Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-08-23 | Burnsville | Mississippi | VLRV, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was changing air hoses on a milling machine and had loaded wood to run through the machine. While pushing the wood through the milling machine, the employee's right hand fingers were struck by the rotating sharper head and the employee suffered amputation of 1/3 of the third digit and amputation of the second digit underneath the first knuckle. | |||||
2019-07-31 | Burns | Oregon | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, BURNS HELIBASE | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee became sick while working outdoors and was hospitalized with heat exhaustion, dehydration, and possible muscle damage. | |||||
2019-05-07 | Burnsville | Mississippi | Southern Field Maintenance and Fabrication, L.L.C. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
While a crane was lifting a jaw crusher that was being removed for repair a section of ductwork that was connected to the building fell and struck employee on the head. The employee sustained a fractured vertebra. | |||||
2019-01-18 | Burns Flat | Oklahoma | Farmers Coop Exchange | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was replacing the guard on a lint cleaner machine when his right hand was caught inside the machine, amputating multiple fingers. | |||||
2018-08-28 | Burnsville | Mississippi | Mississippi Silicon LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was holding a release handle for a lifting device on the overhead crane when the load shifted, resulting in a puncture and fracture to the employee's right hand. | |||||
2018-08-06 | Burnsville | Mississippi | Jorge Vazquez | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet |
An employee was laying standing seam metal roof decking when he stepped on insulation that was laid out underneath the metal decking and fell 30 feet through the insulation to the ground, landing on a crushed stone surface. He suffered a fractured left arm, fractured pelvis, and diaphragmatic hernia. A safety lanyard was not attached at the time of the incident. | |||||
2016-08-14 | Burnsville | Mississippi | Mississippi Silicon, LLC | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was using a hardwood pole to clean a furnace's tap channel when molten metal slag suddenly released from the furnace, burning the employee's hands, head, face, left ear, lips, and mouth. | |||||
2016-06-10 | Burnsville | Mississippi | Mississippi Silicon, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to do maintenance on a wood chipper when his hand was trapped in the conveyor. All five fingers on his right hand were lacerated, and he was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-08-27 | Burnsville | Mississippi | Lexicon, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was putting a bolt into a five foot steel I-beam and suffered the loss of the right thumb tip when it was caught between the end of the beam and the wrench. | |||||
2015-05-26 | Burnsville | Mississippi | Lexicon Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Stings and venomous bites |
An employee was retrieving bolts from a cardboard box onsite when he was bitten on his right hand middle finger by a copper head snake that was in the box. The employee had a reaction to the anti-venom and was hospitalized. |