| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-22 | North Kansas City | Mo | VS Services LLC | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was unloading a truck. While adjusting a pallet weighing approximately 700-800 pounds, the entire pallet fell on top of him, resulting in bleeding and a broken leg. | |||||
| 2021-06-16 | North Kansas City | Mo | Mactac | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a slitting machine when the core spun and amputated the employee's fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-06-14 | North Kansas City | Mo | WALKER'S FOOD PRODUCTS CO. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| While running the bulk line machine, an employee reached to clean the machine and their right index finger was partially amputated in a pinch point. | |||||
| 2021-03-11 | North Kansas City | Mo | Fujifilm | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was standing next to a closed roll up door. When the door opened, the manual pull-down rope caught the employee's feet, and the employee fell to the ground sustaining broken ribs and a punctured lung. | |||||
| 2020-09-09 | North Kansas City | Mo | Advanced Technology Services | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was climbing a ladder when it slipped out from under him. He fell 5-7 feet to the floor below, suffering a head laceration, a broken wrist, and a possible spleen injury. | |||||
| 2020-08-15 | North Kansas City | Mo | Maverick Converting | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was rolling a trim roll of paper when it hit the side of a packaging machine and tipped over. The roll landed on the employee's foot and amputated two toes. | |||||
| 2020-07-17 | North Kansas City | Mo | Full Circle Chemical Supply | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| A temporary employee was using a cordless drill to attach a hose clamp to machinery. The drill arced, which caused a fuel bucket to ignite. The employee's left arm and right hand were burned by the fire. | |||||
| 2020-01-30 | North Kansas City | Missouri | Major Brands | Pelvis | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was stocking a shelf when a case fell from the shelf, striking the dead man's switch on his machine. His machine then pinned him to the wall, breaking his left pelvis. | |||||
| 2020-01-24 | North Kansas City | Missouri | Trial Card Incorporated | Nonclassifiable | Shooting by other person-intentional |
| An employee was shot by a temporary employee while walking across the parking lot. | |||||
| 2019-07-18 | North Kansas City | Missouri | Tuff Turf Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
| An employee was operating a push mower. While pushing the mower under playground equipment, his finger got caught between the mower's handle and a bar on the playground equipment. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the left index finger. | |||||
| 2019-07-05 | North Kansas City | Missouri | Harrah's Casino | Upper and lower limb(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was helping a customer who was in a powered scooter. She fell; the scooter ran over her left wrist (causing pain) and injured her left leg (causing bruising and swelling). | |||||
| 2019-06-17 | North Kansas City | Missouri | Maverick Transportation LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was tarping a truck load and applying plastic between the load and the tarp. The employee became tangled in the plastic and slipped from the trailer, hitting the ground. The employee suffered two broken wrists, a broken left cheekbone, and eye socket damage. | |||||
| 2019-02-01 | North Kansas City | Missouri | Penske Truck | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was stepping out of a truck when he slipped and fell off the steps and broke his femur. | |||||
| 2018-07-04 | North Kansas City | Missouri | American Railcar Industries | Brain | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee was hospitalized with blunt force trauma to the back of the head. | |||||
| 2018-04-16 | North Kansas City | Missouri | Shield Casework LLC | Nonclassifiable | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| Two employees were unloading a box from the back of a truck. One employee was spotting and the other was on the forklift. The box became unstable and fell off the forklift striking the spotter as it fell. The box hit him in the hip area and pinned him underneath. He was hospitalized with fractured vertebrae. | |||||
| 2018-02-21 | North Kansas City | Missouri | NATIONAL FASTENER CORP | Pelvis | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| While placing boxes onto a loading dock, an employee fell approximately 5 feet off the dock to the ground, suffering multiple pelvic fractures. | |||||
| 2018-01-31 | North Kansas City | Missouri | Future Foam | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was driving a forklift when his left leg was caught between the forklift and a building support pole, breaking it. | |||||
| 2017-10-02 | North Kansas City | Missouri | Rockwell Labs | Shoulder(s) and back | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| While operating an electric stand-up forklift to pick and assemble orders, an employee backed the forklift up and became pinned against a rack behind the forklift, suffering contusions to the upper back and shoulder. | |||||
| 2017-08-14 | North Kansas City | Missouri | HENRY WURST, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a jammed trimmer on a printing press when the machine amputated the employee's left ring and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2015-05-20 | North Kansas City | Missouri | JOSEPH T. RYERSON & SONS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was attempting to separate two 3/8" carbon plates using a plate hook. The plate hook became caught and the employee's finger was caught with a block while attempting to move the plate hook. His finger was amputated above the last knuckle. | |||||
| 2015-05-18 | North Kansas City | Missouri | CEVA LOGISTICS | Brain | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
| An employee was using a forklift to transport cardboard from the rear of the building to a storage area. He did not see a structural pole in his path of travel due to a blind spot created by the forklift mast. He struck the pole and was ejected from the forklift. He was not wearing his seatbelt. His head struck the mast of the forklift as he was ejected. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-04-27 | North Kansas City | Missouri | Banner Logistics | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| On or about April 27, 2015, an employee was injured when he climbed up racking to pull an order and fell 14 feet. | |||||
| 2015-01-28 | North Kansas City | Missouri | PIONEER CONTAINER CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| Employee was wiping off the plate while the machine was running. The rag got caught in the machine pulling the employee's hand into the machine and catching it between the print cylinder and the anologix cylinder. The right 4th and 5th fingertips were amputated. | |||||