Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-10-14 | Wakeeney | Ks | Mpire Improvements LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was working from a scissor lift, programming transmitters for the drive motor of an overhead door. The remote transmitter in his sweatshirt pocket activated the motor. His left index finger was caught in the exposed chains and sprockets, and was amputated at the distal joint. | |||||
2017-07-25 | Wakeeney | Kansas | WW Drilling LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee suffered a right middle finger amputation while working with a chain. |