Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-06-01 | Moss Point | Ms | Omega Protein, Inc. | Multiple face locations | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was preparing to pump bail water to a vessel when a metal end-cap was blown off the end of the 3-inch bail hose. The end-cap struck the vessel, ricocheted, and then struck the employee's jaw. The employee sustained a fracture to the face and jaw. | |||||
2019-08-27 | Moss Point | Mississippi | Omega Protein | Nonclassifiable | Contact with hot objects or substances |
Two employees were performing fabrication work on an existing pipe when the valve was inadvertently hit, spraying hot water on and burning the employees. | |||||
2019-05-15 | Moss Point | Mississippi | Clearwater Solutions | Multiple body parts | Explosion, n.e.c. |
An employee was opening the door to an asphalt truck when it exploded, causing burns to both arms and his chest, neck, and face. | |||||
2018-07-27 | Moss Point | Mississippi | Gator Boring & Trenching, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee's left hand was crushed by the hydraulic clamp on a drilling machine. | |||||
2017-01-26 | Moss Point | Mississippi | Omega Protein | Multiple body parts | Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source |
An employee was welding on a stainless foundation and received first to second degree burns under the right arm pit and shoulder area when his shirt caught fire. | |||||
2016-09-07 | Moss Point | Mississippi | Omega Protein, Inc. | Hand(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
On September 7, 2016, at approximately 8:38 PM, an employee was driving across the yard in a golf cart when his left hand was smashed between the cart and an adjacent garbage dumpster. He suffered two broken bones and an open wound, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-08-29 | Moss Point | Mississippi | Omega Protein, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was replacing a press pump motor. The employee stepped over the motor and his boot got caught on a hydraulic hose. He tripped and fell and his left hand struck the expanded metal guard for the press next to where he was working severing his left pinky finger. | |||||
2016-07-20 | Moss Point | Mississippi | Tindall Corporation | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee had been tying rebar under a covered shed and reported having cramps at 10 AM. He was taken to the air-conditioned office and given fluids, but the cramps continued. He was then hospitalized. | |||||
2016-05-26 | Moss Point | Mississippi | Day & Zimmermann NPS | Forearm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting a 45-degree angle on a piece of 2x4 wood when the circular saw kicked back. The saw blade severed multiple tendons in the employee's forearm and penetrated the bone just above the wrist. |