Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-06 | Monroe City | Mo | TODD CREASON CONSTRUCTION, INC. | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
On November 6, 2021, an employee was spray painting a petroleum pipeline for rust prevention. The pipeline is supported by wood log cribbing and subject to move when the temperature rises. The pipeline fell and pinned the employee down in the excavation. The employee sustained several broken ribs, breathing obstruction, contusion, and loss of consciousness. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-05-29 | Monroe City | Missouri | ARCADIA METALCRAFT | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
A sharp aluminum piece on a die punctured an employee's left thumb. The wound became infected, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-02-17 | Monroe City | Missouri | Continental Casting, LLC | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was skimming impurities from melt when he lost his footing and fell forward into a pot of molten aluminum. He was burned on the left arm and hand. | |||||
2017-07-28 | Monroe City | Missouri | CONTINENTAL CASTING LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was removing scale from a furnace and was overcome by heat stress. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-02-28 | Monroe City | Missouri | Continental Casting, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was de-burring a piece of flat steel on the abrasive disc sander when his hand was pulled in behind the tool rest, trapping his left thumb between the piece of steel and the abrasive disc. The top of his left thumb was sanded down to the bone. | |||||
2016-08-11 | Monroe City | Missouri | CONTINENTAL CASTING LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was performing furnace maintenance when he began feeling overheated. He was hospitalized for a heat-related illness. | |||||
2015-09-25 | Monroe City | Missouri | CONTINENTAL CASTINGS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating the deburring machine. While removing a part, the plunger cycled forward and smashed his index finger, which was caught in the part window. The employee's left index finger was amputated, requiring hospitalization. |