DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-04-21SteeleAlUnipres 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.
2020-04-30SteeleAlabamaLoves Travel Stops & Country StoresArm(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.
2019-07-08SteeleAlabamaUnipres 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.
2019-04-04SteelevilleIllinoisGilster-Mary Lee CorporationArm(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.
2019-03-27SteelevilleIllinoisGilster-Mary Lee CorporationUpper extremitiesCaught 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.
2018-07-14SteeleAlabamaValmont-Birmingham GalvanizingFingertip(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.
2016-02-13SteeleMissouriSTILL GIN AND GRAINLower 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.
2015-12-08SteelevilleIllinoisGilster 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.
2015-07-28SteelevilleIllinoisGILSTER-MARY LEE CORPORATIONFingertip(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.
2015-01-09SteelevilleIllinoisGILSTER MARY LEE CORPORATIONFingertip(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.