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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Drummond Company, Inc.

Exposure to environmental heat unspecified · Heat exhaustion, fatigue

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Drummond Company, Inc., 900 Huntsville Avenue, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 35217 on — Heat exhaustion, fatigue, affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .

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

Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Heat environmental

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.

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.

Drummond Company, Inc.

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.

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An employee was running during a fitness test and experienced heat illness, chest pains, and felt faint. The employee sustained heat exhaustion.

Tnemec Company, Inc.

At about 10:30 a.m. on August 7, 2025, a warehouse technician working for Tnemec Company, Inc., began sweating profusely a half-hour into their shift. The employee was using a forklift to move staged pallets of paint to a shrink-wrapper, shrink-wrap the pallets, and then load the pallets onto a truck using a forklift. The employee became ill about two hours later and was hospitalized for heat-related illness.

C& L Tiling, Inc.

An employee was performing job duties and became overheated. The employee was hospitalized for heat-related illness.

VMC Specialty Alloys LLC

On July 29, 2025, an employee working near a metal furnace. Toward the end of his shift, he was charging a furnace and began to experienced heat exhaustion. He had also been in areas of elevated temperatures due to heat sources such as direct sunlight and a combustion engine. The employee was hospitalized with dehydration.

United States Steel Corporation

An employee was working near molten metal and experienced heat illness symptoms including cramps. 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.

Calumet Karns City Refining

An employee was disconnecting a pump for removal. The hose was disconnected and steam was introduced into the hose, freeing a plug. Hot wax material splashed onto the employee, burning his leg.

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.