Mobile Alabama – Machine Injury & Accidents

In Alabama, there are a lot of mobile machinery accidents. This is because the state is filled with farmland and there are a lot of farmers who use tractors, balers, and other equipment to work the fields. Unfortunately, these machines can be dangerous if they’re not operated correctly. For example, a tractor can easily turn if it’s not properly steered. This can lead to a serious accident. To avoid these accidents, make sure that you know how to operate your machinery safely. Workers who are operating or working near heavy machinery need to be extra careful to avoid accidents.

Manufacturing Companies

Mobile, Alabama is home to a number of large manufacturing companies, including

Ssab US Holding, Inc.
Smith Cooper/T Corporation
Gtel Holdings Inc
Cooper Marine & Timberlands Corporation
VT Mobile Aerospace Engineering, Inc
VT Mobile Aerospace Engineering, Inc.
Austal Usa, LLC

Technify Motor (usa) Inc.
Continental Aerospace Technologies, Inc.
Scotch & Gulf Lumber, LLC
Threaded Fasteners, Inc.
Berg Pipe Mobile Corp.
Mobile Asphalt Company, L.L.C.
Xante Corporation

These companies employ thousands of workers, and accidents in their facilities can have devastating consequences. consultation.

Machinery Accidents

There have been a number of machinery accidents in Mobile Alabama over the years. Some of these have been due to mechanical failure, while others have been the result of human error. In either case, these accidents have often resulted in serious injuries or even death. These accidents underscore the need for safety precautions when working with machinery. Workers should be properly trained in how to safely operate any equipment they will be using, and employers should make sure that all machinery is properly maintained and inspected. If you have been injured in a machinery accident, contact a Mobile Alabama machinery accident lawyer as soon as possible. A lawyer can help you understand your rights and make sure that you are taken care of.

Below are reported accidents in Mobile that have resulted in injuries:

