Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-12	Saint Louis	Mo	St.Louis Catholic Cemeteries	Knee(s)	Self-inflicted shooting-unintentional
An employee was weed eating on a job site and was putting his gun in his glove box. The gun accidently discharged and the bullet hit his knee.
2021-10-29	East Saint Louis	Il	Allnex USA, Inc.	Lumbar region	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was pulling a hose when they slipped, fell back, and struck an electrical box, resulting in a lower back injury.
2021-10-27	Saint Louis	Mo	Haberberger, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A group of employees was using a crawler crane to lower a toolbox from the fourth floor down to the third floor. Once the toolbox was lowered, an employee unhooked the straps from the crane's hook and the ball shifted and pinched his right index finger between the hook and the ball. The employee's right index fingertip was amputated.
2021-10-20	Saint Louis	Mo	SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital	Hip(s)	Intentional injury by other person, n.e.c.
An employee was investigating a suspicious vehicle in a parking lot. The vehicle ran over the employee, resulting in a broken hip.
2021-10-11	Saint Louis	Mo	Cauttrell Enterprises, Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was standing beside a stack of steel beams that had been lifted with an overhead crane. After trying to move the chain with the hook away from under the stack, the employee raised the crane. The chain hooked back onto the beams, causing them to fall onto the employee and to fracture both legs.
2021-10-07	Saint Louis	Mo	Schnucks Markets	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
An employee tripped on a step while walking into the bookkeeping area. His head struck the floor and he suffered a neck injury with a contusion.
2021-08-24	Saint Louis	Mo	MERS GOODWILL	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee developed heat stress after processing donations in a hot, humid warehouse. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-08-07	Saint Louis	Mo	Southwest Airlines	Fingertip(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
An employee was pulling and guiding a baggage cart. As he tried to attach the cart to a tug hitch, his fingertip was caught by the cart tongue and hitch. The fingertip was amputated.
2021-08-02	Saint Louis	Mo	SENSIENT COLORS, LLC	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee had cleaned a vacuum belt dryer feed tank with steam-heated water, which he then drained out of the tank through the outlet valve at the bottom. When he disconnected the nitrogen supply line on the upper part of the tank, hot water sprayed from the flange for that line and struck the employee. He suffered second-degree burns to his neck, chest, back, legs, and arms, covering about 30 percent of his body. He was hospitalized.
2021-07-24	Saint Louis	Mo	PSC METALS, LLC.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
An employee was operating a yard truck to pull a trailer when the yard truck blew two tires. The truck lunged forward and the employee was hospitalized with injuries to the rib cage from the seat belt.
2021-07-23	Saint Louis	Mo	Monro, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level
An employee fell down in a parking lot, suffering face and elbow contusions.
2021-07-14	Saint Louis	Mo	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints	Skull	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was riding on the tailgate of an off-road utility vehicle. The employee fell to the pavement and sustained a fractured skull.
2021-07-14	Saint Louis	Mo	WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall while sitting
An employee went to sit on a stool when the stool rolled out from under her, causing her to fall to the floor and resulting in a broken neck vertebra.
2021-06-30	Saint Louis	Mo	KELLER FOUNDATIONS	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A truck driver was standing near the truck with his hand on the edge of the flatbed while a drilling mast was being loaded onto the truck bed. The mast shifted and pinched the truck driver's finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-06-23	Saint Louis	Mo	PrimeFlight Aviation Services Inc.	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was running when she tripped over a dolly tongue and fell. She suffered a laceration above the right eye and a broken left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery for the leg fracture.
2021-06-18	Saint Louis	Mo	Paper Transport, Inc.	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was exiting his truck to check in with a security/scale house when he was struck by another truck approaching the scales, resulting in a broken left leg.
2021-06-16	Saint Louis	Mo	HARBOR FREIGHT	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was moving a tool chest when it tipped onto his right leg, bruising it.
2021-06-10	Saint Louis	Mo	US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, SAINT LOUIS DISTRICT	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was moving steel pieces on a cart. The cart got stuck on a rail track and collapsed. The employee's finger was pinched between two pieces of steel, and the employee suffered an amputation.
