LOXLEY, ALABAMA—
Ecovery, LLC
Exposure to environmental heat · Effects of heat and light, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Ecovery, LLC, 26320 Railroad Avenue, LOXLEY, ALABAMA 36551 on — Effects of heat and light, n.e.c., affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was helping with a melting pot at a pit. The employee became ill and was hospitalized, suffering from dehydration caused by the heat from the melting pot. The incident occurred during a training activity.
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LOXLEY, ALABAMA—
Ecovery, LLC
An employee was skimming slag out of molten aluminum with a shovel. The molten aluminum "popped" and landed on the employee's leg before falling down to his foot. The employee sustained third-degree burns to the right foot.
LOXLEY, ALABAMA—
Ecovery, LLC
The shredder machine jammed. An employee stopped the machine and locked it out. When the employee unjammed the blade using his foot, it rotated and the blade sliced the employee's left foot resulting in toe amputations.
LOXLEY, ALABAMA—
Ecovery, LLC
An employee was working on a shredder. He used a hammer to remove a pin when a metal piece flew into his abdomen.
LOXLEY, ALABAMA—
Ecovery, LLC
An employee was changing out the propane bottle on a forklift. As he was connecting the line to the bottle, it started to spray propane onto his left hand. He suffered freezer burns to the thumb, index finger, and middle finger and was hospitalized.
LOXLEY, ALABAMA—
Ecovery, LLC.
An employee was attempting to clear debris that was causing noise in a machine's dust collection system. His hand was inside the discharge chute when the dust collection blades partially amputated his right pinky, ring, and middle fingers at the first joint past the nail.
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