| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-08 | Lamar | Co | RailWorks Signals & Communications, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| Employees were putting in the helical foundation to install a PTC tower when they hit rock and stopped work. An employee took the boom truck remote control and climbed onto the boom truck bed and proceeded to disconnect the foundation adapter plate from the helical foundation. The employee then lifted the boom to remove the helical foundation from compression and pushed the foundation over toward the ground at the back of the boom truck. At that time, the injured employee came around the back of | |||||
| 2020-06-01 | Lamar | Colorado | FieldCore Service Solutions, LLC | Forearm(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee was tucking cables into an electrical cabinet up the tower on a wind turbine when he was electrically shocked, suffering burns to the left forearm that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2020-05-09 | Lamar | Colorado | FieldCore Service Solutions, LLC | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee was troubleshooting an electrical circuit in an electrical cabinet at the base of a wind turbine when an arc flash occurred, causing second degree burns to the employee's right hand. | |||||
| 2020-04-28 | Lamar | Colorado | Dragon Products, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was bolting a support leg onto the bottom of a trailer. The front of the trailer was lifted slightly in order to insert the leg mounting bracket into position under the trailer mounting bracket. Once in position and after being lowered, the two brackets can be bolted together. The employee's left hand was on the back side of the support leg and his thumb tip was amputated in a pinch point between the two brackets while the trailer was being lowered. | |||||
| 2019-04-03 | Lamar | Colorado | XPO Logistics | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was folding a lift gate after delivering a package to a customer. The gate pinched the employee's right middle finger; the tip had to be medically amputated. | |||||
| 2016-06-07 | Lamar | Colorado | Dragon ESP | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was cutting parts on the shear. After making several cuts, the employee pushed the last piece in position for the last cut. The back edge of the part came up off the table approximately 1/4". As he was positioning the part, his left index fingertip went between the plate and the table. His coworker activated the foot pedal and the plungers came down to hold the part in place. When the part flattened out, his left index fingertip was pinched and smashed between the part and the table | |||||
| 2016-02-01 | Lamar | Missouri | ALAN F. WASHBURN | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee's gloved left hand became entangled in a rotating metal drill bit/chuck while he was trying to sweep off metal shavings from around the drill bit. His left ring finger was surgically amputated. | |||||
| 2015-10-14 | Lamar | Colorado | JBS Five Rivers Cattle Feeding, LLC | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden |
| An employee was on his horse moving 12 head of cattle. A cow charged him and struck the employee's leg. The employee fell off his horse and fractured the right hip and femur. | |||||
| 2015-09-25 | Lamar | Pennsylvania | COM PROS, Incorporated | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
| An employee fell approximately 80 feet to the ground and was injured. | |||||