Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-06-09 | Elba | Alabama | Coffee County Farmers Cooperative | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Two employees were trying to fix a bar on a spreader truck. One of them was holding the bar when it snapped into place and pinched his gloved left hand, injuring the left little finger. The finger was surgically amputated. | |||||
2020-03-13 | Elba | Alabama | Dorsey Trailer LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was changing the die on a mechanical punch press. The die came down on employee's hands and fingers, amputating the left middle finger, index finger, and half of the thumb and crushing the right index and middle fingers. | |||||
2019-02-02 | Elba | Alabama | Pitts Enterprises, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
The injured employee was talking to another employee as corrugated sheets were being fed into a press brake on the back side. The injured employee placed his left hand under the die and the press was activated resulting in amputation of the left hand. | |||||
2017-09-26 | Elba | New York | Big O Farms Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee had just started unloading onions. The employee slipped and caught his hand on the machine resulting in amputation of the left pinky, ring and middle fingers. |