| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-24 | Calera | Al | Walmart Supercenter | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
| An employee was pulling a ladder cart through a door. Her right middle finger was caught between the doorframe and the ladder and was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-07-29 | Calera | Ok | AMG Technology Investment Group, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was at a site where a communications tower was being installed. The employee was tying rebar when he became ill and then fainted due to a heat-related illness. | |||||
| 2020-04-30 | Calera | Alabama | Wiregrass Construction Company, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was operating a handheld grinder while grinding a patch on a silo to finish repairs when the disc shattered and fragmented pieces embedded into his left forearm, causing two lacerations. | |||||
| 2019-06-11 | Calera | Alabama | Joshen Paper & Packaging of Alabama Co. Corp. | Thigh(s) | Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating a stand-up forklift. It backed into a parked forklift and the employee suffered lacerations to the thigh. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-05-21 | Calera | Alabama | TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| A temporary employee was attaching a dump door pan to a spreader bar using a hydraulic fastening gun. The employee's right index finger was caught and crushed between the spreader bar and the trigger of the gun. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-03-27 | Calera | Alabama | GLIDEWELL SPECIALTIES FOUNDRY CO., INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was holding a butterfly valve to adjust it prior to installation. The injured employee asked a second employee to apply compressed air to the valve. When the compressed air was applied, the valve actuated to the closed position, pinching the injured employee's left thumb tip between the disk and the valve body. The employee suffered a laceration/amputation to the left thumb above the knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-01-18 | Calera | Alabama | Trinity Contractors, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was standing on the back side of an 8-foot fiberglass portable ladder at the lower brace and handing a piece of ductwork up to a second employee who was standing on the 3rd or 4th rung on the front side of the ladder. The ladder collapsed and both employees fell to the ground. The ladder and ductwork landed on the first employee, who was hospitalized with a fractured lower left leg. | |||||
| 2017-01-18 | Calera | Alabama | Transportation Services, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee was caulking the inside of a railcar when the doors closed on his upper legs, compressing them. | |||||
| 2016-06-24 | Calera | Alabama | Broadband Technical Resources, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating a mini excavator on a slope when the excavator tipped over and rolled over the employee's ankle, breaking it and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-07-06 | Calera | Alabama | Dynamic Tower Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was hospitalized for heat exhaustion/kidney failure. | |||||