Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-07-14	Prattville	Al	Raul Jimenez	Knee(s)	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was taking down a partition wall. The wall fell on the employee, injuring the employee's left knee.
2021-04-20	Prattville	Al	Bass Pro Outdoor World, L.L.C.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was using a ladder to remove a display outside a store. He fell about 12 feet to the concrete sidewalk and suffered hip injuries. He was hospitalized.
2020-05-01	Prattville	Alabama	Medline Industries, Inc.	Leg(s)	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
During an altercation, an employee picked up another employee and slammed that employee to the ground, breaking the employee's leg.
2020-04-09	Prattville	Alabama	BASS PRO SHOPS	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level
An employee was walking down an aisle. The employee turned, lost his footing, and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a broken nose, a broken shoulder, and a laceration on the forehead.
2019-07-09	Pratt	Kansas	Pratt Energy, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
While tracing security camera conduit lines, an employee fell 28 feet from a second-level platform to a platform outside a grain receiving control room. The employee suffered broken ribs.
2018-09-24	Pratt	Kansas	Pratt Rehabilitation & Residence Center	Brain	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
A long-term care resident shoved an employee, causing her to fall and hit her head on a desk. She lost consciousness and was hospitalized.
2017-05-24	Pratt	Kansas	Next GINeration Inc	Forearm(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was in the basket of a lift removing lengths of pipe when the pipe loosened and fell unexpectedly, striking his forearm. He was hospitalized and had forearm surgery.
2017-05-12	Prattville	Alabama	Fras-Le North America, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was working on a machine when the yoke activated and caught four right-hand fingers, partially amputating them.
2017-03-01	Pratt	Kansas	Kwik Shop	Nonclassifiable	Shooting by other person-intentional
An employee was shot by an armed suspect while working his shift.
2016-07-06	Pratt	Kansas	Blattner Energy, Inc.	Brain	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was helping to erect a tower when a 4-pound bolt fell down the center of the tower and struck the employee's head.
2015-04-19	Prattville	Alabama	Lowes Home Center, Inc. #1181	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was leaning against an order picker when it moved and the employee fell and broke his hip.
2015-03-07	Prattville	Alabama	Lone Star Plastics Inc	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On March 7, 2015, at 3 AM, an employee was cleaning a roller with a rag. The roller was in operation at the time. The rag became entangled and was pulled into the roller, pulling the employee's hand in with it and resulting in an amputation to his right ring fingertip.
2015-03-02	Prattsburgh	New York	Damin Farms LLC	Multiple body parts	Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was completely engulfed by silage at the entrance of an outdoor silage bunker. The employee sustained a spinal vertebra fracture, right hip fracture, and head laceration.
2015-02-25	Pratt	Kansas	PRATT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
Employee slipped on ice in the hospital parking lot and fell, breaking her leg and ankle.
2015-02-18	Prattville	Alabama	International Paper	Multiple body parts	Struck by discharged object or substance
A maintenance employee was connecting a meter to a disgester. The employee was checking the digester probe when he was splashed by hot condensate from the digester. The employee suffered burns on the right torso, right arm, and right thigh. He was transported to the hospital where he received emergency treatment and was kept overnight for observation.