Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-01-17 | Wilson | Texas | Fiber Brite Ltd | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was walking past a lint cleaner when he slipped. His hand was caught in the lint cleaner, and four of his fingers were amputated. | |||||
2019-02-17 | Wilson | Arkansas | Snyder Environmental | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was working from the fourth or fifth rung of a 10-foot ladder, checking for weak parts in a plaster ceiling. He slipped and fell, striking the back of his head against a concrete stair next to the ladder's base. | |||||
2017-07-20 | Wilson | Oklahoma | Brammer Pipe and Steel, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was changing the swabbing cup on a workover rig when a pipe slipped down approximately 12 inches and amputated the employee's index and middle fingers at the middle joint. | |||||
2017-04-25 | Wilson | Arkansas | D&L Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was checking a belt in an HVAC unit on a roof. The unit was shut off and locked out. However, 30 mile per hour winds caused the fan to move and pinch the employee's left pinky finger between the belt and the pulley, resulting in amputation of the left pinky fingertip. | |||||
2016-05-03 | Wilson | Arkansas | Gilster Mary Lee Corp | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee caught his left little finger on the edges of the bathroom door, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
2015-06-29 | Wilsonville | Alabama | Day & Zimmerman | Jaw, chin | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was helping coworkers trying to undo tension on a 1.5 ton come-a-long. The injured employee struck the angle brace that the come-a-long was attached to. The hook of the come-a-long broke free, striking the employee in the lower jaw/face. | |||||
2015-06-11 | Wilsonville | Alabama | Day Zimmerman | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was walking in the turbine floor of the boiler area and struck his head on an overhanging pipe and fell to the floor breaking his right femur. |