Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-30 | Orange Beach | Al | Tom Thumb | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was leaving a store when a gust of hurricane-level wind picked her up and tossed her to the ground. She suffered a broken hip. | |||||
2020-10-06 | Orange Beach | Al | All Phase Roofing | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was applying ice and water shield to roof decking when he stepped on a piece of plastic and fell off the roof approximately 20 feet to the ground. The employee sustained broken bones and internal injuries. Fall protection was not worn at the time. | |||||
2020-04-20 | Orange Beach | Alabama | Brett/Robinson Gulf Corporation | Wrist(s) and arm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a flat-bladed screwdriver to remove a screw out of a concrete wall in preparation to paint the wall. As he applied force to remove the screw, the screwdriver slipped and lacerated his left arm/wrist area, causing a vascular bleed that required surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
2020-01-18 | Orange Beach | Alabama | Spectrum Resorts, LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode |
An employee was working on a standalone ice making unit in the maintenance area when he bent over the machine to move it into a better access point and heard a pop in his back. He was hospitalized with a compression fracture of the lower vertebrae. | |||||
2019-06-22 | Orange Beach | Alabama | Walmart Supercenter #5653 | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was placing jars into a cashier's safe. Her left middle finger was caught in the closing safe door, amputating the fingertip to the knuckle. | |||||
2019-04-16 | Orange Beach | Alabama | Northwest Florida A/C, LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An HVAC service technician was responding to a service call at a customer's residential location. The employee was investigating a portion of the HVAC system in the backyard and fell from the elevated deck to the unpaved ground below. The employee suffered contusions and lacerations to the spleen and lower arms that required hospitalization. | |||||
2018-08-08 | Orange Beach | Alabama | Yarco Dry Wall & Painting | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell off a 10-foot step ladder when he missed a step, falling on the concrete floor and impacting his back and head. | |||||
2016-10-03 | Orange Beach | Alabama | Publix Super Markets, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting pork on a band saw when the pork bone caught the blade and began to spin, causing the employee's left ring finger to strike the saw. He suffered a tendon laceration and was hospitalized for surgery. |