Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-04 | Mountain Top | Pa | Mountain Top Foam | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was building foam tubs and stacking them on a pallet. As she was stacking a tub on the pallet, her left foot caught the pallet and she fell to the floor. She suffered a broken left femur and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-05-18 | Mountain Home | Id | B&B Simplot Grain Silos | Multiple body parts | Dust explosion |
An employee was welding when there was a dust flash fire and explosion. The employee was burned on the hand and the upper torso. | |||||
2021-04-24 | Mountain Top | Pa | Gruma Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was trying to push out a catch pan to clean an area. The employee's right index finger came into contact with the machine's drive chain and sprocket, causing an amputation to the fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time. | |||||
2021-03-28 | Mountain Top | Pa | SVC Manufacturing, Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was ripping off excess plastic from a pallet on a conveyor when their left hand was crushed between a pallet and a metal stop on a roller conveyor. The employee sustained a middle finger amputation to the first knuckle. | |||||
2021-02-09 | Stone Mountain | Ga | THERMO PAC, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was feeding a new roll of film into a packing machine when the air-actuated jaw closed and reopened on the tip of his right index finger, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2021-02-03 | Mountain View | Ar | FIBER ENERGY PRODUCTS AR LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
On 2/3/21 at 2:21 p.m., an employee was setting the rolls in a pellet mill using wrenches and an air blower to blow off the dust that accumulates. The employee's glove became caught in the roll, pulling his left hand in and amputating his ring and middle fingers. The nail and skin was removed from his index finger. | |||||
2021-01-27 | Stone Mountain | Ga | PEPSI BEVERAGES COMPANY | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was at a customer site delivering product. He was trying to lower his lift gate when the dock leveler was engaged. He fell between the dock and the lift gate and injured his legs. | |||||
2020-08-20 | Stone Mountain | Ga | Maxim Crane Works | Upper and lower limb(s) | Indirect exposure to electricity |
An employee was disassembling a mobile crane. Part of the crane came in contact with a service line for a cell tower. The employee sustained electrical burns to the left arm and right foot. | |||||
2020-07-21 | Mountain Home | Idaho | Professional Pump Service, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was removing pipe from the lifting hook when the pipe slipped out of the hook and partially amputated the employee's right middle finger. | |||||
2020-07-12 | Mountain Brook | Alabama | Whole Foods Market Group, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was operating a meat saw to cut dry-aged beef and amputated her left pinky fingertip. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-07-02 | Stone Mountain | Georgia | Andrew Electric Co., Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was on a scissor lift, pulling data cable. The lift struck and injured his stomach. | |||||
2020-05-27 | Mountain Brook | Alabama | Allied Universal Security Services | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
Employee tripped while stepping onto a curb and fell into a stone wall. The employee's purse snagged on the wall as she fell. She suffered a broken nose and left shoulder. | |||||
2020-04-25 | Mountain Top | Pennsylvania | MISSION FOODS | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was removing a piece of plastic from a conveyor line when her right hand was caught between the conveyor roller and a nip point, resulting in a right ring fingertip amputation. | |||||
2020-03-16 | Stone Mountain | Georgia | Oldcastle Infrastructure | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was transferring finished product (cured concrete) from a staging area. As he moved a piece of wood cribbing, his left hand was pinched between the concrete and the cribbing. He was hospitalized for a hand injury. | |||||
2020-03-08 | Mountain Home | Tennessee | Mountain Home Veteran Medical Center | Head | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee had climbed on a desk to change a clock on the wall. The employee became light-headed and fell to the floor, hitting his head and sustaining a contusion. | |||||
2020-01-31 | Stone Mountain | Georgia | The Conlan Company | Pelvis | Fall, slip, trip, n.e.c. |
An employee was removing 65-foot concrete wall braces using a powered industrial truck and a choker sling. He was holding a tag line at the end of the brace. When the brace was removed the balance was uneven. The brace cantilevered and seesawed the employee 20 feet into the air. He struck the ground, fracturing his pelvis. | |||||
2020-01-20 | Mountain Top | Pennsylvania | Mission Foods | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee tried to clean a roller with a metal tong when the employee's right hand was caught between the roller and the tong, causing an amputation to the index finger. | |||||
2019-09-11 | Stone Mountain | Georgia | THERMO PAC, LLC | Leg(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee fell while walking on the concrete floor in a parking lot. The employee was hospitalized with a leg injury. | |||||
2019-07-18 | Blue Mountain | Mississippi | Dirt Cheap, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
After operating a forklift, an employee walked to an outside shipping area, lost consciousness, and fell, striking his head on the concrete. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion and the head injury. | |||||
2019-07-09 | Blue Mountain | Mississippi | Dirt Cheep, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Bites and stings |
An employee was bitten by a spider while stocking shelves in a warehouse. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-06-20 | Mountain Grove | Missouri | Wal-Mart Supercenter | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell on her knee in the deli department. She fractured her kneecap. | |||||
