Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-27 | Thorsby | Al | Faithway Alliance | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee was dropping a docking plate onto a trailer and it did not drop properly. While raising the dock plate to drop it a second time, the plate fell backward and pinched the employee's right little finger, resulting in amputation at the first joint. | |||||
2021-01-06 | Thorsby | Al | Franklin Iron Works, Inc. | Lumbar region | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was burning cardboard in a 55-gallon drum. Grease on the employee's coat caught fire, causing burns to the employee's lower back that required a skin graft. |