Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-02-02 | Hugoton | Ks | Irsik and Doll Feed Services, inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee sustained left hand finger amputations when their hand was caught in a flaker roll machine. | |||||
2020-07-23 | Hugo | Oklahoma | Choctaw Defense Manufacturing Group | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a forming press machine and amputated the tip of his right index finger. | |||||
2019-05-02 | Hugo | Colorado | Codell Well Service | Hand(s) | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was going to heat up a burrito in the dog house (work trailer). When the employee went to turn on the stove/cook top, a flash fire occurred due to gas accumulation. The employee sustained burns to the face and neck, and had second degree burns on both hands. | |||||
2018-06-21 | Hugo | Colorado | M.A. MORTENSON COMPANY | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was using a forklift to install a lifting beam on the top of a tower section when his finger was pinched between the beam and the forklift, resulting in an amputation of his left ring fingertip. | |||||
2018-03-18 | Hugoton | Kansas | SPX Transformer Solutions | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was removing a bushing on a transformer when the transformer's turret slid and he tried to catch it. The turret then amputated his right ring finger. | |||||
2016-05-22 | Hugoton | Kansas | Kansas Dairy Ingredients Plant | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee's right hand was suctioned while unloading a tanker resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger. | |||||
2015-03-26 | Hugoton | Kansas | Irsik & Doll Feed Services, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Struck by animal |
An employee was loading a steer into a truck. The steer got loose and attacked the employee. |