Jackson Mississippi is the seventh most populous city in the United States. It is also home to the largest steel mill in the world. The mill produces both finished products and raw materials for other industries. Unfortunately, this has led to an increase in machinery accidents in Jackson. In 2017, there were thirteen such accidents. This is a fifteen percent increase from the previous year.
Some of these accidents occur at the mill itself. However, there have also been a number of incidents that have occurred outside of the plant boundary. This suggests that there are several common factors that are contributing to these accidents. One of these is the age of the equipment involved. Older machines are more likely to malfunction and cause injuries or even death. They also tend to be more difficult to maintain and operate safely. Another issue that contributes to these accidents is the lack of training on the part of workers. Many of them do not know how to operate the equipment safely or properly. This can lead to accidents and injuries.
Manufacturing Companies
Jackson is home to a number of manufacturing companies, including
| Ergon, Inc. Lion Oil Company Delta Industries, Inc. Apac-Mississippi, Inc. Resinall Corp. Steel Service Corporation Galaxie Corporation |
Jackson Excavating & Leasing Company Inc T Enterprises, Inc Southland Oil Company Emilia Resources LLC Rockett, Inc. Great Southern Industries Inc Nci Group, Inc. |
These companies create products that are used in a variety of industries, including transportation and construction.
Machinery Accidents
Jackson Mississippi machinery accident examples can be found in any number of industries. In recent years, accidents involving tractors and farm equipment have been on the rise as farmers pursue more efficient means of production. Below are a few examples of equipment accidents that have taken place in Jackson Mississippi:
If you or someone you know has been injured as a result of a machinery accident in Jackson Mississippi, don’t hesitate to speak with an attorney. They will be able to provide you with advice on what steps you should take to ensure that you receive compensation.
| AccidentDate | Employer | City | State | Description | Injury | Body Part | Event | Injury Source | Other Injury Source |
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| 15/11/2021 | Sysco Eastern WI, LLC | Jackson | Wi | An employee was backing up a pallet jack and hit a stack of pallets, causing a board to break off a pallet and strike the employee's foot. The employee sustained a laceration. | Cuts, lacerations | Foot (feet) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. | Pallet jack-powered | Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c. |
| 13/11/2021 | SP Plus Corporation | Jacksonville | Fl | An employee was performing a wheelchair lift check on a shuttle bus when his finger got caught between two moving parts of the lift. The employee's left middle finger was medically amputated. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Bus | |
| 13/11/2021 | Anchor Glass Container Corporation | Jacksonville | Fl | On November 13, 2021, an employee was using a pipe wrench to unjam a pulley on a conveyor system. When the pulley unjammed, his right ring finger was caught between its frame and the pipe wrench. The fingertip was amputated at the bottom of the nail. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects | Material and personnel handling machinery | Wrenches-nonpowered |
| 11/11/2021 | Liberty Building Products | Jackson | Al | An employee was using a radial saw to cross-cut a piece of plywood. The employee's left hand was pulled into the saw, which amputated three of the employee's fingers. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Arm saws, radial arm saws | |
| 08/11/2021 | Burger Roofing Co. | Jacksonville | Fl | On November 8, 2021, at 5:30 p.m., an employee was walking to a ladder while working on a roof when they tripped on material and fell one story to the ground below, resulting in a fractured leg. | Fractures | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Roofs | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces |
| 08/11/2021 | Canam Steel Corporation | Jacksonville | Fl | On November 8, 2021, an employee had finished dipping a bundle of steel joists in a paint tank and had set it to dry on top of a stack of bundles using a 10-ton overhead crane. While the employee was walking to get the overhead crane's hook to move the next bundle, the bundle he had just moved fell, causing him to become caught between the bundle and the paint tank. The employee suffered a broken left femur and was hospitalized. | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Bundles, bales | Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c. |
| 01/11/2021 | Crowley Liner Services, Inc. | Jacksonville | Fl | On November 1, 2021, an employee was driving a car toward a ship for loading when he lost control of the vehicle and struck a container on the ground. The employee suffered a contusion and swelling to his head after the vehicle's air bag deployed and was admitted to the hospital. | Bruises, contusions | Head | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. | Automobile | Containers |
| 27/10/2021 | Procter & Gamble | Jackson | Mo | An employee was opening a building substation for a visual inspection when they suffered an electric shock, resulting in burns to their left hand and thigh that required hospitalization. | Electrical burns | Upper and lower limb(s) | Direct exposure to electricity | Electric parts | |