2019-05-17 | Mountain Top | Pennsylvania | CornellCookson, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was unloading a truck and placing metal rods onto a cantilever rack with the aid of a hoist. A metal rod dislodged from the rack, fell, and struck the employee on the back. The employee suffered a fractured back bone and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-05-13 | Mountain Top | Pennsylvania | Rose Metal Systems, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
The injured employee was standing on a flat bed truck reading labels on parts to another employee who was on the ground. The injured employee put their foot on an interior support column weighing 826 pounds that was stacked four high and the stack shifted. The employee jumped to the ground and the column fell on top of him. The employee was hospitalized for broken ribs, a punctured lung, a punctured liver and internal bleeding. | |||||
2019-05-07 | Mountain Lakes | New Jersey | NG Gilbert Services LLC | Face | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
On 5/7/2019, an employee was working on the ground level collecting falling brush from a tree and disposing of it in a wood chipper. A second employee was performing tree pruning and utility line clearance operations in a utility truck bucket approximately 45 feet high. The second employee began to cut a tree lead, approximately 15 feet in length, with a chainsaw. The tree lead then fell and struck the first employee's face, causing nose and facial lacerations, fractures, and contusions. | |||||
2019-04-28 | Mountain Home | Tennessee | Mountain Home Veteran Medical Center | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
On April 28, 2019, an employee was walking down a hallway she slipped and fell. Her left kneecap was fractured and she was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-04-02 | Round Mountain | Texas | Bigs #108 | Arm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a box cutter to remove a zip-tie on a tote when it slipped and cut his left arm, severing an artery. He was hospitalized and required surgery. | |||||
2019-03-25 | Mountain Home | Tennessee | Veterans Administration | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
While walking down a hall, an employee tripped over a box and fell to the concrete floor, breaking her left hip. | |||||
2019-03-15 | Mountain View | Arkansas | FIBER ENERGY PRODUCTS | Multiple body parts | Dust explosion |
On March 15, 2019, at 1530, two employees noticed smoke from the sawdust bin. The two employees attempted to move the sawdust in the bin to the ground via an auger system. Thirty minutes later, the employees opened the lower hatch. A blast of fire shot from the hatch, severely burning the two men. The first employee suffered burns on the neck, face, and hands. The second employee suffered burns on the chest and stomach area. | |||||
2018-08-29 | Mountain | North Dakota | Pastorek Construction | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was working on a lift when the employee's left thumb was pinched between pieces of metal, resulting in a thumb tip amputation. | |||||
2018-08-29 | Mountain Village | Alaska | Kwikpak Fisheries LLC | Brain | Collision between water vehicle and object |
Between around 4:30 and 4:45 p.m., two employees were motoring a skiff down a river when the skiff hydroplaned and struck the shoreline. The employees were both injured: one suffered upper body injuries (suspected broken ribs) and a concussion and the other suffered facial and leg injuries. Both were hospitalized. | |||||
2018-07-11 | Blue Mountain | Mississippi | Consolidated Container Company, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was using a wrench to adjust a screw on a mold machine when her right hand was pinched between the wrench and the machine's plate, fracturing two fingers of her right hand. Her index finger had to be partially amputated. | |||||
2018-06-29 | Mountain Home | Arkansas | EATON CORPORATION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
During the start of shift operations, the injured employee was guiding rubber along the bottom of the machine when his thumb contacted the mill knife door located under the roller area. The thumb was fractured. | |||||
2018-04-04 | Stone Mountain | Georgia | Thermo Pac, LLC (Ameriqual Group) | Nonclassifiable | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was cleaning a kettle and added chlorine to the hot water and chemicals that were already in the kettle. When he added the chlorine, the water bubbled up and burned him, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-09-08 | Mountain Home | Idaho | Owyhee Farming, LLC | Face | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was repairing a hand line irrigation system when a riser blew and hit him in the face. | |||||
2017-08-28 | Mountain Home | Idaho | USDA Forest Service, Mountain Home Ranger District | Hand(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, roadway |
An employee was driving a truck to a work station. She was turning a corner when the truck's back wheel went over the bank, rolling the vehicle. When the truck rolled, her left hand went out of the window and was smashed. | |||||
2017-08-21 | Mountain Top | Pennsylvania | Berry Global Incorporated | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee's finger was pinched between the core and metal shaft on a plastic roll, amputating his fingertip. | |||||
2017-06-24 | Stone Mountain | Georgia | American Medical Response | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was exiting the side door of the patient area of the ambulance when the door closed on his left hand, amputating his left ring fingertip. | |||||
2017-02-27 | Mountain Top | Pennsylvania | A&R Transport | Nonclassifiable | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee was unloading at a customer location when the product became plugged with pressure still on the pneumatic trailer. The employee removed the 6" fill line cap, causing the pressure to release and the cap discharged into the employee's chest knocking him to the ground. The employee sustained fractured vertebrae, bruising to his chest, and a head contusion. | |||||
2017-01-20 | Mountain Home A F B | Idaho | AAFES, Mountain Home AFB, ID | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on black ice while opening the lid of a dumpster. The employee's leg was caught beneath the dumpster, breaking the ankle. | |||||
2017-01-15 | Mountain Top | Pennsylvania | Mission Foods | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was returning from their car after a break when they slipped on ice and fell in the parking lot. The employee suffered a broken right tibia and fibula and was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
