Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-01-04 | Lucedale | Ms | UPS | Fingertip(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
An employee was walking back to his truck after delivering a package when the homeowner's dog became untethered and attacked the employee, resulting in an amputation to the tip of his right thumb. | |||||
2019-04-18 | Lucedale | Mississippi | Lucedale Forestry Products, LLC | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was visually inspecting the feed of shavings to a furnace when his hand became caught in an auger at the top of the furnace. He sustained multiple fractures and lacerations to the right hand and wrist. | |||||
2018-09-18 | Lucedale | Mississippi | American Tank and Vessel Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
A 488-pound metal tank flange dropped from an overhead crane connection and struck an employee's right hand, fracturing four fingers. |