Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-09-28 | Meridian | Id | Greenfield Custom Meat | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was packaging meat with a plastic packing machine. The employee attempted to remove a jam in the machine when their left index finger contacted the machine's cutting blade, resulting in a 3/4-inch amputation. | |||||
2021-09-16 | Meridian | Id | YMC, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a bead roller machine to make a bead in a round piece of metal duct when their left middle and ring fingers got caught in a pinch point on the rollers resulting in the loss of soft tissue and a fragment of bone. | |||||
2021-07-28 | Meridian | Ms | Van Zyvrden, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was cutting wooden boards into smaller pieces using a miter saw. The saw amputated the employee's right thumb and index finger, as well as deeply cutting the middle, ring, and little fingers. | |||||
2021-07-10 | Meridian | Id | Albertsons Company, Store #3195 | Head | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell and hit their head on the floor. | |||||
2021-06-21 | Meridian | Id | OC Construction, LLC | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was working partway up a 7-foot ladder. He slipped off the ladder and landed on the ground on his feet, suffering a hip injury. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-05-27 | Meridian | Ms | WOODALL ELECTRIC, INC. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was in a bucket truck attempting to lift a light pole using a rope and a winch. The rope broke causing the employee to fall from the bucket onto the truck. The employee sustained a fractured C-5 vertebra and a fractured shoulder blade. | |||||
2021-05-25 | Meridian | Id | N & E Construction LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet |
A framer was installing walls to a steel-framed building when he fell 30 feet to the ground. The employee suffered a shattered pelvis, torn ligaments, fractured vertebrae, and a spleen injury. | |||||
2021-05-01 | Meridian | Ms | Fairbanks Scales Inc. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was carrying tools while walking down concrete steps. When he placed his left foot on the third step, he slipped and tried to catch himself by putting his right foot on the step below. His right foot landed awkwardly on the step, resulting in two broken bones in his right leg. He was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
2020-07-30 | Meridianville | Alabama | Publix Supermarkets | Scalp | Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising |
An employee was placing a case of vegetables onto the bottom shelf of a cart. As she stood up, her head hit the cart's top shelf, resulting in a scalp contusion. | |||||
2020-04-17 | Meridian | Idaho | Computrol, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
An employee was cleaning a chain on a wire wheel when his hand became stuck on the chain, resulting in a left pinky fingertip amputation. | |||||
2020-03-12 | Meridian | Mississippi | Clearspan Components, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was attaching oriented strand board (OSB) sheathing to exterior wall paneling using a staple bridge machine and was caught in the in-feed chain resulting in partial amputation of the distal part of the right middle finger. | |||||
2020-03-10 | Meridian | Idaho | Albertsons Company, Store #3195 | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a meat saw. The saw cut the employee's finger to the bone and the employee was hospitalized, undergoing a surgical amputation to the finger. | |||||
2020-02-21 | Meridian | Mississippi | Snyder Environmental and Construction LLC | Ear(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising |
Two employees were working in a lift. The lift was raised and a beam struck one employee's hard hat, cutting the employee's ear. | |||||
2020-02-14 | Meridian | Idaho | Intermountain Gas Company, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was tightening a gas line fitting. The employee's wrench slipped off the fitting, and the employee fell backwards onto a tree stump, suffering a broken right rib and a punctured lung. | |||||
2019-09-23 | Meridian | Mississippi | J.T. Morgan Tile Co., Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
While repairing a tin roof, an employee fell through a skylight to the concrete floor about 15 feet below. | |||||
2019-09-05 | Meridian | Mississippi | Mid South Lumber | Foot (feet) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
An employee got off a forklift. It rolled forward and its wheel struck the employee's right foot, causing fractures. | |||||
2019-08-13 | Meridian | Mississippi | Vision General Contractors of Georgia, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
At around 9:30 a.m., an employee lost consciousness at a work site due to dehydration. | |||||
2019-07-12 | Meridian | Mississippi | Anderson Regional Medical Center | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
A maintenance employee was cleaning drain pipes and fell from a 6-foot high retaining wall to the concrete surface below and sustained fractures to both ankles. | |||||
2019-07-11 | Meridian | Mississippi | Southern Scrap of Meridian, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was removing aluminum from a piece of scrap copper using a shear. As he was using the shear, it cut his finger, resulting in an amputation to the right pinky fingertip just below the fingernail. | |||||