| 17/10/2021 | Dixon Auto Transport, Inc. | Jacksonville | Fl | An employee was walking down the ramps of a vehicle transport trailer when he fell. He landed on his feet and suffered a broken right tibia and fibula, a broken left heel, and a lower-back spinal fracture. He was hospitalized. | Fractures | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level | Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck | Parking lot-paved |
| 16/10/2021 | Mississippi Symphony Association | Jackson | Ms | An employee fell off a performance stage and suffered a cracked rib, a broken arm, and a neck fracture. | Fractures | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level | Structures | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces |
| 16/10/2021 | Costco Wholesale Corporation | Jacksonville | Fl | An employee was putting a wheel on a balancer. The wheel fell, and the employee's left hand was caught between it and the spindle. His middle finger was partially amputated (with no bone loss). | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker | Tires, except bike | |
| 15/10/2021 | KR Mechanical | Jacksonville | Fl | At 8:00 a.m. on October 15, 2021, an employee fell while climbing down a 10-foot ladder. The employee landed on the ground 7 feet below, suffering a head injury and a broken wrist. | Fractures | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Ladders | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces |
| 10/10/2021 | Texas Home Health Personal Care Services | Jacksonville | Tx | An employee fell in a client's home. She suffered broken back vertebrae and was hospitalized. | Fractures | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level | Floor | |
| 08/10/2021 | Meridian Waste, LLC. | Jacksonville | Fl | On October 8, 2021, an employee was on the back side of a truck, giving the driver directions to back up the truck to get close to two garbage cans. The truck struck him, causing fractures to his pelvic bone and sacrum. He was hospitalized. | Fractures | Multiple trunk locations | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in roadway | Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck | |
| 27/09/2021 | Central Florida Contractors Services, Inc. | Jacksonville | Fl | On September 27, 2021, an employee was cleaning a concrete pump at the wash out area. As he sat at the edge of the hopper, the auger inside the hopper engaged and his right leg was amputated below the knee. | Amputations | Lower leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Pumps | |
| 23/09/2021 | The New IEM, LLC | Jacksonville | Fl | An employee's finger became caught between a piece of metal and a brake press machine, resulting in a partial amputation. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Brake presses | |
| 20/09/2021 | International Timber & Veneer, LLC | Jackson Center | Pa | An employee was climbing off a saw from a height of 3 feet. He slipped on a cross-member and his hand contacted the belt that had just been installed on the saw. The weight forced the belt to move through the pulley, bringing his right hand with it. He suffered lacerations to the right index, middle, and ring fingers and an amputation to the index finger at the second knuckle. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects | Sawing machinery-stationary | |
| 15/09/2021 | Meridian Waste | Jacksonville | Fl | An employee was trying to unlock a brake underneath a garbage truck. After the brake was released, the truck rolled over the employee injuring his back, ribs, and lungs. The employee was hospitalized. | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle | Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck | |
| 01/09/2021 | Publix Supermarkets, Inc. | Jacksonville | Fl | On September 1, 2021, an employee was selecting an order using a pallet jack. As he went to pass another pallet jack, his upper torso contacted a rack resulting in a broken clavicle and broken ribs. He was hospitalized. | Fractures | Multiple body parts | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Pallet jack-powered | Racks-garment and other |
| 30/08/2021 | Subcontractor Solutions, LLC | Jacksonville | Fl | At about 2:50 p.m. on August 30, 2021, an employee was holding a 2-by-4 in place when a nail from a nail gun struck him in the eye. He was hospitalized. | Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury | Eye(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance | Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers | Nail guns-powered |
| 30/08/2021 | Vallencourt, Inc. | Jacksonville | Fl | On August 30, 2021, an employee was using a cut-off machine to cut a PVC pipe when his T-shirt got caught between the guard and the blade, pulling the saw back into his right shoulder. The employee suffered a laceration to his right shoulder and lower arm pit area, requiring hospitalization. | Cuts, lacerations | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Saws-powered, except chainsaws | Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts |
