Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-02-16 | Kirksville | Missouri | KRAFT FOODS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a walkie powered industrial truck (PIT) and smashed their left middle finger between the PIT handle and a concrete bollard on the way into the ice room. The finger was amputated at the first knuckle. | |||||
2018-09-17 | Kirksville | Missouri | Hollister, Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was operating a bag-making machine. One of the bags had lodged at the point between the machine and the offloading chute. While the employee was trying to clear it, the machine cycled and the press plate closed, pinching and injuring her fingertip. The nail and a small part of the fingertip were torn off. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
2018-04-02 | Kirksville | Missouri | Kraft-Heinz | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was pulling meat off a conveyor belt when the belt amputated the employee's right middle fingertip. | |||||
2018-01-10 | Kirksville | Missouri | Northeast Regional Medical Center | Brain | Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising |
An employee stood up to walk around the table in an operating room, hit his head on a surgical light, and was briefly knocked unconscious. He suffered a head injury. | |||||
2017-10-11 | Kirksville | Missouri | Kraft Heinz | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was working on a closed loop process machine when his right index fingertip was caught and amputated between a broken plug and the meat form when the machine cycled. |