Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-12 | Wahpeton | Nd | Masonite Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was replacing a belt on a conveyor. His right hand fingers were caught after testing the belt that was replaced and amputated. | |||||
2019-05-08 | Wahpeton | North Dakota | Comdel Innovation, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was clearing an automated metering valve in a cyclone overspray collector and amputated the left index and middle fingertips when the metering valve actuated. | |||||
2018-04-23 | Wahpeton | North Dakota | Clark Equipment Company | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was attempting to adjust a tote on a cart when one of the tote legs slid down and sheared off two of his fingertips between the tote and cart. | |||||
2018-03-15 | Wahpeton | North Dakota | WCCO Belting, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was feeding material into a press when his left hand was caught in the press clamp, partially amputating his index and middle fingers. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-09-24 | Wahpeton | North Dakota | BPI, Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was offloading product from a delivery truck and fell off the back of the truck resulting in a head injury. | |||||
2017-08-17 | Wahpeton | North Dakota | Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
While standing on the third step of a ladder and tightening an overhead bolt, an employee lost balance and fell to the concrete floor, fracturing the left leg. | |||||
2017-07-19 | Wahpeton | North Dakota | FLSmidth | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee suffered heat cramps while welding inside a kiln and was hospitalized for heat stress. | |||||
2016-03-04 | Wahpeton | North Dakota | Mindak Farmer's Cooperative | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was trying to clear a blocked floor drain using an air hose. He attempted to pressurize the drain and hot water splashed onto his face, arms, and chest, causing second degree burns to 10 percent of his body. | |||||
2016-01-25 | Wahpeton | North Dakota | Grotberg Electric, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Other fall to lower level |
While an employee was climbing a scaffold, his foot slipped and he fell to the ground, breaking his foot and lacerating his head. | |||||
2016-01-04 | Wahpeton | North Dakota | Builders FirstSource Inc. | Coccygeal region | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was standing on a forklift-mounted platform to move sheets of drywall into a second-story window. The forklift tipped forward, causing the employee to fall approximately 16 feet and suffer a broken coccyx. | |||||
2015-09-11 | Wahpeton | North Dakota | Mindak Farmer's Cooperative | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
An employee was hospitalized after suffering a crushing injury when a rolling rail car ran over his toes. | |||||
2015-03-19 | Wahpeton | North Dakota | Prime Wood | Groin | Overexertion in lifting-multiple episodes |
An employee was admitted to the hospital after straining his groin area while lifting heavy boards. |