Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-02-12 | Crossville | Alabama | MRE Crossville, LLC | Face | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was standing on an upper deck unclogging a cyclone. A steam release caused an explosion panel in the hopper to blow out toward the employee, who suffered a third-degree steam burn to the face. | |||||
2019-02-19 | Crossville | Alabama | D&F Equipment Sales, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking to his work vehicle when he slipped and fell on a small, icy hill, landing on his laptop in the chest area. He fractured ribs and suffered a collapsed lung. | |||||
2017-02-07 | Crossville | Alabama | Southern Concrete Products, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached |
An employee was preparing to clean the drum of a mixer truck. To access the drum, the employee raised the hopper located at the rear of the truck and placed a brace underneath it. The hopper slipped from the brace and fell onto the employee's right index finger crushing it. The finger was surgically amputated between the first and second digit. |