Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-01 | Scottsbluff | Ne | R & C Welding Fab Trucking and Crane Service, Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was signaling to a forklift operator on a flat car unloading steel beams. The load shifted on the car and the employee fell off the car, resulting in neck vertebrae fractures. | |||||
2021-10-25 | Scott City | Ks | Murfin Drilling Co. Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was helping to dig up a swivel. While they were getting ready to add the thread protector, the wire broke on the boom line and sliced the tip of the employee's right middle finger, pinching it against the bellhousing on the swivel and resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-10-13 | Scottsboro | Al | Wenzel Metal Spinning, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a machine. His left thumb was smashed between a wooden block and a metal part, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2021-09-28 | Scottsboro | Al | Sanoh America Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was troubleshooting transfer equipment when they suffered a fractured finger and amputation of their right pinky fingertip. | |||||
2021-09-01 | Wainscott | Ny | Landscape Details | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
An employee was loading a trailer when the tension cable wrapped around their right thumb and amputated it. | |||||
2021-08-29 | Scottdale | Pa | Duraloy Technologies, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was taking tubes out of a crib with a crane. The tubes slipped and his hand was caught between them. He suffered an amputation to the little finger. | |||||
2021-07-26 | Scottdale | Pa | Duraloy Technologies, Inc. | Arm(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was using an overhead crane when its hook got caught on the bed of a hydraulic press. When the crane was being lowered, the hook slipped, struck the employee's left arm, and broke it. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
2021-03-15 | Scottsboro | Al | Sanoh America, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was walking to a dumpster. A forklift struck the employee as it backed up in an intersection. The employee suffered a head laceration, a left leg wound, and a crushed left little toe. | |||||
2021-02-21 | Scottsville | Tx | General Cable Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was removing aluminum stuck in a cable stripping machine that had just been turned off. A still spinning blade in the machine pulled in the aluminum and the employee's right index finger. The fingertip was amputated, with the loss of the nail bed. | |||||
2021-02-17 | Scott City | Ks | Midwest Mixer Service, LLC | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was attaching a powered industrial truck to a trailer in a parking lot. The employee slipped on ice and fell to the concrete, suffering a broken right arm. | |||||
2021-02-03 | Scott City | Ks | Midwest Mixer Service,LLC | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was helping another employee work on the back of a feed mixer to replace a stub shaft and bearing. The new stub shaft was on the ground and the employee tripped over it and fell. The employee sustained a dislocated and broken left ankle. | |||||
2021-01-02 | Scott | Ar | Bearskin Grains | Wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was preparing to clean the bottom of a grain bin of soy beans when his safety rope became entangled in the auger below the floor. He wrapped the rope around his wrist to try and free it and was pulled down to the floor, resulting in a broken left wrist. | |||||
2020-09-17 | Scottsbluff | Ne | Beeline Service | Nonclassifiable | Fire |
An employee was preparing to change an oil plug when a fire occurred and the employee was burned. | |||||
2020-08-19 | Scottsboro | Al | Maples Industries Inc. | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from the second floor of a creel rack, suffering a broken left femur. | |||||
2020-06-19 | Scott Air Force Base | Illinois | DH Pace Company, Inc., dba Overhead Door Company of St. Louis | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was servicing a traffic arresting barrier gate that was equipped with a retractable bollard. The bollard is moved into the up position by use of a pump and hydraulic pressure. The bollard moves into the down position by gravity as a solenoid is triggered to open a valve to relieve hydraulic pressure. When the gate is closed, the bollard is in the up position. When the gate is triggered to be opened, the bollard retracts below the road surface and then the gate slides open. There was | |||||
2020-03-13 | Scottsboro | Alabama | Sanoh America Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was loading hose into a hose machine. The employee's left middle and ring fingertips were caught in the machine. The fingertips were medically amputated. | |||||
2020-03-10 | Scottsboro | Alabama | Maples Industries, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was operating the crosscut machine, which uses table extensions for cutting larger rugs. To unfold a table, the employee pushed in the left bracket and then went to push in the right bracket. When he pushed in the bracket that is underneath the table, the extension came down, catching his fingertip between the middle and right table extensions. This resulted in a partial amputation and a fracture to the fingertip. | |||||
2020-03-10 | Fort Scott | Kansas | Extrusions, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
The employee was punching small parts on the hydraulic punch press when a part got stuck. As she tried to pull the small part out of the punch press, the punch activated, smashing the end of her finger. The fingertip was amputated to just behind the fingernail. | |||||
