Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-22 | Shawnee | Ks | Heartland Logistics | Head and neck | Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway |
A haul truck driver had bounced in a rut causing him to hit his head on the roof of the truck cab. He sustained neck pain, couldn't walk, and was nauseated. The employee was hospitalized overnight with swelling in his neck and forehead. | |||||
2021-09-30 | Shawnee | Ok | Indaco Metals, LLC | Wrist(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee was reaching for a piece of steel when he tripped and suffered a cut to his right wrist. | |||||
2021-09-21 | Shawnee | Ok | Vault Pressure Control | Thigh(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was working on a frac valve when a pressure fitting released and struck the employee's upper left thigh. The employee sustained a laceration and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-09-16 | Shawnee | Ks | Forterra Pipe and precast, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was moving a 40-pound concrete pipe. The employee's right index finger was pinched between the pipe and another concrete piece, resulting in amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
2021-07-09 | Shawnee On Delaware | Pa | Miller Bros. | Multiple body parts | Roadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. |
An employee was driving a rear-property machine across a bridge over a river when the bridge collapsed and the machine and the employee fell 16 feet into the river below. The employee suffered a broken ankle and broken ribs. | |||||
2021-06-15 | Shawnee Mission | Ks | JC Penney Distribution Center | Nonclassifiable | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet |
An employee fell through a floor cutout and landed on the ground approximately 42 inches below. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-06-11 | Shawnee | Ks | Bratton Brothers Contracting Inc | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was installing flashing above an overhead door while on a scaffold when he lost his balance and fell to the concrete driveway below, resulting in a compound wrist fracture, a fractured heel, and a head laceration. | |||||
2021-05-07 | Shawnee | Ok | N & R of Shawnee, LLC | Pelvis | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking through a dining room when they slipped and fell on something wet on the floor, resulting in an injury to the right side of their pelvis. | |||||
2021-04-14 | Shawnee | Ks | Advance Auto Parts | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee had been engaged in stocking activities. While descending a rolling platform ladder, the employee fell backward to the ground. The employee was hospitalized, having sustained a fractured right clavicle/scapula, a hemorrhage, a vertebra compression fracture, and a seizure. | |||||
2020-10-02 | Shawnee | Ks | Ultimate LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was operating a table saw when his finger was caught in the saw's blade and amputated at the knuckle. | |||||
2020-07-13 | Shawnee | Oklahoma | SHAWNEE MILLING COMPANY | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
At the feed mill, an employee was wrapping red duct tape around a metal trough. His left index fingertip went inside the trough housing through an unseen hole in the metal. The conveyor screw inside the trough caused a partial amputation of the left index fingertip. | |||||
2020-04-06 | Shawnee Mission | Kansas | ADVENTHEALTH FOUNDATION | Lumbar region | Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources |
The injured employee was replacing linens underneath a patient and moving the patient from an operating room table to a patient bed with the assistance of co-workers. During this work, the injured employee tweaked his lower back. The injured employee was hospitalized with a lumbar sprain. | |||||
2020-01-14 | Shawnee | Oklahoma | Jindal Films, Americas, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was inspecting the MDO rolls for wrapper film when his hand was caught between the rotating MDO rolls. | |||||
2019-06-13 | Shawnee | Kansas | Walmart | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was cleaning up a spill when he slipped and fell on the floor, injuring his right hip. | |||||
2019-04-16 | Shawnee | Kansas | EVERGY INCORPORATED | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was working on a pad-mounted transformer when an arc flash caused second-degree burns to the employee's ear, face, neck, and shoulder area. | |||||
2019-03-27 | Shawnee | Pennsylvania | George S. Coyne Chemical Co. Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
At about 1:00 a.m. on March 27, 2019, a driver unhooked a chemical delivery hose at a customer facility and was sprayed with a corrosive chemical (45% caustic potash). He was hospitalized. Personal protective equipment was not worn at the time. | |||||
2019-03-01 | Shawnee | Kansas | SCI ACQUISITIONS, LLC | Ankle(s) | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. |
An employee was moving an 8 x 10 stone slab with a powered industrial truck (PIT) when the employee's left leg became entangled in one of the PIT's tires and both ankles were injured. | |||||
2019-01-22 | Shawnee | Kansas | FIRST STUDENT | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell to the ground, breaking the right ankle and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-08-30 | Shawnee | Oklahoma | Shawnee Tubing Industries, LLC | Multiple body parts | Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was operating the casting machine. A malfunction allowed molten copper to be poured into water creating an explosion. The employee sustained burns to the face, neck, and shoulder and an eye injury. | |||||