2021-05-21	Saint Louis	Mo	AMEREN MISSOURI	Forearm(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was cranking the handle of a material winch to raise a 6.5-foot lead cable from a manhole. At the apex, he released the crank handle and tried to retrieve the cable and pull it away from the opening. As the cable started to drop down into the manhole, the crank handle started freely spinning and struck his left forearm, breaking it.
2021-05-18	Saint Louis	Mo	Proctor & Gamble	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was replacing plates between conveyors when their left thumb was caught in the chain and sprocket resulting in a partial amputation.
2021-05-10	Saint Louis	Mo	BJC Healthcare Christian Hospital	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was moving a patient on a medical table when they tripped over the table's wheel and fractured their femur.
2021-03-17	Saint Louis	Mo	LOUISA FOOD PRODUCTS INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was checking to add more dough to a machine when an auger in the machine amputated his right middle finger.
2021-03-04	East Saint Louis	Il	Concrete Supply Company of Illinois	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
Two employees were working on a threaded rod. The first employee was checking one end while the second was turning the other end with a rachet when the bolt broke, causing the pulley to move and crush the first employee's left index finger resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-03-02	Saint Louis	Mo	APEX METAL FINISHING COMPANY	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was using a rag to apply grease to a gear sprocket and chain on a barrel tumbler. The rag and his glove were pulled into the sprocket and chain, resulting in two finger amputations. The machine was running at the time of the incident.
2021-02-19	Saint Louis	Mo	FirstFleet, Inc	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
A driver was conducting a pre-trip inspection of a tractor trailer when they slipped on ice and snow and fell, resulting in a subdural hematoma that required hospitalization.
2021-02-18	Saint Louis	Mo	Mechanical Dynamics and Analysis Repairs Shop	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A 300-pound intermediate pressure stop valve disk was on its edge, braced against a 6-by-6 timber, while an employee measured the internal seat angle with a protractor. He had reached into the valve disk bore with his right hand, from the bottom side of the disk. As he was removing his hand, the timber slid away, and his index finger was caught between the disk bore and the protractor as the disk slid down the timber. He suffered a partial amputation to the finger.
2021-01-29	Saint Louis	Mo	BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on ice while walking through the top level of a parking garage, resulting in a head injury and a laceration.
2021-01-25	Saint Louis	Mo	JOST CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.	Scalp	Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
An employee was performing maintenance on a motor line and fell through a hole, approximately 8 feet, to the surface below striking their head and losing consciousness. The employee suffered a contusion to the back of the head and was hospitalized.
2020-10-20	Saint Louis	Mo	Universal Packaging Corp.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was unjamming a seamer machine and lacerated her right index finger.
2020-10-13	Bay Saint Louis	Ms	PrideStaff, Inc./Jindal Tubular	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a hydraulic conveyor roller while a large steel pipe was on the conveyor. The employee's right hand was caught between the conveyor roller and the pipe resulting in amputation of the employee's thumb and lacerations to the index finger and palm. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-10-05	Saint Louis	Mo	MCCARTHY	Head and neck	Other fall to lower level
An employee sustained head and neck injuries while removing a form panel that was used to form a pilaster as part of a concrete wall system. There were 12 clamping bolts originally holding the wall in place while the concrete was poured. Six clamping bolts had been removed prior to the employee ascending the wall. The employee's task was to remove four of the remaining clamping bolts while ascending the wall and then connect the rigging from the crane to the panel so it could be hoisted out of t
2020-10-02	Saint Louis	Mo	MCCONNELL AND ASSOCIATES	Hand(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was opening bags and mixing sand in a paint mixer. His left hand was struck by the agitator and fractured.
2020-09-30	Bay Saint Louis	Ms	Jindal Tubular USA LLC	Hip(s) and leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was applying pipe identification to a pipe moving along a v-roller line. A support frame failed and the pipe fell over, injuring the employee's hips/pelvis and leg.
2020-09-16	Saint Louis	Mo	Saint Louis University Hospital	Upper extremities	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking up the ramp for the shuttle bus when she slipped and fell on her upper extremities. The employee required hospitalization and surgery.
