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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Bagby Elevator Company, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Bagby Elevator Company, Inc., 685 Clover Road, LINCOLN, ALABAMA 35096 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

An employee attached a counter-weight to a chain that was being adjusted. The employee's glove was then caught on the chain and pulled into the sprocket, amputating the employee's right index fingertip.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Elevators

Bagby Elevator Company, Inc.

An employee was doing elevator maintenance. The cable grab system caught his finger, amputating it at the first joint.

Bagby Elevator Company, Inc.

An employee had been installing an approximately 52-foot long hydraulic jack into a PVC pipe in the ground. When there was about 5 feet of jack remaining, a pipe clamp broke causing the jack assembly to fall vertically. There was an approximately 2-foot square piece of metal plate attached to the top of the jack assembly. The employee's right arm was caught between the jack assembly's metal plate and the PVC pipe. The employee sustained crushing injuries including multiple fractures and the amputation of the arm from the elbow down.

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An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.

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An employee was using a magnetic drill to drill a hole on an elevator door. His left glove became entangled with the drill bit, which partially amputated his left thumb below the last knuckle and removed several inches of a tendon. The employee's left middle finger was also severely lacerated. He was hospitalized and received stitches.

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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.

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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.

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An employee was shot in the leg with a pistol during an altercation with two people who had entered the store without permission.

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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.

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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.