Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-04 | Liberal | Ks | Loves Travel Stops and Country Store | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
While making tea, an employee dropped an empty tea urn on their left foot, injuring the left big toe. Surgery was required. | |||||
2021-10-25 | Liberal | Ks | JV Energy Services Inc | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
An oil derrick hand fell off the oil derrick platform and struck the derrick during the fall resulting in a fractured back. | |||||
2021-06-26 | Liberal | Ks | National Beef Packing Co LLC | Jaw, chin | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking when they slipped and hit their face on a metal container, resulting in a fractured jaw. | |||||
2021-06-16 | Liberal | Ks | Myriad Machine Company | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was making a shaft on a lathe when his shirt was caught inside the machine. The employee sustained a broken shoulder. | |||||
2021-05-21 | Liberal | Ks | National Beef Packing Co LLC | Nonclassifiable | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee suffered chemical burns while changing sulfuric acid and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-05-04 | Liberal | Ks | National Beef Packing Co LLC | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was unclogging a drain with a water hose when it backwashed on him. There was residue of a cleaning agent in the drain that caused burns to his arms, right knee, face, and eyes. | |||||
2020-05-01 | Liberal | Kansas | National Beef Packing Co LLC | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was struck by a forklift. | |||||
2020-04-14 | Liberal | Kansas | NATIONAL BEEF PACKING COMPANY LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was working on a metal cover on a second-level carousel. The employee fell about 14 feet to the floor below, suffering a contusion to the left side of the body, a contusion with abrasion/swelling to the back of the head, a contusion/abrasion to the front of the left hand, a contusion (and pain) to the left shoulder, and a contusion/swelling to the left hand/wrist. | |||||
2020-01-26 | Liberal | Kansas | Packers Sanitation Services Inc., LTD. | Lower leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was rinsing equipment with a high-pressure hose when he raised one of his legs approximately 3 feet off the ground and his foot entered an opening in the side of the equipment. His foot became entangled with the equipment, resulting in an amputation at the left knee. | |||||
2019-09-08 | Liberal | Kansas | NATIONAL BEEF PACKING COMPANY LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
A pedestrian door closed on an employee's finger resulting in amputation of the right ring fingertip. | |||||
2019-09-02 | Liberal | Kansas | National Beef Packing Co LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
Five employees were exposed to ammonia released while refrigeration pipes were being welded. One employee (working for National Beef) was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-08-29 | Liberal | Kansas | NATIONAL BEEF PACKING COMPANY LLC | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was inspecting beef on the kill floor when a cattle carcass rolled off an open switch and struck the employee from behind, fracturing the left tibia. | |||||
2019-08-25 | Liberal | Kansas | NATIONAL BEEF PACKING CO. LP | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was changing misters on a condenser unit. The employee fell 10 feet to the ground below, suffering injuries to three lower-back vertebrae, broken toes, and a lacerated little finger. | |||||
2019-07-09 | Liberal | Kansas | C.F. Service & Supply | Leg(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
While removing a power swivel and tank from a drill site, two employees sustained chemical burns on their legs from an unknown caustic chemical. | |||||
2019-03-23 | Liberal | Kansas | Packers Sanitation Services, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee was removing a metal drain cover when it slipped out of his hand and pinched the tip of his right middle finger. | |||||
2019-03-13 | Liberal | Kansas | Lincare Holdings, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
An employee was walking up the sidewalk to a patient's home on an uneven, cracked concrete surface. She stepped in a crack and fell, suffering an open fracture of the lower left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
2018-07-30 | Liberal | Kansas | Gilmore Oil & Gas Services Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
The governor on a portable welder had been replaced. While an employee was checking the wiring behind the governor, a coolant fan blade broke his left index finger and caused tendon damage and lacerations on the other fingers. | |||||
