MISSOULA, MONTANA—
Knife River Corporation
Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Knife River Corporation, 4800 Wilkie Street, MISSOULA, MONTANA 59808 on — Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries, affecting the Trunk and other lower extremities.
Final narrative
An employee was on the spray-down rack in the truck yard unraveling a hose to spray the truck. The employee was walking backward to descend the stairs, walked off the stairs, and fell approximately 7 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained seven broken ribs, a collapsed lung and a broken hip.
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An employee was loading a motor onto a trailer when he struck his left elbow against the radiator. His elbow was lacerated and became infected, resulting in hospitalization.
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An employee's right ring finger was amputated between the first and second knuckle by the hydraulic ram of an asphalt paving machine.
BOISE, IDAHO—
Knife River Corporation
An employee was cleaning a discharge auger at the bag house when his right middle and ring fingers were caught and amputated in the rotating auger.
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Knife River Corporation
An employee was using a gas trimmer to cut brush when he was stung by a wasp on the left arm. The employee swatted with his right hand across his body and made contact with the blades of the trimmer, amputating the tip of his right ring finger.
HEWITT, TEXAS—
Knife River Corporation
On 5/08/2020, at 09:30 AM, an employee was delivering concrete to a construction site and installing the metal chutes on his ready mix truck when his right two middle fingers were pinched between chutes. As a result, he sustained a partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation of his right middle finger.
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