In 2018, there were a total of 8 machinery accidents in Kansas City Missouri. This accounts for 0.78% of all the machinery accidents in the US that year. Out of these 8 accidents, 5 occurred at work and 3 were due to improper use or maintenance of equipment.
Manufacturing Companies
Kansas City is the largest city in the state of Missouri. It is home to a number of manufacturing companies, including
| National Beef Packing Company, L.L.C. Bluescope Steel North America Corporation Mix Holdings, Inc Opw Fluid Transfer Group Hallmark Marketing Company, LLC Bartlett and Company, LP Mastic Home Exteriors, Inc. |
Haldex, Inc. Hostess Brands, LLC Delaval Inc. Custom Truck One Source, L.P. Tension Envelope Corporation Bradken, Inc. Pas Technologies Inc. |
These companies provide jobs for thousands of people in the area.
Machinery Accidents
In Kansas City Missouri there have been several machinery accidents as listed below. Some of these accidents have resulted in serious injuries or fatalities. It is important to be aware of the risks posed by machinery, and to take steps to protect yourself and others if an accident occurs.
If you have been injured in a machinery accident in Kansas City Missouri, contact a Kansas City Missouri machinery accident lawyer as soon as possible. A lawyer can help you determine the extent of your injuries and what legal rights you may have. Additionally, a lawyer can provide advice on how to best protect your rights, file insurance claims, and negotiate settlements with the insurance company.
| AccidentDate | Employer | City | State | Description | Injury | Body Part | Event | Injury Source | Other Injury Source |
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| 11/11/2021 | Western Waterproofing | Kansas City | Mo | An employee fell while accessing a ladder to a roof. The employee landed on the ground and suffered fractures to the left tibia, right tibia, left radius, and right ulna. | Fractures | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level | Ladders | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces |
| 09/11/2021 | InsCo Industries | Kansas City | Mo | An employee was power-washing a fire station from a scissor lift. The power washer triggered the garage door, which opened and caused the scissor lift to tip. The employee fell and was hospitalized, requiring surgery for an upper thigh fracture. | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level | Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted | Garage doors |
| 27/10/2021 | Masterack | Kansas City | Mo | An employee was struck in the face by another employee during an altercation and suffered a fractured jaw that was broken on both sides and required surgery. | Fractures | Jaw, chin | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving | Co-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker | |
| 25/10/2021 | U.S. Postal Service | Kansas City | Mo | An employee was bitten by a dog while on a postal route resulting in an amputation. | Amputations | Nonclassifiable | Other animal bites, nonvenomous | Dogs, canines-domestic | |
| 22/10/2021 | VS Services LLC | North Kansas City | Mo | An employee was unloading a truck. While adjusting a pallet weighing approximately 700-800 pounds, the entire pallet fell on top of him, resulting in bleeding and a broken leg. | Fractures | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment | Skids, pallets | |
| 18/10/2021 | Peerless Manufacturing and Engineering | Kansas City | Ks | A forklift was pushing a driveshaft into a block of wood that was being held by the injured employee. The employee's right middle finger slipped and the fingertip was crushed resulting in amputation. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. | Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered | |
| 12/10/2021 | KAW ROOFING & SHEET METAL, INC. | Kansas City | Ks | An employee fell from a roof and landed on his left foot, suffering a broken tibia and fibula. He was hospitalized. | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level | Roofs | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces |
| 03/10/2021 | Amazon Fulfillment Center MKC6 | Kansas City | Ks | An employee was walking to their car in the parking lot when a non-employee struck them with a bat. The employee sustained a head injury. | Intracranial injuries | Brain | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving | Person, other than injured or ill worker | Baseball bats, hockey sticks, rackets |
| 01/10/2021 | FedEx Ground | Kansas City | Mo | An employee was loading a trailer with the flap raised when they fell into the belly of the trailer and fractured an arm. | Fractures | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level | Nonclassifiable | Trailers |
| 28/09/2021 | Lithko Contracting, LLC | Kansas City | Mo | The injured employee was near a co-worker who was adding shims to a panel when a concrete wall brace above him came loose and landed on the employee's side. The employee sustained multiple fractures. | Fractures | Nonclassifiable | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Structural elements | |
| 13/09/2021 | Estes Express Lines, Inc. | Kansas City | Ks | An employee was struck by a skid of freight that he was unloading. He suffered fractures to the collarbone. | Fractures | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Contact with objects and equipment | Skids, pallets | |
| 31/08/2021 | Ameri Fence Corporation of Kansas City | Kansas City | Mo | While handling the hydraulic lines of an excavator, an employee's hand was lacerated and injected with hydraulic fluid. The employee was hospitalized. | Multiple types of open wounds | Hand(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance | Lubricating greases, cutting oils | Excavating machinery |
| 23/08/2021 | FORD Motor Co. | Kansas City | Mo | An employee was changing the pad die on a machine. The die and the old pad were lifted with a hoist. The pad started swinging and broke the employee's left middle finger as the employee tried to stop it. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. | Overhead hoists | |
