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2,088 OSHA severe injury reports in KANSAS.
OSHA Severe Injury Reports Database
Browse 2,088 workplace severe injury reports with employer names, locations, and incident details. Each report documents a hospitalization, amputation, or eye loss as reported to OSHA. Use the filters below to narrow results.
| Date | Employer | Location | Event | Nature | Body Part | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2015 | Via Christi Health Inc | WICHITA, Kansas | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 17, 2015 | HME Inc. | TOPEKA, Kansas | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Fractures | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 17, 2015 | HCR Manorcare | WICHITA, Kansas | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 14, 2015 | THE WICHITA EAGLE | WICHITA, Kansas | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Nov 14, 2015 | National Gypsum | MEDICINE LODGE, Kansas | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Fractures | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 13, 2015 | Sears Roebuck & Company | WICHITA, Kansas | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 12, 2015 | Ninnescah Drilling LLC | HOISINGTON, Kansas | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Nov 11, 2015 | Ottawa Sanitation Service Inc | OTTAWA, Kansas | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Abrasions, scratches | Upper and lower limb(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 10, 2015 | GM Fairfax Assembly & Stamping Plant | KANSAS CITY, Kansas | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nov 6, 2015 | National Beef Packing Co LLC | LIBERAL, Kansas | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Heel(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 6, 2015 | MWI Veterinary Supply Company | SHAWNEE, Kansas | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Amputations | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nov 5, 2015 | PAR Electric | WESTWOOD, Kansas | Exposure to electricity, unspecified | Second degree electrical burns | Head and neck | Hospitalized |
| Nov 4, 2015 | Landoll Corporation | MARYSVILLE, Kansas | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Fractures | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 31, 2015 | Reser's Fine Foods | TOPEKA, Kansas | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Oct 30, 2015 | Foley Equipment Company | CONCORDIA, Kansas | Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Schwan's Global Supply Chain, Inc. | SALINA, Kansas | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Oct 21, 2015 | Jack Cooper Transport Company | WICHITA, Kansas | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 21, 2015 | Signature landscaping | OLATHE, Kansas | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway | Amputations | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Oct 19, 2015 | FRONTIER AG, INC. | QUINTER, Kansas | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 16, 2015 | Masonry Systems LLC | LIBERAL, Kansas | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Fractures | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 14, 2015 | Frisbie Construction Company, Inc | LINCOLNVILLE, Kansas | Nonclassifiable | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 14, 2015 | National Transport | BAXTER SPRINGS, Kansas | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Amputations | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Amputation |
| Oct 13, 2015 | Capps Manufacturing, Inc. | WICHITA, Kansas | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Amputations | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 12, 2015 | SPEARS MANUFACTURING | CANEY, Kansas | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Oct 10, 2015 | Purina Animal Nutrition | WICHITA, Kansas | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Oct 9, 2015 | United States Postal Office | RUSSELL, Kansas | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 2, 2015 | Bob Bergkamp Construction Company Inc. | SAINT MARYS, Kansas | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Oct 1, 2015 | Schwans Global Supply Chain Inc | SALINA, Kansas | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Fractures and burns | Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 25, 2015 | U.S. Postal Service - Chisholm Station | WICHITA, Kansas | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Fractures | Forearm(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 24, 2015 | AGCO Corporation | HESSTON, Kansas | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Sep 23, 2015 | CUSTOM LIGHTING SERVICES | LEAWOOD, Kansas | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts | Electrocutions, electric shocks | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Sep 21, 2015 | Vista Outdoor | OLATHE, Kansas | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Fractures | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 17, 2015 | Kansas City Peterbilt Inc. | KANSAS CITY, Kansas | Other jump to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 16, 2015 | Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc. | SCOTT CITY, Kansas | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts | Electrical burns, unspecified | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 15, 2015 | HP Pelzer Automotive Systems | EUDORA, Kansas | Entangled in other object or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Sep 12, 2015 | AAA Allied Group, Inc. | WICHITA, Kansas | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 10, 2015 | Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation | DODGE CITY, Kansas | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Avulsions, enucleations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 9, 2015 | Premier Contracting, Inc. | MANHATTAN, Kansas | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts | Electrical burns, unspecified | Multiple upper extremities locations, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Sep 8, 2015 | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc | GARDEN CITY, Kansas | Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified | Electrical burns, unspecified | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 8, 2015 | Life Care Centers of Burlington | BURLINGTON, Kansas | Fall on same level, unspecified | Fractures | Upper and lower limb(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 5, 2015 | National Beef Packing Co LLC | DODGE CITY, Kansas | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Sep 4, 2015 | Reddi Industries | WICHITA, Kansas | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 2, 2015 | Leslie Custom Masonry | WICHITA, Kansas | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 2, 2015 | Harcros Chemicals Inc | KANSAS CITY, Kansas | Contact with hot objects or substances | Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 1, 2015 | CFS West Holdings Inc | NEW CENTURY, Kansas | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Forearm(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 31, 2015 | Baker Corp | COFFEYVILLE, Kansas | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 27, 2015 | Norcraft Companies, LP | NEWTON, Kansas | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Aug 27, 2015 | BARTLETT COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION | BARTLETT, Kansas | Exposure to other harmful substance-multiple routes of exposure | Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Aug 27, 2015 | Berry Tractor and Equipment Co., Inc. | GARDEN CITY, Kansas | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Cuts, lacerations | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 21, 2015 | Excel Industries, Inc. | HESSTON, Kansas | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
Frequently Asked Questions
OSHA requires employers to report all workplace injuries resulting in hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye within 24 hours. Each report in this database includes the employer name, full address, a description of the event, the nature of injury, and a detailed narrative of what happened.
The most common severe workplace injuries include amputations, fractures, crushing injuries, burns, and multiple injuries. Falls, being struck by objects, caught-in/between incidents, and exposure to harmful substances are among the most common event types.
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