Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-17	Saint Joseph	Mo	ALTEC INDUSTRIES INC	Foot (feet)	Struck by falling object or equipment
Two employees were pulling the straps from cylinders prior to putting them in the oven. Employee 1 stepped off a platform and hit a shelf, which dislodged the mold that struck both employees in the feet. One employee sustained a fractured left foot, and the other sustained six fractured toes and a partially amputated right big toe. Both employees were hospitalized.
2021-10-18	Saint Joseph	Mo	Rite Pack	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was unclogging a jam in a sealing machine. The machine crushed two fingers on the employee's right hand, causing injuries resulting in the amputation of both fingers.
2021-09-10	Saint Joseph	Mo	Triumph Foods, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
An employee stepped off a walkie/rider. It moved forward, and the employee was caught between it and a barrier. The employee suffered a broken lower right leg.
2021-07-20	Saint Joseph	Mo	ALTEC INDUSTRIES INC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was moving upper booms when their right hand was caught in a pinch point between the hoist hook and the lifting attachment, resulting in a partial amputation of their thumb.
2021-07-14	Saint Joseph	Mo	Triumph Foods, LLC	Eye(s)	Fall on same level
An employee was setting up their work station for the day, slipped and hit their head on a nearby conveyor. The employee was hospitalized for an eye contusion and later lost their right eye.
2021-06-25	Saint Joseph	Mo	TYSON FOODS	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was preparing to break down a machine to clean meat out of the actuator valve when the valve cycled and amputated the employee's right index finger down to the first knuckle.
2021-06-04	Port Saint Joe	Fl	St. Joe Rent-All Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was changing out a cylinder on a 40-foot towable man lift. The cylinder slipped back and amputated the employee's middle fingertip on his left hand.
2021-05-17	Saint Johns	Fl	Citory Solutions, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a 12-foot ladder working on a aluminum roof when he rotated and fell off the ladder, hitting a metal sign with his chest as he fell to the asphalt drive and concrete sidewalk/curb. He sustained fractured ribs and a bruised sternum.
2021-02-27	Saint Johnsbury	Vt	U.S. Postal Service	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was delivering mail when they slipped and fell on snow. The employee was hospitalized with a broken ankle.
2021-02-18	Saint Joseph	Mo	VAN AM TOOL & ENGINEERING, INC.	Multiple body parts	Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
An employee was using a track welder. A spark landed on his shirt and it caught on fire. He suffered burns to the chest and left underarm.
2021-01-26	Saint Johns	Fl	Empire Tree Experts, LLC.	Leg(s)	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
On January 26, 2021, two employees were trimming trees from an articulating boom lift, about 20 feet high. The lift drove over a septic hole, tilted, and fell; both employees jumped out. One of them suffered a broken right leg.
2021-01-18	Saint Joseph	Mo	Tyson Foods, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was opening a blast cooler door. His left index finger was caught between the railing along the wall and the door handle, resulting in an amputation at the first knuckle.
2021-01-12	Port Saint Joe	Fl	Keeler Roofing, LLC.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
An employee was cleaning up the roof of a two-story home and fell approximately 25 feet to the bottom of an empty pool. The employee suffered a broken arm and/or a broken wrist, broken ribs, a broken collarbone, bruises, and contusions. The employee also suffered a head injury.
2020-09-25	Saint Joseph	Mo	IDEKER INC.	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone
Three employees were struck by a private vehicle while setting up flagging stations. Two employees were hospitalized for broken legs and ribs.
2020-09-23	Saint Johns	Fl	Coastal Utility Constructors of Jacksonville inc	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On September 23, 2020, at 4:00 PM, an employee was guiding a precast cement structure that was being lifted by an excavator. The load shifted and the lifting cable caught his fingers against the cement structure. The tip of his thumb was amputated.
2020-08-04	Saint Joseph	Mo	VAN AM TOOL & ENGINEERING, INC.	Leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was loading a coil that weighed 1,368 lbs. into the feeder for the press using a forklift. The coil was turned the wrong way, so the employee lowered the coil onto the ground so that it was standing up. The employee attempted to turn the coil manually so he could pick it back up with the forklift and in the process of turning it fell on the employee's left leg. The employee was hospitalized for a compound fracture of the left leg.
2020-07-31	Saint Joseph	Missouri	AMERICAN WALNUT COMPANY LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was using a forklift to empty trash into a dumpster. He fell to the ground, suffering a head laceration, cracked ribs, and a punctured lung. He was hospitalized.