2020-02-05 | Scott Township | Pennsylvania | M Betters Construction | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On February 5, 2020, at approximately 4:30 PM, an employee was holding a rigging chain that was part of a drill bar set. The load was released, causing the rigging chain to swivel. The chain hook caught and crushed the employee's left middle fingertip, resulting in a medical amputation. | |||||
2020-02-01 | Prescott | Arkansas | FIRESTONE BUILDING PRODUCTS CO. | Brain | Fall on same level |
An employee was folding a 45' W by 100' L rubber sheet when she fell backwards, striking her head on the concrete ground and suffering a brain bleed. | |||||
2020-01-19 | Scottdale | Georgia | Steel, LLC. | Foot (feet) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
Employees were moving material with a crane when the plate clamps that were attached to the crane caught the flag of a steel beam. The clamps flipped off the rollers and landed on the employee's foot, causing a laceration. | |||||
2020-01-14 | Scott Air Force Base | Illinois | US Fish & Wildlife Service | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was operating a wood chipper machine when it became jammed with material. The employee's fingertip was amputated while trying to unjam it and the employee was hospitalized. The machine was not running at the time of the incident. | |||||
2019-09-17 | Scott City | Kansas | Fairleigh Feed Yard | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee was helping process cattle into a chute. While the employee was waiting for the next cow to come into the chute, the back gate was opened and the employee's finger was pinched between it and the bracket. The employee suffered a partial amputation. | |||||
2019-09-13 | Scott City | Missouri | RABEN TIRE | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
When an employee was mounting a tire onto a wheel, the wheel came out of the tire and struck the employee in the shoulder. The employee was hospitalized with a broken clavicle and required surgery. | |||||
2019-08-22 | Scottsville | Texas | Prysmian General Cable | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was handling and assembling extruding equipment when his fingertip entered the side port of a head body while inserting the flow divider. This resulted in a left index fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-08-05 | Fort Scott | Kansas | KOSS CONSTRUCTION CO | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee developed heat stress while cleaning a plant site and securing a load to a semi-trailer throughout the day, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2019-08-02 | Scottsboro | Alabama | Heat Transfer Products Group, LLC | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a standup forklift. A metal rack made contact with the employee's right foot, causing lacerations. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-07-31 | Fort Scott | Kansas | Ennis Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a rotary press machine with a rag when the machine's roller caught and crushed his left middle finger and amputated the ring fingertip. | |||||
2019-07-26 | Prescott | Arizona | U.S. Forest Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was on a plane returning from fighting a forest fire in Arizona when the employee became ill due to heat and dehydration. The employee was hospitalized with a muscle injury. | |||||
2019-06-19 | Fort Scott | Kansas | LABCONCO Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a drill press with a hole saw bit installed, when the bit caught the employee's glove, pulling the employee's left thumb into the bit and resulting in an amputation (from the middle). | |||||
2019-06-13 | Prescott | Arkansas | Peterson Concrete Tank Co | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. |
Employees were installing a precast concrete barrier wall. An 18-wheeler drifted over and struck a piece of equipment that was being used to set a section of the wall. This knocked the wall section loose, and it crushed two of an employee's toes. The toes were medically amputated. | |||||
2019-05-14 | Fort Scott | Kansas | Extrusions Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was resetting crimp plates and caught her left ring finger in the crimper head when it recessed into the machine causing a partial amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
2019-05-13 | Scottsbluff | Nebraska | ANDERSON AND SHAW CONSTRUCTION INC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment |
An employee was starting to do work on a mobile scaffold when the scaffold fell over. The employee fell on a bench, suffering broken ribs and a collapsed lung. | |||||
2019-04-14 | Scottsville | Texas | General Cable Industries, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell while walking near a water cooling tank that had just overflowed. The employee suffered a broken left femur. | |||||
2019-03-19 | Scott City | Missouri | MID-SOUTH WIRE COMPANY | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee had just lowered a partially filled carrier of wire onto a machine turntable and was disengaging the crane hook from the carrier. The hook raised, and the employee's left middle fingertip was amputated between it and the carrier. | |||||
2019-02-22 | Scott City | Missouri | SCHAEFER'S ELECTRICAL ENCLOSURES, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was performing a re-bend on a press brake. When the brake was actuated, the part being bent rotated up, pinching the employee's right thumb against the upper tooling and severing the tip. | |||||
