| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-16 | Demopolis | Al | Westrock Mill Company, LLC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking in a pulp dryer area when he slipped and fell to the floor, resulting in a fractured right hip. | |||||
| 2021-11-09 | Demopolis | Al | Demopolis Hickory Mill, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working on a lathe when his shirt became caught in the machine. His right hand was pulled into the machine, resulting in amputated ring and little fingers. | |||||
| 2021-07-03 | Demopolis | Al | Westrock Mill Company, LLC | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was using a manlift to observe a leak at a white liquor line. The gasket at the leaking flange area failed and sprayed hot white liquor on the employee, who suffered burns to his side, buttocks, and eyes. | |||||
| 2020-10-04 | Demopolis | Al | Two Rivers Lumber Co., LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| A maintenance employee was rotating a belt on the canter machine by hand to check the alignment on the belt after a new canter head and arbor shaft were installed. His left thumb was caught between the belt and the sheave resulting in an avulsion and partial amputation to the left thumb. | |||||
| 2020-07-27 | Demopolis | Alabama | H & M Construction Company, L.L.C. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was walking across the yard to assist a forklift operator by spotting for him. He missstepped and fell sideways to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken left hip. | |||||
| 2020-04-27 | Demopolis | Alabama | Personal Touch by JR Rivas, Inc. | Knee(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was cutting up a felled tree with a chainsaw. The chainsaw got stuck and the employee turned it off. Another employee stepped between the tree and another tree, pushing down the tree with the chainsaw stuck in it. The tree freed itself from the stump and hit the employee's left knee, fracturing and dislocating it. | |||||
| 2020-04-07 | Demopolis | Alabama | Two Rivers Lumber Co. LLC | Skull | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was fixing a crossup at the sorter incline chain. The employee was attempting to get on the grating under the incline chain when his foot slipped and he fell in-between the guardrail and the grating. He fell 14 feet to the floor, hitting an airline on the way down. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured skull and possible fractured vertebrae. | |||||
| 2019-02-12 | Demopolis | Alabama | Demopolis Hickory Mill, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was feeding a machine when their glove was caught on a shaft resulting in fractures to the left index and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2016-09-29 | Demopolis | Alabama | Demopolis Hickory Mill, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a band saw when her glove became trapped in the conveyor belt, which pulled her right hand under the saw blade. Her right index finger was amputated between the first and second knuckle. | |||||
| 2016-02-21 | Demopolis | Alabama | Cooper Marine & Timberlands Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was fastening a tug boat to a barge when his fingers were crushed between the boat knee and the barge. His left index and middle fingertips were amputated. | |||||
| 2015-11-24 | Demopolis | Alabama | WestRock Papermill (formerly RockTenn) | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working the winder machine when the slitter blade failed to complete a cut on the paper. He attempted to complete the cut using a box knife when his right index finger got caught under the turning core. His fingertip was ultimately amputated. | |||||