| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-21 | Manhattan | Ks | Hy-Vee | Head | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee lost consciousness and fell while stocking produce. The employee's head struck a cooler in the fall, causing a cut to the head. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-03-11 | Manhattan | Kansas | Berry Companies Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was removing and repairing a hydraulic lift cylinder on a piece of equipment. The employee loosened a connection and pressurized hydraulic fluid burst out, hitting the employee's hand. Hydraulic fluid penetrated into the skin tissue and muscle of the thumb on the palm side of the hand. | |||||
| 2018-07-16 | Manhattan | Kansas | Manko Window Systems Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a drill press when the rotating bit caught his glove, resulting in the amputation of his right little finger. | |||||
| 2018-07-02 | Manhattan | Kansas | Dillons Westloop Store | Pelvis | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee had just used a baler to create a bale of cardboard when another employee approached with an electric pallet jack. The operator of the pallet jack then pinned the employee between the baler door and the finished bale of cardboard. The employee suffered a cracked pelvic bone. | |||||
| 2018-04-30 | Manhattan | Kansas | Shilling Construction Company, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was cleaning remaining asphalt out of the corners of a buggy hopper with his back to a delivery truck. When the buggy moved forward, the employee was caught between the buggy and the delivery truck. The employee sustained a broken hip, bruising and abrasions to the right leg and an abrasion on the left leg. | |||||
| 2017-07-10 | Manhattan | Kansas | Midwest Concrete Materials Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
| An employee was talking to a coworker. His left hand was placed against a door frame he was leaning against. Another coworker opened the door and entered the area. As the door automatically closed, it pinched and amputated the employee's left little fingertip, which had slightly shifted into the doorway. | |||||
| 2016-09-29 | Manhattan | Kansas | U-Haul Co. of Kansas | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was helping a coworker change the forks on a forklift when the fork dropped on his finger. The fork crushed his right-hand middle finger, amputating the tip just above the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2016-07-20 | Manhattan | Kansas | Building Erection Services Co. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell onto a safety rail and suffered broken ribs. He was wearing fall protection. | |||||
| 2016-04-15 | Manhattan | Kansas | Crossland Construction Company, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| On April 15, 2016, a cable dropped and hit a concrete surface. A piece of metal from the cable struck an employee and injured the employee's liver. | |||||
| 2015-09-09 | Manhattan | Kansas | Premier Contracting, Inc. | Multiple upper extremities locations | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee removing metal flashing from a parapet wall was shocked when the metal flashing contacted a 7200-volt overhead power line, burning the employee's left wrist and right arm/hand. | |||||
| 2015-07-05 | Manhattan | Kansas | Panera Bread | Fingertip(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was adjusting the blade on a bagel slicer when she cut off the tip of her right middle finger. | |||||
| 2015-06-02 | Manhattan | Kansas | USDA Agricultural Research Service | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee's right index finger was amputated at the second knuckle as the employee adjusted a drive belt that was slipping. | |||||
| 2015-04-20 | Manhattan | Kansas | FERCO, INC. | Ankle(s) | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| An employee was working from a scissor lift performing connecting work when the steel beam that was supported by a crane struck the scissor lift knocking it over. The employee jumped or fell approximately 12 to 14 feet to the ground and then the scissor lift fell on top of him. The employee suffered two broken ankles and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-02-06 | Manhattan | Kansas | Parker-Hannifin Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was polishing a shaft on a lathe with an emry cloth when his hand became caught, pulling him into the lathe and injuring his right hand. He fractured the ring and pinky fingers on his right hand and sustained damage to the flesh as well. His right pinky finger was amputated due to the damage. | |||||