Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-10-03 | Hull | Tx | Jack Rabbit Services, LLC | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee had been filling water tanks on top of a flatbed trailer. The employee jumped three feet to the ground from a ladder on the truck. When he landed, his right ankle twisted and he fell, resulting in fractures to his right leg and ankle. | |||||
2020-03-27 | Shullsburg | Wisconsin | White Hill Cheese Company, LLC | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was moving a cheese mold on a conveyor using a tool. As the employee was pulling the mold, the employee slipped and fell to the floor, suffering an ankle and possible leg fracture. | |||||
2020-02-26 | Shullsburg | Wisconsin | White Hill Cheese Company, LLC | Multiple face locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
A maintenance employee entered the cheese molding cell after de-activating it to troubleshoot the equipment. When the equipment was re-activated, the cheese lid armature moved and struck the maintenance employee on the face causing a laceration from the forehead to the lower cheek that required surgery. | |||||
2019-03-21 | Shullsburg | Wisconsin | White Hill Cheese Company, LLC | Multiple head locations | Other fall to lower level |
On March 21, 2019, a maintenance technician was working from an extension ladder to get to the ceiling of a structure to perform maintenance of a heater unit. The employee fell from the ladder, suffering head trauma and fractures to the skull and lower jaw. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-08-07 | Shullsburg | Wisconsin | White Hill Cheese Company, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was working on the cheese production line and began to look unwell towards the end of their shift. The employee lost consciousness and was hospitalized due to heat stroke. | |||||
2017-08-08 | Hope Hull | Alabama | HAGER COMPANIES | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
While an employee was checking the cam on a PLC machine, the machine indexed and caught the employee's right hand between the spring platform and the lock cylinder, resulting in a laceration. The machine was not locked out or tagged out at the time. | |||||
2017-01-25 | Woodhull | Illinois | Pioneer Hybrid | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee was walking through a door with a ladder when the wind caught the door and slammed it closed on the employee's left ring finger, resulting in amputation at the first joint. | |||||
2017-01-22 | Hope Hull | Alabama | Genpak, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was operating an extruding repalletizer. The line jammed and when he broke the line loose, his fingers were pulled into the machine resulting in the amputation of the left index and middle fingertips. The machine was energized at the time of the incident. | |||||
2015-07-11 | Hope Hull | Alabama | Genpak, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee received 2nd and 3rd degree burns when operating a forklift truck to unload polystyrene rolls from a trailer. It is believed a propane pocket was ignited by static electricity. | |||||
2015-07-01 | Hull | Georgia | ATHENS AUTO WRECKING | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using an alligator shear and reached down to pick up another piece of material while using his right hand to hold himself upright. The shear came down on his right hand amputating three fingers (middle finger, fourth finger, and pinkie finger). Employee was transported to the hospital in an attempt to re-attach his fingers. | |||||
2015-06-18 | Hope Hull | Alabama | Genpak, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee's left ring fingertip was amputated on June 18, 2015, after reaching his hand in a repelletizer to clear a jam. | |||||
2015-05-28 | Hope Hull | Alabama | Koch Foods of Alabama LLC | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
On May 28, 2015, a truck driver entered the scale platform from the opposite direction of its designed use. The scale platform was designed with a walking surface on the driver's side and a guardrail on the passenger side. The driver exited his truck and stepped onto the top rail of the guardrail system. It was raining at the time. The driver slipped and fell to the ground. The driver experience a compound fracture to his left arm. The driver was taken to the hospital, treated, and release | |||||
2015-04-29 | Hope Hull | Alabama | HAGER COMPANIES | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Employees were manually aligning 6"x6"x9' stainless steel beams weighing approximately 300 lbs on the tank stands. The injured employee and another employee were aligning beams in the same sequence on the same line. The supervisors were making the final adjustments when the employee attempted to help and his right little finger was pinched between the beam and the beam that was already in place. The employee was wearing gloves at the time of the incident. This resulted in a partial amputation |