Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-07-13 | Eastaboga | Al | Kronospan LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was greasing a bearing with a grease gun when grease punctured the skin on his left middle finger, requiring surgery. | |||||
2021-05-09 | Eastaboga | Al | Legacy Cabinets, Inc. | Multiple foot (feet) locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee had climbed onto a hydraulic platform floor lift to move jammed material. While the floor lift was moving up, the employee stepped off the lift and his foot was caught between the floor of the lift and the metal plate on the floor above. The employee was hospitalized with a crushing injury to his foot and toes. | |||||
2021-01-26 | Eastaboga | Al | Bridgewater Interiors, L.L.C. | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was walking along docks from the rear of the building toward the front. The employee was struck by a forklift traveling in reverse and sustained multiple lacerations and fractures to the lower left leg. | |||||
2020-06-10 | Eastaboga | Alabama | Kronospan LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting a laminated board with a table saw. The sawblade amputated the employee's right thumb and ring finger and lacerated the index and middle fingers. | |||||
2020-02-12 | Eastaboga | Alabama | Legacy Cabinets, Inc. | Face | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
An employee was walking up the back steps to a warehouse. He fell forward and his face struck a guardrail at the top of the stair platform. He suffered a facial laceration and possible fracture. | |||||
2019-04-30 | Eastaboga | Alabama | Legacy Cabinets, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a wood table cutting machine when the clamp smashed his left ring finger, resulting in a partial finger amputation. | |||||
2019-04-30 | Eastaboga | Alabama | Precision Concrete Construction, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was disconnecting the rigging on a 6x6 precast panel and his right middle finger was caught between the cable and the anchor resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
2019-04-02 | Eastaboga | Alabama | SGS Industrial Services Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was unbolting an I-beam when it fell on his right foot, resulting in the amputation of four toes. | |||||
2019-03-08 | Eastaboga | Alabama | Kronospan Laminates LLC | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was re-threading a roll of paper at a paper treating line. His right forearm was caught and broken between two rollers moving in opposite directions. | |||||
2019-03-05 | Eastaboga | Alabama | SGS Industrial Services Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by object or equipment |
Two employees were rigging and lifting a load when they were struck by a 12-foot long, 1600-kg structural support that broke free from its chain sling during the lift. One employee suffered broken ribs, a broken left foot, a concussion and required stitches on the left ear. | |||||
2019-01-18 | Eastaboga | Alabama | Hansen-Rice, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was moving a basket into position to connect a steel beam when the employee was pinned between the basket and a jack beam, requiring hospitalization for fractured ribs and an absence of oxygen in the tissues. | |||||
2019-01-14 | Eastaboga | Alabama | PRECISION CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION, INC. | Elbow(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was walking at the worksite when the employee tripped on a 4X4 piece of wood and fell to the ground, fracturing the left elbow. | |||||
2018-05-24 | Eastaboga | Alabama | Kronospan USA LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to un-jam a belt on the machine he operated, using a rod to try to release the belt. His right index finger was caught between the roller and a pin and he sustained a laceration. He was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
2017-02-15 | Eastaboga | Alabama | Legacy Cabinets, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
A temporary employee was using a sander and cut her left ring finger. Her fingertip was surgically amputated. | |||||
2016-10-13 | Eastaboga | Alabama | Legacy Cabinets, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was removing debris from the panel saw and amputated the right index fingertip. | |||||
2016-09-01 | Eastaboga | Alabama | Legacy Cabinets, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was working as a panel saw helper and lacerated the left middle fingertip. The distal phalanx was later amputated. | |||||
2015-08-03 | Eastaboga | Alabama | Legacy Cabinets, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee got caught in the top plate of a shaper in the dovetail department. The employee was hospitalized for surgery on three left-hand fingers. | |||||
2015-06-12 | Eastaboga | Alabama | Legacy Cabinets INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning bands on an auto booth paint machine when his right index finger got caught between the band and the rollers, causing an amputation. |