2016-08-10 | Mountain Top | Pennsylvania | Cornell Cookson, Incorporated | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
When the employee placed a piece of metal into the shear, the weight difference between the heavy end and lighter end caused the piece of metal to be raised above the shear table. The shear cycle then activated via the foot pedal, and the hold-downs and guard lowered and forced the piece of metal down toward the shear table. The employee's right index fingertip was pinched and amputated between the metal and the shear table. | |||||
2016-08-02 | Mountainburg | Arkansas | Arkansas Electric Cooperatives | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was cutting a tree into smaller pieces when he began to feel ill. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion. | |||||
2016-05-10 | Mountain Home | Arkansas | Baxter Healthcare Corporation | Knee(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee's right knee and left foot were struck by a forklift while she was crossing an aisle way. She suffered a fractured patella. | |||||
2016-03-05 | Mountain Home | Arkansas | WAL-MART STORES, INC. | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
While coaching and training a cart associate, an employee tripped over a speed bump outside the store and fell on her left arm, fracturing it and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-02-02 | Mountain Top | Pennsylvania | Crestwood Membrane dba i2M | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On or about 2/2/16, an employee was cleaning a laminator machine with a brillo pad in his gloved hand when the laminating roll, which is hot and sticky, caught his glove and pulled his hand into the rollers. He was hospitalized with burns and a fracture. | |||||
2016-01-12 | Lookout Mountain | Georgia | Contractors Access Equipment | Elbow(s) | Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system |
An employee was installing staircase treads on an industrial-type staircase when he lost his balance and fell from a 10-foot scaffold, severely gashing his right elbow and requiring hospitalization. He was wearing fall protection at the time. | |||||
2016-01-12 | Iron Mountain | Michigan | U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, OSCAR G. JOHNSON VAMC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee returned from a home-based care site and parked in the parking lot. While unloading the car and standing between two parked cars, the employee slipped on ice and/or snow and fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured hip and hospitalization. | |||||
2016-01-04 | Mountain Brook | Alabama | Arma Roofing, LLC | Neck and back | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing a ladder on the front side of a house when the ladder fell over. The employee suffered spine and neck injuries. | |||||
2015-12-31 | Mountain Home | Arkansas | Hobby Lobby Stores Inc | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee lacerated the tip of the left middle finger while using a fillet cutter. | |||||
2015-12-08 | Stone Mountain | Georgia | PrideStaff, Inc | Knee(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
A warehouse employee fell while climbing over a forklift guardrail and broke her knee. | |||||
2015-11-17 | Stone Mountain | Georgia | PRECISION HOSE, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was loading and guiding tubing into the #1 forming head on the corrugator. As the tubing was loading his right hand got caught in the machine and crushed the middle finger. | |||||
2015-09-18 | Mountain Top | Pennsylvania | AEP INDUSTRIES INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee suffered the amputation of their right index and middle fingers at the first joint when the employee opened the door of a machine to clean the interior with a cloth and the cloth and the employee's hand were pulled into the machine. | |||||
2015-09-15 | Stone Mountain | Georgia | Comcast | Upper arm(s) | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee fell 20 feet from a ladder and fractured his upper right arm in two places. | |||||
2015-09-11 | Mountain Home | Tennessee | Department of Veterans Affairs | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against object or equipment, n.e.c. |
On or about 9/11/2015 a Department of Veterans Affairs employee was folding letters and putting them into envelopes and sustained a paper cut on his left thumb. The cut became infected and the employee was admitted to the hospital for treatment. | |||||
2015-08-04 | Pine Mountain | Georgia | Milliken & Company Pine Mountain Plant | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee's finger was partially amputated in the pinch point of a weave machine loom. | |||||
2015-07-24 | Pine Mountain Valley | Georgia | Koch Foods, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee sustained a right arm laceration while feeding poultry into slitter equipment. | |||||
2015-05-18 | Stone Mountain | Georgia | Thermo Pac, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee received a partial (1/4-inch) amputation to her left middle finger. She was adjusting a wait on top of the Prodo Pak filling machine when her finger got caught in a pinch point and her fingertip was severed. | |||||
2015-05-13 | Mountain Lakes | New Jersey | DELUXE CORPORATION | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell and broke her left ankle in two places while descending stairs that traversed a conveyor. | |||||
2015-05-13 | Mountain Home A F B | Idaho | PAIGE MECHANICAL GROUP, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was helping coworkers lift the side of a large HVAC unit. His right middle fingertip got caught under the HVAC unit as it was being lowered to the ground. | |||||
2015-04-25 | Mountain Home | Arkansas | EATON CORP. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee working in the rework line operated the cat puller to remove rubber from a 0.367-inch hose. The employee's right glove was drawn into the rotating belts of the equipment, causing a fracture to the right thumb. | |||||
2015-01-23 | Mountain Top | Pennsylvania | AEP INDUSTRIES INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was removing a roll from a machine during normal routine operation when he dropped a heavy core and pinched his finger between two objects. His right ring finger was amputated from the tip to roughly one half of the nailbed. The first knuckle is intact. |