DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2017-06-23AckermanMississippiHeadwaters 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.
2015-07-06AckermanMississippiSoutheastern Timber Products, LLCBrainStruck 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.