AccidentDate	Employer	City	State	Description	Injury	Body Part	Event	Injury Source	Other Injury Source
14/11/2021	US Coatings, LLC.	Mobile	Al	An employee was removing a marine hanging staging scaffold when he fell approximately 25 feet to the bottom of the tank. The employee sustained a fracture to their right orbital socket, a contusion, and a compression fracture to their vertebrae. The employee was hospitalized. Fall protection was not worn at the time.	Fractures	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet	Scaffolds-suspended staging	Tank, bin, vat interiors, n.e.c.
25/10/2021	C - D Welding Construction Inc.	Mobile	Al	An employee was rigging high beams using a crane hook when the hook got hooked onto another beam, causing the beam to tip over and hit the employee on the back of his right leg, resulting in a broken ankle.	Fractures	Ankle(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment	Beams-unattached metal	Cranes
21/10/2021	Austal USA, LLC	Mobile	Al	An employee was welding a module, lying on his back in a tight area. Welding slag fell onto his arm and caught his welding fleece on fire. He suffered second-degree burns.	Second degree heat (thermal) burns	Nonclassifiable	Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source	Clothing	Molten or hot metals, slag
01/10/2021	Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc.	Mobile	Al	An employee was operating a forklift on an assembly line while a co-worker operated a layer picker. The forklift was struck by the layer picker attachment, causing it to fall over. The employee suffered four broken toes, damage to their big toe nail, and soft tissue damage to the big toe.	Fractures	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
09/09/2021	Goodwill Industries of the Gulf Coast, Inc	Mobile	Al	An employee was moving boxes and began to feel severe chest pains. The employee was hospitalized for possible heart issues.	Circulatory system diseases	BODY SYSTEMS	Overexertion involving outside sources	Boxes, crates, cartons
21/08/2021	SA Recycling LLC	Mobile	Al	An employee was walking across a yard. A piece of metal from a shredder struck the employee in the face, causing a laceration and fractures to the face and jaw.	Fractures	Multiple face locations	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle	Scrap metal	Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
26/04/2021	Gulfside Supply, Inc.	Mobile	Al	On 4/26/2021 at 4:00 PM, an employee and his co-workers were loading 30 sheets of 1/2" plywood and 50 pieces of 2x4x10" lumber in the back of a customer's trailer. As the forklift lowered the load onto the pallets in the trailer, some of the 2x4s gave way, causing the entire load to collapse and pin the employee's left foot inside the trailer. The employee suffered a fracture in his foot.	Fractures	Foot (feet)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part	Dimensional lumber: 2x4, 2x3, etc.	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
16/04/2021	Coastal Insulation Company of Mobile, Inc.	Mobile	Al	An employee was moving materials on a mezzanine when he lost balance and leaned on the railing, which failed, and then fell approximately 8.5 feet to the ground floor. The employee sustained two broken wrists, a broken rib, and a head laceration.	Fractures	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet	Porches, balconies, decks, patios	Floor, n.e.c.
07/04/2021	Alafab, Inc	Mobile	Al	An employee was drilling holes in C-channel beams that were 16 feet long and weighed approximately 400 pounds. The employee placed three beams on saw horses. After drilling holes, he manually flipped them over. When the employee flipped the third beam it landed at an angle and fell off the saw horses and struck and fractured the employee's right leg and left ankle. The employee was hospitalized for surgery on his left ankle.	Fractures	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment	Beams-unattached metal	Benches, workbenches, saw horses
03/04/2021	Havertys Furniture Companies	Mobile	Al	An employee was walking while carrying a book of rug samples when one sample fell from the book. The employee tripped over the sample and fell, resulting in a broken right hip and a sprained left wrist.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object	Floor	Floor coverings- nonstructural
24/03/2021	Southern Grease Hauling, Inc.	Mobile	Al	An employee suffered a back sprain while moving a lid from a septic tank.	Sprains	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Overexertion involving outside sources	Container caps, lids, covers
18/03/2021	Tri-State Maritime Services, Inc.	Mobile	Al	An employee was unloading steel coils from a barge. A crane cable snapped, causing a coil to roll over the employee's left leg and crush it.	Crushing injuries	Leg(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle	Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones	Wire, cables-nonelectrical
15/03/2021	MCG Workforce Solutions, LLC	Mobile	Al	A temporary employee was controlling a come-a-long on one side of a flat plate while another worker was using a 20-pound steel hammer to strike the plate and move it into position inside the engine room of a vessel which was on shore/dry dock. The temporary employee was manually shaking the plate to see if it would slide down under its own weight when his left hand was struck by the hammer. The injured employee was wearing protective leather gloves at the time. His middle finger was broken and l	Fractures	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person	Sledges, sledgehammers
24/02/2021	CSA Equipment Company, LLC	Mobile	Al	An employee was stepping off a gangway and tripped on a piece of rope that is attached to the safety net. This caused him to fall to the dock and then he rolled underneath the passenger side of a pickup truck that was parked about 3 to 4 feet from the gangway. When the pickup truck pulled away, it ran over the employee's left leg and fractured it.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Fall or jump from water vehicle	Water vehicle
