| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-10 | Gadsden | Al | Prince Metal Stampings USA, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was walking across a scrap chute cover to get to the other side of a press. A locking mechanism on the cover failed and the employee fell 16 feet to the level below the press, suffering a head laceration and a possible back injury. | |||||
| 2021-07-14 | Gadsden | Al | Abramson, LLC | Brain | Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached |
| Employees were pouring a culvert using a trackhoe. The injured employee was dumping a concrete bucket when the hydraulic line on the trackhoe failed causing the stick portion of the boom to release. The bucket struck the injured employee and he fell into a rocky bank and struck his head. | |||||
| 2021-02-14 | Gadsden | Al | FEHRER AUTOMOTIVE NORTH AMERICA, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| A maintenance employee was fixing a bound chain on a gondola/rail system when the employee's left pinky finger was crushed by a rail and chain, resulting in amputation. | |||||
| 2020-08-03 | Gadsden | Al | Warehouse Home Furnishings Distributors, Inc | Knee(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee was walking out of her office when she fell to floor, fracturing her left kneecap. | |||||
| 2020-05-12 | Gadsden | Alabama | Koch Foods Of Gadsden LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
| An employee was walking through a set of double doors. As she was closing the door, her right pinky finger was caught between the door and the frame, causing a laceration that resulted in a partial finger amputation. | |||||
| 2020-02-11 | Gadsden | Alabama | Northside Health Care | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee fell to the floor while walking out of a refrigeration room, breaking her right hip and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2019-09-03 | Gadsden | Alabama | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company | Fingertip(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
| An employee was rolling a 600-pound spool of rubber into position when the spool shifted and the employee's left pinky finger was caught between the spool and an I-beam causing a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2019-06-11 | Gadsden | Alabama | Koch Foods of Gadsden LLC | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment |
| An employee was completing an inventory when the entire second floor where she was working collapsed beneath her. She fell and landed on construction material, fracturing her neck and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2019-04-29 | Gadsden | Alabama | Consolidated Design and Machine, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was attempting to operate a newly installed dock leveler. It was not operating properly. He thought it was a pin on the leveler that was causing the hold up. The maintenance pin for the leveler is located underneath it and can only be accessed from the underside of the leveler. He went underneath the leveler to release the pin. When the pin was released, the leveler fell on top of him breaking his leg and ribs and fracturing his back. | |||||
| 2019-01-10 | Gadsden | Alabama | Inteva Products LLC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was walking through the front doors of the facility. She was holding the door with her left arm and holding two bags when her arm shifted downward, causing her to lose balance and fall to the floor. She suffered a left hip fracture. | |||||
| 2018-08-23 | Gadsden | Alabama | Decatur Plastic Products, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was using a forklift to stack two boxes when her right hand was caught between a box and the forklift forks, resulting in a right index finger amputation. | |||||
| 2018-08-23 | Gadsden | Alabama | Koch Foods | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was stacking boxes when his gloved right index finger was caught in the strapping belt, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-08-14 | Gadsden | Alabama | Comcast of Alabama, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was standing on a ladder and had just completed replacing a customer's service line when he fell from the ladder as he began to descend. He landed on the concrete driveway and ground, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-06-10 | Gadsden | Alabama | KOCH FOODS OF GADSDEN | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| While hand-scrubbing the chute on a vacuum system, the employee's hand entered the vacuum pump chute and his finger was caught on angle iron. When he pulled his finger back, the fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2018-06-06 | Gadsden | Alabama | Keystone Foods LLC | Nonclassifiable | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was cleaning a transfer belt and was burned by scalding hot water. | |||||
| 2017-09-03 | Gadsden | Alabama | Tennessee Aluminum Processors, Inc. | Multiple lower extremities locations | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was walking through a furnace pit when the furnace trough kicked back. The employee then stepped back into a mold full of molten metal, suffering second degree burns to the right ankle and calf and to the left foot. | |||||
| 2017-08-22 | Gadsden | Alabama | Fehrer Automotive North America, LLC | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a forklift while his right hand was outside of the driving compartment. He drove near a dumpster and his hand became caught between the forklift and the dumpster, causing a soft tissue crush injury to his right hand between the index finger and the thumb. | |||||
