Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-06-27 | Ulysses | Ks | KROY INDUSTRIES, INC. | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over a piece of plastic banding and fell. The employee sustained a broken knee cap, requiring surgery. | |||||
2021-02-02 | Ulysses | Ks | Sunflower Electric Power Corporation - Holcomb Station | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less |
Employees were grounding a 115KV line. An employee was in a bucket truck when the truck's upper boom contacted an ungrounded phase which energized the bucket. The employee was shocked and lost consciousness for approximately 30 seconds. The employee also suffered burns to his left hand that required hospitalization. | |||||
2019-08-24 | Ulysses | Kansas | CACTUS OPERATING LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden |
An employee was on a horse working with cattle when the horse lost its footing in mud and fell with the employee to the ground. The employee broke a finger and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-08-06 | Ulysses | Kansas | United Prairie Ag - Ulysses/Pucket | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from atop a tractor trailer, landing on the ground and suffering a dislocated left elbow and two torn ligaments. | |||||
2019-07-31 | Ulysses | Kansas | Merit Energy Company | Face | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was troubleshooting a heater treater on a water tank. A flash back from the heater burned the employee's face. | |||||
2019-04-08 | Ulysses | Kansas | Riviera Operating, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was exiting a vehicle to fuel up when his finger was caught in the pinch point between the driver's side door and a metal post, resulting in an amputation to his right ring fingertip. | |||||
2018-07-19 | Ulysses | Kansas | UNITED PRAIRIE AG, LLC | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell while replacing a valve on a hydrus tank and injured their C6 and C7 vertebrae. | |||||
2017-07-31 | Ulysses | Kansas | Linn Operating LLC | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell three to four feet from a ladder and landed on process piping. The employee sustained a fracture and a possible bulging disk in his back. | |||||
2017-05-18 | Ulysses | Kansas | Sunflower Electric Power Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a pedestal-mounted band saw when it amputated his left index finger to the first knuckle. | |||||
2015-12-30 | Ulysses | Kansas | Treco, Inc. | Face | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
Four Treco, Inc. employees were cleaning tank bottoms at a facility. During the course of bolting a man way cover onto the tank opening with hand tools, an unknown ignition source caused two of the tanks to ignite. One employee suffered second and third degree burns to his face. | |||||
2015-01-23 | Ulysses | Kansas | Wyoming Casing Service | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was on the stabbing board to hang the tong line. He unhooked the derrick climber from his harness and when he let go of it he was hit in the mouth, lost his footing, and fell even though his lanyard was attached. His face hit the standpipe of the derrick and the 3 foot fall injured his back. |