Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-07-06 | Kalispell | Mt | Weyerhaeuser | Thigh(s) | Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle |
An employee was operating a three-wheeled personal electric transport vehicle. While traveling up a concrete grade of approximately 30 degrees, the equipment failed. The employee then attempted to turn left, back down the incline, and the front wheel may have caught on a concrete barrier. The employee fell out of the vehicle, landed on the concrete ground and sustained a broken left femur. | |||||
2020-07-29 | Kalispell | Montana | BM Electric, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
Employees were putting an electrical panel back together after repairing it. An arc flash occurred that burned an employee's left arm, hands, and eyes. | |||||
2019-08-27 | Kalispell | Montana | Randstad | Elbow(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
A temporary was grinding on the tooth of a plow shank to bevel it when the grinder wheel broke and lacerated the employee's left elbow. | |||||
2019-02-19 | Kalispell | Montana | BMC Millworks Missoula | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a chop saw to cut blocks for manufacturing. The saw blade caught his glove and cut off the tip of his left thumb. | |||||
2018-06-18 | Kalispell | Montana | Evergreen Disposal | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing on a trash bin to remove debris when he lost his balance and fell to the ground, breaking his leg. | |||||
2018-06-04 | Kalispell | Montana | Glacier Stone Supply, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
The employee was cutting stone on the mini splitter and injured a right hand fingertip resulting in fingertip amputation. | |||||
2018-02-16 | Kalispell | Montana | Engineer Structures Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment |
An employee was cleaning around a 54-inch tall partition wall. The wall fell over and the employee was struck in the back of the leg. The employee sustained a fracture in the lower right leg, which required hospitalization. | |||||
2017-09-28 | Kalispell | Montana | ProBuild Company, LLC | Ankle(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee was delivering rebar to a construction site. He tilted the truck bed to unload the rebar but it was stuck in place. He was attempting to loosen it with his foot when the rebar caught his pant leg and sent him to the ground, breaking his right ankle. | |||||
2017-05-16 | Kalispell | Montana | Glacier Stone Supply, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was running a hydraulic press with a coworker when the press smashed the employee's left hand, amputating the ring finger. | |||||
2015-12-15 | Kalispell | Montana | Flathead National Forest | Neck and back | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee was injured while conducting snow surveys. He was ejected from a snowmobile and sustained a back and neck injury. | |||||
2015-12-10 | Kalispell | Montana | KALISPELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell, striking her right knee on the parking lot surface and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-06-08 | Kalispell | Montana | SWANK ENTERPRISES, INC. | Nonclassifiable | Nonclassifiable |
An employee was hospitalized when his scissor lift tipped over. | |||||
2015-05-18 | Kalispell | Montana | Kalispell Regional Healthcare | Brain | Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising |
An employee was injured while cleaning a surgical table when he stood up and struck his head. He was hospitalized. |