| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-21 | Guntersville | Al | Farm Fresh Foods LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person |
| The injured employee was working to lift a 55-gallon chemical drum off a pallet jack. Two other employees came to help with the lift. The drum fell on the injured employee's left ring finger and amputated the fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-09-13 | Guntersville | Al | Specialty Matboard Corporation | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was standing in front of a machine when his hand got caught in the machine's rollers. The employee sustained broken bones and nerve damage. | |||||
| 2021-07-25 | Guntersville | Al | Wayne Farms, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| An employee was working on a platform. As he turned to get a tool, he stepped into an open hole, fell partly through an open pass-through gate and struck the platform. He caught himself on the ladder and the platform, but suffered two fractured ribs and a punctured lung. | |||||
| 2021-05-08 | Guntersville | Al | Farm Fresh Foods LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee's middle finger on the left hand was caught in an X-ray conveyor belt resulting in a fingertip amputation below the fingernail. | |||||
| 2021-01-26 | Guntersville | Al | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| An employee was unbinding cages from a live-haul trailer in preparation for unloading. The employee completed the trailer and proceeded to the other side of the loading area to start on the next trailer. The employee was struck by a reversing forklift and was hospitalized with a fractured right ankle. | |||||
| 2019-08-22 | Guntersville | Alabama | Farm Fresh Foods LLC | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was helping secure a container of poultry sanitizing chemical to a forklift when he slipped in a puddle of spilled chemical and fell. He suffered first- and second-degree chemical burns to the left side of his body. | |||||
| 2018-04-17 | Guntersville | Alabama | Warren Distribution, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a polymer jam buildup in a hydraulic chopping machine when the hydraulic blade cycled and caught the employee's finger between the blade and the bottom metal block. The employee's right index finger was amputated at the second joint. | |||||
| 2018-02-24 | Guntersville | Alabama | Farm Fresh Foods LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was unjamming a cardboard compactor with a metal rod. The compactor pulled the metal rod in and the employee's hand was caught in the compactor, resulting in partial amputation of the ring finger on the left hand. | |||||
| 2018-01-29 | Guntersville | Alabama | Pilgrims Pride | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was changing a chain on equipment when his hand was caught between the chain and a bolt, amputating his left thumb tip. | |||||
| 2017-07-24 | Guntersville | Alabama | Whitaker Contracting Corp | Pelvis | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in work zone |
| While moving traffic cones, an employee was struck by a road sweeping vehicle that was operating in reverse. The employee suffered a fractured left pelvis. | |||||
| 2017-07-17 | Guntersville | Alabama | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped on the leg of a stand and fractured the left hip. | |||||
| 2017-05-21 | Guntersville | Alabama | Farm Fresh Foods LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was talking to other employees who were replacing insulation panels on top of a shipping cooler when he fell approximately 12 feet to the concrete floor, injuring his head and fracturing his shoulder and ribs. | |||||
| 2017-05-15 | Guntersville | Alabama | Fred's Stores of Tennessee | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was helping to unload a truck at the stock room doors outside when she collapsed due to heat-related syncope and required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-02-04 | Guntersville | Alabama | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working in the saddle pack department taking product off the test line when the actuator activated and amputated the tip of his left thumb. | |||||
| 2015-11-21 | Guntersville | Alabama | Cracker Barrel Old Country Store | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was working from a ladder stocking retail products on shelves on 11/21/15 @ 3:15pm. The employee fell from the ladder and fractured the right ankle. | |||||
| 2015-08-04 | Guntersville | Alabama | Service Electric Company, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was working at a sub-station when he experienced cramps and fatigue from hot weather conditions. He was hospitalized for treatment. | |||||