2019-02-18 | Scottsbluff | Nebraska | Thompson Glass | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell off a roof at a job site, suffering head, back, and foot injuries. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-02-14 | Fort Scott | Kansas | Valu Merchandisers Company | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was filling an order when his leg was pinned between a pallet and a steel rack. He suffered hairline fractures of the right tibia and fibula, as well as a laceration. | |||||
2019-01-14 | Fort Scott | Kansas | WIN VENT WINDOWS, DIV. EXTRUSIONS, INC. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was relocating a rack of glass using a manual pallet jack when the glass fell on his foot, fracturing four toes. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-07-09 | Fort Scott | Kansas | K W Cattle Company LLC | Thigh(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
Two employees were driving all-terrain vehicles, using them to control cattle, when their vehicles collided. One employee suffered a fractured left femur. | |||||
2018-06-29 | Scott City | Missouri | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was hospitalized for illness due to dehydration. | |||||
2018-04-12 | Swampscott | Massachusett | Professional Electrical Contractors of CT | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee fell 12 feet to the ground while performing electrical work, suffering a punctured lung, broken rib, and back fractures. | |||||
2018-02-28 | Scottsbluff | Nebraska | Sunshine Holdings, LLC | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment |
Employees had cut out the concrete slab foundation inside a building that was being remodeled and were placing a sewer line in a 2' deep trench. The injured employee was walking towards the exit when the roof of the structure collapsed, striking and injuring the employee. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of a fractured collar bone and a sprained knee. | |||||
2018-02-23 | Scottsbluff | Nebraska | Ideal Laundry & Cleaners | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning around a folding machine and lost his balance. As he went to catch himself he grabbed the safety bar. His hand slipped and went into the roller on the machine and was crushed. | |||||
2018-02-16 | Scottsdale | Arizona | Sierra Staffing | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on a wet floor and fell fracturing the right arm. | |||||
2018-02-15 | Scottsbluff | Nebraska | Western Sugar Cooperative | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was training another employee to take a water meter reading in the UV building. The employee stepped backwards to allow the trainee to get closer to visually read the meter and tripped over a 1" air line that had a 3/8" air hose attached. The employee fell to ground fracturing the right hip. | |||||
2018-02-14 | Fort Scott | Kansas | Peerless Products Inc | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was standing near a conveyor system wearing metatarsal guarded shoes when his left foot was pulled into the conveyor and his foot and ankle were caught between the conveyor paddle and a riser resulting in his foot and ankle being degloved. | |||||
2018-01-19 | Scott City | Missouri | FIRST MISSOURI TERMINALS, INC | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was attempting to roll a tarp over product loaded on a trailer, but the tarp was frozen due to ice buildup. He then climbed to the top step of the trailer and began to pull on the stuck tarp string. As he pulled on the tarp, it became free, causing him to lose his balance and fall approximately 7 feet to the ground. He broke his right leg. | |||||
2018-01-10 | Fort Scott | Kansas | PEERLESS PRODUCTS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cleaning his work area with a blower when he experienced problems with the vacuum system. As he attempted to fix it, the hose fell off. While he was trying to replace the hose, his left hand contacted the fan blade, amputating three fingers and partially amputating one finger. | |||||
2017-08-02 | Scottsboro | Alabama | Wenzel Metal Spinning, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
While rolling a piece of metal, an employee's hand was caught in the rolling machine resulting in amputation of the right middle finger. | |||||
2017-07-06 | Prescott | Kansas | Custom Alloy | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was using a skid-steer to scoop and dump scrap aluminum into a rotary furnace when the hot metal was blown onto his right arm and back, causing burns. | |||||
2017-06-23 | Scottsboro | Alabama | LOZIER CORPORATION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was troubleshooting an edge-bander that had been experiencing operational issues due to an air leak when the employee contacted the trim blade, which was still powered and moving. The blade amputated the first knuckle of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd digits on the employee's right hand. | |||||
2017-06-08 | Scott City | Missouri | Havco Wood Products | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was trying to grab a wooden component before it reached the end of a conveyor. The wooden component was positioned sideways between slats. As he grabbed the wooden component, it became lodged between slats, and his left ring fingertip was pinched and amputated between the wooden component and metal framework at the end of the conveyor. | |||||
2017-05-30 | Scott | Louisiana | Republic Services, Inc | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee was offloading an appliance from the back of a truck when he fell backward on top of another appliance that was already offloaded. He broke several ribs and suffered a collapsed lung. | |||||
