| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-26 | Albertville | Al | Tyson Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was checking a strapping machine that was not working. The employee raised the platform on the strapping machine from the deck and was caught between one of the rollers and the metal platform. The employee suffered an amputation to the right pinky finger and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-04-12 | Albertville | Al | Americold Logistics, LLC | Thigh(s) | Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating a stand-up forklift when it backed into the raised forks of another, parked forklift. The employee suffered lacerations to the back of his left thigh. | |||||
| 2021-02-20 | Albertville | Al | Emmaus Foods LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was working on top of a grading platform, replacing a faulty spring on a shaker. As the employee knocked on a bolt to get to the spring, the shaker dislodged and fell. It amputated the tip of the employee's right middle finger. | |||||
| 2020-08-05 | Albertville | Al | Colormasters, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee slipped while descending a ladder and fell, landing on the ladder and then on the floor about 5 feet below. The employee suffered a compound fracture of the left ankle, a left shoulder dislocation, and a broken nose. | |||||
| 2020-06-09 | Albertville | Alabama | Alloy Resources, Inc. | Head and neck | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was inserting an oxygen lance into a furnace to melt metal that had solidified over the argon injection ports. Molten metal splashed out onto the employee's face and neck, melted the employee's face shield and safety glasses, and caused first- and second-degree burns over five percent of the employee's face and neck. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-05-01 | Albertville | Alabama | FHI, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was attempting to retrieve a small stack of pallets using a front rider pallet jack. As the employee was reversing to exit the rack storing the pallets, the pallet jack’s front lift control box caught on a rack beam. The employee’s left index finger was caught between the lift box and the rack beam, and the fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-02-20 | Albertville | Alabama | Marshall Pallet Company, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was removing runners from a notching machine when their right hand was struck by the rotating notcher head. The employee's right index and ring fingers were amputated at the first knuckle. The middle and pinky fingers were also injured. | |||||
| 2020-02-12 | Albertville | Alabama | Southern Parallel Forest Products Corp. | Thigh(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| A forklift was lifting a block cart so an employee could hit the caster wheel with a "dead sledge" in an attempt to straighten the wheel. Due to the striking of the caster wheel, the block cart shifted and slipped on the forks, which caused the base plate to slide off the block cart. The employee lost his balance and fell to the ground. The base plate slid and struck the employee's left leg causing a broken left femur. | |||||
| 2020-01-06 | Albertville | Alabama | Wayne Farms LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was performing chicken leg deboning when his knife slipped out of his hand and stabbed his abdomen, lacerating it. | |||||
| 2019-08-19 | Albertville | Alabama | MITCHELL GROCERY CORP. | Lower leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was using his foot to push down material that was stuck in the automatic baler's loading hopper. His foot went through the cardboard into a void area causing the him to lose his balance and fall into the loading hopper then into the compactor ram area. The ram cycled and his feet were caught between the ram and a side of the compactor area. The employee suffered a broken tibia and the right foot was crushed. The employee's right leg was later amputated below the knee. | |||||
| 2019-05-20 | Albertville | Alabama | Emmaus Foods LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was compacting cardboard and crushed their left ring and pinky fingers in the compactor's safety gate. | |||||
| 2019-04-23 | Albertville | Alabama | THE TJX Companies, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped while working in the front of the fitting room desk and fell to the floor, fracturing the right hip. | |||||
| 2019-04-22 | Albertville | Alabama | Colormasters, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was threading a machine when his left thumb came in contact with a cutting blade, resulting in a thumb tip amputation. The machine was guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2019-04-03 | Albertville | Alabama | Southern Parallel Forest Products Corporation | Arm(s) | Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing |
| Three employees got into an altercation; one was stabbed in the arm and another suffered a broken jaw. | |||||
| 2019-03-20 | Albertville | Alabama | Southern Parallel Forest Products Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to remove a board that had stopped a belt. The belt broke free and amputated the employee's left index, middle and ring fingers. | |||||
| 2019-02-07 | Albertville | Alabama | Olympia Construction Inc. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was standing on the second floor balcony of a multistory home at a construction site. The employee was leaning over the rail, lost his balance, and fell to the concrete floor below. The employee sustained a fractured ankle and a bruised right shoulder. | |||||
