Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-09-02	Lenexa	Ks	Nexus Medical LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was retrieving a broken part from an automation machine when the machine actuated and broke his right index finger. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
2021-06-26	Lenexa	Ks	Amazon	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
At about 8:47 a.m. on June 26, 2021, an employee slipped and fell on a wet floor while exiting a room. The employee suffered a broken ankle and was hospitalized.
2021-03-16	Lenexa	Ks	DH Pace	Heel(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was removing brackets from an overhead door while standing two rungs from the top of a 10 ft. ladder. When the employee removed the last bracket the overhead door shifted and the employee fell off the ladder to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to the heels of both feet.
2021-02-08	Lenexa	Ks	FED EX GROUND	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking into the facility when they slipped on any icy/wet floor and fell, resulting in a fractured right ankle.
2020-06-07	Lenexa	Kansas	Evergy Inc.	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
Two employees were working on a pad mount transformer. One employee tripped on a rock and fell into the open equipment. An arc flash burned the employee's left hand and arm.
2019-09-03	Lenexa	Kansas	SAK Construction	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was handing material to another employee when his finger was caught between the material and a hole cover. His right little finger was amputated.
2019-07-26	Lenexa	Kansas	BARTS ELECTRIC	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee had a team working on a new conduit feeder to a substation switchgear. The 480-volt side of the switchgear where the work was taking place was locked out, tagged out, and verified with a meter to not have power. At the entrance point of the conduit into the substation, another employee was using a knock-out set to punch a hole into the gear. He was having trouble getting the knock-out started, so the injured employee attempted to help him. The injured employee was standing on a two-
2019-07-15	Lenexa	Kansas	Flowers Baking Company	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An operator was working near the sifter on the bun line. While troubleshooting the flour flow on the sifter, the operator sustained the amputation of the right middle and ring fingertips.
2019-03-25	Lenexa	Kansas	CONSOLIDATED CONTAINER COMPANY LLC	Multiple head locations	Struck by falling object or equipment
A bundle of folded corrugate fell on an employee, knocking the employee to the ground. The employee suffered a broken nose and a concussion and was hospitalized.
2018-07-02	Lenexa	Kansas	Express Scripts	Wrist(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was gathering boxes with a pharmacist in the warehouse. She stepped backwards, tripped, and fell over the corner of a pallet fracturing her left wrist.
2018-06-27	Lenexa	Kansas	K&E Flatwork LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was working on a construction site finishing concrete and was hospitalized with heat illness.
2018-05-16	Lenexa	Kansas	DaVita Johnson County Dialysis	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Overexertion in catching-single episode
A patient got up from a wheelchair to be weighed on a scale as an employee stood nearby to record the weight. The patient's knee buckled and the patient began to fall, so the employee performed an assisted fall and helped the patient to the ground. In the process, the employee suffered a back strain and pain, requiring hospitalization.
2018-04-06	Lenexa	Kansas	United Rotary Brush Corporation	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee's right foot was run over and crushed by a forklift being driven by another employee.
2018-03-28	Lenexa	Kansas	Jet Stream Guttering Corp.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was on a ladder installing guttering on a residential house when he lost his balance and fell approximately 20 feet, injuring his vertebrae.
2018-03-02	Lenexa	Kansas	Custom Color Corp	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was removing a roll of material from a digital printer when the roll bar/shaft amputated the employee's left index finger to the first knuckle.
2018-01-10	Lenexa	Kansas	Smith & Loveless, Inc.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was showing another employee a sensor that needed to be changed on an auger when his arm was caught and pulled into the auger. The auger lacerated his right arm and struck an artery.
2017-10-09	Lenexa	Kansas	ZL Plastics	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was attempting to clean the head of a router machine when the blade amputated his left index finger and broke his left middle and ring fingers. The machine was running at the time.
2017-09-14	Lenexa	Kansas	Builder's Stone & Masonary Inc.	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was ascending a crank-up scaffold system via an affixed access ladder when one of the employee's hands slipped from a rung. The employee then fell approximately 3 feet to the finished concrete surface below, twisting and breaking the right ankle. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.
