Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-15 | Miles | Tx | Lone Star Farmers Cooperative | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee's right arm contacted a cotton processing machine, resulting in amputation above the elbow. | |||||
2021-09-16 | Miles City | Mt | Valor Steel | Thigh(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a rebar bending machine. The rebar swung back on its long end and hit the employee's left leg, breaking the femur. | |||||
2019-08-20 | Miles City | Montana | Fastenal Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
An employee was loading a truck when he was stung by a bee. | |||||
2019-03-12 | Miles City | Montana | PFP Industries | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee fell off an 18-foot-tall tanker to the concrete floor, suffering a broken skull and five broken ribs. | |||||
2016-05-24 | Miles City | Montana | TRANSCO RAILWAY PRODUCTS INC. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee climbed a ladder to the top of a railcar. As he was transitioning to a handhold, he lost his balance and fell approximately 10 feet to the ground, separating his hip. | |||||
2016-03-24 | Miles City | Montana | TRANSCO RAILWAY PRODUCTS INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was working on a brake assembly by installing a pin into the manual brake lever, from the bottom side underneath the railcar, when a fellow employee performed a brake test. The employee's finger was caught in the manual brake assembly resulting in injury and possible amputation. | |||||
2015-03-31 | Miles City | Montana | TRANSCO RAILWAY PRODUCTS INC. | Hand(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was installing a 3"-diameter syphon pipe with a small valve on a tank car. The employee inserted the pipe into the tank car. The gasket moved, so he lifted it up by hand. While it was in the air under his power, he lost his grip and smashed his palm between the valve and a stud, breaking bones. |