| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-21 | Red Bay | Al | Gates Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| A maintenance employee was replacing a roller adjuster on a piece of equipment and was attempting to remove a bearing from the left side of a solid steel shaft. The right end of the shaft slipped out of its bearing and dropped suddenly. The left end of the shaft then moved in an upward direction and pinched his left thumb between the bearing and the machine frame, resulting in amputation of the fingertip and nail. | |||||
| 2021-06-30 | Red Bay | Al | Gates Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
| A 3/16" nylon rope was being pulled through the employee's left hand as it was being applied to a rotating mandrel. A knot in the rope caught the employee's left pinky finger and amputated the distal and middle portion. | |||||
| 2021-04-16 | Red Bay | Al | Tiffin Motor Homes | Upper arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over self |
| While returning from her lunch break, an employee tripped and fell onto a metal track system that protrudes 10 inches from the floor. The employee sustained a fractured right humerus. | |||||
| 2019-07-08 | Red Bay | Alabama | Sunshine Mills, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| A loose belt on a gluer caught an employee's right hand, causing the amputation of the little fingertip and lacerations on the ring and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2018-07-06 | Red Bay | Alabama | Sunshine Mills, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee shut down a mixer and was reaching inside when the mixer amputated his left ring finger. The mixer had not come to a complete stop at the time of the incident. | |||||