Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-16 | Leavenworth | Ks | Indiana Industrial Services | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was leveling and anchoring racking uprights using a plumb bob level (attached magnetically to the upright about 3 feet above the ground). The employee was down on the ground tapping the foot of an upright into place with a small sledgehammer when the plumb bob level detached from the upright and fell/slid down, amputating his left index fingertip just past the last knuckle. | |||||
2021-02-06 | Leavenworth | Ks | Corecivic | Multiple head locations | Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing |
An inmate assaulted an employee with a sharpened weapon. A second employee was also assaulted after she intervened to stop the assault on the first employee. Both employees suffered puncture wounds to the face and head and were hospitalized. | |||||
2020-08-26 | Fort Leavenworth | Ks | AMERICAN WATER MILITARY SERVICES, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
After performing maintenance-related tasks on a skid steer using a sledge for an hour and a half, an employee developed heat-related illness. | |||||
2020-07-09 | Leavenworth | Kansas | CORECIVIC OF KANSAS HOLDINGS, LLC | Brain | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An inmate punched an employee in the face multiple times, causing facial swelling and a concussion. | |||||
2020-06-24 | Leavenworth | Kansas | Zephyr Products, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was forming a part on a roller when his right glove became caught and his hand was pulled into the roller. His right index and middle fingers were crushed, resulting in a fracture and amputation of the distal fingertip. | |||||
2020-02-20 | Leavenworth | Kansas | CORECIVIC OF KANSAS HOLDINGS, LLC | Head and neck | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
A corrections officer was escorting an inmate to his cell. The officer was opening a shower door when the inmate attacked him. The officer was hospitalized with scratches to the face and neck and contusions to the eyes. | |||||
2019-05-23 | Leavenworth | Kansas | Veterans Administration | Brain | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was talking to another employee when his legs started to give and he fell backwards and struck his head on the floor. He sustained a skull fracture and head trauma. | |||||
2019-02-21 | Leavenworth | Kansas | Corecivic | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing |
An inmate stabbed an officer in the abdomen with a knife. | |||||
2018-07-16 | Leavenworth | Kansas | Hallmark Cards Inc. | Brain | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was clearing a jam in a case packing machine. As he moved away from the machine, his head struck the frame of the safety cage, suffering a hematoma and possible concussion. | |||||
2018-04-27 | Leavenworth | Kansas | DHI Roofing | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was hooking up a trailer to a truck. His left index finger was on the trailer tongue when the tongue dropped over the truck ball, catching and partially amputating his finger between the trailer and the truck. | |||||
2016-06-15 | Fort Leavenworth | Kansas | Fort Leavenworth | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was overcome by heat-related illness while performing maintenance on the pump houses for the swimming pools. | |||||
2016-05-07 | Leavenworth | Kansas | Medical Lodges Leavenworth | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee was exiting the break room and caught his right hand pinky finger in the closing door, crushing his finger. | |||||
2016-04-15 | Leavenworth | Kansas | Central Bag Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was adjusting a resin band with a bamboo knife when his hand was pulled into the fabric area. The lamination equipment pulled off part of his fingers (no bone loss). | |||||
2016-01-12 | Leavenworth | Kansas | Hallmark Cards Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was using a scouring pad to clean the rubber pressure and printing rollers on a printing press. The machine was running at the time. The employee got caught in the nip point between the rubber pressure roller and the printing roller and was hospitalized with two broken fingers. Surgery had to be performed. | |||||
2015-04-14 | Leavenworth | Washington | U.S. Postal Service | Ankle(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
On April 14, 2015, an employee rolled and broke an ankle on uneven grounds. |