| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-18 | Tuscumbia | Al | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was helping replace a die on a pellet mill. A blow from a sledgehammer caused a small piece of metal to fly off and strike the employee in the abdomen. The employee was hospitalized, having suffered a ruptured spleen. | |||||
| 2021-02-22 | Tuscumbia | Al | Loram Technologies, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport |
| An employee was calibrating equipment in a hotel parking lot. The equipment had radiation and laser equipment that deployed from the back of a truck and rotated down. The employee was crushed between the hood and the bumper of the truck, suffering chest injuries. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-02-03 | Tuscumbia | Alabama | Sims Bark Co., Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning up the hardwood shaker area and attempted to pull a piece of metal out of a conveyor. The piece of metal then severely lacerated the employee's left thumb, resulting in a surgical thumb tip amputation. The conveyor was running at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2019-04-01 | Tuscumbia | Alabama | Tri-Cities Manufacturing, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was preparing a crane to load a sheet of metal on a plasma table. The employee straddled the spreader bar to unhook it from the crane, attached a plate clamp, and then stepped over the spreader bar while raising the clamp. The clamp snagged on the lip of the spreader bar, which tipped over. The bar struck the employee's lower left leg, breaking it. | |||||
| 2018-06-11 | Tuscumbia | Alabama | Sims Forest Products | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
| An employee was moving a metal buggy while getting ready to clean. While rolling the buggy, the employee's pinky finger was caught between the buggy handle and the side of a conveyor resulting in a fractured finger and torn ligament requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-04-24 | Tuscumbia | Alabama | Sims Forest Products | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was installing a new gang saw when the employee's left hand was caught in the chain and sprocket resulting in a laceration and crushing injury to the index and middle fingers. The fingers were surgically amputated at the middle joint. The machine was not guarded or locked out at the time. | |||||
| 2016-07-08 | Tuscumbia | Alabama | Ameripride | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was cleaning up at the end of his shift when he became dehydrated. | |||||
| 2016-05-16 | Tuscumbia | Alabama | Elixir Door and Metals Company Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| While an employee was working on a punch press a piece of metal became stuck. The employee removed the guard to remove the metal piece. While his fingers were in the die area, the employee hit the foot pedal and stroked the machine. The employee sustained the amputation of the left index finger and fractures to the left middle finger. | |||||
| 2016-05-06 | Tuscumbia | Alabama | Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| On 5/6/2016, an employee broke his left femur while installing a tire on an 18-wheeler. He used a torque wrench to tighten the lug nuts. The torque wrench slipped and the employee lost his balance, fell forward, and broke his left femur. The employee was hospitalized as a result of the injury. | |||||
| 2016-04-04 | Tuscumbia | Alabama | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was repairing a conveyor that was jammed with product. The employee's fingers were caught in the conveyor pulley when it started back up, amputating the pinky finger and fracturing the right ring finger. | |||||
| 2015-11-04 | Tuscumbia | Alabama | Elixir Door and Metal Company Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a mechanical power press and amputated four fingers on the right hand. | |||||
| 2015-04-28 | Tuscumbia | Alabama | Flexco Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was threading material onto a foaming drum on line four when his glove was caught pulling his right hand between the forming drums and injuring his fingers. | |||||