Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-06-05 | Hueytown | Alabama | Cabinet Components, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was feeding parts into a shaper cutter. As the employee was edging a panel, the machine's moving blade amputated all five first joints on the employee's right hand. The machine was not guarded at the time. | |||||
2019-06-04 | Hueytown | Alabama | Copart Inc. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was assessing the condition of a boat, an auction item. While exiting the boat, the employee fell 3-4 feet to the floor, suffering injuries including a broken right leg. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-02-23 | Hueytown | Alabama | Thorpe Specialty Services Corporation | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet |
An employee was standing on a catwalk bridge, attempting to clean the inside of a kiln, when the employee fell approximately 30 feet off the catwalk and contacted debris and material inside the kiln. The employee suffered head trauma, a broken shoulder, broken ribs, and a broken pelvis, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-08-21 | Hueytown | Alabama | Trading Paint, LLC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped on a rug and fell to the ground, breaking her hip. | |||||
2017-05-01 | Hueytown | Alabama | Personal Touch By J R Rivas Inc | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was removing an oak tree limb from a powerline. After cutting a considerate amount of brush off the limb, he freed the powerline. The tree limb became disconnected and fell to the ground, where it bounced and hit his left leg below the knee, breaking his tibia and requiring surgery. |