Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-03-27 | Seward | Nebraska | Tenneco Inc. | Head | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was operating a hoist when the hoist retention hook failed causing the hoist to fall and strike the employee on the head. The employee sustained a head contusion and laceration. | |||||
2017-06-07 | Seward | Nebraska | Farmers Cooperative Co. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was removing the outside dual wheel on a farm tractor to get access to the inner dual tire. The employee had the rear wheel of the tractor raised up with a jack and was using a truck-mounted boom to help remove the outside wheel/tire assembly. After the employee unbolted the wheel and maneuvered it off the axel, the wheel tilted and struck the employee. The employee fractured five ribs, punctured a lung, and suffered a laceration behind the right ear. | |||||
2017-05-10 | Seward | Nebraska | Capital Overhead Door | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a ladder, removing a vice grip from a garage door to open it. When the vice grip came off, the door rolled open and knocked him off the ladder. His right thumb was pinched and amputated between the door and the track. | |||||
2017-01-17 | Seward | Nebraska | Hughes Brothers, Inc. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on portable stairs lubricating a hoist when he inadvertently activated the lift, tipping over the portable stairs. He fell to the floor resulting in a hairline fracture to his hip. | |||||
2017-01-06 | Seward | Nebraska | NEBRASKA MACHINERY CO. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Exposure to environmental cold |
An employee was working outdoors on some equipment/machines when he suffered frostbite to eight fingers. |