2020-09-15	Saint Louis	Mo	UNIVERSAL PACKAGING CORPORATION	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a labeling machine and suffered an amputation injury to a finger and a thumb laceration.
2020-09-15	Saint Louis	Mo	AXENS NORTH AMERICA	Multiple body parts	Vehicle or machinery fire
An employee was transferring raw material into a product hopper via a vacuum transfer system. During the bag change process, a flash fire occurred and burned the employee's forearms and face.
2020-08-21	Saint Louis	Mo	Armellini Express Lines Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was lifting a dock plate to make a delivery when the dock plate smashed and crushed the employee's pinky finger.
2020-08-17	Saint Louis	Mo	SHAY ROOFING, INC.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
On August 17, 2020, an employee was using a pry bar to remove nails from metal on the edge of a roof. He fell off the roof to the concrete ground below, suffering two broken wrists, broken ribs, a neck injury, and a collapsed lung.
2020-08-12	Saint Louis	Mo	Wright Tree Service, Inc	Hip(s)	Nonclassifiable
An employee sustained a fractured hip while attending to a fallen tree.
2020-07-21	Saint Louis	Missouri	XPO Logistics	Thigh(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
The injured employee was in the nose of a 53-foot trailer inspecting a piece of freight. Another employee pulled onto the dock plate at the rear of the trailer and the freight fell on the injured employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized with a broken femur.
2020-07-07	Saint Louis	Missouri	LUXCO	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Fire
An employee was mixing coloring into a distillery tank. A flash fire burned the employee's right middle, ring, and little fingers.
2020-06-23	Saint Louis	Missouri	Purina-Nestle Support Center	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was attempting to move a 96" X 4" X 7" C channel by hand on his fixture table. As he began to pull the C channel across his fixture table, his right thumb was pinched between a square hole in the fixture table and the C channel, resulting in a partial soft tissue amputation without bone loss of the fingerprint side of his right thumb.
2020-06-22	Saint Louis	Missouri	ICL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS INC.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was conducting a pre-startup walkthrough, looking into inspection doors and checking for irregularities. His hand was in the process directly below a rotary feeder when the rotary feeder caught his gloved hand, resulting in a partial amputation of his left middle fingertip.
2020-06-15	Saint Louis	Missouri	Dominium	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was fixing a hydraulic hose on an industrial trash compactor. While his right hand was holding the hose that goes to the ram of the compactor, the compactor actuated. Up to 6500 PSI of hydraulic fluid shot out of a small hole in the hose and pierced a hole in the pad of the employee’s right index finger.
2020-05-19	Saint Louis	Missouri	UPS FREIGHT	Hand(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
An employee was moving a truck dolly when it pinned the employee's left hand, causing a laceration that required surgery.
2020-05-04	Saint Louis	Missouri	WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was moving a dock leveler plate when the plate dropped, causing a fingertip amputation.
2020-04-20	Saint Louis	Missouri	JB MARINE SERVICE INC.	Head and neck	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was struck on the head and neck by a falling ladder.
2020-04-14	Saint Louis	Missouri	WFF SERVICES	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell off a ladder and sustained a back strain.
2020-03-24	Saint Louis	Missouri	Gateway Arch National Park	Heart	Overexertion and bodily reaction
An employee who had been exercising, experienced a heart attack and was hospitalized.
2020-03-10	Saint Louis	Missouri	CLEAN-TECH COMPANY	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
After crushing boxes inside a dumpster, an employee was climbing out of the dumpster when something caught his trousers and caused him to fall. He landed against the metal edge of a nearby compactor table and suffered three broken ribs.
2020-02-06	Saint Louis	Missouri	S & M Arnold	Leg(s)	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was pushing a cart with manufacturing materials in boxes. The cart went over a cleanup hose and tipped over; the employee fell onto it, suffering a broken right leg.
2020-02-06	Saint Louis	Missouri	US POSTAL SERVICE	Foot (feet)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was delivering mail at a residence. The employee slipped on ice while walking down a ramp and fell to the ground, suffering a broken foot.
