| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-29 | Ottawa | Il | MBL (USA) Corporation | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| On July 29, 2021, an employee working in a hot process area began to feel nauseous and was later hospitalized for heat stress. | |||||
| 2020-10-01 | Ottawa | Ks | The Ottawa Cooperative Association | Lower leg(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was working in a grain bin when the employee made contacted with the auger, resulting in a right leg amputation below the knee. | |||||
| 2020-06-16 | Ottawa | Kansas | FASHION, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was using a cut-to-length slitter machine. A piece of 0.036 metal sheeting became stuck and he was attempting to dislodge it when three fingers became entangled. The fingers were broken and required surgery. | |||||
| 2020-02-03 | Ottawa | Illinois | Kroger Store #933 | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| While getting out of her car, an employee slipped and fell to the parking lot ground. She suffered a broken arm and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-08-21 | Ottawa | Illinois | Republic Services Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Bites and stings |
| An employee was stung on the neck by an insect while collecting garbage, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2019-08-15 | Ottawa Hills | Ohio | Wesson Builders | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On August 15, 2019, an employee was lowering a dump trailer onto the ball hitch on a truck. His left middle finger was pinched between the ball and the trailer hitch, causing a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2019-06-26 | Ottawa | Kansas | Love's Travel Stop | Foot (feet) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was cleaning a fryer when hot oil from the fryer splashed onto and burned his right foot. | |||||
| 2019-05-06 | Ottawa | Kansas | Ottawa Cooperative Association | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was climbing on the back of a fuel truck to remove a chain when he slipped and fell. The employee suffered two broken ribs and a punctured lung. | |||||
| 2019-04-25 | Ottawa | Kansas | Schuff Steel | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was running a plasma punch machine and caught his right middle finger between the plate and the roller of the machine, resulting in a middle finger amputation. | |||||
| 2019-04-24 | Ottawa | Illinois | Grainco FS Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was filling and sealing 50-pound bags of fertilizer. The employee was correcting the alignment of a bag going into the sealer unit when his right middle finger was caught. He suffered a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2019-04-12 | Ottawa | Ohio | SILGAN PLASTICS CORP. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On April 12, 2019, an employee was removing a jammed bottle from a bottle takeout device machine on a line. A cylinder closed on the employee's right little finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-02-10 | Ottawa | Kansas | Love's Travel Stop | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| A driver was stepping out of his truck when he slipped and fell on snow and ice. He lacerated his arm and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-07-13 | Ottawa | Ohio | Whirlpool Corporation, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On July 13, 2018, an employee was performing a change-over on a foamer. The employee was lowering the locking plate onto the plug; it was misaligned, and the employee pushed on it. The plate aligned and amputated the tip of the employee's left middle finger. | |||||
| 2018-05-24 | Ottawa | Illinois | MBL (USA) CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was loading liner onto a machine when the chuck mechanism pinched a finger. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2017-01-25 | Ottawa | Illinois | Mediacom Communications Corp. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell while replacing a service drop and suffered broken bones. | |||||
| 2016-09-13 | Ottawa | Illinois | SABIC Innovative Plastics US LLC | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was descending a stairway while carrying two cardboard boxes in her left hand. She missed the last step above a middle landing and fell onto the landing. Both of her feet were bent backwards, fracturing both ankles and requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2016-06-11 | Ottawa | Kansas | Schuff Steel Company | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee was performing maintenance on an electric breaker panel when an arc flash occurred, burning his face, arms, and hands. | |||||
| 2015-11-11 | Ottawa | Kansas | Ottawa Sanitation Service Inc | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| While performing trash pickup, an employee slipped/fell from the rear of the truck. The employee suffered a road rash to the arm and leg, as well as a swollen ankle. | |||||
| 2015-06-18 | Ottawa | Kansas | FASHION, INC. | Ankle(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was injured while operating an overhead crane when the beam being lifted shifted and fell from the hooks, landing on the employee's right ankle. | |||||