| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-27 | Salina | Ks | Hosea Project Movers | Head and trunk | Fall through surface or existing opening more than 30 feet |
| An employee was torching a pipe to remove equipment in a lightbulb factory. The employee took a step back and fell through an uncovered hole in the floor, then slid down a chute into the basement of the facility. The fall was approximately 33 feet. The employee sustained head and back injuries. | |||||
| 2021-04-01 | Salina | Ks | The Scoular Company | Scalp | Fall to lower level |
| An employee was using a broom handle to break up grain debris at his feet. The debris broke free, causing him to fall feet forward onto a grain belt conveyor, 5 feet below the opening. He suffered a scalp injury and possibly other injuries. | |||||
| 2020-10-04 | Salina | Ks | Signify North America Corporation | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a drill to ream out carbon rollers when his right hand got caught on the end of the reamer and was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-08-20 | Salina | Ks | Valmont Industries | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| A crane operator was moving a high-tension power pole. The top/spreader bar on a foundry hook made contact with the pole, causing slack in the crane cable. It disconnected, fell about 3 feet, and struck the employee's shoulder. | |||||
| 2020-03-31 | Salina | Kansas | SAM'S CLUB #6426 | Foot (feet) | Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway |
| An employee was driving a forklift when it struck another, parked forklift. His left foot was caught and lacerated between the two forklifts. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-01-30 | Salina | Kansas | PKM Steel Service Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was measuring the length of an I-beam prior to cross cutting it on a band saw when his right hand was caught between the remote-controlled pneumatic clamp and the back fence of the saw where the I-beams are secured prior to cutting. Three fingers on the right hand were broken and the employee's ring finger was amputated below the first joint. | |||||
| 2019-07-22 | Salina | Kansas | Great Plains | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| A truck driver was opening up the back gate of his trailer when a forklift that was pulling a trailer down the street struck the truck driver. The truck driver sustained lacerations to the right side of the stomach and two broken ribs. | |||||
| 2019-06-27 | Salina | Kansas | Great Plains Manufacturing | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a shear and amputated a fingertip on their right hand. | |||||
| 2019-05-16 | Salina | Kansas | Standard Beverage Corp | Multiple body parts | Vehicle or machinery fire |
| An employee was using a fire extinguisher on the brake area of his semi-trailer when a tire exploded causing burns to his neck and left hand along with debris in his left eye. | |||||
| 2019-04-19 | Salina | Kansas | Exide Technologies | Brain | Explosion |
| An employee was using a hand torch while a second employee was cleaning the floor 2 to 3 feet in front of the hand torch. While the second employee was standing in front of the wall-mounted hand torch array, an internal explosion dislodged the cover, which then struck her in the back of the head. She was hospitalized with a concussion and laceration to the back of the skull. | |||||
| 2019-03-07 | Salina | Kansas | Smoky Hill LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| A closing toolbox lid caught an employee's left index finger, causing the amputation of the tip. | |||||
| 2019-02-21 | Salina | Kansas | Exide Technologies | Heel(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was driving a PIT when the employee lost control of the PIT. The employee's left foot slipped, and the left leg became pinned between the PIT and a rack. The employee suffered a severe ankle laceration and a broken heel. | |||||
| 2019-01-02 | Salina | Kansas | Exide Technologies | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was replacing a belt associated with a pasting machine cutter when a second employee jogged the machine via a two-hand control. As the second employee activated the two-hand control, the first employee's hand slipped into the cutting head, severing three fingers between the first and second knuckle. One finger was amputated and two other fingers may require amputation. | |||||
| 2018-08-29 | Salina | Kansas | GREAT PLAINS MANUFACTURING | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was placing a piece of metal into a welding fixture. His left ring finger was pinched between the metal and the fixture, and the tip was amputated to the base of the nail bed. | |||||
| 2018-07-05 | Salina | Kansas | CRESTWOOD INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a saw when the blade struck and partially amputated his right thumb. | |||||
| 2018-02-10 | Salina | Kansas | Exide Technologies | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a jam on a pasting line. While trying to clear the jam, the employee jogged the machine into reverse. As a result, his gloved left hand was pulled into the machine. The employee then reversed direction of the machine to "forward" and jogged the machine to free his hand resulting in amputation of the ring finger. | |||||
| 2017-07-16 | Salina | Kansas | ADM Milling Co | Foot (feet) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was repairing a leaking 40-pound pipe when it fell on his right foot, lacerating and fracturing it. He was hospitalized overnight and had surgery. | |||||
| 2017-05-16 | Salina | Kansas | ADM | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a floor-mount drill press to drill holes in aluminum plates when his left thumb and a left finger became tangled in the press, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2017-05-11 | Salina | Kansas | GREAT PLAINS MANUFACTURING | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee's glove was caught between a part and a hydraulic roller table, smashing and amputating his left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-04-03 | Salina | Kansas | CRESTWOOD, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cleaning saw dust from a wood chop saw. The power was turned off but the blade had not come to a full stop. The rotating blade then amputated his left pinky and ring fingers. | |||||
| 2016-10-07 | Salina | Kansas | Repco Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was checking for any obstructions in the dryer when the employee's right hand became caught in the anti-clumping tumbler wheel, amputating a fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-06-22 | Salina | Kansas | SALINA CONCRETE PRODUCTS, INC. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee was flipping over a precast form pan to remove the precast concrete product when the form pan fell and fractured his leg just above his steel-toe boot. He required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2016-04-14 | Salina | Kansas | Kansas Erosion Products LLC | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| While operating an erosion blanket machine, the employee attempted to clean hay out of the machine. His left hand was caught on the belt and his arm was pulled in, causing a broken left ring finger, laceration, and crushing injuries to the left arm. | |||||
| 2016-03-09 | Salina | Kansas | Cleary Building Corp. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee engaged in wood-framing activities fell 13 feet to the ground, suffering multiple fractures. The employee was wearing fall protection at the time. | |||||
| 2015-12-08 | Salina | Kansas | Schwerdtfager Masonry & Construction, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee slipped and fell approximately 12 feet down a metal ladder on the side of the building. The employee received severe injuries, including broken ribs, and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-12-02 | Salina | Kansas | Exide Technologies | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was evaluating a jam around the back of the cutter machine. His glove came into contact with a guarded belt and pulley, which caught his glove and pulled his right hand in. A section of his right index finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2015-10-23 | Salina | Kansas | Schwan's Global Supply Chain, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was walking under a production line when her finger touched the sprocket and chain amputating the left middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-10-01 | Salina | Kansas | Schwans Global Supply Chain Inc | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to clear a pizza pan jam on the conveyor. The line was not shut down at the time. As the pans continued down the line, they jammed and pinned her left hand against the metal bar that guides the pans. She could not remove her hand and sustained a laceration, fracture, and burns to the palm. | |||||
| 2015-08-11 | Salina | Kansas | Schwan's Global Supply Chain, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning crumbs/crust from a catwalk and got her right hand caught in an unguarded chain and sprocket conveyor. Her right hand was amputated during surgery. | |||||
| 2015-06-24 | Salina | Kansas | Schwans Global Supply Chain Inc | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| While walking into a refrigerated cooler, an employee slipped on the condensation on the floor, falling and breaking her left hip. | |||||