ATMORE, ALABAMA—
Birdsong Corporation
Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Birdsong Corporation, 485 Smithfield Road, ATMORE, ALABAMA 36502 on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Ear(s).
Final narrative
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.
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BLAKELY, GEORGIA—
Birdsong Corporation
An employee was retrieving a tote bag of peanuts weighing approximately 1.1 tons from a higher level with a forklift when the tote tilted over and became unstable. He got out of the forklift to inspect it when the tote fell over onto his leg, fracturing it.
COLQUITT, GEORGIA—
Birdsong Corporation
An employee was operating a forklift on a mobile ramp when the ramp moved and the forklift fell about three feet to the ground causing a fractured rib and vertebrae and a face laceration.
SYLVESTER, GEORGIA—
Birdsong Corporation
On November 28, 2022, an employee was hospitalized after an altercation with another employee, that resulted in four broken ribs and a punctured lung.
ASHBURN, GEORGIA—
Birdsong Corporation
An employee was driving a forklift when it overturned. He fell out of the cage and suffered a broken pelvis.
SYLVESTER, GEORGIA—
Birdsong Corporation
A 2,200-pound bulk bag of peanuts had fallen to a warehouse floor and come open. Employees were cleaning up when another bulk bag fell onto one of them, covering his entire body except for his head and feet. He suffered a broken femur and humerus, as well as head lacerations. He was hospitalized.
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