Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Refuse Materials, Inc., 685 Schillinger Rd S, MOBILE, ALABAMA 36695
on — Fractures , affecting the Jaw, chin.
Final narrative
An employee was working to pull open the stuck door of a concrete slurry container. The door sprang open and struck the employee in the lower jaw, causing a laceration and fracture to the jaw.
An employee started a piece of equipment that was in a container with a propane leak. When the equipment started, it ignited the propane in the container and caused an explosion, burning the employee.
An employee was helping to set up skates to move a gondola. The bar slipped off the rack and the gondola leg fell and crushed the employee's right index finger, resulting in amputation at the first knuckle.
Three employees were polishing the concrete floor in the back break room and were overcome with carbon monoxide (CO) from the compressor that was used in that room. One employee was hospitalized for CO poisoning.
An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.
An employee was closing the side cargo door to a company van. The tip of his finger got caught between the door and the door jamb, resulting in a partial amputation.
A building engineer was inspecting a generator. As he closed the generator enclosure door, his right ring finger was caught between the door and the door frame. The fingertip was amputated.
An employee was taking out the trash through the storeroom door when the storeroom door closed on their left index finger. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 238330)
An employee was mixing self-leveling cement when his hand was caught in a mixer. He suffered a partial amputation to his left middle finger, as well as a laceration to his buttocks.
An electric crew was unloading a lighting instrument rack (approximately 400-500 pounds) from a box truck when one of the wheels rolled off the lift gate and the rack tipped over, falling onto the injured employee's right leg. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured tibia and required surgery.
An employee was unloading a dump bin when something became stuck in the wheel. The employee went to dislodge the object when the bin rolled back and caught his right middle finger between the bin and the wheel. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the finger.
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.