Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-02-21 | Chapman | Alabama | Coastal Forest Products, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was walking on a shanking conveyor when he slipped while stepping over a piece of conduit. His hand went into a chain and sprocket on the roller conveyor, resulting in an amputation to his right ring fingertip. The chain and sprocket were unguarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
2017-07-13 | Chapman | Alabama | Coastal Forest Products, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Slip without fall |
An employee was cleaning around the non-operator side of a press charger when the employee slipped and his left hand landed on a gear rack, fracturing four fingers. The gear rack was unguarded at the time. | |||||
2016-10-19 | Chapman | Alabama | Coastal Forest Products, LLC. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was freeing a jammed wood product (veneer panel plywood) from a saw line workstation. While freeing the jammed plywood from the grader bin, the operator pinned/pinched his arm between a piece of metal angle iron (under a load) and the metal cross member causing a puncture wound on his right arm below the bicep. | |||||
2016-08-26 | Chapman | Alabama | Coastal Forest Products | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was adjusting the feed roller to the spec saw. The employee's watchband was caught in the keyway and the employee's hand was caught between a driveshaft and the feed roller resulting in tendon damage to the left hand and a laceration that required hospitalization. | |||||
2015-09-21 | Chapman | Alabama | Coastal Forest Products, LLC. | Forearm(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was conducting maintenance on a cylinder when the weld broke on an attachment plate used to lift a steel beam. The beam came down on and broke the employee's left forearm. |