2020-02-04	Saint Louis	Missouri	ROTTLER PEST SOLUTIONS	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level
An employee was stepping off a ladder at a client's home. The ladder slipped out from the employee, who fell to the ground, suffering injuries to the back and buttocks. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-01-29	Saint Louis	Missouri	COMPASS GROUP	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting bacon with a 10-inch chef's knife when the blade lacerated the employee's left thumb, resulting in a suspected amputation of the thumb tip.
2020-01-21	Saint Louis	Missouri	West Elm, Inc.	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking in the stockroom and tripped on a furniture skate. The employee fell to the ground and broke a leg.
2020-01-21	Saint Louis	Missouri	US POSTAL SERVICE	Ankle(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was struck by a powered industrial truck while standing near a semi-trailer. The employee suffered a broken ankle and back pain.
2020-01-08	Saint Louis	Missouri	NPC International	Leg(s)	Shooting by other person-intentional
An employee was shot in the leg while delivering pizza to a residence.
2020-01-06	Saint Louis	Missouri	UPS FREIGHT INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a hand tool to work on a Velcro strip for his truck when the tool punctured his right index finger and he fainted. He was hospitalized and had surgery.
2019-09-24	Saint Louis	Missouri	Saint Louis University	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity
A public safety officer was responding to a motor vehicle accident. An electric crosswalk signal had been severed at the base and suspended over the road by a single cable. While trying to move it so it would not fall onto the road, the officer was shocked, suffering pain and numbness in his left ring and little fingers.
2019-09-07	Bay Saint Louis	Mississippi	Jindal Tubular USA LLC	Nonclassifiable	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was grinding the end of a 30-inch diameter, 40-foot long spiral steel pipe. The pipe was spinning and was set on fixed rotating wheels. The employee was in line with the V-roller line which brings pipe to the rotation station. The V-roller line engaged, sending a pipe in a south to north track. The employee was caught between the moving pipe and the pipe that was on the rotating wheels. The employee was hospitalized for an abrasion.
2019-08-31	Saint Louis	Missouri	BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL	Multiple face locations	Fall on same level
At about 3:30 p.m. on August 31, 2019, an employee fell while walking and was found with a laceration above the left eyebrow, a mild facial fracture, a maxillary sinus fracture, and a subarachnoid fracture. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-08-28	Saint Louis	Missouri	LIFETIME ROOFING AND RENOVATION	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee removed his shoes upon entering a customer's home so as not to soil the customer's floor. As he was taking the stairs leading to the patio, he slipped and fell, hitting his head on the floor and requiring hospitalization for a brain bleed.
2019-08-28	Saint Louis	Missouri	US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, SAINT LOUIS DISTRICT	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
At about 10:20 a.m. on August 28, 2019, a St. Louis Service Base employee was using an industrial shear to cut 6-inch by 6-inch strips of 3/8-inch-thick steel for an ongoing fabrication project. While placing the metal sheet into the shear, the employee closed the clamping apparatus. The apparatus closed on the employee's right ring finger, pinching it under the metal sheet and amputating the last quarter-inch, with exposed nerve endings and bone damage. The fingertip was medically amputated at
2019-08-19	Saint Louis	Missouri	BOEING	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was operating an overhead crane to lift a stabilizer from a test fixture. The stabilizer shifted and one end swung upward towards the injured employee, contacting his left forearm and trapping his thumb between the stabilizer and the crane remote sitting on top of the test fixture. He was able to use his other hand to raise up the stabilizer and release his hand. His left thumb tip was amputated.
2019-08-08	Saint Louis	Missouri	BEN HUR CONSTRUCTION	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
The injured employee was assisting other employees move a steel beam to a staging location using drywall carts. Once in place, the beam was lifted using rigging and an electric pallet jack. The carts were removed, cribbing was placed, and the beam was lowered onto the cribbing. As the pallet jack backed up, the beam rolled onto the injured employee's right leg causing a lower leg fracture.
2019-08-07	Saint Louis	Missouri	USA RECYCLING	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a trim saw to trim boards to length. He fed the board material into the discharge side of the saw at which time his glove was caught on the chain conveyor, pulling his hand into the blade. The index finger and ring finger on his right hand were severed.
