Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-06-24 | Walnut Ridge | Arkansas | CUSTOM PAK | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was carrying a bucket of plastic waste when she stepped in a spot of oil and slipped backwards. She braced herself with her right arm, and when her right palm struck the concrete floor, she sustained a right wrist fracture. | |||||
2016-05-13 | Walnut | Mississippi | Rolison Timber Company, Inc. | Arm(s) | Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was cutting a tree with a chainsaw when the tree split and struck his left arm. The impact severely lacerated his left arm, which had to be amputated above the elbow. The employee was wearing required PPE at the time of the incident. | |||||
2016-01-13 | Walnut | Illinois | Mediacom Communications Corporation | Skull | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing a ladder that was set up on slushy asphalt. The ladder slid on the slick asphalt, and the employee suffered a skull fracture. |