| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-26 | Atmore | Al | Brown Precision, Inc. | Leg(s) | Self-inflicted shooting-intent unknown |
| An employee picked up a handgun and it discharged, causing a gunshot wound to the employee's leg. | |||||
| 2020-10-03 | Atmore | Al | TDG Operations, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to clear yarn that was being spun and starting to cluster at two large spinning cyclones. The employee's right thumb became caught between the spool of yarn and the yarn being spun resulting in amputation of the left thumb at the base of the nailbed. | |||||
| 2020-04-21 | Atmore | Alabama | Parker and Son, INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was helping a crew run a cleaning pig through a pipe running from an oil well into the manifold. During the pig retrieval process, the pig became dislodged by unanticipated vapor buildup and exited the pipe. The vapor burst exited the pipe and the employee was overcome by the H2S vapors. | |||||
| 2019-09-10 | Atmore | Alabama | Swift Lumber, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee turned off the power to a chipper in order to change the blade. The employee then went to get tools. When he returned to the chipper, he checked to see if the blade had stopped spinning and his left ring finger became caught between the belt drive and sheave. He sustained a fingertip and fingernail amputation. | |||||
| 2019-08-01 | Atmore | Alabama | Swift Lumber, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was grading lumber. A 1x4 board entering the trimmer skewed, causing the board to be cut lengthwise (instead of crosswise) and to be ejected from the saw. It struck the employee on the right side of the abdomen, causing a contusion. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-01-25 | Atmore | Alabama | Mobile Asphalt Company, LLC | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| While walking and working on the road widener machine, an employee fell and broke his left ankle. | |||||
| 2019-01-07 | Atmore | Alabama | Alto Products Corp. AL | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was loading paper into a die press when the employee's finger was caught by the nipper, resulting in the amputation of a finger. | |||||
| 2018-09-15 | Atmore | Alabama | Swift Lumber, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Small-scale (limited) fire |
| An employee was burned when diesel fuel was thrown into the firebox of a kiln and a fire started. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-05-08 | Atmore | Alabama | Helena-Agri Enterprises, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 21 to 25 feet |
| An employee was walking on a wooden catwalk when the floor gave way resulting in the employee falling approximately 22 feet into a fertilizer bin with material about 5 feet high. The employee sustained a bruised lung and four broken ribs. | |||||
| 2017-05-23 | Atmore | Alabama | Swift Lumber, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working at a round table pulling lumber when his right arm became caught in a belt roller, crushing it and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-09-14 | Atmore | Alabama | Mobile Asphalt Company, LLC | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to clear a jam in the shaker screen machine. His shirt sleeve got caught in the equipment resulting in a fracture of his arm in three places. The employee will need surgery to repair the fractures. | |||||
| 2015-08-19 | Atmore | Alabama | Swift Lumber Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was trying to unhook lumber at the sawmill gang when the hook flopped. He lost his balance and fell, and his left hand went between a roller and a plate, crushing his left thumb. | |||||