2019-08-05	Saint Louis	Missouri	NORDSTROM	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee slipped on the second step of a stairway and fell to the concrete ground. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion and a subdermal hematoma.
2019-07-26	East Saint Louis	Illinois	Crossroads Construction Services, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee on a roof was headed towards a lift, and slipped on a fiberglass panel and fell 12 feet to a dock below. The employee was hospitalized with a broken nose, bruised and lacerated right eye socket, broken right elbow, broken ribs on the right side, and injuries to the pelvis. Fall protection was not connected at the time of the fall.
2019-07-23	Saint Louis	Missouri	J.F. ELECTRIC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A work crew was tasked with installing a 21-inch diameter, 9-foot long, 200-pound pipe sleeve for a duct bank installation through an underground transformer room (vault). The crew knocked out a hole from the wall of the existing vault leading out to an excavated space. Four crew members, located in the vault, got the pipe sleeve into position, approximately 10-feet off the floor, and were able to push the pipe sleeve into the hole towards the employee inside. The center of gravity of the pipe s
2019-07-22	East Saint Louis	Illinois	H & H Transit Inc	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was standing between the cab of a truck and a trailer. The truck's automatic tarp arm had been activated and was under tension when it broke and swung, hitting the employee in the back. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs and a spleen injury.
2019-07-10	Saint Louis	Missouri	MCCARTHY	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
An employee was reversing an unloaded powered buggy down a concrete ramp. The ramp was damp from the rain. The buggy slid as it was descending the ramp and struck a tandem dump truck that was parked near the base of the ramp. The employee's ankle/leg was caught between the wheeled buggy and the dump truck and the employee sustained a fracture to the left ankle/fibula.
2019-07-10	Saint Louis	Missouri	Warehouse of Fixtures, TNG	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting a piece of wood with a table saw. The wood jerked and caused his hand to slip and contact the saw blade. The tip of his pinky finger was amputated below the fingernail, and two other fingers were cut.
2019-06-28	Saint Louis	Missouri	Schuck's Markets	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a band saw to cut pork steaks when his right ring fingertip was amputated.
2019-06-26	Bay Saint Louis	Mississippi	DAK Americas Mississippi, Inc.	Face	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was assisting in the removal of a monomer pump bowl when he was sprayed with hot monomer (a slurry of PET plastic) and sustained a second degree burn to the lower face.
2019-06-21	Saint Louis	Missouri	Saint Louis University	Thigh(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was struck by a service van in the parking lot resulting in a broken femur.
2019-06-07	Saint Louis	Missouri	Rottler Pest & Lawn Solutions	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was removing a bird from a house when he fell from the back door to the concrete 8-10 feet below (there was no back deck). He broke his leg in five places and was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
2019-06-05	Saint Louis	Missouri	BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL	Brain	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
A security officer was attacked by a patient and struck his head on the floor. He sustained a skull fracture and a brain bleed. He was hospitalized.
2019-05-25	Saint Louis	Missouri	OAK PARK APARTMENTS-MONARCH INVESTIMENT	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee closed the door of her vehicle on her finger, resulting in a left index fingertip amputation.
2019-05-15	Bay Saint Louis	Mississippi	Ochsun Hancock Medical Center	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure through medical injection
An employee had a reaction to an MMR vaccination; they had chest pains and an elevated heart rate.
2019-05-11	Saint Louis	Missouri	GULLY TRANSPORTATION, INC	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was getting out of his truck on the driver's side when he fell to the ground, breaking his right hip bone and requiring hospitalization.
2019-05-08	Saint Louis	Missouri	WATLOW ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An operator was showing another employee how to switch out the dies on a staker/crimper. The operator's right hand was caught in the staker/crimper and the middle, ring and pinky fingers were amputated.
2019-05-01	East Saint Louis	Illinois	PBT Environmental Operations, Inc.	Arm(s)	Vehicle or machinery fire
When an employee was relighting the dryer burner, the system malfunctioned and flashed. The employee's arm was burned.
