a "barrel trip gate fault." The operator noticed a large jam and entered a gloved finger into the point of operation to clear the jam while jogging the machine. The left index finger was caught in the dial (part of the machine that brings the plunger up into the barrel for assembly of the syringe) and the fingertip was amputated. There are interlock doors on the machine normally guarding this point of operation, but the interlock | |||||
| 2015-10-13 | Holdrege | Nebraska | Becton Dickinson & Co. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting a form fill and seal machine. When the machine inadvertently cycled, the employee's right index finger was amputated above the first joint. | |||||