Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-04-21 | Steele | Al | Unipres Alabama Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was adjusting the lower pin alignment on a robotic cell stationary welder. The welder actuated, pinching and lacerating the tip of the employee's right index finger. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2020-04-30 | Steele | Alabama | Loves Travel Stops & Country Stores | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped on a cash register cord and fell to the floor, suffering a broken right arm. | |||||
2019-07-08 | Steele | Alabama | Unipres Alabama, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was lifting the elevator chain of a 1,200-ton press to place on a gear. The counterweight fell and the employee's left middle finger was caught in the elevator chain, suffering an amputation/crushing injury to the fingertip. | |||||
2019-04-04 | Steeleville | Illinois | Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation | Arm(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a stand-up powered industrial vehicle near a racking system. The vehicle moved under the rack and the employee's arm was trapped, suffering multiple breaks. | |||||
2019-03-27 | Steeleville | Illinois | Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation | Upper extremities | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was using a hammer to disrupt a bridge of sugar inside of a storage vessel. The employee was outside the vessel. The hammer was dropped into the 12" x 12" auger inspection opening. As the employee retrieved the hammer, the auger started and the employee sustained broken bones and lacerations. | |||||
2018-07-14 | Steele | Alabama | Valmont-Birmingham Galvanizing | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using an overhead hoist to lift a rig composed of three steel poles. His left thumb was pinched between the chain and the product being lifted, and the tip was amputated. | |||||
2016-02-13 | Steele | Missouri | STILL GIN AND GRAIN | Lower leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On 2/13/2016 at about 1:30 p.m. an employee who was cleaning around a floor grain auger with an open gate fell into a hole around the auger. The employee's leg was caught in the moving auger and the leg was amputated around the knee. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-12-08 | Steeleville | Illinois | Gilster Mary Lee Corporation | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was struck by a bar on the Elliot Packaging Machine while cleaning it. The employee suffered a broken arm. | |||||
2015-07-28 | Steeleville | Illinois | GILSTER-MARY LEE CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was working on a dried vegetables turntable in the stuffing department. The employee 's finger was along the side of the table when 1/8" to 1/4" of the right-hand index fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2015-01-09 | Steeleville | Illinois | GILSTER MARY LEE CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On January 9, 2015, an employee in the bulk pasta area had the tip of his finger amputated while helping another employee replace the 200- to 250-pound mixer screw. His finger got caught between the mixer and mixer screw. |