Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-06-21 | Midland City | Alabama | Michelin Tire Corp. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
The injured employee was showing a maintenance employee where a problem was on a piece of machinery when their right hand was crushed between the machine's frame and the transfer carriage. | |||||
2020-02-21 | Midland City | Alabama | G & M Electrical Contractors, LLC | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was working on the top section of a 4,160-volt switch gear. The employee's hat fell into the bottom section of the switch gear, and an arc flash burned the employee's face and left hand as he was retrieving it. | |||||
2019-02-10 | Midland City | Alabama | Michelin North America, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was struck by a forklift causing left foot fractures. | |||||
2016-10-20 | Midland City | Alabama | Michelin North America, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was starting to wind a plastic liner onto a spool (bobbin) with a foot switch energized on the "FE Complexor" machine that combines layers of rubber used to make tires. The liner was slipping. The employee reached in to secure it from slipping and his hand was caught between the liner and the rotating spool (bobbin). This resulted in a fracture of both bones in the lower left arm which required surgery. | |||||
2015-11-11 | Midland City | Alabama | Carolina Handling, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee's left pinky fingertip got caught in the door of the company vehicle while he was closing it. He suffered a severe laceration. |