2019-06-13 | Meridian | Mississippi | Patrick Allen Companies, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was repairing an overhead door and installing cable when the cable slipped and struck both of the employee's hands, amputating three fingers. | |||||
2019-06-04 | Meridian | Mississippi | Personnel Networks Inc. | Arm(s) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet |
An employee was standing on a ladder installing a light fixture and fell approximately 3 feet when the metal ladder collapsed resulting in a broken right arm. | |||||
2019-05-11 | Meridian | Mississippi | Henderson Steel Corp. | Brain | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was unloading steel with a crane. He placed an 8-foot wood block under some angles. The angles shifted and the block popped out and struck him causing him to fall. The employee suffered a concussion and a neck injury. | |||||
2019-04-30 | Meridian | Mississippi | Fairbanks Scales Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a saw. As the employee tried to remove the trim piece with his left hand, the clamp closed and pinched his left index finger between the clamp and the material causing an amputation of the distal phalanx. | |||||
2019-03-05 | Meridian | Mississippi | Waste Pro of Mississippi | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was riding on the back of the truck and amputated his right middle finger in the cart tipper. | |||||
2019-02-12 | Meridian | Mississippi | Fairbanks Scales Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was being trained by his supervisor as they removed structural steel from a transfer line. An 8-foot-long .25 thick steel C channel tipped over and the employee's left middle finger was pinched between the steel and the fixed rail support. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2019-01-19 | Meridian | Mississippi | STRUCTURAL STEEL SERVICES, INC. | Wrist(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was sharpening a chalk stone using a 7-inch hand held grinder. The employee was struck by the grinder and sustained a laceration to the right wrist requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-08-13 | Meridian | Mississippi | CLEARSPAN COMPONENTS, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
On August 13, 2018, at 11:30 AM, an employee was cutting wood to length using a header saw when the saw amputated his left pinky fingertip. | |||||
2018-08-10 | Meridian | Idaho | Bullock Building Company LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee fell from the roof of a one-story building while setting roof trusses, landed on the ground and punctured a lung. | |||||
2018-08-07 | Meridian | Mississippi | THRASH COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS, INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee experienced heat stress symptoms while working outside at a construction site. He was hospitalized for dehydration. | |||||
2018-07-23 | Meridian | Texas | Brookshire Brothers, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was climbing down a ladder when it shifted to one side. The employee's hand came into contact with wires, which cut his right middle, ring, and little fingers. | |||||
2018-06-15 | Meridian | Mississippi | Gipson Steel | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was transferring a bundle of steel to a conveyor table with a hoist when the load shifted and struck the employee's hands, resulting in amputations to the right and left middle fingertips. | |||||
2018-06-11 | Meridian | Idaho | PFB Custom Homes Group, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee fell off an eight-foot scaffold, hitting a crossbeam and then the concrete ground. The employee sustained a broken rib and three transverse process fractures. | |||||
2018-04-08 | Meridian | Mississippi | Atlas Roofing Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was checking the granule flow from a silo to a conveyor when the silo pneumatic door closed on his right ring finger, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2018-02-22 | Meridian | Mississippi | Lockheed Martin Aeronautics | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was picking up a bulkhead when some sharp metal lacerated his right thumb. | |||||
2018-01-22 | Meridian | Idaho | Discount Tire | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was inspecting a vehicle's wheel and tire while the vehicle was on a lift when the employee's hand was caught between the vehicle's brake caliper and wheel spokes. The employee's right middle and ring fingers were amputated. | |||||
2017-09-20 | Meridian | Idaho | Boise Steel Erectors, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment |
An employee was working on a scaffold when it tipped over. He hit the ground and broke his leg. | |||||
2017-08-07 | Meridian | Idaho | Wall To Wall Tile & Stone-Idaho, LLC | Lumbar region | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was trying to move a cart with granite on it when the cart and granite overturned and struck the employee, injuring his neck and breaking the vertebrae in his lower back. | |||||
2017-06-24 | Meridian | Mississippi | Subway | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a manual slicer to slice a cucumber. When she repositioned the cucumber, her left index finger hit the blade, amputating the fingertip. The blade was guarded at the time. | |||||
