Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-27 | Alexander | Nd | Midwest Erosion Control | Multiple face locations | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was working on top of a hydromulching machine. While switching from the passenger-side turret to the driver-side turret, the 3-inch cam-lock end cap was released. Due to trapped pressure, the end cap struck the employee's face resulting in a laceration to the face, a broken tooth, and damage to other teeth. | |||||
2021-06-30 | Alexander | Ar | Midwest Truck & Trailer, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was repairing a semi-truck that was on a jack. The jack shot out from under the truck and struck the employee in the leg, fracturing it. | |||||
2021-05-25 | Alexander City | Al | BR Williams Trucking, Inc | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was checking a load in a truck before docking. The load had shifted in transit and began to fall when the employee opened the door. The employee jumped from the truck to the concrete floor, landing on his side and suffering a broken hip. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-05-01 | Alexander | Arkansas | Hale Steel Inc (Lake Hamilton High School Cafeteria) | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was welding a 2,200-pound steel I-beam from a sitting position. The I-beam rolled off the sawhorses supporting it and fell on the employee's legs, breaking them both below the knee. | |||||
2019-01-23 | Alexander | North Dakota | Calfrac Well Services | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was servicing a conveyor. He fell in a pile of sand and the conveyor caught his left hand and forearm, causing fractures to both. The conveyor was not guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
2019-01-08 | Alexander City | Alabama | Wood Fruitticher Grocery Co, Inc. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was working from a 42-inch-high platform while unloading a trailer. He fell from the platform, breaking his left hip. | |||||
2018-06-04 | Alexander City | Alabama | Specialized Services, LLC | Multiple body parts | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
Employees were riding an ATV up a steep incline which caused the ATV to flip backwards and roll down the hill. The employees were ejected from the ATV. One employee was hospitalized for fractured vertebrae, fractured ribs and a broken hand. | |||||
2018-05-08 | Alexander | Arkansas | Don Isbell Painting, Inc. | Arm(s) | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee was spraying weed killer from a 4-wheeler when the 4-wheeler's throttle malfunctioned and got stuck. The employee tried to turn the 4-wheeler and fell off resulting in a broken arm. | |||||
2018-02-13 | Alexander City | Alabama | Wellborn Forest Products, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
The employee was running a band saw machine and crushed the tip of the right middle finger in the bar holder when the machine cycled. The bone was exposed and the finger was amputated to just below the nail. | |||||
2018-01-12 | Alexander | North Dakota | Zavanna, LLC | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was troubleshooting the natural gas supply for a freshwater heater. The employee opened a valve on a scrubber that released gas and it ignited, burning the employee's legs, hands, and face. | |||||
2017-08-15 | Alexander City | Alabama | Russell Brands, LLC | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was auditing a load of goods on a loading dock when the back of a forklift struck her. She suffered a compound fracture to her right ankle and was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-07-24 | Alexander | North Dakota | Badlands Power Fuels | Pelvis | Jack-knifed or overturned, roadway |
An employee was driving around a curve in the road when his truck left the roadway and rolled over. He suffered a fractured pelvis. | |||||
2017-06-03 | Alexander City | Alabama | Price Gregory International | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was adjusting a slide seat in an excavator when his right middle finger was caught between the slide seat adjustment bar and the latch behind it, amputating his middle fingertip. | |||||
2017-04-27 | Alexander | North Dakota | Higher Power LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was working on a power line when the employee received an electrical shock and burns from the power line and was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-08-29 | Alexander | North Dakota | Eiker, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was tightening packing on a load pump with the truck pump drive shaft engaged. The employee's clothing became entangled in the drive shaft and pulled the employee's arms in resulting in multiple fractures to the left arm, skin abrasions on the left hand, and bruising to the right arm. | |||||
2016-08-05 | Alexander City | Alabama | Wellborn Forest Products, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a door press when the press closed on the employee's left little finger, crushing and amputating it. | |||||
2016-07-27 | Alexander City | Alabama | CNJ Tech Alabama, Inc. | Brain | Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising |
An employee was in the computer room pulling wires while bent over. The employee stood up and struck the back of his head on a shelf causing a concussion. | |||||
2016-02-08 | Alexander City | Alabama | Lee Staffing, Inc. | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
While attempting to remove trash wood that fell behind a machine, an employee's glove was caught in the machine's rotating bit, puncturing the right hand and wrist. | |||||
2016-01-24 | Alexander | North Dakota | Oasis Petroleum | BODY SYSTEMS | Ingestion of harmful substance |
An employee mistakenly grabbed a bottle of methanol, believing it to be a water bottle, and took a drink. The employee suffered from methanol poisoning. | |||||
2016-01-15 | Alexander | North Dakota | Mobile Data, LLC | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was hospitalized for burns to the face and hands when a flash fire occurred while he was draining a gas supply vessel. | |||||
2015-08-09 | Alexander City | Alabama | Parkdale Mills, Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee amputated the first joint of his left middle finger while performing maintenance on a lapper machine. | |||||
2015-06-23 | Alexander | North Dakota | Yellowstone Valley Concrete Company | Nonclassifiable | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was hospitalized due to a flash fire at a compressor station while servicing a stage 2 compressor in Alexander, North Dakota. | |||||
2015-05-19 | Alexander | North Dakota | Emerald Oil, Inc. | Hand(s) | Nonclassifiable |
An employee suffered a hand injury while performing routine maintenance on a pump jack at or near Pierre Creek Nelson 44-23 HR in McKenzie County, North Dakota. |