| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-11 | Fulton | Mo | Danuser Machine Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee sustained a distal amputation of their right index finger. | |||||
| 2021-02-03 | Fulton | Ny | K&N's Foods USA, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was pushing and scraping meat inside the hopper of a meat extruder when their right-hand middle finger became caught in the meat extruder, resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2020-06-17 | Fulton | Mississippi | Mueller Copper Tube Company, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| A employee was grinding a metal bar on a floor grinder. The bar became caught between the work rest and grinding wheel. The employee's right middle fingertip was amputated when the bar was pulled by the grinding wheel. | |||||
| 2020-05-18 | Fulton | Mississippi | Mueller Copper Tube Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was operating a machine in automatic mode. Copper and scrap material built up in the machine and the employee used his left hand to clear the copper and scrap. When the copper and scrap was removed, the machine cycled and the employee's left index finger was caught between a copper tube and the machine. As a result, the employee's left index finger was fractured. The machine was running at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2020-04-06 | Fulton | New York | Huhtamaki | Thigh(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| A bundle of paper rolls fell off a rack as it was being lifted by a forklift. It rolled into an employee who was adjusting a slitting machine, pinning him against the machine and breaking his right femur. | |||||
| 2020-02-22 | Fulton | Missouri | AZZ | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell from an 8-foot A-frame ladder while carrying a sheet metal part. The employee sustained a laceration to the left side of his face and a broken shoulder. | |||||
| 2019-07-25 | Fulton | Alabama | Coca-Cola bottling Company United | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was merchandising an account when he began to feel symptoms of heat stress and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-04-03 | Fultondale | Alabama | Lennox National Account Services | Head and trunk | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was changing a 5-ton compressor on an HVAC unit using an acetylene torch. While applying heat to the discharge line, residual oil/freon that had been expelled during brazing ignited, causing first and second degree burns to the upper chest and face. | |||||
| 2019-03-22 | Fulton | Mississippi | Mueller Copper Tube Distribution Center, Inc. | Pelvis | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
| An employee was operating an order picker when it struck a storage rack system. The employee suffered a broken pelvis. | |||||
| 2018-05-08 | Fulton | Arkansas | Southwestern Electric Power Company- Turk Power Plant | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was verifying the belt tension for a belt-driven fan for conveyor coal unloading. The fan was locked out. While checking the belt tension manually, the employee had his left hand on the belt. The mass of the machine allowed the belt to move despite it being locked out, pulling the injured employee's hand into a pinch point. After pulling his hand out, he required a medical amputation of the left ring fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-04-06 | Fulton | Missouri | Danuser Machine Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was moving a chip cart to a chip pit to have the metal chips dumped when the employee fell approximately 3 feet into the pit, landing on a bin. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the left middle finger, bruising, and a possible broken rib. | |||||
| 2018-02-06 | Fulton | Mississippi | Graham Lumber Company | Leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was talking to an edger operator while standing in front of the edger when a board from the edger kicked back and struck the employee's right leg, fracturing it. | |||||
| 2018-01-17 | Canal Fulton | Ohio | Lindsay Precast Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, n.e.c. |
| On January 17, 2018, four employees were attempting to hand roll a metal combination part that was on the work floor. The part was approximately 184 inches long and approximately 650 pounds. The part was set down and crushed one employee's left-hand middle fingertip, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2017-10-17 | Fulton | Missouri | Ovid Bell Press, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee's arm entered the trimmer portion of a binding machine. His arm snapped in three places, resulting in a compound fracture, a deep laceration, and muscle and nerve damage. | |||||
| 2017-10-04 | Fulton | Mississippi | Muller Cooper Tube Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a polishing machine to sand down a steel rod when his left hand was caught in the rotating sand paper, amputating his pinky finger at the knuckle. | |||||
| 2017-09-14 | Fulton | Mississippi | MULLER COPPER TUBE CO., INC. | Thigh(s) | Struck by discharged or flying object |
| On September 15, 2017, an employee was walking between a tube handling system and a drawing unit when a copper tube impaled the employee's left upper leg, requiring hospitalization. The area between the two machines was unguarded at the time. | |||||
| 2017-04-26 | Fultondale | Alabama | Alabama Power Company | Multiple body parts | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee finished installing power line poles and stepped into a truck. The truck derrick made contact with the power line (12kV), resulting in electric shock to the employee. The employee received burns to the hands, feet, and internal body parts. | |||||
| 2017-02-14 | Fulton | Mississippi | Mueller Copper Tube Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee's left thumb was caught between a hydraulic clamp and the copper tube that was in the clamp. The thumb was surgically amputated at the last knuckle. | |||||
| 2017-01-31 | Canal Fulton | Ohio | Tradesmen International LLC | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was painting from a ladder when the ladder shifted and the employee fell breaking a femur. | |||||
| 2016-08-30 | Fulton | Mississippi | Graham Lumber Company, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was straightening lumber on the landing table to the trimmer when a board or a cant caught his left middle finger between another board amputating it at the middle knuckle. | |||||
| 2016-08-29 | Fulton | Missouri | AZZ Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On 8/29/16 at 1:35 p.m. an employee was using a folding table to bend steel. When he pressed the foot operator his hands were crushed inside the machine. After evaluation and surgery to repair the injury, the employee lost three fingers. | |||||
| 2016-08-08 | Fulton | Mississippi | MUELLER COPPER TUBE CO., INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was crimping tube on a block machine when his left-hand ring finger was caught, crushed, and amputated in the clamps. | |||||
| 2016-04-04 | Fulton | Missouri | La Crosse Lumber Company | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee stepped off a forklift and was struck by the driver, causing a severe leg injury. | |||||
| 2016-03-15 | Fulton | Mississippi | Max Home, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was attempting to push down on the anvil in a T-nut machine when his right index finger became trapped in the machine. His finger was partially amputated. | |||||
| 2016-03-03 | Fulton | New York | Oswego County Opportunities Inc | Ankle(s) and knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| At 5:45 AM on 3/3/16, an employee was walking into work from her car when she slipped on ice in the driveway and fell, fracturing her right ankle and knee. | |||||
| 2016-02-11 | Fulton | Arkansas | Fisher Tank Company | Ankle(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was mig welding on a vertical seam on a 137-ft-diameter, 40 ft.-high open-top above-ground steel storage tank when a piece of hot slag dropped down onto his right boot. His leg began swelling and he was later hospitalized with right ankle burns. | |||||
| 2015-05-19 | Fulton | Mississippi | MAX HOME, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee caught her left hand in the fiber picker machine. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2015-04-12 | Fulton | Mississippi | Burton Builders,Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee's right leg was crushed after being struck by an excavator bucket and pinned between the bucket and a concrete retaining wall. The employee's right leg was amputated above the knee. | |||||
| 2015-01-21 | Fulton | Mississippi | MUELLER COPPER TUBE CO., INC. | Leg(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| Employee was using a Bobcat with a jack hammer attachment to flip a metal caster lid (that weighs approximately 300 pounds). When the employee flipped the lid, the edge of the metal casting lid hit his leg, injuring him while he was in the Bobcat. | |||||