Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-04-01 | Owensboro | Ky | Owensboro Grain Company | Nonclassifiable | Fall on water vehicle |
An employee was getting the barge ready for a load of soy beans. The employee opened the top door of the grain barge and lost his balance, falling 10 to 14 ft. to the bottom of the barge and resulting in blunt force trauma and multiple broken bones. | |||||
2019-06-28 | Owensboro | Kentucky | U.S. Postal Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was delivering mail when he began feeling sick. He was hospitalized that evening, suffering from heat exhaustion and dehydration. | |||||
2016-05-11 | Owensboro | Kentucky | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Leg(s) | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
On or about 5/11/2016, an employee was delivering mail when he noticed smoke coming from a resident's garage. He stopped and noticed a gas can on fire and two kids in the garage. He told the kids to get out of the garage and to kick the gas can out. One of the kids kicked the gas can out of the garage. The can hit the employee and splattered gas on him. The gas caught on fire and caused third degree burns to both of his legs. |