Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-03-26 | Brundidge | Alabama | Swift Transportation | Brain | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was struck by a terminal tractor while picking up a load, requiring hospitalization for a head injury. | |||||
2019-08-15 | Brundidge | Alabama | Kings Table Powerline Services, Inc. | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was working from a bucket truck, moving 7.2-kilovolt lines 40 feet up on a power pole. A live wire touched the employee's right hand or head; the employee was hospitalized and the hand was amputated. | |||||
2018-08-08 | Brundidge | Alabama | Southern Classic Food Group | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was assembling valves on a filler machine when his left hand was caught between the valve housing and the valve opener, resulting in an amputation of his ring finger's first joint. | |||||
2018-08-02 | Brundidge | Alabama | Personnel Resources, Inc. | Lower extremities | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was operating a CIP system when he realized a hose was not connected properly. As he disconnected the hose, his lower body was splashed with 170-degree F fluid. He was hospitalized with burns to his lower body. | |||||
2018-04-14 | Brundidge | Alabama | Walmart | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet |
On April 14, 2018, at approximately 9:50 PM, an employee was straightening a pallet on an overhead conveyor when the employee fell 30 feet to the next lower level. The employee suffered a broken pelvis and torn arm tendons. | |||||
2017-08-16 | Brundidge | Alabama | Southern Classic Food Group, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to remove a plastic jam in a tamper bander when the cutter activated and amputated the employee's right index fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time. | |||||
2016-10-18 | Brundidge | Alabama | SWISSLOG Logistics, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was evaluating a defaulted/de-energized trolley kart when the trolley kart self-energized and rapidly moved toward the employee. The employee was struck by the trolley kart and pinned between a conveyor and the bumper of the kart causing a laceration to the left inner thigh. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-09-21 | Brundidge | Alabama | Rack N Motion SA | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
While installing and uninstalling metal racks, an employee was injured by a metal band that snapped and struck him in the eye, puncturing his right pupil. Eye protection was not worn at the time. | |||||
2016-02-16 | Brundidge | Alabama | Walmart Stores, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was filling out paperwork while standing next to a standup pallet truck. Another standup pallet truck struck the employee resulting in a right ankle injury. |