| 2017-08-16 | Gadsden | Alabama | Prince Metal Stampings USA, Inc. | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a feeder when the employee's gloved left hand was pulled into the feeder's rollers. The employee sustained a laceration to the left palm and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-08-11 | Gadsden | Alabama | KOCH FOODS | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was changing out a blade on a handsaw when the blade lacerated the palm of his left hand, requiring surgery. The handsaw was not operating at the time. | |||||
| 2017-07-18 | Gadsden | Alabama | Alabama Guardrail, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was installing a guardrail along the interstate and suffered heat stroke. The employee became light headed and fell over with cramps and nausea. | |||||
| 2017-07-12 | Gadsden | Alabama | Dothan Security Inc. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee fell from a curb while walking and broke his ankle, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-04-08 | Gadsden | Alabama | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was climbing up the rungs of a ladder when he slipped. He was approximately three to four rungs up when he fell to the ground, injuring his tailbone and back requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-03-16 | Gadsden | Alabama | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company | Multiple trunk locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was setting up tire parameters and was pinned between a tire machine and the bead set sustaining a broken pelvis and ribs. | |||||
| 2017-02-03 | Gadsden | Alabama | Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was running rubber through a refiner when his left hand was caught between a belt and the end roller, breaking four fingers and his wrist. The belt and roller were unguarded at the time. | |||||
| 2016-09-24 | Gadsden | Alabama | UHP Projects, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was underneath the trailer tongue frame of a portable abrasive blasting unit, attempting to straighten a bent pin in the jack stand with a crowbar. As he pried on the pin with the crow bar, the jack fell, pinning him beneath the trailer tongue frame. He punctured his lung and broke five ribs, his sternum, and his left shoulder blade, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-09-01 | Gadsden | Alabama | The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
| An employee was hospitalized after suffering a bee/wasp sting while conducting a maintenance walk around. The sting on the left arm developed into acute compartment syndrome. | |||||
| 2016-04-21 | Gadsden | Alabama | GeoStabilization International | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was loading rebar onto the forks of a forklift when the rebar rolled off the forks and struck the employee, breaking the right leg. | |||||
| 2016-02-08 | Gadsden | Alabama | Koch Foods, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| While operating a bagging machine, an employee's hand was crushed, amputating his left index finger. | |||||
| 2016-01-08 | Gadsden | Alabama | Goodyear Gadsden Tire and Rubber Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| Two employees were repairing the Bambury machine and were exposed to carbon dust. | |||||
| 2015-11-12 | Gadsden | Alabama | Prince Metal Stampings USA, Inc. | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was between a bolster and a press frame when the bolster rolled on and crushed his right foot and ankle. | |||||
| 2015-10-20 | Gadsden | Alabama | Community Health Systems, LLC | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking through the parking lot and passed a large/long concrete barrier. She tripped over the foot of the barrier and fell to the ground, breaking her right wrist. | |||||
| 2015-08-26 | Gadsden | Alabama | TJX | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee working the cash register tripped over the fatigue mat and fell fracturing the femur. | |||||
| 2015-08-12 | Gadsden | Alabama | Alabama Power Company | Arm(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee finished installing switches. While cleaning up and removing the rubber cover up used to protect from inadvertent contact, he touched the wire with more than 50 volts, resulting in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree burns to both arms. | |||||
| 2015-08-11 | Gadsden | Alabama | AT&T | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was on a ladder hanging aerial service wire and was admitted to the hospital for heat related injuries. | |||||
| 2015-05-11 | Gadsden | Alabama | Elwood Staffing Services, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee had approximately 8mm of both thumbs amputated while operating a press brake at Jemison Demsey Metals. | |||||
| 2015-03-22 | Gadsden | Alabama | Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of Alabama | Shoulder(s) and arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee working in the mixing department sustained a serious injury to his left arm/shoulder. The employee noticed rubber between the takeaway belt and the end roll, which made the belt pull to one side. The employee began jogging the belt to remove the rubber. His hand got caught between the roll and belt, which pulled him in up to his shoulder. | |||||
| 2015-02-05 | Gadsden | Alabama | Mr. Bult's, Inc. | Multiple lower extremities locations | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was climbing off a trailer using the trailer ladder when he lost his grip and fell 8 to 10 feet. He broke his left leg, left ankle, and right knee in the fall. | |||||
| 2015-01-15 | Gadsden | Alabama | Koch Foods Of Gadsden LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| Employee suffered an amputation of his right index finger while putting a bird's leg back into a shackle in the picking room. Employee's finger got caught in the moving shackle. | |||||