| 23/08/2021 | ZECO | Kansas City | Mo | An employee was changing a product transfer hose. Sodium hydroxide splashed onto the employee's face, eyes, and torso. The employee sustained chemical burn to the eye(s). | Chemical burns and corrosions | Eye(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue | Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate | |
| 23/08/2021 | FORD Motor Co. | Kansas City | Mo | An employee was inspecting vehicle repairs in the delivery department. The employee felt dizzy, nauseated, and was having cramps in their shoulders and neck. The employee was hospitalized for heat exhaustion. | Heat exhaustion, prostration | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat-environmental | |
| 09/08/2021 | FORD Motor Co. | Kansas City | Mo | An employee was working in a body shop and was hospitalized for heat exhaustion. | Heat exhaustion, prostration | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat-environmental | |
| 29/07/2021 | EVERGY | Kansas City | Mo | An employee developed heat-related illness at a prequalification camp. | Effects of heat and light | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat-environmental | |
| 27/07/2021 | Pretech Corporation | Kansas City | Ks | An employee tripped on a clamp and fractured his ankle. | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces | Clamps, couplings |
| 26/07/2021 | Petrin LLC | Arkansas City | Ar | On July 26, 2021, an employee was working inside a tank as part of a crew erecting a scaffold. After beginning at 9:30 a.m., though he had been taking breaks and drinking fluids, he developed cramps at about 6:00 p.m. He later developed nausea, became ill, and was hospitalized with dehydration and an acute kidney injury. | Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat-environmental | |
| 19/07/2021 | RadSource Imaging Technologies Inc | Kansas City | Mo | An employee was loading boxes onto a truck when they fell from the ramp and struck the edge of the semi-trailer. The employee sustained fractured ribs. | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level | Ramps, loading docks, dock plates | Nonclassifiable |
| 12/07/2021 | SUMMIT CONCRETE | Kansas City | Mo | An employee was using a handheld circular saw to cut a wooden stake when the blade contacted his left hand, resulting in the amputation a finger. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Saws-powered, except chainsaws | |
| 09/07/2021 | Clearwater Paper Corporation | Arkansas City | Ar | On 7/9/2021, at approximately 2:15 p.m., an employee was attempting to leave their desk and got caught on the corner of the desk, causing a trip and fall. The employee fractured their left hip and was hospitalized for surgery. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Floor | Desks |
| 09/07/2021 | Aspen Products | Kansas City | Mo | An employee was operating a plate machine. There was tape inside the machine and the employee tried to pull it out. The employee's finger was caught in the machine resulting in a fingertip amputation. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Special process machinery | |
| 18/06/2021 | FORD Motor Co. | Kansas City | Mo | An employee became disoriented the morning after work and was hospitalized, suffering from possible heat stress. | Effects of heat and light | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat-environmental | |
| 16/06/2021 | Mactac | North Kansas City | Mo | An employee was operating a slitting machine when the core spun and amputated the employee's fingertip. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Machinery | |
| 15/06/2021 | BUNZL Distribution Center | Kansas City | Mo | An employee was driving a forklift down an aisle. The forklift struck a piece of wood, went out of control, and hit a rack. The employee's right thumb was crushed between the rack and forklift resulting in a partial amputation of the thumb. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. | Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered | Wood pieces, trim pieces, wood scraps, n.e.c. |
| 14/06/2021 | WALKER'S FOOD PRODUCTS CO. | North Kansas City | Mo | While running the bulk line machine, an employee reached to clean the machine and their right index finger was partially amputated in a pinch point. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Special process machinery | |
| 11/06/2021 | XPO Logistics Freight Inc | Kansas City | Ks | An employee was unloading freight when the storage system failed and freight slid down from the storage racks. The employee was struck by the freight and suffered a broken leg. | Fractures | Leg(s) | Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment | Boxes, crates, cartons | |
| 27/05/2021 | Best Buy | Kansas City | Mo | An employee was on a mobile ladder installing speaker wire. The ladder shifted and the employee fell about 10 feet, suffering a head laceration, a broken leg, and a broken arm. | Fractures | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Movable ladders | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces |
| 25/05/2021 | Liberty Fruit Company., Inc | Kansas City | Ks | An employee was in a truck loading material on a pallet jack. He fell from the back of the truck, landing three feet below and suffering a head injury and pain in his hands, wrists, left shoulder, left-side ribs, and knee. He lost consciousness and was hospitalized. | Intracranial injuries | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Delivery truck or van | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces |
| 10/05/2021 | Harbada Carrier Inc- | Kansas City | Mo | An employee was unhooking a trailer from a truck cab. The cab ran over the employee, who suffered foot and face fractures. | Fractures | Multiple body parts | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle | Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck | |
| 09/05/2021 | LOWES #2767 | Kansas City | Mo | An employee slipped and fell from the truck while climbing into a delivery truck. The employee struck their head, sustaining injury. | Intracranial injuries | Brain | Other fall to lower level | Delivery truck or van | Nonclassifiable |