2018-07-02 | Liberal | Kansas | National Beef Packing Co LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee went over to where two other employees were working on a pump to see if the belt was aligned. The motor turns on and off via a float. When the motor turned off, the employee attempted to check the drive belt’s tension. The motor then kicked on, and his hand was caught between the belt and the pulley, amputating two fingers. | |||||
2018-06-23 | Liberal | Kansas | National Beef | Multiple body parts | Trampled by or stepped on by animal |
An employee was transferring cattle to a corral when a cow charged and trampled him. He suffered lacerations to the back of his skull and his bottom lip, as well as contusions on the right shoulder, right leg, left knee, and left leg. | |||||
2018-04-20 | Liberal | Kansas | National Beef Packing Co LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was sliding a piece of meat onto a saw when he contacted the saw blade, lacerating his finger. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2017-06-25 | Liberal | Kansas | National Beef Packing Co., LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a saw when his thumb contacted the saw blade. The blade partially amputated his thumb. | |||||
2016-09-08 | Liberal | Kansas | National Beef | Ankle(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting tails off hides with a knife when the blade entered his boot and cut his left ankle. | |||||
2016-07-27 | Liberal | Kansas | NATIONAL BEEF PACKING COMPANY LLC | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was running a rib/navel saw in the fabrication department and amputated the tip of the left middle finger. | |||||
2016-01-12 | Liberal | Kansas | National Beef Packing Co LLC | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was descending a fixed ladder after adjusting the control wheel. The wheel is accessed from a platform at the top of the ladder. The employee slipped on either the third or fourth tread and fell to the concrete floor below, sustaining a possible small fracture to the left foot and a possible lumbar spine compression fracture. | |||||
2015-11-06 | Liberal | Kansas | National Beef Packing Co LLC | Heel(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
While an employee was on a ladder and preparing to weld, the ladder began to shift. He held onto a beef rail, dropped down to the floor level, landed on his heels, and fractured them. | |||||
2015-10-16 | Liberal | Kansas | Masonry Systems LLC | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee fell approximately 6 feet to the ground while climbing a stepladder, breaking his clavicle and sustaining bruises and lacerations. | |||||
2015-07-03 | Liberal | Kansas | National Beef Packing Co | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee sawing a femur bone sawed into his/her right index finger, lacerating tendons and requiring hospitalization. No hand guard was worn at the time of the incident. | |||||
2015-06-30 | Liberal | Kansas | NATIONAL BEEF PACKING COMPANY LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee amputated his left index finger while using a band saw to cut beef shank in the fabrication department. | |||||
2015-04-21 | Liberal | Kansas | National Beef Packing Co LLC | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee noticed that there was a water leak on the Omasum washer/refiner. As he tightened a thumb screw, the door opened on a timer spraying the employee with 210 degree water on his left arm, chest and abdomen. | |||||
2015-04-21 | Liberal | Kansas | National Beef Packing Co LLC | Forearm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting the pancreas from the gut when the knife slipped and cut the left forearm. | |||||
2015-04-09 | Liberal | Kansas | National Beef Packing Co LLC | Knee(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
While performing pre-gutting operations an employee cut his left knee requiring surgery and an overnight hospital stay. | |||||
2015-02-28 | Liberal | Kansas | National Beef Packing Co LLC | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
Employee was walking outside near the engine room office at National Beef when he fell on the ice/snow and broke his tibia and fibula bones. | |||||
2015-02-27 | Liberal | Kansas | Packers Sanitation Services Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
Employee was attempting to remove meat/fat particle from an auger with a stream of water. The employee then attempted to remove the particle with his hand. While attempting to remove the particle, the employee lost the middle finger on the left hand. | |||||
2015-02-11 | Liberal | Kansas | National Beef Packing Co LLC | Ankle(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
Employee #1 was working on the belt of the cryovac machine. Employee #2 was working on something different on the same machine. Employee #2 jogged the machine, which caught employee #1's ankle and caused a fracture. He was admitted to the hospital. |