| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-12 | Overland Park | Ks | Great Life Kansas City, LLC | Arm(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee was preparing a golf course for setup. While picking up trash, the employee slipped and struck a work cart, suffering a broken arm. | |||||
| 2021-08-16 | Overland Park | Ks | Midway Sales & Distributing, Inc | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was helping remove forks from a forklift. A fork dropped and caught his left middle finger against the ground. The employee's hand and finger were cut. | |||||
| 2021-06-07 | Overland Park | Ks | Sprouts Farmers Market | BODY SYSTEMS | Ingestion of harmful substance |
| An employee accidentally ate a bar of industrial soap and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-05-28 | Overland Park | Ks | Hy-Vee | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was sliding two empty totes stacked on top of each other across the floor into a storage area. While doing so, the bottom tote started sliding out from the top tote. The employee used one hand to hold the top tote then placed her other hand on the bottom tote to support herself from falling. She then fell and fractured her femur. | |||||
| 2020-07-01 | Overland Park | Kansas | OVERLAND PARK REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion involving outside sources |
| An employee experienced a back strain while repositioning a patient's bed, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2020-06-09 | Overland Park | Kansas | US Postal Service | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee ascended stairs to make a delivery, then missed a step coming down and fell to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured left arm, right femur, and kneecap, as well as a fracture to the nose or sinuses. | |||||
| 2020-06-05 | Overland Park | Kansas | Price Brothers Management | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee experienced breathing difficulty after opening a bucket of pool chemicals, requiring hospitalization for a collapsed right lung. | |||||
| 2020-06-01 | Overland Park | Kansas | LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was operating a wheelchair outside when the wheelchair rolled over a curb and toppled, throwing her to the pavement in the parking lot. She suffered a broken hip and femur. | |||||
| 2020-03-16 | Overland Park | Kansas | McCarthy Building Companies, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was using a table saw. The employee's hand slipped and contacted the running blade; the employee suffered an amputation to a finger. | |||||
| 2019-09-17 | Overland Park | Kansas | Werner Enterprises, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee was injured while working on a trailer. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-09-05 | Overland Park | Kansas | Tuff Shed, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee had been at a customer's home doing warranty work on a shed. After returning to the shop, the employee almost passed out and felt numbness/tingling in one arm. The employee was hospitalized for heat exhaustion. | |||||
| 2019-06-07 | Overland Park | Kansas | Minit Mart | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was bringing out product from a cooler and tripped over a box. The employee fell to the floor, fracturing her left femur. | |||||
| 2019-02-07 | Overland Park | Kansas | The Talbots Inc | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee fell to the floor while working at a cash register, suffering a broken hip. | |||||
| 2018-06-29 | Overland Park | Kansas | MILES EXCAVATING, INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was hospitalized for a heat-related illness. | |||||
| 2018-06-11 | Overland Park | Kansas | KAW ROOFING & SHEET METAL, INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was working on the roof exposed to heat from the sun. The employee was hospitalized that night for dehydration. | |||||
| 2018-04-10 | Overland Park | Kansas | All City Management Services | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
| An employee was walking on the sidewalk when she tripped on an uneven area and fell on her left side, fracturing her left shoulder. | |||||
| 2017-07-24 | Overland Park | Kansas | Hobart Service | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was installing an actuator on a tilt skillet. While he was attempting to connect the motor with a pin, the motor dropped. His right finger was caught between the motor and the ground, amputating it from the nailbed to the fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-06-16 | Overland Park | Kansas | Fountain Glass, Inc | Forearm(s) | Injured by object breaking in hand |
| An employee was carrying a mirror into an apartment building through an interior staircase. As the employee was entering the doorway, the mirror inadvertently hit the doorframe. This caused the mirror to break. A portion of the mirror fell and lacerated the employee's left forearm, severing arteries and cutting two nerves. | |||||
| 2017-03-06 | Overland Park | Kansas | T.J. Maxx | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped over a floor mat at the cashier station and fell breaking a hip. | |||||
| 2017-01-11 | Overland Park | Kansas | Deffenbaugh Waste Management | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was at the back of the truck loading trash into the truck when the employee inhaled an unknown chemical fume resulting in respiratory problems. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-07-21 | Overland Park | Kansas | Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas | Pelvis | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was driving a stand-up forklift when it turned sharply into a concrete door frame, pinning the employee against the wall. The employee suffered a pelvic injury. | |||||
| 2016-05-13 | Overland Park | Kansas | Houlihan's Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee opened the dishwasher door to load dishes into the washer when the switch malfunctioned, causing hot water to splash out and burn his face, arm, and chest. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-03-01 | Overland Park | Kansas | PORTER ROOFING COMPANY, INC. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was working on a crane, fixing a hydraulic line. The employee fell from the crane to the concrete ground, suffering head injuries and a fractured clavicle. | |||||
| 2016-02-04 | Overland Park | Kansas | BLACK & VEATCH | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level |
| An employee was walking across the street to terminal B at KCI and fell, striking his face. The employee was hospitalized with contusions to the face and arms. | |||||
| 2016-01-16 | Overland Park | Kansas | The Forum at Overland Park | Brain | Fall on same level |
| An employee was leaving work and fell straight forward onto their forehead and nose. The employee suffered a broken nose, lacerations to the forehead and a concussion. | |||||
| 2015-11-25 | Overland Park | Kansas | Builders Steel Company | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
| An employee stepped backward into a stairwell on the second floor mezzanine that had no stairs and fell 24 feet to the ground. | |||||
| 2015-08-14 | Overland | Missouri | FedEx Ground | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in lifting-multiple episodes |
| An employee was transferring packages from a pallet to a trailer using a pallet jack. While loading the packages, he stated he "felt something wrong." He required surgery for a hernia. | |||||
| 2015-07-23 | Overland | Missouri | Jost Chemical Company | Face | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| At approximately 12:45 p.m., on 23 July 2015, an employee was gathering nitric acid at 67% into an 8oz bottle. The employee filled the bottle and it splashed acid in the employee's face, causing chemical burns. | |||||
| 2015-07-13 | Overland | Missouri | Jost Chemical Company | Arm(s) | Exposure to harmful substance through skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| The injured employee was working the 2nd shift (2:30pm - 11:00pm) packaging bags of lime (material). The employee's arms came in contact with the lime. He was later hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-05-22 | Overland Park | Kansas | National Express LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Employee was stowing a wheelchair in the bus when she got her finger caught in a pinch point amputating the tip of the right index finger. | |||||
| 2015-04-28 | Overland Park | Kansas | Gateway Interchange Constructors | Thigh(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| A dump truck driver was dumping on a slight incline when the dump truck tipped over onto its lift side (passenger side). The driver was not wearing a seat belt and fell to the passenger side, fracturing the left femur bone and was hospitalized. | |||||