Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-09-15 | Sheridan | Ar | Signode Multi-wall Division | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was trying to remove excess glue from a roller on the top of a compression belt on a panel line. Her left hand was pulled into the machine, which pulled back the skin on the back of her hand. | |||||
2021-08-06 | Sheridan | Ar | Shippers Products | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was trying to adjust the pressure rod and tension ball of a slitter machine. The slitter blade amputated the employee's left index finger. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2021-04-13 | Sheridan | Mt | USDA Forest Service | Leg(s) | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was performing forestry-related burning operations. He had one burn torch in his hand and another attached to his fire line pack. The second torch failed; fuel got free of the drip torch and was ignited by the open flames. The employee suffered second- and third-degree burns to the backs of his legs. | |||||
2019-07-17 | Sheridan | Arkansas | GARRETT EXCAVATING, INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was building manhole tops at a construction worksite. After work, the employee was hospitalized for heat stress and dehydration. | |||||
2019-06-09 | Sheridan | Oregon | FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, SHERIDAN | Multiple body parts | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle |
An employee was riding a motorcycle when his foot peg became caught on the ground and he ran into a light pole. He fractured his wrist, shoulder, and pelvis. | |||||
2018-07-23 | Sheridan | Arkansas | ANTHONY HARDWOOD COMPOSITES, INC. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was standing on a 2-foot platform that has rails on three sides, reaching for strips of lumber to come out of a rip saw, when he fell on the ground. He broke his left wrist and hip. | |||||
2017-08-29 | Sheridan | Arkansas | CENTRIA LLC | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was at a conveyor with a piece of end protector paper strip in his left hand. The paper strip became wrapped around the powered conveyor roller and his left arm was pulled into the conveyor, fracturing it. | |||||
2017-08-16 | Sheridan | Montana | U.S. Department of Interior | Thoracic region | Struck by other falling powered vehicle |
An employee was adjusting the track on a skid steer that was on a jack when the skid steer shifted and caused the jack to slip. The skid steer then fell on the employee, fracturing the T2 vertebra. | |||||
2015-10-28 | Sheridan | Arkansas | Koehler Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was unjamming a bagging machine and amputated the left index finger to the first digit. | |||||
2015-05-13 | Sheridan | Arkansas | CENTRIA LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was clamping down an insulated metal panel with an air-actuated jig while his hand rested on the plate. The jig severed his right-hand middle fingertip. | |||||
2015-04-28 | Sheridan | Arkansas | Kohler Company Inc | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
A maintenance associate was on top of the scrubber unit on the mezzanine level. The guard rails had been removed to allow access for replacement units. The employee walked backwards off the mezzanine to the floor below. |