| 26/08/2021 | Quality Metals, Inc. | Jacksonville | Fl | On August 26, 2021, an employee was working from an aerial lift basket, installing metal wall panels on a new building. He fell out of the basket, landed 10 feet below on a lower canopy roof, then bounced/rolled off and fell 15 feet to the dirt ground. He suffered a broken wrist, broken ribs, a ruptured spleen, and a punctured lung and was hospitalized. | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet | Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted | Ground, n.e.c. |
| 23/08/2021 | DOBSON ELECTRIC, INC. | Jacksonville | Fl | An employee was reconnecting a demo fixture. He was shocked while stripping a wire and fell from an A-frame ladder, landing 3 feet below. He suffered a contusion and hematoma to the lower back. | Bruises, contusions | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Step ladders | Electric parts |
| 15/08/2021 | Extrudex Aluminum Inc. | North Jackson | Oh | An employee was pushing scrap metal through a metal saw when the saw struck the employee's left little finger, resulting in amputation at the first knuckle. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Sawing machinery-stationary | |
| 13/08/2021 | Pioneer Metals, LLC | Jackson | Ga | An employee was adjusting the box on a stripping machine that catches metal pieces when a fingertip on their left hand was amputated. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment | Nonclassifiable | |
| 13/08/2021 | Malnove Incorporated of Florida | Jacksonville | Fl | At about 3:30 a.m. on August 13, 2021, an employee was using a belt sander to repair a part when his right thumb tip was caught between the sanding belt and the part rest. The thumb tip was amputated. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Grinding, polishing machinery | |
| 04/08/2021 | iSpice, LLC | Jackson | Al | An employee was replacing a roll of wrapping for a packaging machine. A box entered the machine and tripped the carrier/sealer; the machine caught the employee's finger and amputated the fingertip. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery | Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery | |
| 30/07/2021 | Bestdrive, LLC | Jacksonville | Il | On July 30, 2021, at 12:15 p.m., an employee was inflating a farm tire to the required 30 psi while it was in a tire cage. The tire pressure rose to approximately 20 psi when the tire exploded and the force of the explosion shifted the cage. A portion of the tire struck the employee in the legs as the cage moved, resulting in a fractured right tibia and a ruptured tendon in the left leg. The employee was hospitalized. | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire | Tires, except bike | |
| 28/07/2021 | Jaguar Drywall of Ponte Vedra Beach Inc | Jacksonville | Fl | On July 28, 2021, an employee was painting corbels on the roof of a house when he slipped and fell to the grass below. He suffered three broken ribs and was hospitalized. | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level | Roofs | Ground, n.e.c. |
| 26/07/2021 | Tidewater Transit Co Inc. | Jacksonville | Fl | On July 23, 2021, an employee was descending from a tanker trailer ladder in heavy rain. He slipped and turned his ankle on a curb, suffering fractures to the ankle and the lower leg. He was hospitalized. | Fractures | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level | Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck | Rain |
| 23/07/2021 | Blue-Grass Concrete Cutting, Inc. | Jackson | Al | An employee was carrying out a diamond wire cutting process on a tank. When the employee pulled on the diamond wire cable, his right ring finger was pinched between it and the pulley. The finger was amputated to the last knuckle. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Sawing machinery-stationary | |
| 12/07/2021 | International Game Technology | Jackson | Nj | An employee was touring the store, missed a step, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a hematoma. | Bruises, contusions | Nonclassifiable | Fall, slip, trip | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces | |
| 07/07/2021 | Meridian Trucking LLC | North Jackson | Oh | An employee was backing up a dump trailer when it tipped over. The employee suffered broken ribs. | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | Dump truck | |
| 06/07/2021 | JEBCO Weatherproofing Management, LLC | Jacksonville | Fl | On July 6, 2021, at 1:20 p.m., an employee was climbing a fixed vertical ladder to a commercial roof in order to install metal coping around the perimeter of the roof. The employee fell about 6 feet off the ladder to the concrete floor below, resulting in a head laceration with swelling and a left ankle injury. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Ladders-fixed | Floor, n.e.c. |
| 29/06/2021 | Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc. | Jacksonville | Fl | On June 29, 2021, an employee was unloading materials from a flat bed truck using an overhead crane and a nylon sling. While positioning the nylon sling to hoist a stack of 6"x12' aluminum round bars that was on top of 5"x12' rectangular flat bars, the round bars shifted, rolled back, and pinned the employee's left middle finger between a round bar and a flat bar, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Parts and materials | Parts and materials |
| 18/06/2021 | Pro Containers, LLC. | Jacksonville | Fl | On June 18, 2021, an employee was operating a truck to move a dumpster out of the company's parking lot and struck another vehicle. The employee sustained hip and pelvis injuries that required hospitalization. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Multiple trunk locations | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle | Delivery truck or van | Highway vehicle, motorized |