| 08/05/2021 | FEDEX GROUND | Kansas City | Mo | An employee was moving to unhook the dolly from the lead trailer when the trailer pulled forward and the dolly struck the employee, resulting in a facial fracture. | Fractures | Face | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area | Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck | |
| 25/04/2021 | Harcros Chemicals Inc | Kansas City | Ks | While opening a valve an employee was splashed with chemicals and sustained chemical burns to the right leg, right arm, and face. | Chemical burns and corrosions | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue | Chemicals and chemical products | |
| 22/04/2021 | ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS INC. | Kansas City | Ks | An employee was driving an electric pallet jack when he fell to the ground, suffering a contusion to the back of the head. He was hospitalized. | Bruises, contusions | Head | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway | Pallet jack-powered | |
| 28/03/2021 | ASPEN PRODUCTS, INC. | Kansas City | Mo | An employee had been running a cutting die machine. While clearing a jam, the employee's left hand was caught by the machine resulting in amputation of two fingers. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Paper production machinery | |
| 22/03/2021 | NITTO AUTOMOTIVE | Kansas City | Mo | An employee was unlocking a trailer from a dock. The employee jumped from the dock to the ground and sustained ligament and tendon damage to both knees. | Sprains, strains, tears | Knee(s) | Other jump to lower level | Ramps, loading docks, dock plates | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces |
| 13/03/2021 | Doherty Steel, Inc. | Kansas City | Ks | An employee was stepping off a scissor lift onto a steel structure while tied off to a plumb line when they slipped and fell, resulting in a fractured left hip and elbow. | Fractures | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level | Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces |
| 11/03/2021 | Fujifilm | North Kansas City | Mo | An employee was standing next to a closed roll up door. When the door opened, the manual pull-down rope caught the employee's feet, and the employee fell to the ground sustaining broken ribs and a punctured lung. | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces | Garage doors |
| 22/02/2021 | FORD Motor Co. | Kansas City | Mo | An employee fell down stairs, resulting in a fractured left ankle. | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level | Stairs, steps-indoors | |
| 15/02/2021 | ASAP Cabinets and Granite, LLC. | Kansas City | Ks | An employee was transporting cabinets from the truck on the first floor to the third floor. The employee fell in an unguarded stairwell and broke three ribs, three teeth, the right wrist, and nose. | Fractures | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level | Stairs, steps | Nonclassifiable |
| 13/02/2021 | DHL Supply Chain | Kansas City | Mo | An employee was changing the battery on a forklift using a battery changer. The employee moved the forklift and was caught between the forklift and the battery rack, resulting in fractures to both ankles. | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Pallet jack-powered | Special process machinery, n.e.c. |
| 12/02/2021 | Atlas Roofing Corp | Kansas City | Ks | An employee was working the release of a fifth-wheel pin. As he pulled the release pin, he lost his balance and fell from the truck, resulting in hospitalization for a broken right hip. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level | Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces |
| 11/02/2021 | Geiger Ready-Mix | Kansas City | Ks | An employee was moving a cement truck into the shop. He discovered that the brakes were frozen and would not release. He got a small torch and crawled under the truck to thaw out the brakes. When the brakes thawed out, the truck rolled backward, pinning the employee to the ground. He was hospitalized with internal bleeding. | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle | Cement truck, concrete mixer truck | |
| 11/02/2021 | Evoqua Water Technologies LLC | Kansas City | Ks | An employee was offloading vessels from a truck when the employee's right pinky finger was caught between a vessel and metal cage, resulting in a fingertip avulsion and partial amputation. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects | Cages, cage racks | Parts and materials |
| 04/02/2021 | McKesson Medical | Kansas City | Mo | An employee was walking on a platform. The platform broke, causing the employee to fall and sustain a fractured right hip. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment | Scaffolds-staging | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces |
| 01/02/2021 | O'Reilly Automotive | Kansas City | Mo | An employee was on a rider jack when their foot got caught between the rider jack and a gaylord container. The employee's foot was injured. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Pallet jack-powered | Boxes, crates, cartons |
| 08/01/2021 | CLAY AND BAILEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY | Kansas City | Mo | An employee was making a mold when the gate that allows sand to fall down into the molds closed on his finger while attempting to free a part of the machine. The employee suffered the amputation of his left fingertip. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Casting machinery | |
| 08/01/2021 | CUSTOM LIGHTING SERVICES, LLC | Kansas City | Mo | An employee was checking the voltage in a transformer. An arc flash caused second-degree burns to part of the employee's face. | Second degree electrical burns | Face | Direct exposure to electricity | Power lines, transformers, convertors | |
| 07/01/2021 | Hallmark Cards Corporation | Kansas City | Mo | An employee was emptying trash when she tripped on a packing station and fell to the ground, suffering a broken pelvis. | Fractures | Pelvis | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Floor | Boxes, crates, cartons |
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