| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-20 | Pryor | Ok | American Castings, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was grinding a large metal casting on a 30-inch stationary grinder when the casting slipped and the employee's hand struck the rotating grindstone, resulting in amputation of the left little finger. | |||||
| 2021-09-17 | Pryor | Ok | Cabot-Norit Americas, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was investigating a noise from the belt area of a mill. The employee's finger touched the top of the drive belt and his right hand was pulled into the pulley. His middle finger was caught in the drive mill assembly and partially amputated. | |||||
| 2021-02-22 | Pryor | Ok | Kenco Logistics Service | Brain | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was walking across the floor of a warehouse when they fell and struck their head on a piece of equipment, resulting in a concussion and loss of consciousness. | |||||
| 2021-01-14 | Pryor | Ok | DuPont | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was attempting to unjam a pusher bar that was caught on a metal guard. When the pusher bar was freed it slid onto the employee's left ring finger, resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2020-06-01 | Pryor | Oklahoma | American Casting | Leg(s) | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee broke a leg in two places while crossing over a rollover draw machine. | |||||
| 2019-07-09 | Pryor | Oklahoma | Liberty Steel Placers | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee suffered heat-related illness (vomiting, dehydration, kidney function issue) while hanging steel. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-02-16 | La Pryor | Texas | STRIKE, LLC | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee's hand was caught and injured between a pipe and a wooden skid, with an excavator applying pressure. | |||||
| 2018-07-11 | Pryor | Oklahoma | US Engineering Company | Multiple face locations | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| A rack of sheet metal tipped, and an employee's face and nose were lacerated by the falling sheet metal. | |||||
| 2018-02-23 | Pryor | Oklahoma | AMERICAN CASTINGS, LLC | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An iron casting fell off a hook and hit an employee's shoulder, breaking it. | |||||
| 2017-09-15 | Pryor | Oklahoma | American Casting | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a mixer chute and amputated a finger when it contacted the mixer blade. The machine was unguarded and was not locked out at the time. | |||||
| 2017-09-11 | Pryor | Oklahoma | SYGMA - Oklahoma | Knee(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was selecting product and driving a pallet jack. While turning around a corner of a rack shelf, the employee's knee was caught between the pallet jack and the rack shelf. The employee suffered a knee contusion and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-08-21 | Pryor | Oklahoma | Pryor Chemical Company | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was using an air pressure hose to drain a nitric acid line into a tote when the hose blew out of the tote and nitric acid burned the employee's legs and groin. | |||||
| 2017-06-19 | Pryor | Oklahoma | DuPont | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee and coworkers performed lockout/tagout procedures on a dryer rotary feed to clear a clogged plug. The employees cleared the plug and began to run the dryer, but the plug had not been placed back into the dryer. The injured employee was pointing to the rotary feed to remind the lead person to put the plug back in when the rotary feed amputated his right index finger from the fingertip to the bottom of the nailbed. | |||||
| 2017-06-04 | Pryor | Oklahoma | Cabot Norit America | Nonclassifiable | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was performing maintenance on a conveyor belt below a bin of coal when a bin broke loose and fell on the employee, who suffered lacerations and broken bones. | |||||
| 2016-09-09 | Pryor | Oklahoma | Worldwide Steel Works, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was using a double spreader chain with hooks to hoist a steel plate weighing approximately 1,200 pounds. The hook came loose from the plate and struck the employee's right leg, breaking it. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-07-14 | Pryor | Oklahoma | Orchids Paper Products Company-Pryor, Oklahoma Converting | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to unjam a paper wrap-up in a machine when a coworker jogged the machine. The employee's right hand was drawn into the rollers, de-gloving the index and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2016-05-13 | Pryor | Oklahoma | American Casting | Upper arm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a portable hand grinder and cut their bicep. | |||||
| 2016-03-16 | Pryor | Oklahoma | Harbison Walker International | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over self |
| While looking for a tool, an employee tripped and fell to the concrete floor, fracturing his hip. | |||||
| 2015-12-13 | Pryor | Oklahoma | Orchids Paper Products Company-Pryor, Oklahoma Converting | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was clearing a wrap-up when her hand got caught between two rollers as she was re-threading the web. She partially amputated three left-hand fingers. | |||||
| 2015-08-18 | Pryor | Oklahoma | National Gypsum Company | Multiple body parts | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was cleaning the shower line (high pressure water line) in the liner head box on the wet end of a paper machine. He stood up to get out of the box as someone from maintenance began to move the crane and got caught between the crane bridge and the liner head box lid. He broke his ribs and left forearm and dislocated his sternum. | |||||
| 2015-08-15 | Pryor | Oklahoma | Pryor Chemical Company | Face | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| Two employees were working on the well head to bleed pressure off a tank so that ethylene glycol could be added. The sight glass on the tank exploded and struck one of the employees in the face, causing a severe facial laceration and requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2015-05-31 | Pryor | Oklahoma | Pryor Chemical Company | Face | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| A projectile from a CO2 compressor valve struck an employee in the face during maintenance. | |||||
| 2015-03-03 | Pryor | Oklahoma | AMERICAN CASTINGS | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| Employee on the roof was checking a stand pipe and slipped and fell breaking a hip. | |||||