Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-02 | Andalusia | Al | Shaw Industries Group, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee cleared a jam in the heat set on a machine. The employee removed the lock out device and energized the machine. The employee then removed the guard to adjust a belt. The belt started moving and when the employee reached for a tool his right hand was caught in the heat set roller, resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger. | |||||
2021-05-21 | Andalusia | Al | WALTMART STORE#1091 | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on a wet floor and fell, injuring her left knee. | |||||
2020-06-09 | Andalusia | Alabama | Y&B Contractors | Coccygeal region | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a ladder. When he tried to adjust it, he and the ladder fell. The employee sustained a broken tailbone. | |||||
2019-04-09 | Andalusia | Alabama | Harper Electric Construction Co., Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
A wooden pole loosened as it was being pulled down and smashed an employee's left hand. One of the employee's fingertips was amputated, and another had the skin and flesh stripped to the bone. | |||||
2018-01-26 | Andalusia | Alabama | Shaw Industries Group, Inc. | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
While walking to the break room, an employee tripped over a concrete step-up and fell to the same level, fracturing the right patella. | |||||
2017-08-29 | Andalusia | Illinois | MidAmerican Energy Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
On August 29, 2017, at approximately 7:45 p.m., an employee got out of his truck and was walking around investigating a power outage when his hands contacted an energized, 7,620-volt powerline. He received an electrical shock and was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-04-14 | Andalusia | Alabama | Harper Electric Construction Co., Inc. | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was canting a pole (moving a power pole from the ground to a standing position) when the rope and cant hook slipped because they were wet. The employee fell backwards and put his hands behind him to catch himself. He landed on his right hand and broke it near the wrist. | |||||
2015-08-13 | Andalusia | Illinois | Valley Group Inc. | Skull | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was operating a bulldozer to unload it off a trailer onto a dirt shoulder. The bulldozer rolled onto its side and struck the employee. The employee suffered a skull fracture. |