15/01/2021	Oasis Alignment Services	Mobile	Al	An employee was positioning a shim under the corner of piece of equipment being lifted by a 10-ton hydraulic jack. The jack kicked out, causing the shim to kick out and crush the employee's right thumb and index finger. The index fingertip was amputated.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part	Nonclassifiable	Jacks
22/09/2020	Flowerwood Nursery, Inc.	Mobile	Al	An employee was picking up hurricane debris and was bitten by a copperhead snake on two fingers on his right hand. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.	Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect	BODY SYSTEMS	Stings and venomous bites	Venomous snakes
13/09/2020	Amspec LLC	Mobile	Al	An employee was running a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) standard with laboratory equipment when the equipment was knocked off the counter, causing the quick connect to fail. LPG then released and was ignited by the equipment's heating element. The employee received first and second degree burns on the right and left hands.	Second degree heat (thermal) burns	Hand(s)	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids	Petroleum fuels, distillates, and products	Product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery, n.e.c.
27/08/2020	M&M/Mars, Incorporated	Mobile	Al	A cat bit a veterinary technician's left hand. The wound became infected and she was hospitalized.	Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds	Hand(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous	Cats, felines-domestic
24/04/2020	BergEuro Corporation	Mobile	Alabama	An employee was trying to unclog a flux system when his hand entered a valve that was activated, resulting in amputations to three fingertips on the right hand just below the fingernail.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery
12/03/2020	Dematic Corp.	Mobile	Alabama	An employee was on a step ladder, troubleshooting an issue with a conveyor, when he lost his balance and made contact with the conveyor belt and pulley. The employee's left little finger was amputated.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Conveyors-belt
17/01/2020	Fikes Wholesale, Inc.	Mobile	Alabama	An employee approached a customer about a product he was leaving the store with and the customer shot the employee in the left leg. The employee experienced bleeding and a broken femur.	Gunshot wounds	Thigh(s)	Shooting by other person-intentional	Assailant, suspect	Firearm
16/09/2019	Metals USA Plates and Shapes Southeast, Inc.	Mobile	Alabama	While an employee was adjusting a chain on a machine, the chain caused an amputation to the employee's right index finger.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	Machinery
05/09/2019	H.O. Weaver & Sons, Inc.	Mobile	Alabama	An employee had been working at an asphalt plant. The employee left work around 4:00 PM, and started feeling ill. Later that night, the employee was hospitalized for dehydration.	Effects of heat and light, n.e.c.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat	Heat-environmental
03/09/2019	Alafab, Inc	Mobile	Alabama	An employee was welding and grinding on a 14-inch, 40-foot pipe resting on two sawhorses. As employees adjusted the pipe, it fell off the sawhorses and struck the employee doing the welding, who suffered a broken right thigh bone, a broken left ankle, and an amputated fingertip on the right hand.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.	Metal pipes, tubing	Benches, workbenches, saw horses
29/08/2019	Genesis Industrial Staffing Inc.	Mobile	Alabama	A forklift operator was loading chicken products onto a crane going to a vessel's freezer area when he struck an employee who was on the dry dock. The forklift's fork punctured the injured employee's right calf and pinned the employee between the forklift and a wood pier piling on the dock.	Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
09/08/2019	Railroad Resource Services, LLC	Mobile	Alabama	An employee was filling a tanker with hot asphalt when the asphalt blew back and struck his face under his face shield. He suffered burns to his face and upper body.	Heat (thermal) burns	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances	Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement
04/08/2019	APM Terminals Mobile, LLC	Mobile	Alabama	During the unloading of a vessel, an employee was disconnecting twist locks from shipping containers. A twist lock from a container above the employee fell and struck the employee in the face, causing facial fractures.	Fractures	Face	Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle	Cargo ship, freighter, passenger liner, ship, excluding sail-powered	Fasteners, n.e.c.
02/08/2019	Jaguar Cleaners, Inc.	Mobile	Alabama	An employee's right hand was caught between a hanger and a stationary part of a clothing conveyor system. Three fingers on the employee's right hand were crushed. The tip of the right index finger was amputated up to the first knuckle.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	Conveyors-powered
18/07/2019	Cooper Marine & Timberlands Corporation	Mobile	Alabama	An employee suffered heat exhaustion while loading a barge with wood pellets.	Heat exhaustion, prostration	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat	Heat-environmental
15/04/2019	Belk, Inc	Mobile	Alabama	A loss prevention employee was bringing a shoplifter back to the office when the shoplifter ran toward the exit door. The employee slipped on the shoplifter's jacket (which had fallen to the ground) and fell, breaking his hip.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Floor	Suits, coats, jackets
08/04/2019	Lowe's Home Improvement Store 1599	Mobile	Alabama	An employee was escorting a coworker operating an order picker when the coworker turned the picker around and struck the employee's right foot. The employee had surgery on two toes.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
19/03/2019	H.O. Weaver & Sons, Inc.	Mobile	Alabama	An employee was in a trench installing a storm drain. A dirt clod fell from the unprotected side of the trench and struck the employee, causing him to fall to the ground and break his left leg.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.	Dirt, earth	Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
