Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-05-31 | Rexburg | Idaho | BASIC AMERICAN FOODS | Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee had been using a dolly to move a barrel. The employee hit his head on an overhead walkway while wearing a hardhat. He got back up and continued working until he later passed out and had a seizure. The employee broke his nose during the seizure. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-04-29 | Rexburg | Idaho | King Builders, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was on the ground handling a cable attached to a crane. The crane touched a power line and the employee was shocked. | |||||
2017-09-05 | Rexburg | Idaho | Bringham Young University - Idaho | Knee(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was training coworkers on how to set up a lift. When he pulled the pin on the equipment and moved the support, the lift tipped toward him and landed on his right knee, injuring it. | |||||
2017-04-20 | Rexburg | Idaho | Valley Agronomics | Leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was offloading dry fertilizer from a train car into a dry facility using an auger system when his foot and leg were pulled into the auger resulting in amputation of the leg. | |||||
2016-07-27 | Rexburg | Idaho | Monkey Bar Storage, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee's fingers contacted the blade of a band saw, sustaining a laceration and requiring a possible surgical amputation. The saw was unguarded at the time. | |||||
2016-05-07 | Rexburg | Idaho | Western Construction, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was severely burned by steam/hot water during a maintenance check on a malfunctioning water pump. | |||||
2015-03-19 | Rexburg | Idaho | BYU Idaho | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was smoothing burs off of a piece of metal using a disc sander. The metal got caught and pulled the employee's right thumb into the sander, peeling the skin back. The tip of the bone was removed during subsequent surgery. | |||||
2015-01-30 | Rexburg | Idaho | Brigham Young University Idaho | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level |
Employee fell on hard-packed snow and fractured her wrist. The employee was kept overnight in the hospital for surgery. |