| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-31 | Pacific | Missouri | PLZ AEROSCIENCE | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was reaching into a tuber machine to clean a tape cutting blade when the machine cycled and the employee sustained a left index fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2019-08-30 | Pacific | Missouri | Lazer Spot, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee was attempting to roll a trailer door when his foot slipped off the rear trailer bumper while he was still holding onto the door strap. The door then came down and crushed his left hand, resulting in an amputation of his left pinky fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-05-31 | Pacific | Missouri | PLZ AEROSCIENCE | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| A temporary employee walked up to a palletizer that another employee was operating. The palletizer was being lowered when the first employee's foot was caught under the machine, amputating the left big toe and partially amputating the middle toe. | |||||
| 2016-09-17 | Pacific | Missouri | PLZ | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a conveyor motor chain with a rag and oil when the towel he was using to wipe off excess oil was caught in the chain, along with his hand. Two of his fingers were smashed, and his right thumb tip was partially amputated. The chain was moving and the guard was removed at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2016-06-13 | Pacific | Missouri | True Manufacturing Company | Elbow(s) and arms(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was performing maintenance repair on a machine when the operator started it. The employee's left arm sustained a compound fracture and elbow dislocation. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2015-08-20 | Pacific | Missouri | Aurora Technologies, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was running parts through a punch press. The part jammed, so he attempted to retrieve the part from the machine. His foot hit the foot pedal and activated the punch, which amputated his left thumb down to the first bone and required surgery. The guard was not in place at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2015-06-15 | Pacific | Missouri | NPN Environmental Engineers, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to other harmful substances |
| An employee was chipping off hardened chemical residue from the interior walls of a tank. Twenty minutes into the second 30-minute rotation, he got out of the tank complaining about drowsiness and a severe headache. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-05-29 | Pacific | Missouri | Husky | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A maintenance employee cleaning out a machine motor sustained left forearm lacerations when his hand slipped while trying to stand up. | |||||