| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-10 | Brewton | Alabama | Fronteir Technologies Brewton LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a CNC wood router table. As he reached for a loose piece of wood, his hand was struck by the router bit resulting in the amputation of his right pinky finger to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-04-17 | Brewton | Alabama | Georgia Pacific Brewton Mill | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was conducting maintenance, with several other employees, changing out a wire roller. The doctor blade holder was lifted up on one end of the machine, came loose and fell down on the employee's thumb, fracturing it. | |||||
| 2019-01-28 | Brewton | Alabama | Georgia-Pacific Brewton LLC | Forearm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was sticking a rod through an inspection port to clean lime from the bucket elevator inside a lime kiln. He slipped and the rod and hot lime came out of the inspection port. The solid lime particles contacted his right forearm, causing second degree burns that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-06-11 | Brewton | Alabama | Herrington Forestry Supply | Multiple body parts | Ran off roadway |
| An employee was driving a logging truck and lost control of the truck. The truck fell onto the shoulder of the road. The employee sustained right shoulder and neck injuries. | |||||
| 2017-07-30 | Brewton | Alabama | Georgia-Pacific Brewton, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee was loading an empty trailer with rolls of paper using a forklift. The employee began experiencing irritation to his eyes, lips and respiratory system. The employee started having chest pains and leg muscle spasms approximately two hours later and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-10-13 | Brewton | Alabama | Tanner Construction Company, Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee was unloading dirt for a bridge construction site. The raised dump bed made contact with an overhead power line. The employee exited the dump truck, placing his feet on the ground, and was shocked resulting in electrical burns to his left hand, left hamstring, all toes and feet. | |||||
| 2016-04-20 | Brewton | Alabama | Amec Foster Wheeler Kamtech, Inc. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee fell approximately 5 feet off a crane while checking fluid levels and fractured his leg. | |||||
| 2016-04-11 | Brewton | Alabama | Georgia-Pacific Brewton, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was attempting to close a valve while standing on a platform. One of his feet slipped off the platform, causing him to fall. He was burned on his left lower leg when it came into contact with the condensate that had been heated with steam. | |||||
| 2016-01-19 | East Brewton | Alabama | Fincher Timber Co. | Multiple body parts | Vehicle or machinery fire |
| An employee was trying to start a chipper when the chipper exploded, causing second degree burns to the employee's face, neck, and arms. | |||||
| 2015-09-17 | Brewton | Alabama | T.R. Miller Mill Company, Inc. | Hand(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| The forklift operator got his hand caught between the top roll bar of the forklift and a piece of framing that was protecting a hydraulic fluid line resulting in a laceration to the top of the left hand, a broken ring finger, a crushed little finger and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-06-10 | Brewton | Alabama | Vulcan Industrial Contractors | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| The injured employee was building a scaffold. While constructing the scaffold, the leg of the scaffold hit a valve (located above)releasing sulfuric acid. He suffered burns on the left side of his body and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-05-27 | Brewton | Alabama | Peach Automotive, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fire |
| An employee was putting out a fire that occurred in an auto body paint booth and fell, shattering the right elbow. The employee also suffered burns to the arm and torso. | |||||
| 2015-01-18 | Brewton | Alabama | Georgia Pacific Brewton Mill | Lower leg(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was exposed to hot condensate while transiting through the basement of the bleach plant. The condensate burned his lower legs. | |||||