| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-14 | Mitchell | South Dakota | NORFOLK IRON & METAL, LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was using a pry bar to unload steel from the back of a semi-trailer for a customer when he slipped and fell, hitting his head on a spreader bar. He lost consciousness and suffered blunt trauma to the head, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-07-21 | Mitchell | South Dakota | Graphic Packaging International LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was sanding a thin piece of metal on a table disc sander when a metal piece and the tip of the employee's right thumb were pulled into the gap between the disc and the table. The tip of the employee's thumb was amputated. | |||||
| 2018-02-27 | Mitchell | South Dakota | Trail-Eze, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was hooking up the hydraulic and electrical lines from a trailer to a semi-truck when the employee lost balance on the semi sidestep and fell face-first to the ground. The employee suffered internal bleeding and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-09-26 | Mitchell | South Dakota | Carlos Johnson | Ankle(s) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was mudding sheetrock from a scaffold when it collapsed, causing the employee to fall 10 to 12 feet. He injured his foot and broke his ankle, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-09-24 | Mitchell | South Dakota | Twin City Fan | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was changing the drive belts on a fan unit. His left ring finger got caught between one of the drive belts and the motor pulley/sheath as the belt turned on the pulley. His left ring finger was amputated below the first joint and he required surgery. | |||||
| 2015-08-27 | Mitchell | Nebraska | Waste Connections | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was dumping a 90 gallon cart at a customer's building. The cart got wedged in the truck. The employee climbed onto the truck to dislodge the cart, lost his balance, and fell from the vehicle striking his head resulting in a laceration and a concussion. | |||||