Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-07-30	Sedalia	Mo	GENERAL CABLE	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was working at a wrapper on a recoiler, wrapping a coil with plastic. A pigtail became caught on a pipe; while an employee was pushing it back into a working position, the machine engaged and its rotating bearing hit the employee's left hand. The employee suffered partial amputations to the middle and ring fingers. The machine was unguarded at the time.
2021-04-08	Sedalia	Mo	Core Mark Iowa	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was taking an empty two-wheeler back to a truck. The employee slipped on wet pavement and fell, suffering an abdominal pull that required surgery.
2021-03-22	Sedalia	Mo	TYSON FOODS INC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was repairing a breader. The employee was unjamming a clog from it when its incline chain paddles struck the employee's left hand. The employee suffered an amputation to part of the middle finger.
2020-08-27	Sedalia	Co	H&H Corporate LLC	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was cleaning up a solvent leak from a membrane skid in a manufacturing facility. A nearby heat gun caused fumes from the leak to ignite. The employee suffered second-degree burns to the hand and arm.
2020-07-27	Sedalia	Missouri	Pittsburgh Corning Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Two employees were troubleshooting a lift table that was not functioning. When air flow to the table was turned on, the table tilted down quickly and an empty mold plan slammed into the guide rail. An employee's right index finger was smashed between the guide rail and the mold; the fingertip was amputated during treatment.
2020-07-02	Sedalia	Mo	Maxion Wheels LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was handling a wheel at the inspection station. While turning the wheel over onto the table, the flange of the wheel landed on the employee's left index finger causing an avulsion to the distal phalanx that resulted in a surgical amputation.
2020-04-04	Sedalia	Missouri	TYSON FOODS, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was in a buffer room, putting pallets away using a forklift. His hand was caught between his forklift and another forklift, and he suffered fractures to the left ring and little fingers and a lacerated palm.
2020-03-23	Sedalia	Missouri	Owens Corning	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee's right glove was caught between the roller, belt, and conveyor under a powered belt conveyor. The employee's arm was broken.
2020-03-21	Sedalia	Colorado	Consolidated Investment Group	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee had been driving in a pasture to check on a pregnant cow. The truck door closed on the employee's hand causing an amputation to the right middle fingertip that was closed with stitches.
2019-08-07	Sedalia	Missouri	Stanley Black and Decker	Ankle(s)	Boarding, alighting-excluding slip, trip, fall-single episode
An employee was stepping down from the back of a shuttle/vehicle and landed awkwardly resulting in a fractured ankle.
2019-08-06	Sedalia	Missouri	Inter-State Studio	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee entered a room to check trash bins. She tripped on a table leg, fell and broke her hip.
2019-05-19	Sedalia	Colorado	Sanctuary Golf Course	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
A maintenance employee was using a fly mower and ran over his left foot resulting in amputation of two toes.
2019-04-02	Sedalia	Colorado	Sanctuary Golf Course	Foot (feet)	Stepped on object
An employee was moving a mat from the asphalt at a golf course and stepped on a sod staple, puncturing the left foot and requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2019-02-09	Sedalia	Missouri	SEPTAGON CONSTRUCTION	Leg(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was working on a section of roof when the chain saw kicked back and cut the employee's right leg. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-01-16	Sedalia	Missouri	First Student	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was walking down steps when she fell, breaking her left ankle.
2018-09-11	Sedalia	Missouri	Stanley Black and Decker	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was changing a die on a press. He had removed the bottom half of the die and loosened the clamp on the top die, and was sliding the top half of the die to the right of the press when the top half fell about 6 inches onto his right hand. His middle and ring fingers were broken.
2018-08-02	Sedalia	Missouri	Gardner Denver	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a crane with a sling to lift a cylinder from a basket when the employee's left ring finger was caught between the sling and the cylinder, crushing it and resulting in an amputation to the first joint.
2018-07-27	Sedalia	Missouri	TYSON FOODS, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was removing a breader's main drive belt motor from its gearbox. When the motor released from the gear box, it fell, crushing the employee's left ring fingertip between the bottom of the motor and the framework of the breader. The finger tip was subsequently medically amputated.
2017-09-14	Sedalia	Missouri	MISSOURI PRESSED METALS, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning around a molder press and attempting to remove a part when the press amputated her left middle fingertip above the first knuckle. The machine was guarded and active at the time of the incident.
2017-06-06	Sedalia	Missouri	MISSOURI PRESS METALS	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was making bushings at a metal molding machine when the machine amputated half of her right middle finger. The machine was not guarded or locked out at the time of the incident.
2017-04-20	Sedalia	Missouri	Delong's Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was rolling a channel to punch holes. The employee had the channel in the vertical position and was attempting to lay the channel flat by hand when the employee's finger was smashed and amputated between the channel and a railcar .
2016-04-20	Sedalia	Missouri	TYSON FOODS	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee dropped a piece of ice on the ground while removing a cap from a combo. He tried to move the piece of ice out of the walkway with his foot, lost his balance and fell to the ground. He fractured the tibia and dislocated the ankle.
2015-12-16	Sedalia	Missouri	WATERLOO INDUSTRIES INC.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a deck through a gap in the railing.
2015-07-13	Sedalia	Missouri	TYSON FOODS	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was preparing for work at the line 4B tender clipping station. She was adjusting her work stand to the correct height when the stand slipped out of her hand. Her left middle finger was pinched between the work stand framework and the framework of the cone line. Her left middle finger was amputated between the nail-bed and first knuckle.