2018-06-23 | Shawnee | Kansas | Citywide Electric | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was hanging conduit using an 8-foot ladder. He fell to the floor, suffering a concussion and broken ribs, pelvis, and thumb. | |||||
2017-09-19 | Shawnee | Oklahoma | AIRCO SERVICE INC. | Multiple body parts | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
Two employees were in a scissor lift approximately 17 to 18 feet high to hang duct work. They had finished hanging a piece when the scissor lift activated, began moving quickly in circles, and overturned. One of the employees was hospitalized with vertebrae, wrist, and ankle fractures. Both employees were tied off in the scissor lift at the time of the incident. | |||||
2017-05-18 | Shawnee | Kansas | NAZDAR | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee's left thumb was pulled into a bench grinder and was partially amputated. The grinder was unguarded at the time. | |||||
2017-02-08 | Shawnee | Oklahoma | WOLVERINE TUBE, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was hand feeding a copper tube into a finning machine with her right hand. The employee rested her left hand on top of the slide gate guard with her fingertips behind the guard. The machine was in the automatic mode. The slide gate activated and amputated her left small fingertip. | |||||
2017-01-10 | Shawnee | Kansas | Ruan Transportation | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was assisting a customer to unload a flatbed trailer and fell to the ground suffering a head contusion and a right hip fracture. | |||||
2016-09-16 | Shawnee | Kansas | Below Ground Surface, Inc | Lumbar region | Shooting by other person-unintentional |
An employee was getting equipment ready to head out to the field while a second employee brought a gun to the office to have a third employee look at it. While the two employees were looking at the gun to correct a malfunction, it went off and shot the employee preparing equipment. The employee was struck in the lower back, hitting the pelvic bone, stomach and large intestine. | |||||
2016-08-31 | Shawnee | Kansas | Forterra Concrete Products | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee's finger was between two steel containers. When a forklift struck the steel container the employee's finger was crushed between the two containers and amputated at the hospital. | |||||
2015-11-06 | Shawnee | Kansas | MWI Veterinary Supply Company | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee operating a stand-up forklift removed a pallet from a storage rack. His left foot was hanging over the rear of the forklift as he backed away from the rack. While reversing, he struck the storage rack behind him, injuring the toes on his left foot. He was wearing steel-toed shoes at the time. His second toe was amputated. | |||||
2015-08-13 | Shawnee | Oklahoma | WOLVERINE TUBE, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee was lifting metal pallets when a metal pallet slipped out of his hand and crushed his right hand middle finger, breaking it. | |||||
2015-05-18 | Shawnee | Oklahoma | Jindal Films LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
An employee was troubleshooting on one of the lines when he decided to place an AVIS strap around an idler roll to reduce its speed. His left index finger became entangled in the AVIS strap, resulting in an amputation to his left index fingertip and bone, which was severed at the middle phalanx. | |||||
2015-04-07 | Shawnee | Oklahoma | Metal Mechanix | Forearm(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee fell through the roof while carrying a metal panel. The wind caught the metal panel, dragging the employee over to an opening in the roof. The employee fell and cut his forearm. | |||||
2015-03-23 | Shawnee | Oklahoma | Wolverine Tube Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
A machine operator asked the injured employee to change out an air tester. The employee asked another coworker to retrieve airlock seals to change the air tester. The coworker and machine operator went to the tool crib to retrieve seals. During this time, the injured employee reached into the area of operation. A sensor sent the jaw block (hydraulic-operated) down and amputated the employee's left-hand ring finger (half of finger) and pinky (1st joint of finger). | |||||
2015-02-25 | Shawnee | Oklahoma | Wolverine Tube Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating the 1708 machine, finishing a tube. The machine cycled then stopped. The employee noticed the machine had stopped and removed the guarding to investigate the problem. The employee saw that the material had pushed the home sensor and then pushed the material back manually, causing it to move forward again. The material got stuck and at the same time pushed the employee's left hand into the clamp, causing an amputation of the left pinky finger, which left bone exposed. | |||||
2015-02-11 | Shawnee On Delaware | Pennsylvania | Shawnee Holdings | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An independent contractor was using a table saw in the scene shop to cut wood for set construction. His left hand slipped into the saw blade and amputated the tip of his left index finger. | |||||
2015-01-12 | Shawnee | Oklahoma | NEWTON WALL | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
Employee tripped, fell over a pallet, and broke femur. Employee was hospitalized for surgery. |