| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-19 | Hattiesburg | Ms | Mar-Jac Poultry MS, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee reached to pick up a tender that had fallen from a chicken frame when their right index finger contacted a knuckle chain that moves frames down the line, resulting in an amputation down to the first joint. | |||||
| 2021-05-05 | Hattiesburg | Ms | Ashley Robinson Builders LLC | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| An employee was walking on a flat roof and stepped on a piece of foam board that was covering a hole. The board collapsed and the employee fell through the hole onto the concrete floor resulting in a fractured left wrist and a fractured jaw. | |||||
| 2021-03-08 | Hattiesburg | Ms | Sunbelt Rental | Hand(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| The hose for a grease gun ruptured, causing an artery obstruction in an employee's hand. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-01-18 | Hattiesburg | Ms | South Mississippi Electric Power Association Headquarters | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking in a material storage area when he tripped over a wire mesh panel and fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left femur. | |||||
| 2020-09-23 | Hattiesburg | Ms | Hixson Lumber Sales Of MS Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was directing traffic and was struck by a forward-moving forklift that was carrying three bundles of lumber. The employee's left lower leg was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-09-09 | Hattiesburg | Ms | Mar-Jac Poultry | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was cleaning the paw picker while holding the lid of the machine open. The lid fell onto the employee's hand resulting in a cut on the right index finger that became infected and required surgery. | |||||
| 2020-08-03 | Hattiesburg | Ms | Mar-Jac Poultry | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee working on an extension ladder fell off the ladder after the ladder slipped. The employee suffered a broken left wrist, broken tail bone, and damage to their back. | |||||
| 2020-06-16 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | WARREN PAVING, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating an asphalt fiber feeder. His glove was caught in the drive chain, which amputated three of his fingers. The drive chain was not guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2020-04-13 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | Sofidel America | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was using an overhead crane to return a spent parent roll to a stand. The roll bounced and smashed his left middle and index fingers against the crane hook. Both fingers were crushed and cut, and the middle finger was amputated to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2020-04-10 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | Mar-Jac Poultry | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a conveyor in the evisceration area when their arm was caught by the roller. The employee sustained multiple lacerations to the left arm. | |||||
| 2019-08-22 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | Mar Jac Poultry, MS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was sorting chicken necks on a conveyor belt when her finger was caught between the belt and guide, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2019-07-10 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | Oak Grove Heating & Air | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee was assisting three other employees in sliding a new A/C unit under a house. The A/C unit exposed a live electrical line that was buried and the employee was shocked. | |||||
| 2019-06-20 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | Chain Electric Company | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee was burned while performing underground installation when the cable was inadvertently energized. | |||||
| 2019-05-31 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | 1Waters International Truck, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle |
| A 2,640-pound tote was being unloaded from a delivery truck when it rolled onto an employee's left leg, breaking it. | |||||
| 2019-01-21 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | Mar-Jac Poultry MS LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee had been adjusting a belt on the deboning machine. As he was checking the belt his left middle finger got pulled in between the belt and pulley and was amputated. | |||||
| 2018-06-15 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | Easy Reach Supply | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a molding machine when it cycled and caused amputations to fingers on both of the employee's hands. The machine was guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2018-05-10 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | Puckett Machinery Co. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was taking a pin from a heavy duty jack stand to use on another jack stand. As another employee removed the pin, the lift dropped and caught the injured employee's fingertip in the adjustment holes in the stand, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-05-03 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | Saddle Creek Logistics | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was inventorying products when a forklift struck her, fracturing her left leg. | |||||
| 2018-04-27 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | Puckett Machinery Company | Skull | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was loading a single-man aerial lift when the lift fell back and struck him, fracturing his skull and lacerating his face and ear. He also suffered a possible leg fracture. | |||||
| 2018-03-09 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | Kappa Development & General Contracting, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Excavation or trenching cave-in |
| On or about March 9, 2018, an employee was cleaning out pipes in a trench when the trench caved in. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvic fracture and two broken ribs. | |||||
| 2017-08-17 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | PrideStaff, Inc | Forearm(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| A temporary employee was writing on a large roll of paper when a forklift driver pushed another roll against the roll she was writing on and her left forearm became lodged and fractured between the rolls. | |||||
| 2017-08-02 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | CCM Support Services, LLC | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking back from lunch to his work area when he tripped and fell over a plastic string on the floor, fracturing his left femur. | |||||
| 2017-06-20 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | Chain Electric Company, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was placing a tag line on a concrete pole as the pole was being moved. The employee was trying to get out of the way when his right leg was caught between two concrete poles, breaking his right femur. | |||||
| 2017-05-23 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | PrideStaff | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was operating a motorized overhead crane when the chuck became jammed. When he attempted to clear the jam, his left middle fingertip was pinched and amputated. | |||||
| 2017-03-25 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | Green Bay Converting, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was smoothing a wrinkle in paper feeding into the converter machine with her left hand. Her middle and ring fingers were caught in a nip point between rollers removing both nails and some flesh. | |||||
| 2016-09-12 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | LFI, Ft. Pierce, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee became overheated and suffered from heat exhaustion while flagging traffic. | |||||
| 2016-09-08 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | Windham House of Hattiesburg | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee stepped onto wet grass, slid, and fell to the ground, breaking his right lower leg and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-08-12 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | Wis Pak, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee's foot was injured when it was run over by a forklift. | |||||
| 2016-04-19 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | Green Bay Converting Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was helping to work on a paper machine when his left hand was pulled into the machine, removing flesh on two fingers. | |||||
| 2016-03-17 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | MCALISTERS | Head | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell from a ladder while working on some pipes in the ceiling and bumped his head. He was hospitalized overnight with lacerations and a contusion. | |||||
| 2016-03-01 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | Forterra Pipe & Precast | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating a locomotive crane when the crane tipped, bruising the employee's ribs. | |||||
| 2016-02-19 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | Kohler Company | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| On 2/19/2016t, at 1:55 AM, an employee was working on a production line when she tripped on an airline, fell, and rolled her right foot/ankle. She was hospitalized and required surgery for a fractured right tibia and fibula. | |||||
| 2015-12-03 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | Kohler Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a spindle machine. The process required 14 bolts, but the employee noticed that there was only 13 bolts. When she tried to put in the 14th bolt, moving parts came down and caught her left-hand pinky finger, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-10-22 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | Deep South Foam, LLC | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was clearing a spray gun when the 1100 psi pressure injected a component of urethane foam into his finger causing a buildup of material under the skin in the palm of his left hand. | |||||
| 2015-04-16 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | KOHLER COMPANY | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An electrical maintenance technician was trouble shooting an electrical fault on a horizontal machine center (HMC). The maintenance tech turned the HMC off; however, he did not lockout the HMC. The maintenance tech went to the back of the HMC and removed a panel to work on the machine and clear the electrical fault. The maintenance tech cleared the fault. The setup technician noticed that the fault was cleared from the HMC control panel; and the setup tech pushed the home button to bring the | |||||
| 2015-03-27 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | F-S PRESTRESS, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was bending rebar when his finger got caught between a rebar and a pinch point. His right index finger was amputated. | |||||