Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-07-26 | Spearfish | South Dakota | KNECHT, LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was conducting a safety inspection of a semi-truck when he missed a step and fell off the truck, hitting his head on the floor. | |||||
2020-05-06 | Spearfish | South Dakota | Neiman Enterprises, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was operating a planer. The planer's blade touched his right thumb as he tried to pull out a piece of lumber, partially amputating the thumb. | |||||
2019-08-18 | Spearfish | South Dakota | Rock Solid Home Builders | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
On August 18, 2019, an employee was standing on an exterior top plate setting trusses when the employee fell approximately 16.5 feet off the top plate and onto a saw horse and the ground. The employee suffered a fractured leg and jaw. Fall protection was not worn at the time of the incident. | |||||
2019-05-20 | Spearfish | South Dakota | Wright Tree Service Inc | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
The injured employee was spotting a truck while it backed up. The employee slipped on fresh snow and his legs went under the rear passenger-side, dual truck tires resulting in a muscle injury to the lower left leg. | |||||
2017-08-15 | Spearfish | South Dakota | Spearfish Forest Products | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was operating a trimmer from a control panel when a chain came off the sprocket. After replacing the chain on the sprocket, he stepped out of the system, lost his footing, and fell 14 feet to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a broken pelvis and back. | |||||
2016-07-14 | Spearfish | South Dakota | Spearfish Forest Products | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was greasing a conveyor when his foot slipped from the framework he was standing on and ended up on the chain drive and sprocket. The drive and sprocket crushed the toe box of his boot, partially amputating his right big toe. |