| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||||
| 2021-02-17 | 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2019-03-19 | 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. | |||||
| 2018-06-29 | Scott City | Missouri | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was hospitalized for illness due to dehydration. | |||||
| 2018-01-19 | 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2017-05-12 | 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2016-02-17 | 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2015-09-16 | 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. | |||||
| 2015-02-19 | 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. | |||||