2020-07-07	Saint Joseph	Mo	AG PROCESSING INC	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was riding a belted man lift when his fall protection became caught in the man lift. The employee fell approximately 8 feet and broke his lower left leg. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-07-03	Saint Joseph	Missouri	VENTURA FOODS LLC	Forearm(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was removing a roller on the mast of a gantry head when it shifted and broke the employee's left forearm.
2020-05-28	Saint Joseph	Missouri	TYSON FOODS	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was moving a rolling ladder back into its designated storage location. The employee tripped over the stabilizer and fell to the floor, landing on her right side and suffering a hip fracture. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2020-05-18	Saint Joseph	Missouri	ICM Biofuels	Forearm(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was working to clear a clogged machine. When he opened the fitting to clear the clog, 190-degree water entered his glove, causing burns to his left forearm.
2020-04-07	Saint Joseph	Missouri	ALTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was on the back of a digger derrick, prepping the unit for an endurance test. The employee was using a torque wrench to remove bolts for analysis. As the employee was applying force, the socket slipped from the bolt resulting in a loss of balance. The employee fell 4' 7" from the back of the truck onto the ground. The employee landed on both feet and sustained a broken left ankle that required surgery.
2020-03-23	Saint Jo	Texas	Eurovia Atlantic Coast, LLC	Thoracic region	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
A tree fell onto an employee's head after being cut down. The employee sustained fractures to vertebrae T2 and T4.
2020-03-19	Saint Joseph	Missouri	TRIUMPH FOODS, LLC	Foot (feet)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was loading sawblades onto a cart for cleaning. A 24-inch blade fell and struck the employee's left foot, lacerating it.
2020-03-16	Saint Joseph	Missouri	TYSON FOODS	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
While moving 55-gallon drums from one pallet to a storage pallet, a barrel slipped and an employee's hand was caught between two barrels, amputating part of the right middle finger.
2020-03-09	Saint Joseph	Missouri	ALTEC INDUSTRIES INC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
The injured employee was assisting another associate in working on a bumper winch. The injured employee's hand was on the bumper when someone under the truck called the employee's name. The injured employee looked under the truck and the eyelet on the bumper winch caught their thumb. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the right thumb.
2020-02-24	Saint Joseph	Missouri	AG PROCESSING, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was replacing a bearing on the shaker table. The injured employee and three co-workers were trying to place the shaker table back on the central pin, when the injured employee lost their grip and the shaker table came down on their right hand. The right index finger was broken in two places and the middle finger was broken and lacerated. The injuries required surgery.
2020-02-14	Saint Joseph	Missouri	AG PROCESSING, INC.	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was loosening a loading spout and fell approximately 12 feet. The employee sustained a fractured right elbow and left tibia and a torn left ACL. Fall protection was not worn at the time of the incident.
2020-01-20	Saint Joseph	Missouri	Mosaic Life Care	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on ice while entering a patient's home, breaking the right ankle.
2020-01-08	Saint Joseph	Missouri	Help At Home LLC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
While removing objects from their car at a client's home, a home health care employee was stabbed in the stomach with a knife.
2019-09-09	Port Saint Joe	Florida	Vargas Quality Construction, LLC.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
On September 09, 2019, an employee was installing window wrap from a 40-foot extension ladder when he fell about 15 feet to the ground. He suffered fractures to his right shoulder blade, ring finger, and lower back and a laceration to the right side of his face. He was hospitalized. The ladder's feet were not properly positioned at the time of the incident.
2019-08-23	Saint Joseph	Missouri	BlueScope Buildings, NA	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was using a jib crane with a magnetic attachment to lift a steel plate. While stabilizing the load with his left hand, the weight shifted and his left middle finger was pinched between the magnet and the hook partially amputating skin from the finger.
2019-05-15	Saint Joseph	Missouri	Clarios	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a pasting line when several plates fell. The employee attempted to remove the plates from under the moving V-belt flattener and suffered a partial amputation to the right ring finger.
2019-05-08	Saint Johnsville	New York	Pulver Roofing Co., Inc.	Multiple trunk locations	Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
An employee had been walking on the flat roof of a school when he fell approximately 20 feet through a hole to the ground below. He was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis and fractured ribs.
2019-04-03	Saint Joseph	Missouri	TRIUMPH FOODS	Forearm(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was on a raised platform with an inspector, trimming fat from a carcass using an 8-inch knife. As the carcass moved down the line, the knife nicked an artery in the employee's forearm, requiring surgery.
2019-03-13	Saint Joseph	Missouri	JOHNSON CONTROLS	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was grinding a piece of metal when the metal became stuck and created a pinch point that caused the amputation of the right index finger to the first knuckle.
