| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-28 | Summit Argo | Il | FedEx Freight, Inc. | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a forklift when his left leg struck a trailer. He suffered two broken bones in the leg and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-06-16 | Lees Summit | Mo | AB ROCK | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee suffered heat stress while handling concrete forms. | |||||
| 2021-06-01 | Summit | Il | TAC Summit, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| On June 1, 2021, at approximately 5:15 p.m. an employee was cleaning residual material from a tank wagon. When the tank wagon operator opened the meter/pump valves residual rinse water (approximately 200 degrees F) was released from an open hose and splashed onto the employee's legs. The employee was hospitalized for second degree burns on his lower legs. | |||||
| 2021-05-26 | Lees Summit | Mo | CVS Pharmacy | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was on a step ladder moving products. While descending the ladder, the employee missed a step and fell striking the shelf and then the floor. The employee sustained a fractured right hip. | |||||
| 2020-09-23 | Lees Summit | Mo | Polytainers Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting the injection molding machine and amputated their left ring finger. | |||||
| 2020-05-01 | Lees Summit | Missouri | IPL Plastics Inc | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was pulling a set of skate rollers when she tripped over a pallet jack and fell to the floor, breaking her hip. | |||||
| 2020-02-18 | Summit | New Jersey | Concrete Systems Inc. | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was caught in the track of a moving excavator. The employee's ankle was broken. | |||||
| 2019-08-24 | Lees Summit | Missouri | Wal-Mart Supercenter #573 | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c. |
| An employee was placing supplies under her cash register when her shoelace became caught. She lost her balance and fell onto her left side on the floor, fracturing her left hip. | |||||
| 2019-04-07 | Summit | New Jersey | CVS Health | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped over a space heater cord, fell and broke her hip. | |||||
| 2019-02-12 | Lees Summit | Missouri | USPS | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| While arriving at work, an employee slipped in the icy parking lot and fell to the ground, suffering two broken ribs. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-01-27 | Lees Summit | Missouri | Target | Brain | Fall, slip, trip |
| An employee fell, suffering brain bleeding as a result. | |||||
| 2019-01-09 | Lees Summit | Missouri | A. Zerega's Sons, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was running a line when the case elevator jammed. He climbed up to the level of an overhead conveyor belt and attempted to release the jam. His left arm was struck by the case elevator when the jam released, breaking it. The case elevator was guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2018-08-31 | Summit | Illinois | Summit Cold Storage | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| An employee's right foot was run over by a forklift as the forklift operator was backing out of a freezer. The employee's right foot was crushed and the large toe had to be amputated. | |||||
| 2018-08-23 | Summit | Illinois | M&K Employee Solutions | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was servicing a truck from underneath when hot antifreeze/engine coolant poured onto him. He suffered burns to the face, arms, and chest. | |||||
| 2018-06-13 | Summit | New Jersey | Ned Stevens Gutter Cleaning and General Contracting, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was cleaning the gutters on the second level of a residential structure and fell from the roof breaking a wrist. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-05-07 | Summit | New Jersey | Overlook Medical Center Foundation | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was walking out of the building down the stairs when she fell and broke her fibula. | |||||
| 2018-04-12 | Summit | Mississippi | Sanderson Farms, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was removing scrap material from a machine when the employee's right index fingertip was caught and amputated in the machine. The machine was guarded and energized at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2018-03-05 | Lees Summit | Missouri | SHEET METAL CONTRACTORS | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was installing duct work from the fourth rung of an 8-foot ladder when it slipped out from under him and he fell to the floor, breaking vertebrae. | |||||
| 2018-02-21 | Lees Summit | Missouri | IPL USA INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| At approximately 9:45 a.m., on 2/21/2018, an employee was performing maintenance on a press. The machine was properly locked/tagged out and he was wearing all assigned PPE. The employee was using a pry bar to help remove a component of the press. As he was pressing on the pry bar, it slipped, and his left-hand pinky finger was then smashed between the pry bar and the edge of the mold he was working on, resulting in a partial pinky finger amputation. | |||||
| 2018-01-20 | Clarks Summit | Pennsylvania | US Postal Service | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped and fell while walking down an incline that was covered in snow/ice, breaking a bone under the right kneecap. | |||||
| 2017-09-20 | Summit | Illinois | T.A.C. Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell from the top of a catwalk to the ground while going to clean a tanker truck, suffering severe body injuries. Fall protection was not worn at the time. | |||||
| 2017-07-12 | Lees Summit | Missouri | United States Postal Service | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| On 7/12/17, an employee was attempting to put a misaligned van door back on track when the door quickly slid closed and amputated a fingertip on his right hand. | |||||
| 2017-07-09 | Summit | Illinois | JKC Trucking | Ankle(s) | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
| The employee was repairing a single rim truck tire when the tire exploded and struck the employee on the ankle, fracturing it. | |||||
| 2017-01-24 | Lees Summit | Missouri | T&W STEEL INC. | Brain | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was unloading a bundle of flat bar iron from a truck using an overhead crane. The bundle became unstable and the material shifted and struck the employee on the head. | |||||
| 2016-09-14 | Summit | Illinois | Dana Container Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was removing a steam connection. The employee removed the fitting and was exposed to steam, suffering burns to the torso, right forearm, and right side of the face. The pressure in the line was not relieved at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2016-08-25 | Clarks Summit | Pennsylvania | Sandvik Materials Technology Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was operating a machine that uses air pressure to push small plastic cleaning wads through half-inch diameter pipes to remove debris and oil. A metal rod from the machine broke off and remained in the pipe. When the cleaning plug and air pressure were applied to the pipe during the cleaning process, the pressure built up and eventually shot the metal rod out of the pipe. The metal rod entered the employee's left hand causing internal muscle and tissue damage requiring hospitalization | |||||
| 2016-08-15 | Summit | Mississippi | Sanderson Farms, Inc McComb Processing | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was using an 8-foot ladder when he slipped. As he reached to catch himself, his little finger was caught on a shackle, amputating it. | |||||
| 2016-04-18 | Lees Summit | Missouri | BENNETT PACKAGING | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to unjam a label in the Automatan machine when his left hand became caught between two rollers and was de-gloved. The equipment was running at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2016-03-21 | Clarks Summit | Pennsylvania | Asplundh Tree Expert Company | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was ascending a tree. At 20 feet, he wrapped his climbing lanyard around a limb. When he put his weight on it, the limb broke, and he fell 20 feet, hitting a branch on the way down. He suffered forward shift vertebrae injuries. | |||||
| 2016-02-10 | Summit | Mississippi | Sanderson Farms, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee stepped on a spray nozzle and fell onto a concrete floor, fracturing and dislocating her ankle and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-03-24 | Summit | Illinois | ACH Foods, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was observing palletized material moving down a conveyor. She noticed the sprocket and chain power transmission mechanism rubbing against the conveyor frame. While showing the maintenance lead the problem, she pointed her finger in the direction of the sprocket and chain and set off the photo eye, which activated the chain. Her right middle fingertip got caught and amputated. | |||||
| 2015-02-24 | Summit | Mississippi | Wallace Lumber Company | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| The employee was checking the water in the front-end loader. When he stepped down, he fell and fractured his right leg. | |||||