DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-11-08Poplar BluffMoMID CONTINENT STEEL AND WIRE INC.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was operating a collator when the conveyor belt stopped. While he was checking the conveyor belt, the employee's finger was caught between the belt and the pulley, resulting in the partial amputation of a finger.
2021-04-22Poplar BluffMoGATES CORPORATIONFingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was freeing a hose stuck in an in-line extruder. The extruder's saw blade amputated three fingertips on the employee's left hand.
2020-07-13PoplarvilleMississippiS&S Line Services, Inc.Fingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was feeding a branch into a chipper when the branch kicked back and caught the employee's hand between it and the top of the chipper. The employee's fingertip was smashed, resulting in an amputation of the left fifth digit tip.
2020-03-13Poplar BluffMissouriBRIGGS & STRATTON INC.Wrist(s)Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was standing on a 5-gallon bucket when it slipped out from under her. She fell to the concrete floor, suffering wrist fractures.
2020-01-29Poplar BluffMissouriMID CONTINENT STEEL & WIRE, INCFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was untwisting nail wire in a nail maker machine and suffered a right thumb amputation.
2019-05-29Poplar BluffMissouriNEWWAVE COMMUNICATIONSMultiple body partsOther fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was descending a ladder, lost his balance and fell 7 feet. The employee sustained a broken orbital bone and fractured vertebrae.
2018-01-24PoplarMontanaVerne E. Gibbs Health CenterBrainFall on same level
While working in the laboratory, an employee fell. The employee's head hit a countertop or the floor, suffering a concussion and hematoma.
2018-01-13Poplar BluffMissouriWalmart 19NonclassifiableFall on same level due to slipping
An employee fell in the snowy parking lot on the way to her car, breaking several bones.
2017-10-11Poplar BluffMissouriBrown ConstructionLeg(s)Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
An employee was on the second floor of a job site, which had a safety rail system around the perimeter. He was bending over to pick up a piece of wire mesh when he lost his balance and grabbed for the safety rail. One of the uprights then detached, allowing him to fall to the first floor (concrete). He broke his right leg.
2017-09-11Poplar BluffMissouriBriggs & Stratton CorporationFingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was operating a large dial machine that presses valve seats into an aluminum head when the hydraulic ram did not properly feed a valve seat. He opened the door, activating the interlock, and went to the control panel to place the station in manual mode so he could jog the feeder arm and displace the valve seat to reload another seat. The down side of the selector switch was activated, pinching and amputating his fingertip between the small ram and the valve seat.
2017-08-18Poplar BluffMissouriMid Continent Steel and Wire, Inc.Foot (feet)Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was struck by a load being carried by a forklift. He was knocked down and his foot was pinched by the load, suffering an open wound that required hospitalization and surgery.
2017-07-27Poplar BluffMissouriBRIGGS & STRATTONFingertip(s)Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee had his hand in a door when he stumbled. The door closed pinching his finger and crushing the middle fingertip. The employee had the fingertip surgically removed.
2017-03-26Poplar BluffMissouriMid Continent Steel and Wire, Inc.Forearm(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a plastic strip collator when her right forearm was caught in the orientation wheel, lacerating and fracturing it. The machine was running and unguarded at the time of the incident.
2016-08-25Poplar BluffMissouriUPSLumbar regionOverexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was lifting a package and suffered a herniated disc in the lower back.
2016-04-06PoplarvilleMississippiDredging Supply CompanyFinger(s), fingernail(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
While cleaning the area, an employee's left thumb was caught and amputated between a leveling plate and a tank.
2016-01-25Poplar BluffMissouriBRIGGS & STRATTONBrainOther fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was accessing supplies in the tool crib using a three-step rolling ladder when she fell and struck her head on the floor. She was hospitalized on 1/25/2016.
2016-01-22Poplar BluffMissouriMID CONTINENT NAIL CORPORATIONLeg(s)Entangled in other object or equipment
While sweeping the floor near a wire un-coiler, an employee became caught in the rotating wire, breaking a leg and requiring hospitalization.
2015-06-10PoplarvilleMississippiTCB Construction Company Inc.Shoulder(s) and arm(s)Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee operating a roller jumped off the machine when it began to tilt. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to his left arm and shoulder.