Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-03-19 | Ste Genevieve | Missouri | MISSISSIPPI LIME DISTRIBUTION SERVICES | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was climbing into the cab of his truck when his knee gave out and he fell out onto another parked truck, hitting the top step. He suffered a broken rib and a collapsed lung and was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-05-29 | Ste Genevieve | Missouri | Southern Illinois Transfer | Upper arm(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
On the morning of 5/29/2015, employee arrived at work at 6:00 am. At about 6:05 he was securing a line to roll a cover on a barge. The hook somehow dislodged and became airborne striking the employee in his left upper arm. The hook was 4" and weighed approximately 3 pounds. The cover of the barge became wedged and put tension on the line and then the hook became dislodged striking the employee. |