Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-02-12 | Rogersville | Missouri | Mid-AM Metal Forming | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was using a forklift to empty a dump bin when their left index finger was caught and smashed in a pinch point between the forks and the dump bin resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
2018-07-12 | Rogersville | Pennsylvania | Cactus Wellhead, LLC | Skull | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was removing a 2" riser pipe from a casing head with a pipe wrench when backside pressure pushed the riser up and it struck the employee's forehead. He was then covered in drilling mud, which evacuated the well behind the pipe. He suffered a forehead laceration and skull fracture. | |||||
2017-06-09 | Rogersville | Alabama | Custom Synthetic Fibers, LLC | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was splashed by hot plastic while changing screen filters on an extruder machine, suffering second degree burns to the forearms and face. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-07-25 | Rogersville | Pennsylvania | Benamati Water Services | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was preparing to load a truck with water when a valve cap blew off the pressurized system and struck him in the abdomen. He was hospitalized with a laceration. |