Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-10-07 | Platte City | Mo | HB Construction | Multiple body parts | Contact with cold objects or substances |
An employee was tightening battery cable using a wrench. His wrench touched a compressor, causing an arc flash which created a hole in the compressor. Freon was then discharged from the hole in the compressor, resulting in second and third degree burns to the employee's arm, face, and chest. | |||||
2018-05-08 | Platte City | Missouri | U.S. FOODS INC. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
On May 8, 2018, an employee was pushing a pallet of water back onto his trailer with a pallet jack at a customer location when he felt pain and a bulge in his abdomen area due to a ruptured hernia. | |||||
2018-01-26 | Platte City | Missouri | EL MAGUEY MEXICAN RESTAURANT | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
While cleaning a grill hood, an employee fell into a fryer with hot oil, requiring hospitalization for third degree burns. |