Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-07-07 | Guntown | Ms | West Fraser Mississippi | Face | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was adjusting a loader when 15 boards dropped onto his head. He suffered facial fractures. | |||||
2018-07-25 | Guntown | Mississippi | Auto Parts Manufacturing Mississippi | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was helping to adjust the alignment of a pneumatic cutter. The employee's right index finger was pinched between the cutter's cylinder and a spacer block attachment amputating two joints of the finger. | |||||
2018-06-15 | Guntown | Mississippi | Crop Production Services | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was working in the office while a forklift operator was outside unloading a truck. The forklift operator struck a beam, cutting a hole in the container he was unloading. As he was attempting to patch the hole, he was caught under soy beans that spilled from the container and yelled for help. The employee in the office ran out and slipped on the spilled beans, falling onto the concrete floor and breaking her right ankle. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-01-22 | Guntown | Mississippi | HM Richards Furniture | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was cutting wood on a saw when his foot activated the foot pedal and engaged the saw blade, partially amputating two right-hand fingers. | |||||
2015-08-25 | Guntown | Mississippi | H.M. RICHARDS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a button making machine when she reached around the guard to pull out the stems before it jammed up. Her foot was still on the foot peddle and it was pressed when her finger was in the point of operation. The machine smashed her right index finger resulting in the amputation of the finger. | |||||
2015-02-10 | Guntown | Mississippi | H.M. RICHARDS, INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
Employee received an electrical shock to the right arm and right side of his body while leaning on a pole by the time clock inside the facility's sewing department. |