2017-05-17 | Scottdale | Georgia | Metro Waterproofing, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was unhitching a trailer and was putting it on a block when the trailer rolled off. The jack stand came off the block and landed on the employee's right foot, amputating his right big toe. | |||||
2017-05-12 | Scott City | Missouri | HAVCO WOOD PRODUCTS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was feeding a sander's out feed when his third left finger was caught and amputated between two wooden components. | |||||
2017-03-08 | Prescott | Wisconsin | GENERAL PLASTIC EXTRUSIONS, INC. | Arm(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
On March 8, 2017, a temporary employee was changing a roll of plastic on a machine when an arm was caught in a roller and fractured in two places. | |||||
2017-03-02 | Scottsville | Texas | GENERAL CABLE | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was about to weld a piece of cable from the east side cable to the west side cable. The west side was already clamped off and the employee was putting the east side into the clamp on the cable welder. As he was lowering the guard, the clamp guard actuated catching his right middle finger in the clamp and amputating the fingertip. | |||||
2017-02-23 | Scott Air Force Base | Illinois | U.S. Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force Scott Air Force Base, AMC 375 | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On February 23, 2017, an employee was cutting a piece of polycarbonate with a foot shear when the hold-down came down and amputated the employee's right ring fingertip and crushed the pinky finger. | |||||
2017-02-23 | Scott Air Force Base | Illinois | Army Air Force Exchange Service | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over a co-worker's foot and fell in the kitchen breaking the left hip. | |||||
2017-02-22 | Damariscotta | Maine | Lincoln Health | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was working at her desk when she got up and tripped over her sneaker. She then hit her head on a nurse's station and broke her wrist on the floor. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-01-27 | Mascotte | Florida | Rockford Pipeline Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was lining up pipes to be connected when the clamp that holds the pipes together broke and the employee's left index finger was caught in the lifting chains amputating it at the first knuckle. | |||||
2017-01-06 | Scottsbluff | Nebraska | Rocky Mountain Specialty Services | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was cleaning out a heat exchanger when hot material blew back and burned 50 percent of the employee's body. | |||||
2016-09-26 | Scott City | Missouri | ISI ENVIRONMENTAL & RECYCLING LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was attempting to stuff cardboard back into the chamber of a horizontal baler when it crushed her right hand. | |||||
2016-09-06 | Scottsboro | Alabama | Maples Industries, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a 4x6 roll-up machine. While she was straightening a rug that became off-center, her right hand/arm was pulled into the machine's rollers, fracturing her forearm. | |||||
2016-09-06 | Damariscotta | Maine | Hannaford Supermarkets | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting bacon with a knife when the blade amputated his right index fingertip. | |||||
2016-08-25 | Fort Scott | Kansas | Valu Merchandisers Company | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a standing dock forklift and got his foot caught between a pole and the forklift. The employee's left foot was crushed and partially amputated at the hospital. | |||||
2016-08-08 | Scottsboro | Alabama | Imperial Aluminum | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee become dehydrated, nauseated, ill, and experienced muscle spasms due to the heat. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-08-03 | Scottsbluff | Nebraska | Western Sugar Cooperative | Multiple head locations | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
While working on a piece of equipment, an employee fell through a second-story hole in the floor to the concrete below, suffering a skull/facial fracture. | |||||
2016-08-02 | Scott Township | Pennsylvania | Minichi, Incorporated | Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was standing by a concrete pump when a hose connected to the pump broke loose and struck the employee in the face, causing a laceration and nose fracture. | |||||
2016-07-27 | Scottsboro | Alabama | LOZIER CORPORATION | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee started having cramps due to dehydration and heat exhaustion while hanging parts ranging from 2 to 30 pounds onto hooks on a paint line. | |||||
2016-07-07 | Scottsboro | Alabama | Lozier Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was loading brackets into the feeder of a bracket welder machine when the machine amputated the employee's right middle fingertip. The machine was in operation at the time of the incident. | |||||
2016-06-22 | Prescott | Kansas | Custom Alloy Sales 34P LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee suffered from heat exhaustion while taking metal products off the belt or table, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-05-25 | Scottsboro | Alabama | LOZIER CORPORATION | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
While sweeping a work area, an employee vomited and became disoriented from heat exhaustion, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-05-19 | Scottsdale | Arizona | Performance Contracting, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was installing a frame angle using a powder-actuated tool when a pin ricocheted off a steel beam and punctured his chest. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-03-22 | Scottsdale | Arizona | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
