| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-06 | Southaven | Ms | Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. | Elbow(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
| An employee was driving a forklift through a door. The mast on the forklift struck the door header. The employee was ejected from the forklift, struck the floor, and suffered a broken left elbow. | |||||
| 2020-04-22 | Southaven | Mississippi | FABCON PRECAST, LLC | Head, neck, and trunk | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was helping with the installation of a brace on a prefab concrete panel when the nylon sling slipped out of the lifting hook, slid down the panel, and the brace struck the employee. The employee sustained head, neck, and back injuries. | |||||
| 2020-01-15 | Southaven | Mississippi | Baptist Memorial Hospital - Desoto, Inc. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was cleaning lights while standing on a stainless steel surgery table/bed. The wheels on the bed moved, and the employee fell to the floor sustaining a broken left leg. | |||||
| 2020-01-13 | Southaven | Mississippi | Kroger Limited Partnership I | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee lost balance while loading dishes into a dishwasher and fell to the floor, breaking a femur. | |||||
| 2019-07-24 | Southaven | Mississippi | Stepherson, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was using a bandsaw to cut beef when the left index finger contacted the bandsaw blade, amputating the fingertip above the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2018-09-19 | Southaven | Mississippi | InStaff-BG Staffing, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating a stand-up reach lift in a warehouse. As the employee stepped off the lift, it ran over their left leg crushing it. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-07-02 | Southaven | Mississippi | Capstone Logistics | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a pallet jack when his right leg was caught between the pallet jack and a guardrail, suffering a compound fracture. | |||||
| 2018-06-28 | Southaven | Mississippi | Insulation Distributors, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was producing a roll of metal building insulation on the laminating machine. While trying to fix a problem with the machine, the employee's left hand was pulled between two rollers and causing a left forearm fracture. | |||||
| 2018-05-29 | Southaven | Mississippi | Capstone Logistics, LLC | Hand(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was driving a stand-up forklift down the aisle of a pallet staging area. The forklift showed an error code and started to slide away from the aisle. The employee's right hand was pinned between the forklift and a rack beam causing a deep laceration that required surgery. | |||||
| 2018-05-18 | Southaven | Mississippi | Fiskars Brands Distribution Center | Nonclassifiable | Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing |
| Two temporary employees were involved in an altercation and one was stabbed with a knife. | |||||
| 2017-10-14 | Southaven | Mississippi | Sam's Club | Brain | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
| An employee was driving a forklift and blacked out. The forklift struck the center support beam and the employee was hospitalized for a head injury. | |||||
| 2017-06-30 | Southaven | Mississippi | Associated Wholesale Grocers | Ankle(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
| An employee was traveling inside a warehouse with a loaded forklift when he entered a cross-traffic intersection and struck another forklift. He stuck his foot out to brace himself. His foot was then caught between the forklifts, breaking his ankle. | |||||
| 2017-05-30 | Southaven | Mississippi | Multiband Field Services, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was installing a fence post for a pole-mounted satellite dish. He was pouring concrete into the hole and mixing it with a shovel when his right middle finger was smashed between the shovel handle and top of the fence post. His fingertip had to be surgically amputated. | |||||
| 2017-04-29 | Southaven | Mississippi | Fiskars Brands, Inc | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle |
| An employee was operating a stand-up forklift when he lost control and struck a pole, injuring his left leg and foot. | |||||
| 2016-07-12 | Southaven | Mississippi | Associated Wholesale Grocers | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee operating a forklift retrieved a pallet from the metal rack in the meat department. There were two pallets on the rack; one pallet was leaning on the other. When the employee placed one pallet on the floor, he exited his forklift to check the load. Fifteen to 20 small boxes from the pallet on the rack then fell and struck the employee, fracturing his left leg below the knee and three toes on his left foot. | |||||
| 2015-12-26 | Southaven | Mississippi | Capstone Logistics, LLC | Arm(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was loading empty pallets into a trailer using an electric pallet jack. The pallets were stacked too high to fit into the trailer door and they struck the top of the trailer. The pallets fell onto the employee's hand resulting in broken bones and a laceration to the left arm. The employee was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2015-10-20 | Southaven | Mississippi | Ballew's Aluminum Products, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| While operating a stretch wrapping machine, an employee's finger got caught between two rollers. Approximately two-thirds of the employee's right little finger were amputated. | |||||
| 2015-10-14 | Southaven | Mississippi | Southmark Metal | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working with a pipe rolling machine and got their left hand caught in a roller resulting in the amputation of the ring finger. | |||||
| 2015-07-14 | Southaven | Mississippi | W. W. GRAINGER, INC. | Knee(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee was walking and fell to the ground fracturing her knee cap. | |||||
| 2015-01-08 | Southaven | Mississippi | Imperial Toy, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| Employee fell approximately 10 feet while climbing down an extension ladder located inside a 6000-gallon tank. | |||||
| 2015-01-08 | Southaven | Mississippi | Helen of Troy | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. |
| Maintenance employee was adjusting the level of shipping roll-up door #34 when his right middle finger became caught in the chain and sprocket. | |||||