| 2018-09-15 | Albertville | Alabama | Stellar Management Group II, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning the pan under a separator water reuse screen. His left hand touched the screen drum gear, and it amputated the tips of his index and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2018-07-22 | Albertville | Alabama | AlaTrade Foods L.L.C. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was operating a walk-behind pallet jack when he bumped a stack of pallets with his left arm, causing him to lose his balance. He then fell and fractured his right hip. | |||||
| 2018-07-09 | Albertville | Alabama | Emmaus Foods, LLC | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning breading out of an auger when their hand was caught in the machinery. The employee suffered a fracture injury to the left hand and arm. The machine's guard had been removed at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2018-06-19 | Albertville | Alabama | Alatrade Foods, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a drill press when the bit caught the employee's glove and hand, resulting in a fingertip amputation to the fifth digit and lacerations to the third and fourth digits. | |||||
| 2018-06-12 | Albertville | Alabama | Purity Dairy | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| An employee was standing in front of the ice cream trailer preparing to load ice cream onto the straight truck. He turned and reached into the trailer to pull out the ramp. At the same time the employee was reaching into the trailer, the truck continued to back up and struck the injured employee on his left side pinning him between the trailer and the straight truck. The employee sustained a lacerated spleen and liver. | |||||
| 2018-02-24 | Albertville | Alabama | O.K. Foods, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee reached into a tube with his right hand and his middle finger came in contact with the auger on the pre-dust machine resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-02-05 | Albertville | Alabama | Noralco Industries | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| A temporary employee was feeding Styrofoam through a table saw when the foam jumped, causing the guard to move and expose his fingers to the blade. He received multiple cuts to his right hand and amputation of his right middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-01-27 | Albertville | Alabama | Southern Parallel Forest Products | Arm(s) | Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source |
| An employee's lower shirt sleeve ignited while he was lighting a cigarette in the designated smoking area. He suffered second degree burns to his lower arm. | |||||
| 2017-07-13 | Albertville | Alabama | Albertville Quality Foods, Inc. | Lower extremities | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee received chemical burns to the lower extremities while performing sanitation duties, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-02-28 | Albertville | Alabama | Wayne Farms, LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee was putting on his apron while holding a deboning knife. The knife slipped and the employee attempted to catch the knife and cut his abdomen. | |||||
| 2016-09-27 | Albertville | Alabama | Alatrade Foods, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was in the cooler taking boxes of chicken off a conveyor when his glove and right ring fingertip were caught in a knuckle chain on the conveyor. The first distal segment of the employee's ring finger was damaged and had to be amputated. | |||||
| 2016-04-29 | Albertville | Alabama | Albertvile Quality Foods | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| The processing machinery was turned off while the line employees were on break. Employee #1 returned from break early and removed a guard from the auger at the barrel breader. Employee #2 returned from break and started up the machinery. Employee #1 sustained amputations of the middle and ring fingertips on his right hand. | |||||
| 2016-04-18 | Albertville | Alabama | AlaTrade Foods, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was conducting pre-operational adjustments on a DSI machine. While closing a panel, his left pinky finger was caught and amputated between the panel and the machine. | |||||
| 2016-03-03 | Albertville | Alabama | Sears Roebuck & co | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was adjusting a surveillance camera. Afterwards, the employee began stepping down from the ladder he was using. He missed the last step of the ladder and fell to the floor, fracturing his left hip. | |||||
| 2015-11-11 | Albertville | Alabama | Tyson Foods | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was washing the floor. She noticed the gizzard table machine was clogged. As she tried to clear the clog, her gloved hand was caught in the auger amputating the right index, middle, and ring fingers. | |||||
| 2015-08-24 | Albertville | Alabama | Southern Parallel Forest Products Corp. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was walking by an unguarded conveyor belt and amputated the right thumb tip. | |||||
| 2015-03-23 | Albertville | Alabama | Albertville Quality Foods | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was removing boxes from a conveyor belt when the belt grabbed his gloved hand. The employee pulled his hand back and amputated his fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-01-22 | Albertville | Alabama | Southern Parallel Forest Products Corporation | Nonclassifiable | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Employee was spotting a forklift and was caught between the forklift and trailer, resulting in hospitalization. | |||||