Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2018-09-05 | Rupert | Idaho | Pasco Farming Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee fell and broke his leg. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
2018-04-13 | Rupert | Idaho | Mart Produce LLC | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was loading potatoes onto a conveyor belt when the employee's sleeve became caught on the conveyor. The conveyor then crushed the employee's left hand/forearm. | |||||
2017-09-20 | Rupert | Georgia | Robinson Paving | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was helping a coworker make adjustments to an electric drive motor belt on an asphalt house bag machine when the belt amputated his fifth finger. | |||||
2016-04-11 | Rupert | Idaho | The Sprinkler Shop, Inc | Knee(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was lowering an irrigation pipe into a trench when the pipe slipped from its rigging. The employee's knee was caught between the falling pipe and a coupler screw, requiring surgery to remove shattered bones from the knee. | |||||
2015-07-06 | Rupert | Idaho | Land View, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee came in contact with hot water (greater than 105 F) when a hose split while the employee was priming a pump in the neutral plant. The employee received 2nd and 3rd degree burns to his back and upper legs covering approximately 13% of the right side of his body. |