2017-06-12 | Meridian | Idaho | U.S. Postal Service - Meridian Idaho | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over tire chock while walking with a ladder, breaking the left femur. | |||||
2017-03-28 | Meridian | Mississippi | STRUCTURAL STEEL SERVICES, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was moving a steel beam to a truck with an overhead crane. The employee attached the crane hook into a bolt hole at one end of the steel beam to be moved. The steel was lifted and lowered to dunnage. The steel beam slipped from the dunnage and pinched the employee's left thumb, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-03-27 | Meridian | Mississippi | STRUCTURAL STEEL SERVICES | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was transferring H piling down a conveyor system when his right pinky finger was smashed between the H piling and the conveyor roller. | |||||
2017-03-27 | Meridian | Mississippi | CLEARSPAN COMPONENTS, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was feeding lumber into a header saw when the saw was activated via the foot switch, causing it to cycle and amputate his left ring finger at the nail. | |||||
2017-02-08 | Meridian | Mississippi | Mid South Lumber | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
On 2/8/17, an employee was walking upstairs with a chainsaw when the employee slipped on oil and fell, tearing the rotator cuff in the right shoulder. | |||||
2016-09-28 | Meridian | Mississippi | STRUCTURAL STEEL SERVICES, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was using a crane to lift and move steel tubing onto a roller bed. The chain sling slipped from the crane hook as the tubing was being lowered and the employee's left thumb was pinched between the tubing and a steel beam that was in the roller bed. The employee's thumb was amputated just below the fingernail. | |||||
2016-09-13 | Meridian | Idaho | ON Semiconductor | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee fell while moving boxes and injured his left hip. | |||||
2016-08-31 | Meridian | Mississippi | STRUCTURAL STEEL SERVICES, INC. | Ankle(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was moving an overhead crane while walking with its pendent control. The crane's slings with the plate-dog attached were behind the employee as he walked. The plate-dog got caught on a empty steel work skid used to support the materials being fabricated and pulled it over landing on the employee's left ankle. The employee suffered a compound dislocation of the left ankle requiring surgery. | |||||
2016-08-26 | Meridian | Mississippi | Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was troubleshooting the dough pump and amputated the fleshy tip of the right middle finger. | |||||
2016-08-26 | Meridian | Mississippi | GIPSON STEEL, INC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
A crane operator and another employee were lifting two steel beams. The crane operator did not notice that the other employee had his hand between the beams. When he began lifting the beams the other employee's hand became caught between the beams resulting in amputation of the right middle fingertip. | |||||
2016-08-06 | Meridian | Mississippi | Construction Services, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee fell through a skylight while installing a new roof. He injured his wrist and spleen and broke his eye socket. | |||||
2016-03-23 | Meridian | Idaho | Paige Mechanical Group, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was working on the roof. He lifted up a wooden hole cover and stepped forward into a roof hole, falling 15 feet to the concrete floor below. He fractured his elbow, vertebra, and pelvis. | |||||
2015-12-08 | Meridian | Idaho | O'Reilly Auto Parts | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was delivering materials with an electric pallet jack and ran over his foot, breaking it. | |||||
2015-11-05 | Meridian | Mississippi | TOWER INTERNATIONAL | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
A die setter was using an overhead crane to lift a die (approx. 2000-4000 lb.) so that he could put wood blocks underneath it . When the employee lifted the die, the load block was not centered under the die and caused the die to swing hitting the employee in the chest. The employee suffered a fractured sternum, 2 broken ribs, and a punctured lung. | |||||
2015-10-28 | Meridian | Mississippi | Lockheed Martin | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was attempting to rivet two pieces of metal by hand with a rivet squeezer. The employee was holding the metal with his right hand and was operating the rivet squeezer with lift hand. The employee's right middle finger was caught between the rivet squeezer and the metal resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2015-10-20 | Meridian | Idaho | Concrete Placing Co. Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was prepping for concrete pouring work when his finger got caught in a concrete drill. He was hospitalized for a potential finger amputation. | |||||
2015-10-14 | Meridian | Mississippi | Gipson Steel | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
A crane operator caught his right middle finger between two "I" beams while repositioning the beans using a gantry crane. The fingertip was amputated. |