Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-06-19 | Hernando | Mississippi | Schulz Xtruded Products, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was loading a mandrel rod onto a machine when the pusher connector rod slipped off the pusher. The operator of the control panel stopped the pushing device and put it in reverse. The employee's finger was then caught and amputated in the machine. | |||||
2020-05-27 | Hernando Beach | Florida | Foster's Roofing Enterprises, Inc | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell to the ground while climbing a 20-foot portable ladder at a customer's residence. The employee suffered multiple fractured ribs, a shoulder fracture, and a back fracture with loss of feeling in the legs. | |||||
2019-06-14 | Hernando | Florida | Harold Peasley LLC | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee pulling nails on a roof fell 10 to 12 feet to the ground, breaking a leg. | |||||
2018-08-20 | Hernando | Mississippi | Walmart #5419 | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was pushing a rolling cart when she fell and broke her hip. | |||||
2018-03-17 | Hernando | Mississippi | RCL Components, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was removing folding wings from the bridge of a loader when the folding wings fell and hit his left thumb, causing a partial amputation of the thumb tip. | |||||
2015-11-03 | Hernando | Mississippi | Cordova Constructors, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
Employees were preparing to set steel trusses approximately 66 feet long. The trusses were being moved via forklift from a staging area in the south parking lot approximately 270 feet to the north. The injured employee was trying to stabilize a steel truss attached to a forklift. When the employee removed the strap, the truss, weighing approximately 4000 lbs., tilted and fell onto his leg. The lower leg was amputated. | |||||
2015-07-30 | Hernando | Mississippi | Niteo Products LLC | Face | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was working on a pump when material that was 45% potassium hydroxide sprayed out and contacted his face. | |||||
2015-06-12 | Hernando | Mississippi | AT&T | Hand(s) | Bites and stings |
An employee was bitten by a snake when he stuck his hand inside a cross connect box. The employee did not see the snake inside the cross connect box when he opened the door. | |||||
2015-03-25 | Hernando | Florida | Waste Pro | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in lifting-multiple episodes |
While working on his route, an employee felt intense pain in his back, going down to the back of his legs. He was hospitalized with a pinched nerve in his back. |