Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-15 | Tuscaloosa | Al | Alabama Power Company | Thigh(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
An employee was standing behind a material handling truck watching another employee bring the boom into the cradle position. A vehicle struck the employee (as well as the rear of the truck), breaking the employee's left femur. | |||||
2021-07-14 | Tuscaloosa | Al | PHIFER INCORPORATED | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a machine when his right hand contacted the belt/pulley assembly, resulting in the amputation of the distal 1/4 inch of his right ring finger. | |||||
2021-06-10 | Tuscaloosa | Al | PHIFER INCORPORATED | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a band saw with a shuttle vice and a machine vice. The machine vice closed on the employee's pinky finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-05-25 | Tuscaloosa | Al | EZ Distributing Installation Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was dismantling a scaffold and was removing a 24-foot deck from the power unit using a forklift. The deck got hung up and then released and swung around pinching the employee's right leg between the deck and the power unit and fracturing it. | |||||
2021-04-24 | Tuscaloosa | Al | Rod Bros Construction, Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was on a crank-up scaffold, working to dismantle it and lower it to the ground. He fell to the ground 15 feet below, hitting a board lying there and suffering a broken neck. | |||||
2021-04-17 | Tuscaloosa | Al | Peco Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was troubleshooting and oiling a box strapper machine. The employee's left thumb was caught between the machine's chain and sprocket and was amputated. | |||||
2021-03-10 | Tuscaloosa | Al | Coral Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was operating a saw machine when the metal blade amputated their right thumb. | |||||
2021-01-14 | Tuscaloosa | Al | The Bridge Builders of Alabama LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was assisting a hydraulic pump operator in positioning steel plates between the underside of a bridge and its support structure when the employee's right hand got caught between two steel plates, resulting in a cut on his middle finger and an amputation of his index finger to the first knuckle. | |||||
2020-10-14 | Tuscaloosa | Al | First Baptist Church Daycare Program | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c. |
A day care employee tripped over a crawling baby while holding another baby. The employee suffered a broken left leg and was hospitalized, undergoing surgery. | |||||
2020-09-05 | Tuscaloosa | Al | John Plott Co., Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
An employee was bitten by a rattlesnake while pulling grass out of a rock border. | |||||
2020-08-04 | Tuscaloosa | Al | Southern Heat Exchanger Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was setting up a small tube-sheet. A 3-foot plastic block slipped from underneath the tube-sheet, causing the tube-sheet to fall on the employee's right little finger. The employee suffered a soft-tissue amputation to the fingertip. | |||||
2020-05-22 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Advanced Disposal Services Eagle Bluff Landfill, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was climbing up a hill when he slipped and fell to the ground, breaking his leg. | |||||
2020-03-25 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Direct Scaffold Services Co., LLC | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
While dismantling a scaffold, an employee fell from the scaffold to the ground. The employee suffered a broken hip and femur. | |||||
2020-02-05 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Warrior Asphalt Inc | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
Employees were using steam to soften and unclog an asphalt blow line. The asphalt released under pressure and burned two employees' arms and hands. They were hospitalized. | |||||
2020-01-25 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | S'N'S Erectors, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
Two employees were on a lift torch-cutting an old connection plate off of a concrete beam and preparing to weld a new connection plate on when a concrete beam weighing approximately 68,500 pounds hit the lift and collapsed the basket. The employees fell approximately 21 feet with the basket to the ground, sustaining a spinal injury, broken ribs, and a facial injury. | |||||
2020-01-17 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Valmont Newmark, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was replacing chains on a forklift, whose mast was hooked and supported by an overhead 5-ton crane. When the support nuts at the bottom of the fork chains were removed, the forklift forks and backstop fell on the employee, knocking him down and pinning him to the floor. He suffered injuries to the left hand, neck, back, and collarbone and a broken left femur. During surgery, his left ring finger was amputated to the first joint. | |||||
2019-06-20 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Harcon, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was working near the edge of a concrete slab preparing a skip pan to be removed from the building. The employee fell 10 feet when a skip pan that was on a cart rolled off the side of the first level of the building. The employee suffered a broken nose, three dislocated fingers on the right hand, and a right front hematoma. | |||||
2019-05-31 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Peco Foods, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting chicken when he reached over a box and his plastic apron became caught on something. He was attempting to pull on his apron when his arm to flew out and struck a saw blade, resulting in an arterial laceration to the left forearm. | |||||
2019-05-06 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | P.R.O. Building Systems, Inc. | Arm(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
An employee walking across an existing metal roof stepped through a skylight and fell 20 feet to the floor below. The employee sustained two broken arms. | |||||
2019-04-04 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | TAYLOR ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS, INC. | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was refueling an excavator from a fuel cell located in the back of a pickup truck. When the employee was rolling up the fuel hose and cable, the excavator rotated counter-clockwise and crushed the employee's lower back/torso between the excavator and the pickup truck. | |||||
2019-03-09 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Triple V Stores | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting meat with a bandsaw when it cut the tips of the employee's fingers, causing a thumb laceration and a partial amputation to the index finger. | |||||
2019-01-26 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Winn-Dixie Montgomery Leasing, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting T-bone steaks with a push tool when their hand slipped. The employee sustained the amputation of two fingers on the right hand. | |||||
2018-08-20 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Phifer, Incorporated | BODY SYSTEMS | Vehicle or machinery fire |
An employee was attempting to extinguish a small fire on an exhaust dock machine when the employee experienced smoke inhalation and a sore throat. | |||||
2018-07-29 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Phifer Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a micro welder. The welding die clamped down on the wire, breaking the employee's left index finger. | |||||