2017-05-05	Lenexa	Kansas	UNITED ROTARY BRUSH CORPORATION	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a press machine when the blade of a rotating wheel amputated his right index finger below the first distal knuckle and lacerated his right middle finger.
2017-03-31	Lenexa	Kansas	QUALITY GROUP OF COMPANIES	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee slipped and fell from a ladder while cleaning, suffering a broken left leg.
2017-03-27	Lenexa	Kansas	Select Brands, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
A temporary employee was in an open area being instructed on how to operate a walkie/rider pallet jack. He was attempting to turn the equipment around and drive in a straight line down the main aisle when he ran into pallets that are kept on the endcap of each aisle. His right foot extended over the edge of the standing platform before impact and was injured in the collision, requiring surgery and hospitalization.
2017-03-11	Lenexa	Kansas	Flowers Baking Company Of Lenexa LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was performing maintenance, lubricating a drive train with a rag, when the rag became caught. When he attempted to pull out the rag, his right hand was caught in the chain sprocket, amputating half of his right pinky finger.
2017-03-08	Lenexa	Kansas	United Parcel Service Inc	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was walking in the yard and was struck by a delivery truck resulting in a back injury.
2017-03-08	Lenexa	Kansas	UNITED ROTARY BRUSH CORPORATION	Multiple upper extremities locations	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a convoluted press machine and got their left forearm caught in the press. The arm was crushed from the hand to the elbow.
2016-10-14	Lenexa	Kansas	Site Rite Construction Co.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was adjusting a 30" diameter PVC vertical stand pipe. There were some bricks holding up the casting, acting as adjustment shims. The employee stepped on one of the bricks as he was going to take the casting off of the vertical stand pipe. The brick, which was now underneath his foot, was on a gravel base and rolled out from under his foot as he lifted the casting off of the pipe causing the employee to lose his balance. As he was falling, his right arm and shoulder area landed in the
2016-10-13	Lenexa	Kansas	Jorban-Riscoe Associates, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was picking up a part from the floor, lost balance and fell cracking his hip.
2016-09-12	Lenexa	Kansas	Sams Club	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was helping a coworker place a forklift battery into a forklift when the battery fell over on its side and smashed two of the employee's left-hand fingers (3rd and 4th finger) between the battery and the concrete floor.
2016-07-27	Lenexa	Kansas	United Parcel Service	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
At 12:30 a.m., on 7/27/2016, an employee was supervising workers loading and unloading products when he experienced dehydration and heat stress.
2016-07-02	Lenexa	Kansas	Propak Logistics	Brain	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle
While carrying a load of pallets on a forklift, an employee struck a column pole, suffering severe head injuries.
2016-06-06	Lenexa	Kansas	Schlagel and Associates PA	Brain	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was walking in the parking lot when he was hit by a company vehicle, suffering a head injury.
2016-06-06	Lenexa	Kansas	Cosentino	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was loading a stone countertop onto a flatbed truck, and his finger was crushed. He was hospitalized for treatment.
2016-04-26	Lenexa	Kansas	Beckerle Consultants	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee was ascending a ladder, supporting himself with a grounding L-bracket, when he fell. He struck the concrete floor and suffered cuts and abrasions, requiring hospitalization.
2016-02-25	Lenexa	Kansas	UPS	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity
A maintenance employee was changing out a control transfer in a motor control cabinet when an electric arc occurred, causing burns to his face and arms.
2015-12-22	Lenexa	Kansas	Robbie Manufacturing Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
The "perforator operator" employee was working behind the "P1" machine that applies plastic film wrap onto food product containers. The employee lifted the shield to make an adjustment while the machine was running and caught her left hand between two rollers. A portion of the ring finger on her left hand was amputated. No interlocks are used on this portion of the machine.
2015-03-23	Lenexa	Kansas	American Academy Of Family Physicians	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee tried to climb down adjacent shelving after his warehouse picker locked up. The employee fell approximately 14 feet to the concrete floor.
2015-01-25	Lenexa	Kansas	CONSOLIDATED CONTAINER CO.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Employee operating the mold machine reached around a guard to the area where plastic bottles were molded. His hand was caught and fingers were injured. He was taken to the hospital and had surgery on his fingers.