MINDEN, NEBRASKA—
COOPERATIVE PRODUCERS, INC.
Nonclassifiable · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at COOPERATIVE PRODUCERS, INC., 32nd & V Road, MINDEN, NEBRASKA 68959 on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee was repairing a tractor tire using a jack. Something happened where the tire came off the rim and the employee was found underneath the tractor.
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HASTINGS, NEBRASKA—
Cooperative Producers, Inc.
An employee was riding in a telehandler's basket, preparing to clean a duct. The forks of the telehandler caught on a beam. The telehandler then backed up. This caused the force on the forks to be released, which jostled the employee. The side of his body bumped into the basket railing and he suffered three broken ribs and a punctured lung. He was hospitalized.
HASTINGS, NEBRASKA—
Cooperative Producers, Inc.
An employee unhitched a tank of anhydrous ammonia. The tank rolled into the employee, crushing the employee's left leg against a pickup truck. The employee's calf was impaled and the employee suffered a fracture in the lower leg.
SUTTON, NEBRASKA—
Cooperative Producers, Inc.
An employee was checking the level of grain in his truck trailer. He had climbed down the trailer ladder and was on the platform between the truck and trailer when he slipped and fell about 3 feet forward onto his head, lacerating his head and breaking his collarbone.
HASTINGS, NEBRASKA—
Cooperative Producers Inc.
An employee was setting a trailer onto a hitch when he climbed underneath the tongue to try and position it. The tongue slipped off the ball and struck him in the head. He was hospitalized with forehead lacerations.
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