Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-09 | Muscle Shoals | Al | PowerGrid Services, LLC | Multiple body parts | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
During a rewiring operation, an employee was repositioning wire lying on the ground. The new wire contacted an energized phase and the employee suffered burns to the lower torso, left leg, and left foot. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-02-17 | Muscle Shoals | Al | HEALTHCARE SERVICES GROUP | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
While taking trash out to the dumpster area, an employee slipped on ice and fell to ground resulting in a fractured right knee. | |||||
2019-01-10 | Muscle Shoals | Alabama | Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. |
An employee was trying to hang a portable crosswalk on hangers when the employee's left hand was pinched between the portable crosswalk and a barrier rail, resulting in an amputation of the ring finger and a fracture to the forefinger. No tools were used at the time of the incident. | |||||
2018-08-12 | Muscle Shoals | Alabama | Walmart, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was working in the bakery when she slipped, fell to the floor, and broke her leg. | |||||
2018-08-08 | Muscle Shoals | Alabama | AT&T | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was splicing wires outside when the employee experienced dizziness and incoherence due to heat stress. | |||||
2018-07-19 | Muscle Shoals | Alabama | P & G Construction Co., Inc. | Thigh(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was on a metal deck roof when he fell through a skylight to the concrete floor, about 15 feet below. He suffered a broken left femur and a laceration to the face. | |||||
2018-04-09 | Muscle Shoals | Alabama | North American Lighting, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was walking through the WIP area when she tripped on the WIP lane divider, lost her balance, and fell to the concrete floor at the same level. She fractured her right hip. | |||||
2018-02-06 | Muscle Shoals | Alabama | Alabama Painting Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was letting the air run through the bags on a vacuum truck when he adjusted the door to the truck and it slammed on his fingers. His middle fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2017-10-05 | Muscle Shoals | Alabama | Wise Alloys LLC | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
While working in an electrical cabinet, an employee contacted the energized side of the cabinet, suffering electrical burns to both hands, the right side of the face, the right ear, and part of the nose. | |||||
2017-03-13 | Muscle Shoals | Alabama | WISE ALLOYS, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was operating a bucket truck to perform elevated repairs when it began raining. The employee lowered the bucket to the rest position and was exiting when the employee fell 7 feet to the ground, fracturing an elbow and vertebra. | |||||
2017-01-26 | Muscle Shoals | Alabama | Woodbury Trucking, LLC | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing the ladder on the trailer to install a tarp. The employee fell from the ladder and fractured the right hip. | |||||
2016-08-04 | Muscle Shoals | Alabama | Jordan Carriers Inc | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
After securing a load to truck, an employee became disoriented and experienced full-body cramps. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion. | |||||
2016-06-01 | Muscle Shoals | Alabama | North American Lighting, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was walking around the press and tripped on a floor mat falling forward and landing on his right hip. The employee was hospitalized with a right hip fracture. | |||||
2015-05-04 | Muscle Shoals | Alabama | Mid-South Extrusion Die, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Nonclassifiable |
An employee received a crushing injury, resulting in an amputation on the right foot. |