Severe Workplace Injuries in Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Mar 13, 2025 · Mercy Hospital Southeast Hospitalized

An employee was cleaning and mopping the floor of a restroom after repairing a toilet. The employee tripped over the metal support bracket for a privacy wall and fell. The employee suffered a fracture to the left femur at the knee (extending into the joint), as well as displaced fractures to the right humerus (specifically the humeral neck and the greater tuberosity) without dislocation.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Upper and lower extremities (other) · Health care and social assistance

Nov 12, 2024 · BOTKIN LUMBER CO., INC Amputation

An employee was dumping a dumpster of wooden blocks using a forklift. He was standing next to the dumpster and when the dumpster tilted forward. His finger was caught between the fork and the dumpster, resulting in an amputation of the finger.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1788988

Sep 11, 2024 · BIOKYOWA, INC. Amputation

Employees were moving a metal grate from over a concrete pit when one employee's fingers got caught between the grate and the edge of a concrete wall. The employee's right ring fingertip was amputated.

Injured by object handled by person (other) · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing

Aug 28, 2024 · SPARTECH LLC Hospitalized

An employee was building wooden pallets when a pneumatic nail gun discharged a nail into their leg. The employee sustained a laceration and was hospitalized.

Struck by discharged object or substance · Leg(s) · Manufacturing

May 1, 2024 · SPARTECH LLC Amputation

While trying to remove dust from a hopper, an employee sustained a partial amputation to his left ring fingertip. The equipment was running at the time.

Struck by running powered equipment · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1746354

Dec 20, 2022 · AUTO TIRE & PARTS COMPANY Hospitalized

An employee was making a delivery to a customer when he tripped on a four-inch rise on the floor. He fell forward into a forklift and sustained a four-and-a-half-inch laceration to the forehead and a neck vertebra fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface · Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Retail

Jun 28, 2022 · PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP Hospitalized

A driver jumped out the side door of a trailer onto the pavement and suffered a broken lower leg.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Lower leg(s) · Hotels and restaurants

Mar 29, 2022 · QC LLC Hospitalized

An employee was cutting open a bag with a hay knife and lacerated his left wrist.

Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Wrist(s) · Manufacturing

Jan 26, 2021 · KIEFNER BROTHERS INC. Hospitalized

An employee was driving a concrete cart. As the cart turned from a street into a parking lot, it hit the concrete lip at the drive entrance. The handlebars jarred, hitting the employee in the side and causing him to fall off the cart. He landed on the concrete and suffered a broken left hip.

Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway · Hip(s) · Construction

Dec 16, 2020 · Midamerica Hotels Corporation Hospitalized

An employee was pushing brush with a skid steer. A large tree branch broke, crashed through the windshield, and entered the cab, striking the employee in the abdomen. The employee suffered broken ribs and internal injuries that required surgery.

Nonroadway noncollision incident (other) · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Hotels and restaurants

Apr 1, 2020 · MELVIN MILLS ROOFING LLC Hospitalized

An employee was climbing a ladder to a roof. The employee fell from the ladder to the ground, suffering a broken pelvis, a shattered left heel, fractured lower vertebrae, and a ruptured spleen.

Other fall to lower level · Multiple body parts (other) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1471978

Jan 14, 2020 · QC LLC Amputation

Two employees were working to unchoke a dust collector. The injured employee suffered amputation of two fingertips when he contacted the rotating rotary valve. The valve was unguarded at the time of the incident.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1456486

Dec 10, 2019 · EAST PERRY LUMBER COMPANY Hospitalized

An employee drove a log skidder to a site to drag a log out of the woods. When he got out of the log skidder, a dead tree fell and hit him, knocking him to the ground and against part of the skidder. He suffered a broken/fractured elbow, fracture to several vertebrae, and a fractured pelvis.

Struck by falling object or equipment · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1450708

May 30, 2019 · SEMO Ready Mix Hospitalized

An employee was descending a loader and fell fracturing his hip.

Other fall to lower level · Hip(s) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1404887

May 2, 2019 · SEMO READY MIX INC. Hospitalized

An employee had been using a chipping gun to dislodge hardened concrete inside a plant mixer drum. The employee was being relieved by another employee and stood up to exit the drum. He then slipped on concrete debris, lost balance and fell forward striking his right side on a mixing fin in the drum. The employee fractured two ribs.

Fall onto or against object on same level (other) · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Manufacturing

Feb 4, 2019 · ST. FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER Hospitalized

An employee was walking to her vehicle, slipped or tripped and fell in the parking lot breaking a hip. The injury required surgery to repair.

Fall on same level · Hip(s) · Health care and social assistance

Nov 6, 2018 · Southeast Hospital Amputation

An employee was using a mechanical vegetable slicer to cut squash. Her left hand slipped during the process resulting in the amputation of her left middle fingertip.

Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Fingertip(s) · Health care and social assistance · OSHA inspection 1359231

Oct 9, 2018 · STANDLEY BATCH SYSTEMS, INC. Amputation

An employee was operating an iron worker machine to cut a flat bar when the bar flipped up, catching the employee's left thumb between the bar and machine and resulting in an amputation to the thumb.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1353895

Aug 28, 2018 · HARBOUR FREIGHT TOOLS Hospitalized

An employee was helping a customer load a product when he tripped over a sidewalk, injuring his knee on the ground. Feeling dizzy and short of breath, he was hospitalized.

Fall on same level due to tripping · Knee(s) · Manufacturing

Jun 18, 2018 · Quality Tree Service Hospitalized

An employee was in a bucket truck when it became overloaded and ejected him. He suffered collapsed lungs and a broken back. Fall protection was not worn at the time of the incident.

Other fall to lower level · Multiple trunk locations · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1324374

Jun 10, 2018 · SOUTHEAST MISSOURI HOSPITAL Hospitalized

An employee was working on the boiler room air conditioner and fell from a step ladder. The employee fractured the right arm and suffered a head contusion, bruising down the right side of his body as well as an abrasion on his left hand.

Other fall to lower level · Arm(s) · Health care and social assistance

May 10, 2018 · Dutch Enterprises Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was servicing rooftop HVAC units and turning off a water valve when he was attacked by bees or wasps. As he tried to swat and move away from them, he fell approximately 13 feet from the roof to the ground.

Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet · Nonclassifiable · Construction · OSHA inspection 1315958

Jul 27, 2017 · Ozark Gas Hospitalized

An employee had been removing valve caps from acetylene cylinders using an electric drill equipped with an attachment. Acetylene gas was ignited by a spark and the employee was hospitalized for burns.

Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids · Nonclassifiable · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1253679

Nov 30, 2016 · Duby Plastering Hospitalized

An employee was plastering a wall approximately 14 feet above the ground while working from a hydro lift when he fell to the ground, breaking his left wrist, fracturing his hip, and rupturing his spleen. He was hospitalized. The lift was not guarded at the time of the incident.

Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet · Multiple body parts (other) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1195080

Jun 15, 2016 · Brockmiller Construction Hospitalized

An employee became ill after working inside a new construction building for part of the day and also outside part of the day. He was hospitalized that evening for heat stroke.

Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Construction

May 10, 2016 · PROCTOR & GAMBLE PAPER PRODUCTS Amputation

An employee was preparing to replace a gear box while his fingers were wrapped with a paper towel. A chain near the gear box caught the paper towel and pulled his fingers into an in-running nip point, amputating his right index and middle fingertips.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1146564

Sep 10, 2015 · BOTKIN LUMBER CO., INC Amputation

Half of an employee's right pinky finger was amputated by a lumber planner he was operating.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1091521