Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-04 | Merriam | Ks | AT&T Inc. | Forearm(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was working to unplug a gutter drain. Water came out of the drain and the employee stepped backward and fell 2 feet to the ground. The employee's right arm was fractured above the wrist. | |||||
2018-09-20 | Merriam | Kansas | Concrete Materials, Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee walked about 20 feet from her desk to open the front office foyer door. She tripped on the edge of a flat lobby floor mat and fell, fracturing her right shoulder and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-07-11 | Merriam | Kansas | Hendrick Toyota Scion Service Department | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was working on a vehicle when his left hand was caught in the belt and gears, amputating his middle and ring fingertips and his pinky finger to the first knuckle. | |||||
2016-03-06 | Merriam | Kansas | IKEA | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
A forklift driver was re-positioning a pallet when the pallet fell off the forks, striking and breaking a nearby employee's right leg. |