Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-14 | Olive Branch | Ms | Blankenship Change Consulting | Elbow(s) and arms(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over an 18-inch-high guardrail and fell, landing on the floor and suffering a broken left arm and dislocated left elbow. | |||||
2021-07-06 | Olive Branch | Ms | Ardagh Metal Beverage USA, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was unjamming a piece of metal from a body maker machine when the machine engaged and caused the amputation of fingers. | |||||
2021-06-21 | Olive Branch | Ms | Natureplex Pharmaceuticals | Nonclassifiable | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee opened the top of a blending tank and a hot water hose came out. The employee was burned by hot water. | |||||
2021-05-31 | Olive Branch | Ms | View, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was unpacking a crate of pre-purchased glass sheets. While unpacking the crate, the weight of the glass shifted and the glass fell forward out of the crate and onto the employee's left leg resulting in a fractured fibula and tibia that required surgery. | |||||
2021-03-31 | Olive Branch | Ms | View, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking to inspect an electrical supply issue and slipped and fell on the wet sidewalk, resulting in fractured vertebrae. | |||||
2021-03-23 | Olive Branch | Ms | Citizens National Bank - Goodman Road Banking Centre | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee had been putting money in a vault. As she was shutting the vault door, her hand got caught in the door and her right index finger was amputated at the knuckle. | |||||
2021-03-08 | Olive Branch | Ms | Natureplex Pharmaceuticals | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a blend tank when the pump to the machinery caught his right index finger, amputating the tip. | |||||
2021-01-08 | Olive Branch | Ms | Milwaukee Tools | Foot (feet) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee was operating a forklift when it collided with another forklift. The employee's left foot was crushed. | |||||
2020-06-04 | Olive Branch | Mississippi | Five Below, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a forklift when it ran into storage racks. Her left foot was caught between the forklift and a rack. The foot was broken and toes were amputated. | |||||
2019-08-29 | Olive Branch | Mississippi | Fedex Supply Chain | Foot (feet) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle |
An employee operating a forklift struck a rack and sustained a foot injury. | |||||
2019-06-17 | Olive Branch | Mississippi | View Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was dismounting a conveyor after flagging a sensor. Upon dismounting, her left arm was pulled into the equipment, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2019-02-20 | Olive Branch | Mississippi | FEDEX Ground Package System, Inc. | Hip(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was moving packages from a conveyor when a package struck her, breaking her left hip. | |||||
2018-09-14 | Olive Branch | Mississippi | Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation | Lower leg(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
A pallet jack and an order picker collided. The pallet jack operator's right lower leg was injured. | |||||
2018-08-31 | Olive Branch | Mississippi | Walmart #2846 | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee tripped and fell while pulling a cart. The employee sustained a fractured hip. | |||||
2018-08-20 | Olive Branch | Mississippi | Foundation Building Materials, LLC | Leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely |
An employee had finished loading drywall from a truck onto two carts at a construction site when one of the carts started to roll and struck the employee, breaking his right leg. | |||||
2018-08-16 | Olive Branch | Mississippi | LEHMAN-ROBERTS COMPANY | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in work zone |
On August 16, 2018, an employee was using a shovel to help a motor grader operator clean off the road in preparation for milling when he was struck by a dump truck, fracturing his right tibia and pelvis. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2018-08-08 | Olive Branch | Mississippi | Federal Express Corporation | Thigh(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet |
An employee backed his delivery truck to a loading dock. When he stepped from the truck, his left leg slipped between the truck bumper and dock. His leg was lacerated above the knee. A dock plate was not installed at the time of the incident. | |||||
2018-07-03 | Olive Branch | Mississippi | A.L.P. Lighting Components | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was repairing a sensor on a robotic trimmer's automatic curtain door when the door cycled, amputating the employee's index finger. | |||||
2018-01-06 | Olive Branch | Mississippi | Amerisource Bergen Drug Corp | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was unloading a box truck when the truck left the dock area prematurely. The employee then fell off the dock, suffering a dislocated right shoulder and broken right leg. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-06-02 | Olive Branch | Mississippi | Parkwood Behavioral Health System | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was loading materials into a vehicle when she slipped and fell, breaking her right shoulder. | |||||
2017-02-27 | Olive Branch | Mississippi | Five Below | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was stepping over a guardrail, tripped and fell resulting in a broken right arm. | |||||
2017-01-28 | Olive Branch | Mississippi | Mid Cities Erectors | Face | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
An employee was performing decking work and fell approximately 30 feet while moving from one work area to another. The employee suffered broken facial bones. The employee was wearing fall protection at the time. | |||||
2016-10-03 | Olive Branch | Mississippi | Hulcher Services, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Employees were using an overhead crane to lift steel plates from the bed of a truck. An employee attempted to attach chains to offload the steel plates from the truck. As he was lowering the steel plate onto the floor, the plate began to move. His right hand was on the plate and his middle finger was caught between the lip of the plate and the hook, amputating his fingertip. | |||||
2016-06-12 | Olive Branch | Mississippi | McKesson Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a drive motor that operates a conveyor belt when his right hand was caught by the belt. He broke his hand and lost several fingertips. The belt was unguarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
2016-05-09 | Olive Branch | Mississippi | Averitt Express, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport |
On Monday, 5/9/2016, at 9:40 AM, an employee was using a pallet jack to unload materials from a vehicle with a lift gate when the load and pallet jack fell on his feet. He sustained a broken left ankle and a contusion to his right ankle, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2016-04-23 | Olive Branch | Mississippi | Plaskolite South, LLC | Wrist(s) and arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On April 23, 2016, at approximately 4:00 PM an employee experienced a crushing injury and fractures when he got his left forearm and wrist caught between rollers while troubleshooting calendar rolls on the extrusion line. The injury required surgery. | |||||
2015-12-27 | Olive Branch | Mississippi | Williams-Sononma | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
A fingertip on the employee's left hand was amputated while operating an embroidery machine. The employee's finger was caught between a bar on the machine and the clamp. | |||||
2015-09-30 | Olive Branch | Mississippi | Parkway Behavior Hospital | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was walking across the parking lot, fell, and broke their hip. | |||||
2015-09-30 | Olive Branch | Mississippi | Genco | Foot (feet) | Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle |
An employee broke his left foot while operating a forklift. | |||||
2015-07-10 | Olive Branch | Mississippi | U.S. Xpress, INC. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was unhooking the trailer from the tractor of a tractor-trailer and slipped. The truck ran over his right foot. His left wrist was broken when he fell. | |||||
2015-07-01 | Olive Branch | Mississippi | Hart & Cooley | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee went to help a coworker who was having problems with his machine. The employee opened the guard for the roll machine to retrieve a part. The roller grabbed his gloves and crushed his hand. | |||||
2015-01-18 | Olive Branch | Mississippi | Kroger | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
The employee reached around with her right hand to clean the front of the meat slicer and did not realize the slicer was on. The tip of the employee's right index finger just below the fingernail was amputated. There was no bone loss. |