Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-03-02 | Luverne | Alabama | Shoreline Transportation, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached |
An employee was greasing a trailer at a loading dock. A forklift entered the trailer causing the trailer to bounce and the height locking mechanism to disengage. The trailer frame then came down on the axel and the employee's left middle finger was caught and crushed between the axel and frame. The injury led to an amputation. | |||||
2017-03-29 | Luverne | Alabama | Fred's Stores of Tennessee, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was placing items into a baler (cardboard crusher). When she turned and walked away, she fell to the floor. She was hospitalized with a shattered tibia and fibula in her right leg. | |||||
2016-08-22 | Luverne | Alabama | Sister Schubert's Homemade Rolls, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell on a wet floor, suffering a fractured left hip and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-01-16 | Luverne | Alabama | SMART Alabama, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a welder to assemble underbody automobile parts and amputated the tip of the left thumb. |