2019-02-04	Saint Joseph	Missouri	M CON	Cheek(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was pulling pipe from a hole using a drill machine. A weld broke and the pipe struck the employee's face breaking the right cheek bone.
2019-01-29	Saint Johns	Florida	Carroll Bradford Roofing, LLC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was operating the metal machine to make metal roofing panels when a piece of metal got stuck in the machine. As he attempted to remove the metal piece, the employee's left index finger was amputated.
2019-01-28	Saint Joseph	Missouri	TRIUMPH FOODS	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was moving boxes from one conveyer belt to another when something scratched her left ring finger. Her finger became infected, requiring hospitalization.
2019-01-08	Saint Joseph	Missouri	IHP Industrial Inc	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was attempting to remove sheet rock that was blocking a shut-off valve when he became caught and fell with the sheet rock, fracturing his lower leg in three places.
2018-09-11	Saint Joseph	Missouri	IDEKER INC.	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
An employee was crossing the street while a crew was paving a section of road. He was within the work zone when he was struck by another passing car that was in the wrong temporary lane of traffic. He flew over the car and landed on the ground behind it. He was hospitalized with a broken ankle, two fractured/chipped vertebrae, minor cuts to his head, loss of skin from the back of one hand, and a small brain bleed.
2018-08-27	Saint Joseph	Missouri	LIFELINE FOODS, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Boarding, alighting-excluding slip, trip, fall-single episode
An employee was exiting a moving shuttle wagon. As he landed, his leg made contact with uneven ground, causing an injury to his left tibia.
2018-08-18	Saint Joseph	Missouri	WALMART STORES INC.	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was applying wax to the floors when he walked on the wax, slipped, lost his balance, and fell, hitting his head on a clothing rack before ultimately hitting the ground. He suffered a hemorrhage and laceration to the head.
2018-08-16	Saint Johns	Florida	A.A. Pittman & Sons Concrete Company, Inc.	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was wrecking a framework on a commercial construction building. As he was unclamping his harness, the anchor broke and he slipped and fell approximately 14 feet to the ground. He suffered a lacerated left eyelid, lacerated left knee, spinal fractures at the L1 and L2 vertebrae, and a hematoma of the bladder. He was hospitalized.
2018-08-08	Saint Johns	Florida	Burnham Construction, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Stings and venomous bites
An employee was pulling grass from a grade stake when a coral snake bit his right forearm. He was hospitalized.
2018-08-03	Port Saint Joe	Florida	Rodney Hall Roofing, Inc.	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was installing metal roofing when the employee slipped and fell 16 to 20 feet from the roof to the surface below, fracturing the right leg.
2018-07-30	Saint Joseph	Missouri	DUPONT*	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-multiple episodes
An employee was cutting open 50 lbs. bags of solids and emptying them into a screener with the use of a lift table and vacuum lift. The employee was hospitalized that evening for surgery to correct a hernia.
2018-05-16	Saint Joseph	Missouri	CORE CARRIER	Lower leg(s)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee drove up to a facility to drop off a trailer. The brakes were not set and the vehicle started rolling. The employee reached to set the brakes and slipped and fell. The vehicle tire then ran over and fractured his lower left leg between the ankle and the knee.
2018-04-13	Saint Joseph	Missouri	TRIUMPH FOODS, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was standing near a combo machine waiting to relieve someone on the casing puller when he attempted to move casing that was stuck in the combo machine. The rollers grabbed his gloved hand and pulled it into the rubber-clad rollers. His right pinky, ring, and middle fingers were crushed.
2018-04-11	Saint Joseph	Missouri	Securitas Inc	Ankle(s)	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was patrolling a facility in a golf cart when he came up behind a trash truck. The trash truck began to back up, and the employee swerved to miss the truck. The golf cart tipped over, causing the employee to hit the ground and break his ankle.
2018-03-23	Saint Joseph	Missouri	TRIUMPH FOODS, INC.	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was unplugging a hydrolyzer machine when it dispensed hot steam, burning his right neck area and requiring hospitalization.
2018-01-06	Saint Joseph	Missouri	Triumph Foods, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Contact with hot objects or substances
A reactor overflowed and hot liquid contacted an employee's body, causing second and third degree burns that required hospitalization.
2017-10-12	Saint Joseph	Missouri	IMKO ENTERPRISES INC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was positioning a piece on a mechanical power press when the press was activated via the foot control. The part then shifted and the employee's fingers were caught in the press, amputating the middle fingertip.
