Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-24 | Woodville | Ms | Southern Packaging Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was working on a wood edger at a sawmill. The employee suffered a finger amputation while trying to release a jam. | |||||
2021-05-06 | Woodville | Wi | McMillan Electric Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
On May 6, 2021, an employee was being trained on a press. The washers on the press arm kept falling down. The machine cycled while the employee was trying to wipe the area where the washers were. The employee's finger was caught between the press arm and the motor resulting in an amputation to the left index fingertip. | |||||
2019-08-15 | Woodville | Texas | Texas Materials Group | Multiple body parts | Roadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee was operating a broom truck on the shoulder of a highway that was being repaired. A dump truck struck the employee's broom truck. The employee suffered a broken arm, a dislocated elbow, a broken leg, a fractured pelvis, multiple broken ribs, a punctured lung, fractured vertebrae, and decompression. | |||||
2018-07-10 | Woodville | Texas | Specialty Retailers, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was attending to a customer and walking backwards when she lost her balance and fell, breaking her right hip. | |||||
2018-06-14 | Woodville | Mississippi | Southern Packaging | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee became dizzy from heat while stacking lumber and reached out to regain balance. While reaching out, the employee's left middle finger was caught in a chain and sprocket, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2017-04-20 | Woodville | Mississippi | Fred Netterville Lumber Co. | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing on a bulk of lumber when he fell and hit his head, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-04-04 | Woodville | Texas | Dallas Wholesale Builders Supply | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was unloading merchandise from the back of a trailer and was struck by a door that he was unloading, knocking him unconscious and causing him to fall to the ground. The employee suffered broken ribs and was hospitalized for treatment. | |||||
2016-08-16 | Woodville | Wisconsin | OEM FABRICATORS, INC. | Ankle(s) | Other jump to lower level |
An employee was inspecting welds on parts when the parts that he was standing on began to tip over. He jumped to the floor and fractured his ankle. | |||||
2016-07-28 | Woodville | Texas | German Pellets Texas LLC | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was working on top of a conveyor cover, 3 feet above the ground, when his right foot was caught in a gap between a piece of fire suppression pipe and the conveyor top. He lost his balance and fell while his right foot was still hung in the gap. He suffered a compound fracture of the right lower leg and was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-06-01 | Woodville | Texas | German Pellets Texas LLC | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was about to clear a blockage on a 4-foot conveyor when he slipped and fell to the ground, landing on and bruising his hip. | |||||
2015-10-08 | Woodville | Ohio | Pepsi Beverage Company | Elbow(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was organizing the stock room and bumped his elbow on a stack of wooden pallets. The elbow later became infected and the employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-04-22 | Woodville | Mississippi | Southern Packaging Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was unhanging wood scraps from an edger when his left hand got caught in a belt and sprocket, amputating his left ring finger and causing other injuries to his left hand. |