Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-06-19 | Henagar | Alabama | Polymer Industries, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On June 19, 2020, an employee was operating a cutting tool machine when the employee's right thumb was caught and partially amputated in the machine. | |||||
2019-01-08 | Henagar | Alabama | Consolidated Design and Machine, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
Two employees were trying to roll an I-beam that was on top of another beam when the beam slipped off the bottom beam and fell onto the injured employee's right hand, crushing the ring fingertip and resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2017-01-01 | Henagar | Alabama | Polymer Industries LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was helping two other employees push a winder back into starting position. One employee's hand was caught in a nip point and the left index fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2016-08-05 | Henagar | Alabama | Koch Farms | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was stacking plastic tubs and had a seizure. The employee fell to the floor striking his head and elbow causing contusions to both. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-05-11 | Henagar | Alabama | Polymer Industries, L.L.P. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
While an employee was attempting to unstop a jammed hopper, the still-rotating blades at the bottom of the hopper amputated the first two fingers on his left hand. |