Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Integrated Communications Group, Old Salem Road, MONROEVILLE, ALABAMA 36460
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was standing beside a mini excavator, helping it pull fiber. He slipped and attempted to right himself. His left hand got caught on the excavator track, amputating the tip of his little finger at the first joint.
An employee was walking back to her workstation. A forklift reversed a short distance, then completed a U-turn and struck her, running over her lower extremities. She was hospitalized with a broken ankle.
An employee was training on a jockey truck. Upon stepping out of the truck, the employee was struck by a rubber tire gantry crane, resulting in amputations of the right leg above the knee and left leg below the knee.
An employee was standing at the rear of a double pallet jack. Another double jack approached, and the employee's lower leg was caught between the two pieces of equipment. He suffered a broken tibia and fibula.
An employee was unloading large material bags on a loading dock. A forklift tine pinned the employee's foot against a pallet, causing the employee to fall and suffer a broken ankle.
At 5:40 p.m. on August 28, 2025, an employee was traversing cable onto a reel when the line sped up. The cable caught his glove and pulled his left ring finger onto the spool, causing a partial amputation to the finger.
At 3:45 p.m. on June 30, 2025, an employee was working out of a bucket truck, installing a fiber drop to a customer. The door of the bucket came open and he fell to the ground 12-15 feet below, suffering a brain bleed, facial factures, four fractured ribs, a possible collapsed lung, possible fractured vertebrae, and possible wrist and ankle fractures.
An employee dismounted from a truck trailer, and the employee's left ring finger struck a trailer tire. The employee's wedding ring was caught, and the employee suffered a partial amputation to the finger after the middle knuckle.
An employee was cleaning the gear pump in the front of the compound mixing machine when his left hand was caught in the turning gears causing an amputation to his left index finger below the fingernail at the distal phalange.
An employee was conducting maintenance work underneath a vehicle with the two front tires on the ramp. The van rolled off the ramp and crushed the employee's ribs and lungs.
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.