| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-10-19 | Booneville | Ms | New Way Trucks, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee placed a new bundle of metal tubing on a work bench. While the employee was removing the last steel strap, the bundle shifted and his finger was crushed between the tubes and the bench. The employee's left ring finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2019-09-10 | Booneville | Arkansas | Arkansas Oklahoma Gas | Wrist(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a pocket knife to cut a plastic zip tie when the knife slipped and lacerated his wrist, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2019-05-08 | Booneville | Mississippi | Walmart Supercenter #0114 | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| While closing the cash office's safe door, the employee's left index finger was caught in the safe door resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2019-03-05 | Booneville | Arkansas | Rockline Industries Inc | Knee(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee was working on the warehouse dock. As he stepped from the dock into a tractor trailer he fell and injured his right knee. | |||||
| 2018-08-15 | Booneville | Mississippi | CATERPILLAR INC. | Multiple lower extremities locations | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| On August 15, 2018, an employee was operating a stand-up forklift and turning a corner when the vehicle hit a wet spot and started to slide. The employee released the dead man switch to stop the forklift and then dismounted the vehicle during the slide. His left foot/ankle was struck by the vehicle and a plastic pole protector as the vehicle continued to travel in the direction he exited. He suffered multiple fractures and a puncture wound. | |||||
| 2016-07-19 | Booneville | Mississippi | ACCO Brands Corporation | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| At 4:15 p.m. on 7/18, an employee was cleaning a hot polymer glue press-pot using a scraper. The scraper broke, which caused both hands and her left forearm to come into contact with the hot glue. She sustained second degree burns to the palms and fingers of both hands and to the left forearm. | |||||
| 2016-07-07 | Booneville | Arkansas | Rockline Industries, Inc. | Skull | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| An employee was driving to the dock to park a walkie rider at the charger when he blacked out. He fell from the walkie rider, hit his head on the concrete floor and suffered a head fracture, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-11-30 | Booneville | Mississippi | Plumbrose USA | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee's finger was caught in a rotating part. A finger on the right hand was amputated at the second digit by a physician. | |||||
| 2015-07-16 | Booneville | Mississippi | Marathon Cheese Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning out a powder hopper while standing on a platform ladder. He slipped, and his right hand went into the hopper to the bottom auger, which was about 12 inches from the top of the hopper. He sustained a right index fingertip amputation. | |||||