Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2017-06-23 | Ackerman | Mississippi | Headwaters Resources, Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was using an air chisel to chisel coal ash from the inside of a chute when a piece of ash fell from the chute and struck the employee's left hand, causing a 3-inch laceration. | |||||
2015-07-06 | Ackerman | Mississippi | Southeastern Timber Products, LLC | Brain | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was helping a forklift operator by watching the operator as he pushed a batch of green wood into a dry kiln. The wood was on a metal crate on rail wheels. The employee had the forklift operator stop to check the wood and a 4 x 6 board fell from the top of the stack, which was about 10 to 15 feet in the air, and hit the employee in the head. The employee was wearing a hardhat at the time of the incident. |