Struck by door, gate, window · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at DaVita, Inc., 1616 Industrial Rd STE 2004, EMPORIA, KANSAS 66801
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Eye(s).
Final narrative
An employee was carrying a box to a car. The car's trunk door struck the employee's glasses and eye, causing a corneal laceration.
Hospitalized Eye(s) Gates, hatches vehicle and machine cargo
An employee tripped on a gown and fell while working by the nursing station. The employee sustained a contusion to the right side of their head and right eye and fractured ribs on the right side. The employee was hospitalized.
On July 26, 2024, an employee was walking in the lobby when they tripped and fell, hitting their head on the floor. The employee sustained a head injury.
An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.
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.
A building engineer was inspecting a generator. As he closed the generator enclosure door, his right ring finger was caught between the door and the door frame. The fingertip was amputated.
An employee was taking out the trash through the storeroom door when the storeroom door closed on their left index finger. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
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An employee tripped on a gown and fell while working by the nursing station. The employee sustained a contusion to the right side of their head and right eye and fractured ribs on the right side. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was lifting a patient from a wheelchair (assisting patient to a standing position) and sustained overexertion injuries to her back. The injuries affected multiple lower extremities and the employee sustained bulging discs at L3-L5. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was walking toward the storage room from the water room when they walked over a water spill, slipped, and fell. The employee sustained a fractures femur.
An employee hooked up a patient to a blood pressure machine and an oxygen machine and then walked away. When she turned around, she tripped over the cords and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right hip and a bruised right leg.
On July 26, 2024, an employee was walking in the lobby when they tripped and fell, hitting their head on the floor. The employee sustained a head injury.
An employee was working to remove a product blockage from a piece of equipment. The employee was struck by a metal bar near the deck of the pin mixer equipment and sustained blunt force trauma to the torso.
An employee was moving a rack onto a lower conveyor in the south heat treat area when their finger got caught between the part tray and the rollers, resulting in a fingertip fracture and amputation.
An employee was climbing a ladder to get on top of the breakroom. The ladder slipped, causing him to fall to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to his upper back, left foot, and ankle.
Two employees were removing a circuit breaker. The injured employee was using wrenches in the removal process. One of the wrenches contacted an adjacent door, resulting in an arc flash. The employee suffered burns to their neck, face, and ear, as well as momentary vision loss due to the flash.
An employee bent over to pick up a rubber mat from the ground. When he grabbed the corner of the mat, a rattlesnake hidden under it bit his left middle finger near the first knuckle. He was hospitalized.