DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-10-20HooverAlCahaba Services LLCLumbar regionOther fall to lower level more than 30 feet
An employee set up an aerial lift with two outriggers positioned on a road and the other two on an embankment. The employee raised the aerial lift approximately 45-50 feet high to prepare to trim a tree when the embankment gave way and caused one of the lift's legs to slide. The lift fell over and the employee landed on the ground outside of the basket, resulting in compression back fractures at the L1 and L4 vertebrae and damage to the L1, L3, and L4 vertebrae that required hospitalization. The
2021-05-19HooverAlBFI Waste Services, LLCBrainStruck by swinging part of powered vehicle
While out on assignment the employee's vehicle stopped working and needed to be towed for repair. The employee stepped out onto the foot hold on his vehicle at the same time the tow truck driver was trying to hook up the boom from the tow truck. The boom device struck the vehicle and the employee slipped from the foot hold and fell onto the street. The employee was hospitalized for a head injury.
2019-09-20HooverAlabamaPCH Hotels and Resorts, Inc.BODY SYSTEMSInhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee inhaled chlorine from chlorine tablets he was retrieving. The next day, on reporting to work, he experienced burning in his throat and lungs when taking deep breaths. He was hospitalized.
2019-05-04HooverAlabamaRayPress CorporationFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a rewinder machine. Her left middle finger was caught by a nip roller and pulled into the machine resulting in amputation of the finger.
2018-07-26HooverAlabamaOne Man & A Toolbox IncFoot (feet) and ankle(s)Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was climbing a ladder to install gutter guards on a house. The employee fell 10 feet from the ladder to the ground, breaking his left ankle and right heel.
2018-07-13HooverAlabamaB & H Contracting, Inc.Fingertip(s)Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was waiting on a backhoe to bring a manhole down from a stock pile to be installed at a pump station. The employee was sliding the manhole ring when a bolt that holds the backhoe blade caught the ring and lid. This caused the employee to lose his grip, and the ring and lid dropped on his left hand, smashing his index and ring fingers and resulting in a middle fingertip amputation.
2018-05-06HooverAlabamaDothan Security, Inc.Thigh(s)Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking to his car when he tripped on a concrete barrier and fell in the parking lot, breaking his right femur.
2018-02-12HooverAlabamaForestry Environmental Services, Inc.Multiple trunk locationsStruck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was cutting a section of a tree trunk with a chainsaw. As the employee finished the cut, the section of the tree fell and struck the employee resulting in a broken pelvis and internal injuries.
2017-06-13HooverAlabamaPrier Construction, IncFingertip(s)Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was placing a section of masonry into a trash cart when the masonry fell on and amputated the employee's left pinky fingertip.
2015-08-05HooverAlabamaLong-Lewis Ford LincolnNonclassifiablePedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was struck by a vehicle in the driveway behind the quick lube service area.
2015-04-08HooverAlabamaBFI Waste Services, LLCNonclassifiablePedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway
An employee dismounted the back of a slow-moving garbage truck in a residential area to get up into the cab. The employee slipped and fell under the rear tandems and was caught between the wheels and the asphalt. The employee was dragged for an unknown distance.