| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-21 | Cherokee | Al | Alabama Painting Inc. | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was walking into a machine shop area. He fell and hit a ball bearing press that was bolted to the floor. He suffered lacerations to the left forearm and hand and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-06-12 | Cherokee | Alabama | Cherokee Nitrogen L.L.C. | Multiple face locations | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was helping to drain a knockout pot containing 65% nitric acid. The drain hose became loose and the employee was sprayed in the face. The employee received burns to the face and eyes, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-06-21 | Cherokee | Alabama | FreightCar America | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a rivet gun when it cycled, pinching his fingertip between the wide internal chamber and the narrower neck of the nozzle opening. He suffered a finger amputation. | |||||
| 2018-04-02 | Cherokee | Alabama | FreightCar America, Inc. | Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| A temporary employee was walking down the metal steps of a horizontal side sheet when he slipped and struck his face and abdomen on a roller. He suffered a chin laceration, fractured nose, and bruised abdomen on the right side. | |||||
| 2018-02-28 | Cherokee | Alabama | FreightCar America, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| Two employees were installing freight car side doors and were having trouble fitting them. A pin securing it in place was removed and it fell on both employees. The first employee suffered multiple fractures to the body and was hospitalized. The second employee suffered a laceration to the leg. | |||||
| 2017-09-27 | Cherokee | Oklahoma | Cherokee Sales HL2 LLC | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Struck by animal |
| An employee was roping an escaping cow and suffered a fractured leg and ankle. | |||||
| 2017-04-17 | Cherokee | Alabama | Navistar, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| The injured employee was pressing down a rail car pusher arm with a crow bar when another employee moved the rail car forward and crushed the injured employee's left index finger resulting in a partial amputation between the distal and middle joints. | |||||
| 2017-02-08 | Cherokee | Alabama | Cherokee Nitrogen, L.L.C. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was terminating loading procedures on the top of a truck trailer when he fell from the trailer to the ground. He sustained a head laceration and broken sternum, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-09-23 | Cherokee | Alabama | Freightcar Alabama, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| The employee was welding the support hood of a railcar. The employee got his left ring finger pinched between the porta power and the break rod support resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2015-02-19 | Cherokee | Alabama | Whetstone Brothers, LLC | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| Employee was installing an incline conveyor. He was using two chain falls and four come-a-longs. One of the come-a-longs was removed, causing the others to become overloaded, and the conveyor fell. The employee suffered broken bones in his legs, feet, spine, and pelvis area. | |||||
| 2015-02-13 | Cherokee | Alabama | FreightCar America, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
| Employees were using an overhead crane to lift a rail car. While rigging the chains to the rail car, the hook caught a grab iron, amputating three fingers on the employee's left hand. | |||||
| 2015-02-10 | Cherokee | Alabama | SCA Tissue North America, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| Employee suffered amputation of the left index finger while operating a core machine. | |||||