Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-07-09	South Sioux City	Ne	Empirical Foods	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was loading a band saw when their left pinky finger was caught in the pneumatic clamp resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2020-01-29	South Sioux City	Nebraska	Ryan & Associates	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
While descending from a ladder, an employee missed a rung and fell to the concrete ground, suffering cracked ribs and a broken clavicle.
2020-01-22	South Sioux City	Nebraska	Barnhart Crane and Rigging	Lip(s)	Injured by object breaking in hand
An employee was operating a handheld grinder when the grinding wheel disintegrated, and the grinder hit the employee's face, lacerating the lower lip.
2019-07-09	South Sioux City	Nebraska	Nystrom Electric Company	Wrist(s) and elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a ladder to the crushed concrete ground while hanging security cameras on the outside of a building. The employee suffered a broken and dislocated left elbow, a broken right wrist, and a laceration to the floorhead.
2018-06-27	South Sioux City	Nebraska	Sioux City Foundry Co.	Thigh(s)	Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
An employee was working on the muller putting parts on it. The employee reached up on an I-beam to move himself and when he stepped back down his knee twisted and his femur was fractured.
2018-03-20	South Sioux City	Nebraska	Ferrellgas, LP	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on a ladder taking a sticker/decal off of a propane truck when he fell off the ladder and struck his head on the concrete floor.
2017-10-12	South Sioux City	Nebraska	United Rack Installers, Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
An employee was working at a lower level when another employee at a higher level dropped a drift pin that hit and lacerated the employee's leg.
2017-06-13	South Sioux City	Nebraska	CHS Inc	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was inspecting a rotary feeder when his hand contacted the moving blender, amputating his thumb tip and his index, middle, and ring fingertips.
2017-04-09	South Sioux City	Nebraska	Hy-Vee, Inc	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using the right hand to push meat across a meat slicer when the employee's vinyl glove was caught by the slicer blade, pulling the employee's right thumb into the blade. The employee's right thumb tip was amputated along with part of the thumbnail.
2016-06-23	South Sioux City	Nebraska	Dakota Cold Storage	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking into the dock leveler pit when his foot became tangled in the chain used to raise and lower the dock overhead door. He tripped, falling to the ground and fracturing his right ankle.
2016-03-30	South Sioux City	Nebraska	Marina Inn	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped over a board left on the floor to cover newly installed tile flooring. The employee fell and injured their back resulting in hospitalization.
2016-01-19	South Sioux City	Nebraska	Beef Products Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning an auger and replacing a plug when the flight of the auger amputated 1/4 of the left middle finger.
2015-03-27	South Sioux City	Nebraska	Sioux City Foundry	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee descending a ladder lost his balance. He reached for something to stabilize himself and put his left hand through the guard on a machine's exhaust fan, breaking his left thumb and middle and ring fingers.