2017-10-04	Saint Joseph	Missouri	ALTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.	Tooth (teeth)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was positioning a hoist with rigging equipment to move a boom. As the employee was raising the hoist cable and hook, the hook was caught on the side lip of a work table. The hook then broke loose and swung, striking the employee in the face. The employee suffered a facial laceration, broken jaw, and tooth extraction.
2017-09-26	Saint Joseph	Missouri	SILGAN CONTAINERS	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
While walking in the sorting/palletizing area, an employee slipped on a crushed aluminum can, fell to the concrete floor, and fractured the hip.
2017-09-04	Saint Joseph	Missouri	Cryovac Sealed Air	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On 9/04/2017, at approximately 6:30 a.m., an employee was attempting to remove a plastic roll core from a machine when the machine's extractor arm moved the roll, causing it to pinch his right index finger. His finger had to be surgically amputated up to the first digit.
2017-07-17	Saint Joseph	Missouri	AG PROCESSING, INC.	Brain	Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
An employee was loading a rail car when he collapsed and fell. His fall was stopped by his personal fall arrest system (PFAS), but as he was already unconscious he struck his head on a beam or the rail car after his hard hat fell off. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of a seizure, lacerations, and head injuries.
2017-06-22	Saint Johns	Florida	Republic Services of Florida, limited Partnership	Brain	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was collecting residential trash when he fell to the ground behind the truck, suffering a concussion and requiring hospitalization.
2017-06-08	Saint Johns	Florida	CARLISLE CONSTRUCTORS, INC.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
On June 8, 2017, an employee was inspecting the nailing of roof plywood and the strapping of the rafters. While walking back to the access point, the employee slipped and fell 13 feet to the ground, fracturing his left tibia and suffering a compression fracture to his L2 vertebra. Fall protection was not worn at the time.
2017-05-25	Saint Johns	Florida	Sunshine Framing Services, LLC	Knee(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was framing on the job site when his pneumatic nail gun shot a nail into his knee. He was hospitalized and had surgery.
2017-01-11	Saint Joseph	Missouri	AMERICAN WALNUT COMPANY, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was attempting to remove a piece of wood that was lodged between the rollers and a piece of metal on the conveyor belt using a wrench. The employee's gloved hand was caught in the machine resulting in the amputation of the right pinky fingertip.
2017-01-09	Saint Joseph	Missouri	DuPont Nutrition & Health	Head	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell off a step ladder while changing air lines and suffered a head injury.
2017-01-05	Saint Joseph	Missouri	AG PROCESSING, INC.	Multiple body parts	Fall through surface or existing opening more than 30 feet
A temporary employee was cleaning the mill grinder floor when he fell approximately 20 to 40 feet through a hole in the floor and struck the floor below, breaking his right arm, pelvis, and right cheekbone.
2016-09-27	Saint Johns	Florida	Voss, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
After climbing a ladder and stepping onto the roof, an employee fell approximately 10 feet from the roof to a concrete slab.
2016-09-23	Saint Joseph	Missouri	TRIUMPH FOODS	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
While an employee was exiting a trailer, the dock plate unexpectedly dropped, hitting and breaking the employee's right leg.
2016-09-15	Saint Joseph	Missouri	ALBAUGH LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
A worker opened a valve that allowed monoisopropylamine to enter an empty tank. Vapors from the monoisopropylamine entered the shop environment and migrated to a neighboring area where an employee had a serious reaction and experienced respiratory distress. She was hospitalized.
2016-09-14	Saint Joseph	Missouri	AMERICAN WALNUT CO.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using the band saw when his left hand slipped into the blade, cutting a finger. His finger had to be partially amputated.
2016-08-25	Saint Joseph	Missouri	AMERI-MILLS	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was attempting to free a jam in an auger and amputated his middle and ring fingers.
2016-08-04	Saint Joseph	Missouri	NATIONAL BEEF LEATHERS	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
After performing environmental duties outside, an employee was hospitalized due to dehydration and heat exhaustion.
2016-07-29	Saint Joseph	Missouri	I & M Machine & Fabrication Corp	Trunk	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was struck and knocked to the ground by a forklift. The employee's right side was injured.
2016-02-08	Saint Joseph	Missouri	TRIUMPH FOODS LLC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
While an employee was attempting to slice a meat product using a knife, the blade lacerated the employee's abdomen just above the belly guard.
2016-01-19	Saint Joseph	Missouri	WALDINGER CORPORATION	Jaw, chin	Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising
An employee was using a scissor lift to gain access to suspended piping. The scissor lift controls failed allowing the lift to continue to elevate. The employee's head struck the suspended piping resulting in a fractured jaw.
