PELHAM, ALABAMA—
Automation Personnel Services, Inc.
Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Automation Personnel Services, Inc. , 652 Stuart lane , PELHAM, ALABAMA 35124 on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was taking trash to the dumpster and suffered a laceration to the right index finger resulting in hospitalization and surgery.
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An employee was using a roller to roll a tarp out over concrete when the employee's right ring finger was caught between a push plate and the handle of the roller. The employee suffered a deep laceration to the middle of the right ring finger.
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An employee was riding in a utility cart. When the driver turned the cart, his foot became caught in the front wheel and he was thrown out of the cart onto the ground. He lost consciousness and fractured his leg and jaw.
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