| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-26 | Joplin | Mo | AJM PACKAGING CORPORATION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a jam on a paper plate machine when they contacted the machine's blade, resulting in amputation of four fingers on the left hand. | |||||
| 2021-04-02 | Joplin | Mo | Amcor Packaging Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a machine when their left hand fingers were pulled into the machine, resulting in a degloving of three fingertips and broken knuckles that required surgery. | |||||
| 2021-02-26 | Joplin | Mo | Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline Inc | Thigh(s) | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
| An employee was exiting a vehicle to determine why a tool had gotten stuck in a pipeline. The pipeline ruptured. Flying debris struck the employee's left leg, breaking the femur. | |||||
| 2021-02-21 | Joplin | Mo | Woody's Smokehouse BBQ | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was performing prep work when they slipped and fell, resulting in a broken hip and a laceration that required stitches. | |||||
| 2021-02-17 | Joplin | Mo | Darlington Snacks | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was changing a belt on a blower motor. The machinery started and the pulley pulled in the employee's right glove. The employee was injured and underwent a surgical amputation of the right ring finger. | |||||
| 2021-02-15 | Joplin | Mo | Freeman Health System | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
| An employee was clearing snow using a skid steer and a bucket attachment when the skid steer struck a culvert. The safety bar of the skid steer struck the employee in the abdomen, resulting in hospitalization for blunt force trauma. | |||||
| 2020-05-12 | Joplin | Missouri | GILSTER-MARY LEE CORPORATION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was shutting down a piece of equipment. He removed a bin and was brushing debris off the equipment when his left hand was drawn into the roto-lock. His index and ring fingers were amputated. | |||||
| 2020-03-12 | Joplin | Missouri | GILSTER MARY LEE | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| An employee was cleaning on the third-floor mezzanine when they fell through an access hatch and landed on the second-floor mezzanine. The employee sustained a broken collar bone, a broken rib, a possibly broken vertebra, and a brain hematoma. | |||||
| 2019-09-23 | Joplin | Missouri | RIDOUT LUMBER COMPANY | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was getting into his truck when he fell and struck his head on the asphalt. He suffered a fractured skull and brain bleeding. | |||||
| 2019-09-11 | Joplin | Missouri | GILSTER MARY LEE | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a bagging machine on the production line. When she changed the bags, her finger was caught in the jaw assembly and her left index fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2019-09-07 | Joplin | Missouri | USPS | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was on his route delivering mail when he lost consciousness due to the heat and fell, striking his head on a mailbox. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-08-14 | Joplin | Missouri | Yesway | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was bent over in a parking lot, checking fuel delivery spill buckets. The employee was struck by a customer's SUV, suffering leg, hip, and wrist injuries. | |||||
| 2019-07-14 | Joplin | Missouri | PROTEIN SOLUTIONS, LLC | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee opened a pressurized heat exchanger to conduct maintenance. The employee sustained second degree burns on the torso and was also burned on both arms. | |||||
| 2019-06-11 | Joplin | Missouri | Sani Kleen Tank Wash | Foot (feet) | Other jump to lower level |
| An employee was washing the inside of a tanker with a high-pressure hose when he lost control of the hose and jumped off the top of the trailer. He suffered a shattered left foot. | |||||
| 2019-06-11 | Joplin | Missouri | Darlington Snacks | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee was removing a roller from a conveyor belt. The roller fell, smashing his left little finger against the floor and amputating the tip. | |||||
| 2019-04-01 | Joplin | Missouri | AJM PACKAGING CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a paper feed jam when the knife cycled and amputated his left middle fingertip. The knife was guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2019-03-12 | Joplin | Missouri | MERCY HOSPITAL | Brain | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee fell while walking down an operating room hallway, striking her head on the wall and suffering a head injury. | |||||
| 2019-02-16 | Joplin | Missouri | MODINE MANUFACTURING | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped on ice while walking across a parking lot, falling to the asphalt. He suffered a skull fracture and brain bleed. | |||||
| 2019-01-14 | Joplin | Missouri | Williams Food Works | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was unloading a semi-truck into a route truck when the employee's feet became tangled in plastic wrap. The employee tripped and fell off the truck to the ground, suffering a concussion. | |||||
| 2018-08-16 | Joplin | Missouri | Talentforce | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. |
| Two temporary employees were stacking plates of frozen food product. One employee went to straighten a crooked plate while the second employee set another plate down, which smashed the first employee's fingertip between the plates. The first employee suffered a right middle fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-08-02 | Joplin | Missouri | FREEMAN HEALTH SYSTEMS | Hip(s) | Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c. |
| When rounding a corner in a hallway, an employee made contact with another employee and then fell to the floor. She suffered a hairline fracture to both hips, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2018-07-09 | Joplin | Missouri | ON THE WALL PLASTERING, LLC. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was applying home coating around the exterior of a rooftop when the employee fell off the edge of the building, suffering a broken wrist and other trauma. | |||||
| 2018-07-05 | Joplin | Missouri | Ajinomoto Foods North America | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to adjust a conveyor belt when the sprocket caught her glove. Her left arm was pulled into the machine, and she suffered a compound fracture. | |||||
| 2018-07-03 | Joplin | Missouri | LOZIER CORPORATION | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| On July 3, 2018, a welder began to feel sick and went home. He was hospitalized the following morning to treat a heat-related illness that affected kidney function. | |||||
| 2018-06-26 | Joplin | Missouri | C.N.C. MACHINE PRODUCTS, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
