| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-04 | Iowa Park | Tx | Sealed Air Corp. | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| While walking down an aisle in the warehouse, an employee was struck by a forklift and subsequently fell. The employee sustained fractures to the right hip and left ankle. | |||||
| 2021-04-20 | Iowa | La | Progressive Tractor & Implements, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting a tractor engine. The employee's hand slipped into the turbo intake, and the tip of his left little finger was amputated at the first joint. | |||||
| 2020-06-25 | Iowa Park | Texas | Sealed Air Corporation, Cryovac Division | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was helping to troubleshoot a resin conveying butterfly valve for proper operation. To perform the operation check, the employee had to support the weight of the valve to minimize the strain on the valve's wiring harness. His right thumb inadvertently entered the butterfly valve's area of actuation, and the butterfly valve smashed his right thumb diagonally across the nail, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2019-08-02 | Iowa Park | Texas | S-5! Manufacturing | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was being trained on how to use a punch press. The punch activated while his hand was under the die, amputating the tip of his left thumb and the top of his right index finger. | |||||
| 2019-07-23 | Iowa | Louisiana | Zagis USA | Scalp | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee had been spinning yarn on a frame when her hair got caught in the yarn take-up shaft. The hair was completely pulled out and the scalp was peeled back. | |||||
| 2019-07-09 | Iowa Park | Texas | Cryovac LLC | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was pulling plastic film on a patch line when a wrap-around occurred on the core. The employee's hand became entangled in the material and came into contact with the core. The employee's left arm was broken. | |||||
| 2019-03-06 | Iowa City | Iowa | DEPT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS-IOWA CITY VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
| A police officer was on a roof during his rounds. He slipped and a closing door ripped the fourth finger off his left hand. | |||||
| 2018-01-26 | Kiowa | Kansas | Northend Disposal Services | Face | Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached |
| An employee was about to open a box on the back of his truck when a retaining arm that holds up the tail gate came loose and struck the employee's face resulting in a laceration. | |||||
| 2015-08-29 | Iowa Park | Texas | Sealed Air | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was removing finished material from the machine when he tripped on the hoist hook on the floor. He broke his right hip. | |||||
| 2015-06-12 | Iowa Park | Texas | Sealed Air Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| A maintenance employee was storing the extruder track that is used to move the extruder to and from the die. He was wearing a cut resistant glove that caught on a bur. As he was sliding the track into the storage area, his finger got caught between the sliding rack and storage area. | |||||
| 2015-03-05 | Iowa Park | Texas | Sealed Air, Corp. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| The employee was walking on the south side of the facility and slipped on slush and water and fell suffering a fractured hip. | |||||