| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-02-05 | Fort Rucker | Alabama | Fort Rucker - Garrision | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion involving outside sources |
| On February 5, 2020, an employee was rolling up a hose to load it into a fire truck when the hose jerked forward and jolted him. He suffered a hernia, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2017-05-12 | Fort Rucker | Alabama | Asimpa, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| Two employees were changing out the skid steer attachment from a bucket to forks. The bucket did not fall free when the two retaining pins were removed due to the build up of dirt. The bucket was still lifted about six inches above the ground. The injured employee was standing near the bucket with his left hand resting on it, while another employee used a hammer on the opposite side to knock the dirt loose. The bucket fell approximately six inches and the injured employee's left hand was pinched | |||||
| 2017-04-11 | Fort Rucker | Alabama | Munie Greencare Professionals | Leg(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| The employee was operating a zero radius mower on a steep incline. The mower rolled over and the employee suffered a compound fracture to a leg requiring surgery and bruising of the spine. | |||||
| 2016-09-22 | Fort Rucker | Alabama | Army Fleet Support | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was performing aircraft support operations and was walking toward an air pad when he tripped on a mooring chain and fell on the concrete air pad, fracturing his left hip. | |||||
| 2016-03-21 | Fort Rucker | Alabama | URS | Multiple body parts | Other in-flight crash due to mechanical failure |
| An employee was engaged in helicopter flight training for the US Army. The helicopter lost engine power and crashed. The employee suffered three fractured vertebrae, a fractured sternum, broken teeth and abrasions to the elbow and knee. | |||||
| 2015-03-22 | Fort Rucker | Alabama | Fort Rucker | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| An employee's right ankle and foot were crushed when the "mule" (4 wheeled vehicle with a small bed in the back) he was operating rolled after striking a log. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-02-05 | Fort Rucker | Alabama | Summit Specialty Contractors | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| Employee was lowering trash from the edge of the flat roof he was working on. He fell 11 feet 8 inches when the soffit he was standing on collapsed. He broke ribs, shattered an elbow, and cracked his pelvis. | |||||