Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-06-01 | Eutaw | Al | United Roofing Mfg. Co., Inc. | Head and trunk | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee emptied the contents of a truck into a tank and then closed the valve on the truck. While taking the asphalt transfer hose off the truck, residual liquid asphalt splashed on his face and chest resulting in second degree burns. | |||||
2020-06-05 | Eutaw | Alabama | WestRock, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was at a weld press printing station, performing a product change using an overhead crane. His left ring finger got caught between the lock collar and the gear sleeve, causing the amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
2020-01-04 | Eutaw | Alabama | Consolidated Catfish Producers, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was greasing a fillet machine when the employee's right index finger was caught in the machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-06-12 | Eutaw | Alabama | United Roofing Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was addressing a break in the paper product on a production line. The employee removed some asphalt-saturated paper from the saturator box. As the employee attempted to remove additional paper from the machinery, the employee's gloved left hand became caught and crushed on a roller. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-06-11 | Eutaw | Alabama | United Roofing Manufacturing, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating an asphalt saturator when a break in paper occurred. The employee was removing the asphalt-saturated paper from the saturator box when a roller caught the employee's gloved left hand and pinned it against the gate, crushing and burning it. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery. | |||||
2019-02-25 | Eutaw | Alabama | Alabama Farmers Cooperative, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating the manual fish skinner. The employee's glove was caught in the skinning device and the side of her right pinky finger was skinned. Her hand then rotated resulting in a laceration to the top of her right hand. | |||||
2017-05-30 | Eutaw | Alabama | Southfresh Aquaculture, LLC | Foot (feet) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was working on an ice machine when his left foot was caught by the raking mechanism and pulled against the frame of the machine, causing severe soft tissue damage. The ice machine was not locked out at the time. | |||||
2017-04-13 | Eutaw | Alabama | WestRock | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was performing maintenance on the cutter machine and partially amputated their left middle and ring fingers. | |||||
2015-03-18 | Eutaw | Alabama | Rocktenn Eutaw Folding | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning moving rollers when her left hand got caught between them. |