| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-28 | Kearney | Ne | Dandee Concrete Construction Co Inc | Brain | Other jump to lower level |
| An employee had climbed a foundation wall to access a basement in order to remove pins and wedges. The employee jumped off the wall and landed in an over-dig area, fell back, and hit his head on the wall. The employee sustained head trauma. | |||||
| 2021-03-17 | Kearney | Ne | Menards, Inc. | Brain | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was stocking shelves when a bungee cord on a freight cart came loose and struck the employee in the head, causing a head injury. | |||||
| 2020-10-06 | Kearneysville | Wv | Cascade Drilling | Foot (feet) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was changing out the skid steer bucket when the latch holding the bucket in place became stuck and wouldn't release. The employee used a hammer to release the bucket. The bucket fell approximately 18 inches and landed on the employee's left foot causing multiple fractures. | |||||
| 2020-02-09 | Kearney | Missouri | Mr. Dell's Foods, LLC | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was walking away from the blancher after turning it off. The blancher then shot out hot water which burned the employee's back, neck, and shoulder. | |||||
| 2019-06-13 | Kearney | Nebraska | Parker Hannifin | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was positioning a wooden pallet on top of a stack of steel. The pallet dropped onto a steel coil from about 18 inches up, crushing the employee's right index finger and causing a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2019-04-23 | Kearney | Nebraska | EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAM SOCIETY - ST. JOHN'S | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was on the roof on a single-story building working on cleaning out the rain gutters. He was standing and bent over to reach the gutter. He lost balance and fell to the ground, sustaining broken bones in the legs and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-02-27 | Kearney | Missouri | Ply Gem | Pelvis | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee exited the car to enter work, slipped on ice in the parking lot and fell fracturing their pelvis in multiple places. | |||||
| 2018-06-01 | Kearney | Nebraska | BALDWIN FILTERS MFG. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was running a filter element wrapping machine when a part became lodged in the machine. She was attempting to retrieve the part when the machine cycled and pinched her finger, causing an avulsion to the bottom pad of the right middle finger. | |||||
| 2018-02-28 | Kearney | Nebraska | Chief Agri Industrial | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was sliding an 11/64 thick sheet of steel off stationary rollers to an adjoining table. With his left hand positioned under the sheet and his left ring finger slightly through a hole cut in the sheet, he quickly and forcefully pulled and then pushed the sheet to the table. His left hand came in contact with the table edge, stopping and the sheet continued over the fingertip removing the tip of the finger and the top portion of the nail. | |||||
| 2017-08-14 | Kearney | Nebraska | Chief Agri Industrial | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning the rollers on a pipe roller machine when his glove was caught between the rollers. His right hand was pulled into the rollers, amputating all four fingertips to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2017-08-08 | Kearney | Missouri | Mill-Tel Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
| An employee was connecting coaxial cable when he was stung by a bee or wasp. Later that evening, after his shift, he began experiencing an allergic reaction and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-04-22 | Kearney | Nebraska | Eating Establishments Kearney Southeast LLC | Upper and lower limb(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was cleaning casters (wheels for carts) in a container filled with a solution of water and "soak tank charger." While cleaning the casters the solution splashed onto the employee's left elbow and right ankle. The employee was hospitalized with third degree chemical burns. | |||||
| 2016-08-13 | Kearney | Nebraska | Blessing LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was repairing a motorized tarp on a side-dumper semi-trailer when his fingers became caught in the drive chain and sprocket, amputating his left ring finger to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2016-08-09 | Kearney | Nebraska | WILLMAR ELECTRIC | Head, neck, and trunk | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee working from a ladder suffered an electrical shock. The employee fell from the ladder and suffered fractures to the face and back/neck, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-07-26 | Kearney | Nebraska | Ace Irrigation and MFG. CO. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| While rolling cans, an employee's right-hand fingers were caught in the roller, crushing/avulsing the fingers and resulting in a possible amputation. | |||||
| 2016-07-14 | Kearneysville | West Virgini | Royal Vendors, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was struck by the fork of an oncoming forklift, lacerating his left foot and breaking three toes. | |||||
| 2016-06-29 | Kearney | Nebraska | L & S INDUSTRIES, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was setting up a part on a lathe. As the machine was spinning, the employee's gloved hand became caught between the spinning part and the tailstock, amputating the employee's left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-12-16 | Kearney | Nebraska | Walmart | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode |
| An employee bent down to pick an item up and felt a pop in her lower back. She was not able to stand back up. | |||||
| 2015-10-30 | Kearneysville | West Virgini | Royal Vendors, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On October 29, 2015, at approximately 4:00pm, a maintenance technician suffered an amputation while troubleshooting an air cylinder on an evaporator foam fixture in the Tooling Department. The maintenance tech placed his left hand on top of the cylinder hole while looking at the right side of the cylinder. His arm inadvertently activated the lever in the down position and the tip of his left ring finger was pinched between the cylinder and the hole resulting in amputation. | |||||
| 2015-07-23 | Kearney | Nebraska | CHIEF INDUSTRIES, INC. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was running a brake press. The brake broke in half, and the ram fell onto and crushed the employee's right hand. The employee had surgery. | |||||
| 2015-05-05 | Kearney | Nebraska | Nebraska ILF Feeders | Nonclassifiable | Kicked by animal |
| An employee sustained injures when his horse kicked him in the right side while dismounting at the cattle feedlot. | |||||