KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI—
WIRECO WORLDGROUP, INC.
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at WIRECO WORLDGROUP, INC., 2806 North Industrial Road, KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI 63501 on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was helping to disassemble large reels used to store steel wire when a 264-pound flange from the reel fell over onto the employee's left leg. The employee sustained multiple fractures to their leg and ligament injuries to the lower leg.
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SEDALIA, MISSOURI—
Wireco Worldgroup, Inc.
An employee was making an adjustment to a machine when his finger got caught in the machine. He sustained a partial amputation to the fifth finger on his left hand.
SEDALIA, MISSOURI—
WIRECO WORLDGROUP, INC.
An employee was tightening wire on a bobbin. The employee was holding a strand while tightening the tension on the reel, and his left index finger was caught between the strand and the reel, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
SEDALIA, MISSOURI—
Wireco Worldgroup, Inc.
On December 26, 2016, two employees were moving a 90 inch metal reel using a forklift and a 4 X 4 wooden block. The reel spun and pinned the injured employee between the reel and the support beam resulting in a fractured rib and vertebrae and a collapsed lung.
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