2018-06-01 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Vadd, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was mixing mortar when a bag fell in the mortar mixer. The employee was attempting to retrieve it when the mixing paddle struck the employee's hand, breaking a finger and causing lacerations. | |||||
2018-04-11 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Phifer Incorporated | Arm(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was inspecting and rolling material when her hand was caught in the rollers. She suffered a broken arm and was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-03-27 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Caddell Construction Co. (DE) LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was transferring trash from a rolling hopper to a dump hopper when his right hand entered a pinch point between the dump hopper and the rolling hopper. His right thumb was crushed, resulting in a thumb tip amputation. | |||||
2017-07-12 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | United Parcel Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was on a delivery route when he began feeling sick due to heat exhaustion. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-06-29 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Tuscaloosa Organic Baking Co., LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a sheeter/molder machine with a towel when the towel and his left index finger were pulled into the machine, partially amputating his fingertip. The machine was energized at the time. | |||||
2017-04-13 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | U.S. Geological Survey of Alabama | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking down a stream bed to access the riverbank and test the water flow when he slipped and fell, hitting his right knee on the bedrock bank and breaking his kneecap. | |||||
2016-10-08 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Peco Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
An employee was pushing vats of chicken in the deboning area. The employee's left thumb was caught and partially amputated between two vats. | |||||
2016-09-12 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Michelin North America, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating machinery that re-rolls tire liners. She was observing a liner being wound at the machine and was adjusting the liner when her gloved hand was caught in the winding liner, fracturing her right forearm. | |||||
2016-08-13 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Coral Industries, Inc. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee walking on a sidewalk lost his balance and fell to the ground, breaking his lower left leg and dislocating an ankle. | |||||
2016-05-24 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Phifer Incorporated | Fingertip(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee bumped a running pedestal fan while reversing a forklift, and the fan fell toward him. When he reached out to stop the fan, his right fingers went through the guard, amputating his right middle fingertip and lacerating/contusing his pointer and ring fingers. | |||||
2016-05-23 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | ABH Enterprises | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was feeding wood-fiber insulation boards into a rip saw when the saw blade amputated the employee's right index fingertip. | |||||
2016-04-24 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee suffered a broken right ankle and twisted right hip after tripping and falling over a power cord. | |||||
2016-04-22 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Musco Sports Lighting, LLC. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was climbing a caged, fixed ladder that was approximately 23 to 25 feet high. While he was standing on the top rung and attaching his fall protection lanyard, he slipped and fell approximately 8 to 10 feet inside the cage, breaking his ankle. | |||||
2016-03-28 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Baker Construction Services | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee working on a concrete form slipped and fell on top of a bolt. The employee reinjured a stomach hernia and was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-02-02 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa, Inc. | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
A maintenance employee was cutting 36-inch pipe with a cutting torch when his right hand was crushed between the pipe flange and the cutting table. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2015-12-02 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | TMC Transportation, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was walking on top of the load on the flat bed trailer, unfolding a tarp. He lost his footing and fell to the ground fracturing his skull in the left temple area and his right wrist. | |||||
2015-11-25 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Burke's Mechanical | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was unloading equipment at a storage facility. A 2" x 6" x 20' steel bar rolled onto the employee's left-hand pinky finger, crushing it between the bar and trailer. The first digit of the finger was surgically amputated. | |||||
2015-11-13 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Stein Mart | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was standing on a ladder placing boxes on a storage shelf. The employee fell off the ladder and broke the left wrist. | |||||
2015-10-29 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Thompson Tractor | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
The employee was changing the track pads on a Caterpillar D6 and caught the left pinky finger between the track pad and the roller resulting in amputation of the left pinky finger at the first digit. | |||||
2015-10-21 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Thompson Tractor | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was moving a 220 pound cutting edge (blade) onto a pallet using a forklift. The blade was unstable and the employee exited the forklift to steady the blade. The blade shifted and fell onto her left ring finger resulting in the amputation of the finger up to the first digit. | |||||
2015-07-18 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Pico Foods | Nonclassifiable | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee slipped and fell. | |||||
2015-06-27 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Walmart | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee's left pinky finger was amputated while working with the baler machine. | |||||
2015-06-17 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Coral Industries, Inc. | Upper arm(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
The employee was pushing a cart with glass in it. The employee turned the cart and was about to hit a fan that was mounted to a pole. Other employees yelled for him to look out. The yelling startled the employee and he bent forward cutting his right bicep in the process. He was taken to the hospital for treatment. | |||||
2015-03-30 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Southern Heat Exchanger Corporation | Knee(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
On March 30, 2015, an employee was using a hand-held grinder when it slipped from his hand and struck his left knee. The impact from the grinder left an abrasion that later became infected and required hospitalization. | |||||
2015-02-04 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | PECO Foods Inc | Eye(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
Employee was cutting chicken at his work station on the deboning line. The chicken slipped to the floor, and the employee reached to pick it up with knife still in hand. The employee punctured his eye with the knife while picking the chicken up toward himself and required hospitalization. |