Severe Workplace Injuries in Lawrence, Kansas

Sep 19, 2025 · Lynn Electric & Communications, Inc. Hospitalized

A truck was backing a trailer into a storage building and an employee got caught between the trailer and a garage door. The employee sustained broken ribs on his left side and was hospitalized.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Rib(s), oblique area · Construction

Aug 29, 2025 · Randy Long Trucking, LLC Amputation

There was a dirt clog preventing the tailgate of a dump truck from closing all the way. An employee got out of the driver s seat and walked around back to push up against the tailgate to unclog the area. The tip of his finger was amputated by the tailgate.

Struck by door, gate, window · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1851071

May 17, 2024 · Amarr Company Hospitalized

An employee was walking when she tripped over plastic that was removed from a bundle of foam. She fell to the floor, sustained a fractured hip, and was hospitalized.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Hip joint(s) · Manufacturing

Dec 29, 2023 · PetSmart Hospitalized

An employee was walking behind the store with another associate to get paperwork from the delivery driver when she fell on the walkway and sustained a leg fracture that required surgery.

Fall on same level · Leg(s) · Retail

Oct 23, 2023 · HALLMARK CARDS INCORPORATED Hospitalized

An employee was attempting to remove a jammed envelope from a press when their right hand was pulled into the rollers, crushing their thumb, index and middle fingers.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Information · OSHA inspection 1707962

Jun 26, 2023 · Casey's Store #3939 Hospitalized

An employee was cleaning. She poured bleach down a soda fountain drain to unclog it and she immediately became short of breath. The employee suffered acute pneumonitis due to chemical fumes, acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, moderate persistent asthma with acute exacerbation, and shortness of breath.

Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Body systems · Retail

Jun 15, 2022 · Haskell Indian Nations University Amputation

Four employees were loading an air compressor in the back of a pickup truck when one employee's left index finger was caught by the air compressor and amputated just above the knuckle.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Educational services

Sep 21, 2021 · LAWRENCE PAPER COMPANY Amputation

An employee was operating a trim machine. The roller pulled in the employee's right hand and amputated the index finger.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1556681

Oct 2, 2020 · Haskell Indian Nations University Hospitalized

An employee was using an ATV to haul a trailer. While maneuvering between a building and a concrete bench, one of the trailer's tires got stuck on the bench, causing the employee to hit his head on the dashboard of the ATV. The employee sustained a cut on the top of his head.

Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle (other) · Scalp · Educational services

May 23, 2020 · Lawrence Energy Center/Evergy Amputation

An employee was opening an inspection door to clean inside a coal chute when his left middle finger was pinched between the door and the piping next to it, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Utilities

Mar 6, 2020 · First Student Hospitalized

An employee tripped and fell while walking down stairs, landing on the floor and suffering a broken right tibia and head pain.

Other fall to lower level · Lower leg(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Nov 17, 2019 · Haskell Indian Nations University Hospitalized

An employee was locking up the building to leave work for the day. As he was exiting the building, he tripped on floor mats at the door that had become bunched up. He fell towards the loading dock and dock stairs. He reached out to grab the stair hand rail but broke his wrist and fell off the dock to the concrete driveway, landing on and fracturing his hip.

Other fall to lower level · Multiple body parts (other) · Educational services

Oct 25, 2019 · Creative Building Solutions Hospitalized

An employee was working on a ladder to remove insulation when the employee fell off the ladder to the floor, suffering a concussion.

Other fall to lower level · Brain · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Oct 16, 2019 · Dillons Companies LLC Hospitalized

An employee tripped over an anti-fatigue mat and fell to the floor, suffering a head contusion and a broken left hip.

Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Hip(s) · Retail

Jan 29, 2019 · LAWRENCE PAPER COMPANY Amputation

An employee was trying to free a piece of trim that was stuck in the rollers of the roller machine when his left hand was pulled into the machine and crushed. Four fingers on the left hand were amputated. The employee was wearing gloves at the time.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1377402

Dec 18, 2018 · MIDWAY SALES & DISTRIBUTING, INC. Hospitalized

An employee was on a rooftop loading shingles from the conveyor to the rooftop. The employee slipped and fell to the ground breaking the left arm.

Other fall to lower level · Arm(s) · Wholesale trade

Oct 4, 2018 · Amarr Company Amputation

An employee was feeding a new roll of stock material into a slip roller. The employee's left glove was caught between the material and the rolls of the slip roller; the employee's hand was pulled into the machine, suffering amputation of multiple fingers. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Retail · OSHA inspection 1352855

Aug 1, 2018 · Drink Eat Well, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was on the back of a truck when it started to pull forward. The employee jumped off and landed hard resulting in a fractured right leg.

Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway · Leg(s) · Manufacturing

Feb 27, 2017 · HALLMARK CARDS INCORPORATED Hospitalized

An employee was walking in the warehouse area and his knee buckled causing his leg to twist and injure his right femur and hip.

Walking, without other incident-single episode · Hip(s) and leg(s) · Information

Dec 16, 2016 · CBG Kansas Builders LLC Hospitalized

An employee was cleaning up debris and creating a drywall barrier. When he shifted the drywall, it fell on him, breaking his right tibia and fibula.

Struck by falling object or equipment · Lower leg(s) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1198587

Dec 5, 2016 · AMARR Company Hospitalized

An employee was picking up and loading material onto a truck with a forklift when his left foot was caught between the forklift and a post that protects the door opening. His foot broke and required surgery.

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Foot (feet) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1196501

Aug 22, 2016 · Electric Contracting Company Hospitalized

An employee was on an 8-foot ladder hanging wire supports when he lost his balance, fell off the ladder, and struck the concrete floor, fracturing his elbow, hip, and vertebrae.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Multiple body parts (other) · Construction

Jul 25, 2016 · Builder's Stone & Masonry, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was prepping a load for rigging when a power arc occurred as the employee contacted a power line. The employee suffered an electrical shock.

Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts · Body systems · Construction · OSHA inspection 1165327

Nov 28, 2015 · NPC International, Inc Hospitalized

On 11/28/2015 at 5:00 pm, an employee was walking up to the door to deliver the pizza when he slipped and fell on the ice near the garage. During the fall, he hit his head and fractured his ankle.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Ankle(s) · Hotels and restaurants

Jul 27, 2015 · BROWN INDUSTRIES, LLC Hospitalized

An employee engaged in automobile wiring activities under a raised truck body was crushed when the air line supplying air to the air bags, which raise the truck body, released and caused the truck body to come down on the employee.

Struck by falling object or equipment (other) · Whole body · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1081624

Jul 24, 2015 · HALLMARK CARDS INCORPORATED Amputation

On or about 7/25/15, an employee's left ring fingertip was amputated while trying to clear a jam in a press in the production area.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fingertip(s) · Information · OSHA inspection 1081588