Severe Workplace Injuries in Fort Riley, Kansas

Nov 21, 2022 · Fort Riley Utility Services Amputation

Employees were lubricating a chain and sprocket on an entry gate to a treatment plant. One employee's ring and middle fingers were pulled into a control panel motor drive sprocket, which amputated both fingertips.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Fingertip(s) · Public administration

Sep 15, 2022 · Irwin Army Community Hospital Hospitalized

An employee slipped on water that had backed out of a floor drain, and fell onto his left knee and then his hip and back. He suffered fractures to the hip and a lower back vertebra. He was hospitalized.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Multiple trunk locations · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Feb 18, 2021 · Corvias Hospitalized

An employee was using a sewer auger machine to clear a blocked drain at a residence. He had inserted the auger into the outside clean-out when he slipped and fell into a drainage culvert, suffering fractures to the right tibia and fibula. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Other fall to lower level · Lower leg(s) · Manufacturing

Sep 14, 2020 · Mid-American Water & Plumbing, Inc. Hospitalized

The injured employee was part of a crew unloading a semi-trailer of a 6-foot stack of insulated pipe. After cutting one of the four steel bands, the employee stepped onto a nearby 4x4x4 crate in front of the trailer. The employee lost balance, fell and landed in between the tractor and the trailer. The employee injured their collar bone and scapula and sustained a cut on the head and a puncture wound on the back.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Head and trunk · Construction

Aug 18, 2020 · Skookum Contract Services Hospitalized

An employee was unclogging a riding lawn mower. The mower's impeller cut the employee's left middle finger at the knuckle, causing a fracture and ligament damage that required surgery.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Hand(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

May 5, 2020 · Julius Kaaz Construction Company, Inc. Hospitalized

A truck driver had just dumped dirt from his truck on a shoulder. A skid steer loader began moving the dirt from the shoulder to grade out the slope. The skid steer was backing up to the slope to get its second load of dirt when the truck driver's right arm was caught between the back of the skid steer and the back of the truck. The driver's radial artery and radial nerve were severed and the driver was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up on side of road · Arm(s) · Construction

Nov 14, 2019 · Fort Riley TSC USATA Hospitalized

An employee was using a ratchet to apply pressure to and calibrate a torque wrench when the ratchet struck his eyeglasses and pushed them into his left eye, causing an eye injury.

Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Eye(s) · Professional and technical services

Aug 27, 2018 · FORT RILEY, U.S. ARMY GARRISON Amputation

An employee was loading the rear end of a garbage truck with cardboard. When activated, the rear loader smashed his fingers. The tips of his left middle and ring fingers were amputated.

Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle · Fingertip(s) · Public administration

Jul 24, 2018 · Power Factor LLC Hospitalized

An employee was installing solar rails on a building roof. The employee was shocked by electricity flowing from the line to the ground, suffering injuries. The employee was hospitalized.

Direct exposure to electricity · Body systems · Construction · OSHA inspection 1333324

Jul 20, 2018 · Skookum Educational Programs Hospitalized

At about 10:35 a.m. , an employee was mowing grass in a playground when he became ill. He was hospitalized for dehydration and heat exhaustion.

Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1334208

Jan 4, 2018 · Mid-American Water & Plumbing, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was putting pipe on a hanger rack using a ladder when the ladder shifted. The employee then fell 5 feet to the cement/concrete floor below and suffered a broken scalp, broken shoulder, and finger injuries, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Multiple body parts (other) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1288049

Jul 26, 2017 · General Dynamcis Land Systems Inc. Amputation

While adjusting a cotter pin in an engine, an employee's finger was injured, which resulted in the amputation of the fingertip.

Caught in running equipment or machinery · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing

Nov 10, 2016 · BAE Systems Hospitalized

An employee's sleeve became caught and tangled in a 3-inch magnet drill's bit, breaking the left arm in two places.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Arm(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1192521

Mar 30, 2015 · Corvias Military Living Hospitalized

An employee working in the office fell over a laptop bag strap that was on the floor while walking. She injured her right hip, lower back, and right knee.

Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Multiple body parts (other) · Real estate and rental