| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-05 | Missoula | Mt | BMC Truss | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was performing a run check of a machine when a finger on their right hand got caught between the belt chain and sprocket, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2021-01-06 | Missoula | Mt | Fallen Tree Construction, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was setting wall panels with a crane while on a building. When the employee bent over to freshen up a line with another employee, the crane started to lift a 24-foot, pre-built wall, causing it to swing over. The employee backed away from the wall and fell off the edge of the building, resulting in a broken knee, hip, wrist, tooth, and nose, as well as a fractured skull and a laceration across the face. | |||||
| 2020-05-28 | Missoula | Montana | Walmart #3529 | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was using a cart to deliver groceries to a customer when the cart's weight pushed the employee onto the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip. | |||||
| 2019-08-05 | Missoula | Montana | Active USA, LLC | Jaw, chin | Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport |
| An employee was uncoupling semi trucks via the temporary fifth wheel connection. The trucks had been setup in the piggy back configuration for transport. The employee was pinned between two semi trucks and sustained a fractured jaw and a head laceration. | |||||
| 2019-07-14 | Missoula | Montana | Elite One Source | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was greasing a chain on a 5 cubic-foot blender. The employee's hand was caught in the chain and sprocket resulting in a partial amputation of three fingers on the right hand. | |||||
| 2019-06-24 | Missoula | Montana | TrueNorth Steel | Trunk | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was sandblasting a steel bridge beam when he tripped on a beam behind him and fell with the sandblaster in hand. The sandblaster's deadman switch was tripped, but a residual amount of media made contact with and abraded the employee's torso area. | |||||
| 2019-05-22 | Missoula | Montana | Little Mountain Contracting, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was greasing hook rolls in the house while the machine was running. The employee's hand was then caught in the machine's belt and pulley, amputating the middle and ring fingers. | |||||
| 2019-05-18 | Missoula | Montana | Walmart #3529 | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was prepping deli sandwiches, tripped over a box on the floor, fell and was hospitalized for a hip injury. | |||||
| 2018-02-26 | Missoula | Montana | WATKINS & SHEPARD TRUCKING, INC. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was in the back of a tractor trailer moving an empty pallet when he lost balance and fell from the back of the trailer to the ground, landing on his left side. He fractured his left wrist and left ankle. | |||||
| 2017-08-21 | Missoula | Montana | Whalen Tire, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Fire |
| An employee was skiving a tire for retread when sparks from the skiver landed in the open booth used for retreading operations, igniting a flame. The employee suffered from smoke inhalation. | |||||
| 2017-07-10 | Missoula | Montana | Michaels Stores, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| While moving fixtures, an employee bumped into a fire extinguisher that then fell on and amputated the employee's left index finger. | |||||
| 2017-04-10 | Missoula | Montana | Albertsons | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was cutting meat on a meat saw and amputated the middle fingertip without bone loss. | |||||
| 2017-02-10 | Missoula | Montana | WATKINS & SHEPARD TRUCKING, INC. | Ankle(s) and knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped and fell on ice, fracturing a knee and the right ankle. | |||||
| 2016-08-09 | Missoula | Montana | DAM Construction, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was assembling scaffolding, took a step back, and fell down the stairwell dislocating the right wrist. | |||||
| 2016-06-14 | Missoula | Montana | Diversified Plastics | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a CNC mill that was equipped with a 1" drill bit and checking the large bore depth of the hole when the left index finger was crushed by the drill bit that came down automatically. | |||||
| 2016-03-09 | Missoula | Montana | Knife River Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was descending the fold down access ladder on the concrete mixer truck after spraying down the hopper. The employee's wedding ring, worn on left ring finger, was caught on a bolt associated with the ladder safety latch, located on the left side of ladder. The injured finger required medical amputation. | |||||
| 2016-01-12 | Missoula | Montana | Axmen | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee's fingertip got smashed between a trailer and truck while the employee attempted to hook the trailer up to the truck. | |||||
| 2015-08-25 | Missoula | Montana | BMC WEST CORPORATION | Hip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was caught in between a moving machine and a sprocket guard while building trusses resulting in a hip injury. | |||||