Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at MANPOWER, 14484 Highway 177, JACKSON, MISSOURI 63755
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
The inured employee was holding and lowering a shaft from machine number GK24 onto a jack stand. The shaft slipped and fell on the worker's finger causing an amputation of the right middle fingertip.
A temporary employee was operating a forklift with a dumping attachment. The mast extended in the air during a sharp turn, causing the forklift to tip onto its side. The employee suffered a broken foot.
Employees were stripping a tile floor in preparation to wax it. One of the employees slipped and fell on the wet floor striking his head and sustaining a small laceration. The employee was hospitalized due to a possible head injury.
An employee was stacking pallets and used his left hand to prevent the stack of pallets from falling over. The employee suffered a thumb tip amputation and compound fracture of the left hand.
A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.
A temporary employee was rigging secondary steel when the steel joist fell to the ground and struck his lower left leg, resulting in fractures to the tibia and fibula.
A temporary employee was helping set up a stage for a concert. The employee was run over by a mobile cart and sustained a toe amputation. The employee was hospitalized.
The injured employee was operating a reach truck and stopped at an intersection within a warehouse. After a brief a conversation, another employee's reach truck accelerated unexpectedly and struck the injured employee's stationary truck crushing his foot. He sustained fractures to his left foot and toes requiring hospitalization and surgery.
A temporary employee was operating a plastic strapping machine on an assembly line. The machine wrapped the employee, causing crushing injuries to their ribs and a kidney. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.
An employee was on a step ladder in a store aisle, making room on shelving for merchandise. She fell from the step ladder to the floor, suffering two fractures in her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was closing the side cargo door to a company van. The tip of his finger got caught between the door and the door jamb, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee lost his footing while climbing an inclined ladder. He stumbled down one step and was able to stabilize himself by holding the railing and twisting his body, but he suffered an internal abdominal injury and was hospitalized.