Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-01-17 | Neosho | Mo | NUTRA BLEND LLC | Lumbar region | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
On 1/17/2021, an employee and a contractor were moving a part from a truck to a dock area when the employee felt pain in his lower back and sat down to see if the pain would ease. When the employee tried to rise, he could not straighten his back and was admitted to the hospital. | |||||
2020-09-14 | Neosho | Mo | Lazy Boy | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was clearing a jam on the blown fiber machine and smashed his left ring finger and amputated his index finger on the roller. | |||||
2020-01-27 | Neosho | Missouri | Opal Foods LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a ladder installing a tankless hot water heater. While descending the ladder, the employee missed a step and fell, suffering a laceration to the head and a brain bleed. | |||||
2019-05-21 | Neosho | Missouri | K. F. Dwyer Enterprises | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was working to unjam a press brake when the paddle was hit, turning the machine on. The press brake then partially amputated the employee's left thumb. | |||||
2019-04-15 | Neosho | Missouri | Rick Enterprises | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was taping a wall for painting when plastic became tangled in his stilts. He fell, suffering two broken elbows. | |||||
2018-05-10 | Neosho | Missouri | CROWDER INDUSTRIES | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
On May 10, 2018, an employee was hospitalized after tripping on a box that was on the floor. | |||||
2018-01-17 | Neosho | Missouri | Emery Sapp & Sons | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking to his car when he slipped on black ice and broke his hip. | |||||
2016-06-22 | Neosho | Missouri | DEPARTMENT OF VETRAN AFFAIRS* | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell approximately 5 feet from a ladder to the concrete floor below, suffering a back injury. | |||||
2016-02-21 | Neosho | Missouri | TWIN RIVERS FOODS | Leg(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was handling a conveyor belt that was soaking in a tank of chlorine and water. The chlorine liquid splashed on the employee's legs, soaking his pants. He suffered chemical burns on both legs and was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-06-27 | Neosho | Missouri | TALBOT INDUSTRIES | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee lost a finger in a part revolution press while removing a jammed part or scrap. |