09/03/2019	Sams Club 8102	Mobile	Alabama	An employee was operating a forklift when it pinned his left foot against the steel post of some industrial shelving. His ankle was broken.	Fractures	Ankle(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered	Shelves, shelving
18/02/2019	CSA Equipment Company	Mobile	Alabama	An employee was using a forklift on a rail dock. Its tires went off the dock, causing the forklift to lean; the employee's right hand was pinched between the forklift and a rail car, causing fractures and a laceration.	Fractures	Hand(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered	Train, locomotive, rail car
13/02/2019	Ampac Mobile Holdings LLC	Mobile	Alabama	An employee was scraping glue off a machine when their left right finger was caught in a cam on the machine and fractured.	Fractures	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	Machinery
08/02/2019	Myer Marine Services LLC	Mobile	Alabama	An employee was lifting a steel screen on a vertical boring machine. The screen got caught on a fixture and the employee's hands were caught between the screen and a rail. The employee suffered a fractured left hand and a fractured right thumb. The employee's right index and middle fingers were amputated.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	Parts and materials
07/01/2019	CSA Equipment Company, LLC	Mobile	Alabama	An employee was doing longshoring work inside a vessel. He stepped into a ladderway that was covered by cardboard, fell 17 feet, and suffered spinal injuries requiring hospitalization.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall on water vehicle	Water vehicle
06/01/2019	Becton Dickinson	Mobile	Alabama	An employee was troubleshooting a packaging machine and adjusting the media when his left index finger was caught in the perforation blade, resulting in a traumatic amputation of the distal phalanx.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
25/09/2018	Blakeley Boat Works	Mobile	Alabama	An employee was descending stairs, slipped and caught their right arm on a stair stanchion resulting in a fracture to the arm.	Fractures	Arm(s)	Fall to lower level	Stairs, steps	Stairs, steps
14/08/2018	Buchanan Lumber Mobile, Inc.	Mobile	Alabama	An employee was closing a lumber kiln and opening a second one to put more lumber in to dry when the door to the second kiln fell on him, fracturing his right leg and possibly fracturing his back.	Fractures	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.	Machine and appliance parts	Kilns
02/08/2018	Caraustar Industrial and Consumer Products Group, Inc.	Mobile	Alabama	Three employees were aligning a pump motor when it became engaged and broke the tool they were using. The broken tool struck the employees, and one of them suffered an amputation to his left pinky finger.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle	Handtools-power not determined	Pumps
23/07/2018	Tractor & Equipment Company	Mobile	Alabama	An employee was using a prybar to help another employee remove a quick coupler from a wheel. When the coupler came free, it landed on the employee's right foot, breaking every toe. The employee was hospitalized. Steel-toed boots were not being worn at the time of the incident.	Fractures	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment	Clamps, couplings
17/07/2018	MMR Constructors, Inc.	Mobile	Alabama	While descending a portable step ladder to reposition it, an employee missed the bottom rung and fell approximately 18 to 24 inches to the concrete floor below. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right forearm, elbow, and pelvis.	Fractures	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Step ladders	Floor, n.e.c.
15/06/2018	Walmart Stores, Inc	Mobile	Alabama	An employee was using a deli slicer when it sliced off the tip of the employee's right thumb.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment	Food slicers
11/05/2018	Stericycle, Inc.	Mobile	Alabama	An employee was opening a box storage trailer when two large bundles of cardboard boxes fell out and hit the employee in the head, knocking him to the ground. He was hospitalized with a head injury.	Intracranial injuries	Brain	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.	Bundles, bales	Trailers
20/04/2018	VT Mobile Aerospace Engineering, Inc.	Mobile	Alabama	An employee was conducting maintenance work in the cargo area of an aircraft. The employee was leaning on the guardrails of the elevated work platform when the hinge on the guardrail failed and the employee fell approximately 4 feet, landing on a work bench below and injuring his lower back.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Scaffolds-staging	Handrails, banisters
16/04/2018	BergEuro Corporation	Mobile	Alabama	On April 16, 2018, at 2:20 PM, an employee was inspecting a pipe when another pipe rolled into the pipe he was inspecting, crushing his left index finger and resulting in an amputation at the first joint.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Metal pipes, tubing
09/04/2018	Cooper T. Smith Stevedoring Company, Inc.	Mobile	Alabama	Two employees were replacing a 3-inch fire hose on a dock. A nylon rope was tied to one end of the fire hose and to a forklift. The forklift was used to stretch out the fire hose. The nylon rope snapped under tension and struck the injured employee in the mouth, causing a laceration and swelling of the lip.	Cuts, lacerations	Lip(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle	Rope, twine, string	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
22/02/2018	Faircloth & Roberts Metallurgical Services, LLC	Mobile	Alabama	An employee using a band saw sustained a finger amputation.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment	Band saws
09/10/2017	Buchanan Lumber Mobile, Inc.	Mobile	Alabama	An employee dismounted a stack of lumber that was approximately 40 inches high and fractured his heel.	Fractures	Heel(s)	Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet	Containers-variable restraint
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