While walking down a driveway, an employee slipped on loose gravel, fell to the ground, and fractured a hip. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-02-18 | Prescott | Kansas | Custom Alloy Sales 34P LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity |
While walking on stairs, an employee was electric shocked on his left side by the handrail. The stairs were located near where the ingots come off the line. | |||||
2016-02-17 | Scott City | Kansas | Freedom Electric Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was working from a 10 foot ladder and fell to the ground cracking two vertebrae in the neck. | |||||
2016-02-09 | Prescott | Kansas | Custom Alloy 34P LLC | Arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
On Tuesday, 02/09/16, an employee was operating a skid steer to push a hot slab when he got stuck. When a coworker tried to push him out, the employee's right arm was burned by the hot slab, eventually requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-01-07 | Scottsboro | Alabama | Maples Industry | Skull | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
While exiting the breakroom an employee collided with a co-worker and suffered a skull fracture. | |||||
2015-12-07 | Scottsville | New York | SABIN Metal Corporation | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped and fell over a bucket containing a sodium hydroxide (10-15%) solution. The employee suffered chemical burns to the arms, back and legs. | |||||
2015-10-31 | Scott City | Missouri | HAVCO WOOD PRODUCTS, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning the glue roller and his glove got caught in the roller crushing and removing tissue from his right pinky fingertip. | |||||
2015-10-22 | Scottsboro | Alabama | Heat Transfer Products Group, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was assisting the machine operator in setting up the stamping machine. The machine cycled fracturing and lacerating the employee's left index finger. The employee was hospitalized overnight. | |||||
2015-10-14 | Scottdale | Georgia | Heyling Contrara | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee fell approximately 10 feet sustaining unknown injuries and was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-09-29 | Scottsbluff | Nebraska | Panhandle Coop Assn | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
While operating a food slicer to cut cucumbers in the grocery store, an employee amputated the tip of his right middle finger. | |||||
2015-09-16 | Scott City | Kansas | Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc. | Arm(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was standing in a lift bucket changing out a still energized transformer on a power pole. He received electrical burns to the left forearm and right arm. Rubber gloves were not worn at the time of the incident. | |||||
2015-09-05 | Prescott | Arkansas | Firestone Building Products | Head | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On September 5, 2015, an employee was operating a wind-up machine when the light curtain failed. The overhead press roll activated and came down on the employee's head. The employee sustained a severe head contusion and laceration. | |||||
2015-07-09 | Scottdale | Georgia | Metro Waterproofing, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Nonclassifiable |
An employee sustained a puncture wound to the left forearm on July 7, 2015. The employee was later hospitalized for treatment when the hand and forearm became swollen. | |||||
2015-06-03 | Scottsboro | Alabama | Imperial Aluminum | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was swinging a sledgehammer to knock pins out of aluminum sows and smashed his left hand pointer finger in the process. The employee was taken to the hospital where it was determined that the finger needed to be amputated. | |||||
2015-05-20 | Scottdale | Pennsylvania | Easley & Rivers | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonclassifiable |
An employee dislocated their left-hand pinky finger. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery to repair torn tendons. | |||||
2015-02-19 | Scott City | Kansas | SEABOARD FOODS LIVE PRODUCTION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
Employee was preparing to euthanize a non-performing hog. He went to the shop and retrieved a Captive Bolt Gun and returned to the pen where the hog was located. He loaded the gun and put the safety on. As he was climbing into the pen, the gun fell. When it hit the floor, the gun discharged, and the 3" projectile attached to the gun struck the caregiver in the right thumb, puncturing his thumb and breaking the bone. | |||||
2015-02-02 | Scottsdale | Arizona | AGATE STEEL INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
Employee lifted the seat of a golf cart to see why it did not start. He jiggled some wires and when he pressed on a belt, the belt started to turn. The tip of his middle finger got caught between the turning belt and pulley, which amputated the tip of his finger down to the first knuckle. | |||||
2015-01-28 | Scottsbluff | Nebraska | NE COLORADO CELLULAR, INC. | Nonclassifiable | Nonclassifiable |
Two workers who were installing a cable ladder were injured when a 15 ft. tower section was blown over; it tipped over in high winds and high wind gusts. | |||||
2015-01-19 | Swampscott | Massachusett | Advantage Sales and Marketing, LLC | Eye(s) | Overexertion and bodily reaction and exertion, n.e.c. |
On 1/19/15, an employee was placing items in the freezer when the employee began to see spots in the left eye and then lost vision in that eye. Employee was hospitalized overnight. |