| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-16 | Ponca City | Ok | Dorada Poultry, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to clear a blockage in a drain pipe when the pipe's pneumatic valve cycled, resulting in a partial amputation of their right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-05-17 | Ponca City | Ok | Phillips 66 | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee opened a valve to see if a drum was free of hot residual oil. The oil was plugged behind the open valve, but the plug dissolved. Hot oil (300-400 degrees F) splashed out of the drum's receiving receptacle and onto the employee's right thigh and right arm, as well as the right sides of the employee's abdomen and face. | |||||
| 2021-03-15 | Ponca City | Ok | Warrior Steel, LLC | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was connecting beams to columns during steel construction. While walking from one point to another, he lost his balance and fell to the ground about 13 feet below. He suffered a broken left elbow. | |||||
| 2021-01-12 | Ponca City | Ok | ALBERTSONS | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was counting cases and tripped on a storage rack load bar, causing her to fall and break her left arm. | |||||
| 2021-01-03 | Ponca City | Ok | Dorada Poultry, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person |
| Two employees were installing exhaust piping on a fryer. The injured employee was stabilizing and rotating the middle section while Employee 2 was bringing the stacks together. Employee 2 had material slip out of his hands, which then fell onto the injured employee's finger causing the amputation of the left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-02-25 | Ponca City | Oklahoma | Johnson Controls, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was changing the blades on a miter saw. A wood block was placed under the miter saw blades to hold the blades against the wood block. When the employee loosened the saw blade nut, the wood block slipped, and the saw blade came down and amputated their right middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-08-17 | Ponca City | Oklahoma | Mertz Manufacturing, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cleaning a weld with a 5-inch sander and was working in a tight spot when the sander kicked back and lacerated the employee above the left knee. | |||||
| 2018-06-22 | Ponca City | Oklahoma | MERTZ MANUFACTURING, INC. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was on the back of a semi truck attaching hoses to a trailer. He fell off the side of the truck, landing on the ground about 45 inches below. He was hospitalized to treat fractures in his back. | |||||
| 2017-08-04 | Ponca City | Oklahoma | Pliltek Services | Hand(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was using an overhead hoist to lift a trailer axle with a strap when the strap broke. The axle then fell on and crushed his left hand, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2017-05-15 | Ponca City | Oklahoma | Precision Metal Fab, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was holding the material feed pendant while removing a part from the press. As the material was fed into the press, the employee's left index fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2017-02-27 | Ponca City | Oklahoma | Dorada Foods | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| The employee was assembling a pneumatic activated butterfly valve assembly. He also attached the air source to it. As the employee was reinstalling the valve his right thumb was inside the valve assembly. The valve activated pinching the employee's right thumb tip resulting in amputation of the thumb tip including bone and the nail. | |||||
| 2015-08-19 | Ponca City | Oklahoma | Via Christy Villages | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was walking down the hall toward the nurse's station when she fell and broke her right hip. | |||||
| 2015-01-06 | Ponca City | Oklahoma | Dorada Foods | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| Employee's left-hand distal middle finger was crushed by a pallet jack. When injured, the employee was operating the pallet jack alone while moving an 1800-pound tote container. | |||||