Exposure to harmful substances or environments, unspecified · Burns and corrosions, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Beaulieu Group, LLC, 202 Jacobs Avenue, BRIDGEPORT, ALABAMA 35740
on — Burns and corrosions, unspecified , affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns on the right hand while working on a yarn roller which required hospitalization.
An employee was chaining a seal on a piece of equipment. He was using a pry bar to lift the shaft so he could use his right index finger to put the seal in. The bar slipped and pinched/amputated his right index finger.
An employee suffered a reaction to an unknown object or substance, resulting in a body rash, swelling of the throat, and vomiting that required hospitalization.
An employee was trying to identify the location of a blockage in a pneumatic line. Two pipes in the line came apart, expelling batch mix onto the employee. The employee suffered abrasions and burns to the head, neck, and back.
A team was setting a vertical turbine pump for a chill water sump. To align the bolt holes, a forklift was used to bump the pump a small amount. The injured employee was checking if the holes were aligned when the pump was bumped again. Their right index finger was caught inside a bolt hole resulting in a fingertip amputation.
On February 3, 2023, an employee was placing and adjusting dock plates when his finger was caught on a case of yarn. This prevented the dock plate from extending properly into the trailer, and it pinched and fractured three of the employee's fingers. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was blowing out a section of machinery for cleaning and inspection. The employee lost balance and attempted to catch himself, causing his hand to go into the fan belt and pulley resulting in an amputation to the left middle finger.
An employee was repairing a broken yard end. While he was untying yarn ends to remove a yarn wrap from a 4-inch feed roller, the roller cycled, pinching the tip of his right thumb between a 2-inch tension roller and the 4-inch feed roller. He suffered an amputation to the thumb.
An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.
An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.