Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-03-08 | Sullivan | Mo | AEROFIL TECHNOLOGY, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was operating a valve seater machine on an aerosol production line when the machine malfunctioned. While unjamming the machine, the employee's hand was caught on a belt which pulled her fingers into the machine and amputated her index finger below the first knuckle. | |||||
2020-05-18 | Sullivan | Missouri | MIDWEST MANUFACTURING CO | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning material off a concrete block push-off machine. The pusher cycled and crushed his right arm against the guide, removing skin. | |||||
2019-04-23 | Sullivan City | Texas | Department of Homeland Security | Head and neck | Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden |
At about 8:10 p.m. on April 23, 2019, a mounted border patrol agent ran into a branch and was knocked off his horse. He suffered a laceration, a concussion, and a hairline fracture to a vertebra in his neck. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-04-09 | Sullivan | Ohio | VAUGHN INDUSTRIES, INC. | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone |
An employee was in a work zone flagging traffic. An automobile entered the work zone and struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a head injury and a broken leg. | |||||
2018-09-05 | Sullivan | Missouri | ABF Freight System | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was entering the cab of his truck after fueling when he fell and hit his head on the tractor step or door well. He was hospitalized for bleeding on the brain and required sutures. | |||||
2018-07-02 | Sullivan | Missouri | MIDWEST MANUFACTURING | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was emptying a hopper into a dumpster using a forklift. The hopper rolled backwards after being emptied and crushed the employee's fingers resulting in amputation of three fingers. | |||||
2018-05-29 | Sullivan | Missouri | RELIABLE TURBINE SERVICES LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was positioning an overhead crane's suspended load onto cribbing when his fingertip was caught and amputated between the load and the concrete floor. | |||||
2017-05-17 | Sullivan | Illinois | AGRI-FAB INC. | Nonclassifiable | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was tightening a material guide tube on a cut-off machine when he contacted the belt and pulley, suffering a soft tissue amputation. |