Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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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. | |||||
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. | |||||
2018-02-13 | 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. | |||||
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. | |||||
2017-06-03 | 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. | |||||
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. | |||||
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. |