| 11/06/2021 | Shop Rite of Jackson | Jackson | Nj | An employee was walking down a hallway in the office when they slipped and fell sustaining a fractured right knee and right elbow. | Fractures | Upper and lower limb(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping | Floor | |
| 10/06/2021 | The Florida School Book Depository, Inc. | Jacksonville | Fl | On June 10, 2021, an employee was stacking a pallet full of textbooks onto a rack about 12 feet high using a reach truck. The employee got out of the reach truck to check on the pallet of books when the books fell toward him. As he ran to get away, he fell on the floor and a book hit his right leg, resulting in a fracture to his right ankle that required hospitalization. | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Books, notebooks, magazines, catalogues | Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered |
| 08/06/2021 | Dothan Security, Inc. | Jacksonville | Fl | On June 8, 2021, an employee was walking toward a gate when she slipped and fell down a slope. She suffered a dislocated hip and a broken leg and was hospitalized. | Fractures and dislocations | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping | Ground | |
| 04/06/2021 | PHI Health, LLC | Jackson | Ms | An employee was loading a patient on stretcher into the back of a helicopter when the stretcher collapsed and the employee's left pinky finger was crushed between the stretcher and the ground, resulting in amputation. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment | Stretchers, backboards, wheeled cots, stair chairs | |
| 02/06/2021 | Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation | Jackson | Ms | An employee was operating a pneumatic press when it cycled and struck the employee's right little finger. The fingertip was amputated. The press was guarded at the time of the incident. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Presses, except printing | |
| 24/05/2021 | Builders FirstSource - Florida, LLC | Jacksonville | Fl | On May 25, 2021, an employee was bitten on the left hand by a rattlesnake at the loading dock. He was hospitalized. | Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites | Venomous snakes | |
| 11/05/2021 | WinCup Plastics, Inc. | Jacksonville | Fl | On May 11, 2021, an employee was gathering bad straws from a drop chute to throw away. The machine restarted and his finger was caught between a groove on the transfer belt and a metal piece on the machine. The employee sustained the amputation of his left ring finger. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery | |
| 07/05/2021 | Stonebridge Construction Services, LLC | Jacksonville | Fl | A roofing service technician was walking on and inspecting a clay tile roof and gutter system. He lost balance and fell from the roof to the ground, sustaining a broken right wrist and a broken left leg. | Fractures | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level | Roofs | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces |
| 06/05/2021 | Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC | Jacksonville | Fl | An employee was diagnosing a problem with the air conditioner in a car when a belt possibly activated, causing amputation injuries to the left index and middle fingers. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Automobile | |
| 17/04/2021 | West Fraser, Inc. | Jacksonville | Fl | On April 17, 2021, a maintenance employee completed greasing the shaker screen chip belt. The employee then stepped down onto the belt with their left foot, slipped on rainwater, and landed on their right leg fracturing it. | Fractures | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping | Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized | Rain |
| 09/04/2021 | USG Corporation | Jacksonville | Fl | An employee was stepping down from a machine when his knee gave out and he fell 22 inches to the floor below. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Machinery | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces |
| 05/04/2021 | Pearl Welding & Repair Inc | Jacksonville | Fl | An employee was installing a beam with a chain fall when it fell and hit the employee on the top of his eye. The employee was hospitalized. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Eye(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Beams-unattached metal | Overhead hoists |
| 24/03/2021 | United Parcel Service, Inc. | Jacksonville | Fl | On March 24, 2021, an employee was using a push cart to move packages inside the building. As he was turning left, his thumb was caught between the cart and one of the building's metal support beams. He sustained a compound fracture to his left thumb and was hospitalized. | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker | Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered | Structural elements, n.e.c. |
| 15/03/2021 | Canam Steel Corporation | Jacksonville | Fl | On March 15, 2020, an employee was moving steel slip coils when a coil came off a crane. The employee's legs were pinned under the coil and one of his legs was broken. He was hospitalized. | Fractures | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones | Cranes |
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