| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-01 | Cullman | Al | U.S.A. Healthcare-LTC, L.L.C. | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
| An employee tripped and fell on a raised area of the floor and sustained a fracture to their femur. | |||||
| 2021-03-19 | Cullman | Al | FirstFleet, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee opened the doors on a trailer. Bundled cardboard boxes fell out of the trailer and knocked the employee to the ground. The employee suffered a broken femur. | |||||
| 2021-03-14 | Cullman | Al | Topre America Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was lifting a metal coil with an overhead crane. He noticed the chain sling was twisted and was trying to straighten it when his left index finger was pinched between the chain sling and the coil. The finger was broken. | |||||
| 2021-01-07 | Cullman | Al | Cullman Cabinet & Supply Co., Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a router machine when his left hand became caught in the machine, resulting in partial amputations to three or four fingers. | |||||
| 2020-02-06 | Cullman | Alabama | Simcoe Wood Products, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was cutting slat boards with a cut-off saw. The saw/guard control was activated while her right hand was under the pneumatic guard. The guard came down and the saw blade started and came up, amputating her right index, middle, and ring fingers and the tip of the little finger. | |||||
| 2019-02-28 | Cullman | Alabama | Cullman Casting Corporation | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was checking the level of iron in a furnace. The control panel joystick stuck in the forward position and the chip cart moved forward, catching the employee against the furnace and causing burns to his left hand, elbow, and stomach. | |||||
| 2018-09-13 | Cullman | Alabama | Garney Holding Co. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was directing an excavator in the installation of water piping. The employee's left middle finger was caught and fractured between the excavator's quick disconnect and a piece of lumber. The employee was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2018-07-20 | Cullman | Alabama | Alabama Cullman Yutaka Technologies LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was holding a motor while making adjustments. The belt and pulley caught the employee's left little finger, amputating the tip and causing an open fracture of the last joint. | |||||
| 2018-06-12 | Cullman | Alabama | Topre America Corporation | Multiple face locations | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| The employee was walking back to her work cell, tripped on a guard rail anchor plate, and fell to the ground hitting her chin on the concrete floor. She sustained a laceration to her chin, a fractured jaw on the left and right sides and a fractured nose. | |||||
| 2018-01-02 | Cullman | Alabama | Labor Finders of Tennessee, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| A temporary employee was running a jackhammer to break up concrete around metal beams when the jackhammer jumped up then came down. The employee's left hand was then caught between the jackhammer and a metal beam, amputating the middle and ring fingers at the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2018-01-02 | Cullman | Alabama | Garney Holding Company, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was working inside an 8' x 26' steel trench box and was helping an excavator operator install a 30" ductile iron pipe. He directed the track excavator operator to place a bucket of stone bedding for the next pipe to be installed. The excavator operator dumped the bucket of stone into the trench and began to level the stone. The employee was then caught between the excavator bucket and the bell of the pipe, suffering a fractured left leg, fractured ribs, a fractured pelvis, and punctu | |||||
| 2017-08-22 | Cullman | Alabama | Advance Power & Lighting, LLC | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee installed an insulator on a pole and was coming down from the pole using a boom lift when he saw something was not complete and went back up to the location where he was previously working. He then made contact with a switch, which sent an electrical current through the left side of his body and out through the right hand. His right hand was amputated. | |||||
| 2017-05-02 | Cullman | Alabama | Topre America Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was removing a stack of metal blank material from the blank stacker on the press. The riser that the blanks sit on had moved off the rollers while the blanks were stacking, therefore, the material would not roll freely. The employee attempted to move the blank material down by hand. The original stack fell striking his left ring finger resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2017-02-07 | Cullman | Alabama | Rehau Automotive, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was attending a meeting in a conference room next to a laboratory. The lab was using xylene in a ventilated hood when the hood fan failed and xylene was released into the conference room. The employee suffered a respiratory allergic reaction and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-02-07 | Cullman | Alabama | Golden Rod Broilers, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| While packing product on a conveyor system, an employee observed product accumulating at a part on the conveying line. When he attempted to clear the jam, his right hand was caught in the operating equipment, amputating his middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-08-03 | Cullman | Alabama | T&S Perfection Chain Products, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was working on a machine and jogging it to perform maintenance. The jog button was activated and the machine engaged, pinching and amputating the employee's left ring fingertip in the point of operation. | |||||
| 2016-03-28 | Cullman | Alabama | Golden Rod Broilers | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee partially amputated her middle and ring fingers while operating the CVP bagging machine. | |||||
| 2015-11-30 | Cullman | Alabama | Rusken Packaging | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee had his right foot on rollers to walk around a pallet that was in the walkway. When the employee placed his right foot in the rollers, the rollers turned. This caused the employee to fall backwards. His left foot struck the pallet resulting in a dislocated ankle and a broken tibia. | |||||
| 2015-04-18 | Cullman | Alabama | Ruscorr, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee amputated the tip of the right index finger when his hand got caught in the roller machine. | |||||
| 2015-03-27 | Cullman | Alabama | McGriff Industries, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level |
| An employee was hospitalized due to injuries sustained when she fell to the floor at her desk. | |||||