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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Drummond Company, Inc.

Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Drummond Company, Inc., 900 Huntsville Ave, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 35217 on — Fractures, affecting the head and trunk.

An employee was mudding the door on an oven. The employee fell approximately 15 feet from the mud cart to the concrete floor on the next lower level. The employee sustained fractured ribs, thoracic spine, and teeth.

Hospitalized Head and trunk Nonclassifiable

Drummond Company, Inc.

An employee was preparing an oven for charging and cracked the seal of the jump lid to release pressure. Flames unexpectedly released from the oven and burned the employee's right ring and little fingers. The employee sustained second-degree burns.

Drummond Company, Inc.

An employee was troubleshooting an electrical problem and became ill. The employee was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.

Drummond Company, Inc.

The injured employee was walking on top of the battery. He was walking toward the cab and passing another oven when its lid came off and a flash fire caused burns to employee's hands and face.

Drummond Company, Inc.

An employee was supervising a railcar load line. He was latching a rail car when he was struck by the push bar he was using, resulting in a cracked rib.

Drummond Company, Inc.

An employee became sick after getting home from work. He was hospitalized, suffering from heat-related dehydration.

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ADM

The employee was on top of a rail car to level the grain that was deposited into the car when they fell 13-15 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a right leg fracture.

International Game Technology

An employee was on an extension ladder installing a satellite dish on a roof when they fell approximately 12-15 feet to the ground. The employee sustained fractures.

WW Gay Mechanical Contractor, Inc.

An employee was setting a 5-foot pry bar into a precast concrete slab and stood on the end of the pry bar to move the slab into place. The pry bar slipped out causing the employee to fall backward 15.5 feet to the dirt ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken leg.

Konecranes, Inc.

An employee was on a step ladder to measure and mark a crane rail for modification. The employee fell approximately 12 to 15 feet to the ground, resulting in a fractured right hip.

Maximus Group

An employee was on a trailer securing a load of logs when they fell approximately 9-12 feet to the ground. The employee sustained brain hemorrhaging and lacerations to the thigh and above the eye. The employee was hospitalized.

Drummond Company, Inc.

An employee was preparing an oven for charging and cracked the seal of the jump lid to release pressure. Flames unexpectedly released from the oven and burned the employee's right ring and little fingers. The employee sustained second-degree burns.

Haverhill Coke Company LLC

An employee was starting to work on the change of a conveyor belt and experienced symptoms of heat exhaustion due to high temperatures. The employee was hospitalized with heat exhaustion and dehydration.

Humphrey Charcoal Corporation

An employee had been working to fill lump charcoal into 40-pound bags when the crusher jammed. He was standing at the filling station and went to clear the machine. The employee's gloved right hand was pulled into a belt and pulley, causing the amputation of his little finger and a severe laceration to his ring finger. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery. The machine was guarded and locked out/tagged out at the time.

OXBOW CALCINING LLC

An employee was uncoupling a hose from an air compressor. The pressurized hose struck the employee's left side, fracturing a rib and lacerating their kidney and spleen.

Drummond Company, Inc.

An employee was troubleshooting an electrical problem and became ill. The employee was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.

Sysco Gulf Coast, LLC

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.

Norflex, Inc.

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.

Ampler Pizza II LLC

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

Birdsong Corporation

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.

Pilgrims

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.