2016-01-07	Saint Joseph	Missouri	CLARK'S CUSTOM MEAT CO	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee's left-hand pinky, ring, and middle fingers were amputated while he was cutting product on a band saw. He was hospitalized and had surgery.
2015-12-11	Saint Joseph	Missouri	AMERICAN WALNUT CO.	Forearm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee in the Planing Area was working at the middle wood profiler. When she reached over to the pallet next to her to pick up an air hose with her left hand, her right sleeve became caught in the wood profiler's cutter head. The employee received lacerations to her right forearm and was hospitalized.
2015-09-28	Saint Joseph	Missouri	Herzog Contracting Corp	Brain	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
On September 28, 2015, an employee pulled his truck and trailer off the road and exited to the side of the road. He picked up a large cone and placed it in the trailer while standing on the driver's side. He saw headlights coming towards him and immediately tried to avoid being struck by the third-party vehicle. The vehicle struck the parked trailer at full speed. Something, likely the trailer, struck his head and knocked him to the ground unconscious. He sustained injuries to the back of his bo
2015-09-18	Saint Joseph	Missouri	Triumph Foods	Forearm(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was removing shank bone from a ham with a five inch de-boning knife. The knife slipped and struck his left forearm resulting in a 2 to 3cm laceration just below the elbow.
2015-09-09	Saint Joseph	Missouri	Greg's Appliances and Sales	BODY SYSTEMS	Indirect exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less
An employee was checking on a heater-type coil in a refrigerator/freezer unit in the basement of the facility. The employee was working on the unit with two alligator clips in each hand while possibly standing in water; the plug was 110 voltage. The employee sustained a possible electrical shock.
2015-07-08	Saint Joseph	Missouri	GARNEY CO., INC.	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting plywood with a skill saw. He was holding the plywood with his left hand. The saw kicked back, and the lower exposed blade amputated part of his left pinky fingertip and lacerated his ring finger.
2015-05-20	Saint Joseph	Missouri	NESTLE PURINA	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was climbing a 6' stationary ladder in order to unjam a line. He was approximately 6' high when he reached for and missed the handrail. He then lost his balance and fell backwards to the floor, hitting his arm on a conveyer and landing on his backside and knee. He complained of a sore arm and was hospitalized for surgery to the injured arm.
2015-05-13	Saint Joseph	Missouri	ARBAUGH LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
At approximately 1:00 p.m., on 05/13/15, an employee was preparing to perform cleanout operations to change chemical products on a production line. The employee, who was by herself at the time, got stuck and pulled into an energized Horix Filling Machine. Coworkers arrived after hearing her scream, pressed the stop button on the Horix Filling Machine to shut it down, and used a tool to manually back up the machine belt. The employee was extracted from the machine by her coworkers. She suffered m
2015-05-08	Saint Joseph	Missouri	Ameri-Pac	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
Two employees were filling a mixer with ingredients. They were each pouring over magnets from two locations on the same mixer. The first employee picked up his magnet and walked past the second magnet as they prepared to close the mixer. As the second employee closed the mixer doors, the two magnets were attracted together. The first employee's fingers got pinched between them. The injury resulted in amputation of two of his fingertips on 5/11/15.
2015-04-26	Saint Joseph	Missouri	TRIUMPH FOODS, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
An employee was installing a fan guard on a refrigeration unit and fell from a one man lift. The employee had a harness with a single lanyard on at the time of the incident. He reached up to put guards on top of the unit. As he was trying to reach a bolt at the 12 o'clock position, he stepped on the middle rail of the lift basket, disconnected the lanyard to tie off on a bracket for the refrigeration unit, flipped, and fell 25-28 feet.
2015-03-19	Saint Joseph	Missouri	Tyson Foods, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee sustained fractures in the right foot when a rack fell on it.
2015-03-08	Saint Joseph	Missouri	LIFELINE FOODS, LLC.	Forearm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was using an air nozzle attached to a hose when she tripped and fell over the hose and a T-handle. The employee broke her left ulna and radial bones in her forearm. She was hospitalized and required surgery to repair the broken bones.
2015-02-08	Saint Joseph	Missouri	VENTURA FOODS LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
Employee was helping to troubleshoot an air valve. While trying to isolate the valve, the valve closed, resulting in partial amputation of his left middle finger.
2015-02-05	Saint Joseph	Missouri	Tyson Foods, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
A worker had both hands amputated by a rotating auger while cleaning Mixer 1, in Tunnel 1, on the raw production side of the plant.