Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-06-27 | Quitman | Texas | INW Manufacturing / Protec Laboratory | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was setting up an assembly line conveyor belt on a fill machine when her right pinky finger was caught between the chain and sprocket, resulting in a finger amputation. | |||||
2019-08-06 | Quitman | Georgia | Blattner Energy Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
While setting up an I-beam for installation, an employee's right big toe was amputated by a pile driver. | |||||
2019-03-25 | Quitman | Arkansas | Calico Trailers Manufacturing Co | Hand(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee was helping to manufacture a trailer and attempting to remove a sheet of metal off of a cart when the metal sheet fell. The employee attempted to grab the falling sheet, which lacerated the employee's left hand. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-03-14 | Quitman | Louisiana | Compass Energy Operating, LLC | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was on a catwalk when it broke loose at the mounting points, causing the employee to fall 12 feet to the ground and suffer a shoulder injury. | |||||
2017-08-30 | Quitman | Georgia | Langboard, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
An employee's right thumb was bitten by a timber rattlesnake, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-12-09 | Quitman | Arkansas | Roberts McNutt | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee stepping from an extension ladder onto a wet metal roof slipped and fell to the concrete below. He suffered a compound fracture to his right wrist. | |||||
2015-11-01 | Quitman | Georgia | B. C. T. GIN CO., INC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee working as a bagger tried to obtain a cotton sample from the side of the cotton bale and was caught by the belt pushing him into the bagger. The employee suffered a broken rib and a punctured lung. |