| An employee was coming in out of the rain when the wind blew the door shut on his right middle finger. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2018-06-23 | Joplin | Missouri | Refresco Beverages USA Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was removing a sock from the inline filter at the filler after a hot water wash. When he removed the clamp, hot water sprayed onto his right side in areas from his neck down to his legs and onto his back. He suffered second-degree burns. | |||||
| 2018-04-30 | Joplin | Missouri | Heartland Pet Food Manufacturing | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee dropped a sampling container into a cooling airlock. As he attempted to retrieve the container, his right index finger was amputated (between the middle and distal joint) by the cooling airlock. | |||||
| 2018-04-18 | Joplin | Missouri | JOSEPH BERGER IRREVOCABLE TRUST | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped over an object while providing in-home care to a patient, breaking a leg. | |||||
| 2018-02-14 | Joplin | Missouri | CNC MACHINE PRODUCTS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting a clogged chip conveyor and amputated (about 1 inch) the right middle finger. | |||||
| 2017-10-02 | Joplin | Missouri | Gilton Solid Waste Management, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a dust clog at a cyclone rotary valve when the valve amputated the three middle fingers of the employee's left hand. | |||||
| 2017-09-05 | Joplin | Missouri | General Mills | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was using a wrench to adjust a bolt on a conveyor belt when he came in contact with the geared conveyance system, which pulled the wrench away from his hand. His right middle finger was in a circular opening of the wrench handle. When the wrench pulled away, it amputated his fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-07-27 | Joplin | Missouri | FAG BEARINGS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was feeding a bearing through a machine when the grinding wheel shattered and severed a finger. | |||||
| 2017-07-13 | Joplin | Missouri | BILL'S ELECTRIC, INC. | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee was performing an electrical study. While he was taking a fluke meter reading on the building's main switch gear (1600A, 480V 3 phase), an arc flash occurred and the fluke meter blew up in his hands. He suffered second degree burns to the hands, arms, neck, face, and eyes, requiring hospitalization. PPE was not worn at the time. | |||||
| 2017-06-09 | Joplin | Missouri | HARPS FOOD STORES | Brain | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| An employee was changing lights when he fell through the store ceiling and hit his head on the ground. | |||||
| 2017-05-01 | Joplin | Missouri | THERMAL ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL USA, INC. | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was using a portable press to square a metal frame for a gasket application when the hydraulic hose became bound during expansion. The buildup caused a hydraulic rupture that dislodged the press from its mooring. The press struck the employee and knocked him from his ladder. He struck his head when he landed, causing a concussion and scalp laceration that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-04-27 | Joplin | Missouri | Service Recycling | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was loading steel beams when two of his fingers were smashed and amputated between two beams. | |||||
| 2017-03-03 | Joplin | Missouri | INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT COMPANY | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
| Three employees were lifting a steel plate onto a truck trailer. As the employees lifted, one employee fell to the ground. He suffered a broken hip and was hospitalized for treatment. | |||||
| 2017-02-09 | Joplin | Missouri | MULTI-CRAFT CONTRACTORS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a pipe grooving machine when the employee's glove and hand were pulled into the point of operation, partially amputating the right index finger to the second knuckle and the middle fingertip to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2017-02-07 | Joplin | Missouri | MERCY HOSPITAL | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| While getting up from a work station, an employee tripped over a personal bag that was sitting next to the work station. The employee fell to the floor and fractured the left hip. | |||||
| 2017-01-04 | Joplin | Missouri | AJM PACKAGING CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was threading bale wire through a paper scrap baler when the baler was activated. The employee's index fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2016-10-17 | Joplin | Missouri | AJM PACKAGING CORP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was using a rag to clean a bagger machine on the gear side when the rag became tangled in a gear and pulled his hand into the machine, amputating his right middle finger and crushing other bones in his hand. | |||||
| 2016-07-11 | Joplin | Missouri | Boyd Metals | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On or about 7/11/16, an employee was moving four pieces of metal weighing about 84 pounds. He hand-carried the metal to a truck bed and set it down on his pinky finger. When he attempted to pull his finger out, he suffered a deep avulsion. His fingertip had to be surgically amputated. | |||||
| 2015-10-18 | Joplin | Missouri | AJM PACKAGING INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee amputated two fingertips, pinched a third finger, and fractured a finger on the right hand while cleaning ink off print rollers on a machine that had not been shut off and isolated. | |||||
| 2015-09-04 | Joplin | Missouri | CROSSLAND CONSTRUCTION | Head and neck | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was pouring concrete with a hose. Air got into the line and the hose struck him in the head and neck. | |||||
| 2015-08-24 | Joplin | Missouri | Arc of the Ozarks, Inc. | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway |
| An employee providing home health care at a residential setting ran after a disabled child that had run into the street and was struck by a motor vehicle. The employee sustained a broken leg. | |||||
| 2015-07-18 | Joplin | Missouri | BLUE BEACON | Nonclassifiable | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| Employee was hospitalized for chemical burns after cleaning chemicals got on his clothing. | |||||
| 2015-06-29 | Joplin | Missouri | HAMPSHIRE PET PRODUCTS LLC | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
| On June 29, 2015, an employee was speaking with a supervisor in the packaging area. Following the conversation, she started to return to her work area at the ovens. She crossed through the transparent curtain adjacent to the packaging area. She crossed into the walkway where it intersects a forklift route. A forklift driver was also approaching the intersection. He reported that he slowed and used his horn as he approached the intersection. He did not see her due to an obstructed view. T he fo | |||||
| 2015-01-21 | Joplin | Missouri | CON-WAY TRUCKLOAD | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| Employee slipped on ice and fell in the parking lot, resulting in a fractured hip that required surgery. | |||||