2019-03-29	Bay Saint Louis	Mississippi	Jindal Tubular USA, LLC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was cutting welding wire from a welding machine's welding head when he was struck from behind by the welding machine boom and knocked into a steel pipe that was being loaded onto the welding rack. He suffered a ruptured intestine and torn ligament in the right leg.
2019-03-14	Bay Saint Louis	Mississippi	Pridestaff, Inc.	Leg(s)	Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
An employee was operating a forklift to stack pallets. While the employee was backing up, the forklift began to fall from the loading dock. He attempted to dismount the forklift, but it pinned his leg and knee. He was later hospitalized for a blood clot in his leg.
2019-03-12	Saint Louis	Missouri	MONSANTO	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was standing up when he tripped over the leg of his chair. He fell to the floor, breaking his left hip.
2019-02-21	Saint Louis	Missouri	ROHA U.S.A., LLC	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
A production operator was cleaning a tank. He had just set aside a bag of caustic soda beads (after adding beads to the tank for the necessary cleaning solution) when boiling water erupted from the tank, burning the left side of his back, the back of his left leg, and the back of his left arm.
2019-02-16	Saint Louis	Missouri	Talbots	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over self
An employee was carrying a dress through a store when she tripped and fell onto the hardwood floor, landing on her right hip and breaking it.
2019-02-14	Saint Louis	Missouri	NEGWER MATERIALS INC.	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
Two employees were delivering construction materials to a school site that was being renovated. An employee climbed a rope that was hanging in the gym and fell breaking an ankle.
2019-02-05	Saint Louis	Missouri	DELTA AIRLINES	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was servicing a fan belt and pulley when the belt shifted and amputated the employee's right index and middle fingertips.
2019-01-20	Saint Louis	Missouri	ADM Milling Co	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking on a concrete sidewalk at a landing platform, carrying coffee supplies. Fell on ice and snow, fracturing a tibia and a fibula.
2019-01-09	Saint Louis	Missouri	Clartec	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was using a roll of shrink wrap to wrap a skid of plastic lugs. He was using a plastic "handle" that inserts into the cardboard tube holding the shrink wrap. He was wrapping the skid from the bottom to the top. As he neared the top and was pulling the last wrap tight, the handle came loose from the roll of shrink wrap . He stumbled a few steps and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture to the left femur.
2019-01-04	Saint Louis	Missouri	EMCO	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was putting a membrane on the roof of an exterior walk-in cooler at a country club. The employee fell from the cooler, suffering injuries including a skull fracture, brain bleed, a fracture to the upper jaw, and a torn ear.
2018-09-24	Saint Louis	Missouri	Missouri Metals	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was shearing metal and amputated the left ring and middle fingers at the first knuckle.
2018-09-24	Saint Louis	Missouri	Washington University	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
On September 24, 2018, a dance professor slipped and fell to the floor while walking into her class, breaking her hip.
2018-09-20	Saint Louis	Missouri	SOUTHWEST AIRLINES	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was stepping up into a truck when he missed a step and fell to the ground, breaking his hip and requiring hospitalization.
2018-09-05	Saint Louis	Missouri	Commercial Van Interiors	Brain	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
On 9/5/2018, an employee was walking to move a customer's vehicle to the installation area when another employee backed a vehicle up and struck the injured employee. He fell and hit his head, suffering a subdural hematoma that required hospitalization.
2018-08-24	Saint Louis	Missouri	AMEREN MISSOURI	Knee(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was descending steps when he missed a step and fell to the floor landing, tearing his patella tendon.
2018-08-23	Saint Louis	Missouri	WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was attempting to change out a belt on a fan when his left thumb was caught between the belt and pulley, resulting in a thumb tip amputation.
2018-08-20	Saint Louis	Missouri	MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was cleaning the blade to a microtome machine when it was activated via the foot pedal. The blade then amputated the employee's left fingertip. The machine was energized at the time of the incident.
2018-08-18	Saint Louis	Missouri	SOUTH SIDE MACHINE WORKS, INC.	Multiple body parts	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was installing tooling on a gear blank that was supported by an overhead crane when the weight shifted, causing the gear blank to push the employee into the side of an adjacent machine. The employee suffered a broken nose, jaw, and scapula, requiring hospitalization.