Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-01-28 | Hackleburg | Al | TRU 947 Riverbirch | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was hooking up a chain to move a mobile home to its next manufacturing station. The employee's right middle fingertip was crushed between two chains, causing an open laceration. He underwent surgery and the fingertip was medically amputated. | |||||
2017-09-22 | Hackleburg | Alabama | RIVER BIRCH HOMES INC. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
When assisting co-workers to move a wooden L-beam weighing 277 lbs. to the metal build table, the beam slipped and the employee tried to catch it. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the right ring fingertip. |