| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-13 | Scottsboro | Al | Wenzel Metal Spinning, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a machine. His left thumb was smashed between a wooden block and a metal part, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2021-09-28 | Scottsboro | Al | Sanoh America Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was troubleshooting transfer equipment when they suffered a fractured finger and amputation of their right pinky fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-03-15 | Scottsboro | Al | Sanoh America, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| An employee was walking to a dumpster. A forklift struck the employee as it backed up in an intersection. The employee suffered a head laceration, a left leg wound, and a crushed left little toe. | |||||
| 2020-08-19 | Scottsboro | Al | Maples Industries Inc. | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell from the second floor of a creel rack, suffering a broken left femur. | |||||
| 2020-03-13 | Scottsboro | Alabama | Sanoh America Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was loading hose into a hose machine. The employee's left middle and ring fingertips were caught in the machine. The fingertips were medically amputated. | |||||
| 2020-03-10 | Scottsboro | Alabama | Maples Industries, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was operating the crosscut machine, which uses table extensions for cutting larger rugs. To unfold a table, the employee pushed in the left bracket and then went to push in the right bracket. When he pushed in the bracket that is underneath the table, the extension came down, catching his fingertip between the middle and right table extensions. This resulted in a partial amputation and a fracture to the fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-08-02 | Scottsboro | Alabama | Heat Transfer Products Group, LLC | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a standup forklift. A metal rack made contact with the employee's right foot, causing lacerations. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-08-02 | Scottsboro | Alabama | Wenzel Metal Spinning, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| While rolling a piece of metal, an employee's hand was caught in the rolling machine resulting in amputation of the right middle finger. | |||||
| 2017-06-23 | Scottsboro | Alabama | LOZIER CORPORATION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting an edge-bander that had been experiencing operational issues due to an air leak when the employee contacted the trim blade, which was still powered and moving. The blade amputated the first knuckle of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd digits on the employee's right hand. | |||||
| 2016-09-06 | Scottsboro | Alabama | Maples Industries, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a 4x6 roll-up machine. While she was straightening a rug that became off-center, her right hand/arm was pulled into the machine's rollers, fracturing her forearm. | |||||
| 2016-08-08 | Scottsboro | Alabama | Imperial Aluminum | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee become dehydrated, nauseated, ill, and experienced muscle spasms due to the heat. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-07-27 | Scottsboro | Alabama | LOZIER CORPORATION | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee started having cramps due to dehydration and heat exhaustion while hanging parts ranging from 2 to 30 pounds onto hooks on a paint line. | |||||
| 2016-07-07 | Scottsboro | Alabama | Lozier Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was loading brackets into the feeder of a bracket welder machine when the machine amputated the employee's right middle fingertip. The machine was in operation at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2016-05-25 | Scottsboro | Alabama | LOZIER CORPORATION | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| While sweeping a work area, an employee vomited and became disoriented from heat exhaustion, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-01-07 | Scottsboro | Alabama | Maples Industry | Skull | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| While exiting the breakroom an employee collided with a co-worker and suffered a skull fracture. | |||||
| 2015-10-22 | Scottsboro | Alabama | Heat Transfer Products Group, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was assisting the machine operator in setting up the stamping machine. The machine cycled fracturing and lacerating the employee's left index finger. The employee was hospitalized overnight. | |||||
| 2015-06-03 | Scottsboro | Alabama | Imperial Aluminum | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was swinging a sledgehammer to knock pins out of aluminum sows and smashed his left hand pointer finger in the process. The employee was taken to the hospital where it was determined that the finger needed to be amputated. | |||||