Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-23 | Sylacauga | Al | AM Group, LLC | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
On October 23, 2021, at 11:20 a.m., an employee was taking inventory in an aisle in the shipping department when they were struck by a side loader lift truck, resulting in fractures to the collar bone, shoulder, and ribs. | |||||
2021-03-02 | Sylacauga | Al | AMERICAN FOAM CAST, INC. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was operating an assembly machine when they tripped over a floor fan and fell to the concrete floor, resulting in a fractured right hip. | |||||
2020-05-26 | Sylacauga | Alabama | American Metal Group | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was positioning the end of a coil into the butt welder machine. As the employee pressed the foot pedal to close the pneumatic clamp his right index finger was caught in the clamp and amputated at the first knuckle. | |||||
2019-04-17 | Sylacauga | Alabama | AM Group, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was inspecting a metal bar that had come out of a straightener machine when a second metal bar was sent out of the machine, causing the employee's finger to become caught between a metal bar and the table. The employee's right ring finger was amputated at the first knuckle. | |||||
2018-08-20 | Sylacauga | Alabama | Southern Alloy Corporation | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was tightening a chuck on a lathe machine when a bar slipped off and he fell backwards off a 5-foot platform to the concrete floor, fracturing his left ankle. | |||||
2018-08-17 | Sylacauga | Alabama | IKO Southeast Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was working on a locked-out cooling section of an exhaust fan. The employee's hand was caught in the nip point of a belt and pulley in the fan; the employee suffered an amputation of the right little fingertip and a broken right ring finger. | |||||
2018-03-29 | Sylacauga | Alabama | Nemak USA Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting a piece of metal with a horizontal band saw when his right hand went between the metal and a vise used to hold it in place, resulting in a right thumb tip amputation. | |||||
2018-02-21 | Sylacauga | Alabama | Nemak USA Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was attempting to drive out an insert in a die with a sledge hammer. He missed the insert while swinging the sledge hammer, and his left index finger was then caught between the sledge hammer handle and die, suffering a fracture and partial amputation. | |||||
2018-02-09 | Sylacauga | Alabama | Blue Bell Creameries LP | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was coming down a four-step rolling mobile ladder while carrying a bundle of cardboard sleeves when she tripped and fell approximately 2 feet to the floor. She broke her right ankle, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2016-01-22 | Sylacauga | Alabama | G. Nelson Eletric Motors, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was machining a shaft and using sandpaper at a lathe when his right glove got caught in the machine, amputating his right middle and ring fingers at the knuckle. | |||||
2015-07-16 | Sylacauga | Alabama | Nemak Alabama | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
Two employees were hospitalized for dehydration. |