Severe Workplace Injuries in Bessemer, Alabama

Oct 30, 2025 · Norflex, Inc. Amputation

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.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing

Aug 18, 2025 · All American Metal Components Amputation

An employee was training on the trim brake machine when their hand got caught under the brake press. The employee's left middle finger was partially amputated.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Jul 2, 2025 · Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Co., Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was driving an electric stand-up forklift with a pallet on the tines. The employee was turning right into an aisle when the forklift struck a steel rack. The employee sustained a puncture wound and laceration to the left thigh. He was hospitalized and required surgery.

Collision with stationary object, nonroadway · Thigh(s) · Retail

Mar 27, 2025 · KGS Steel, Inc. Hospitalized

On March 27, 2025, an employee snipped the banding straps off two bundles of universal mill (UM) plates (3/4" x 10" x 20') on a 45-foot flatbed trailer. He then worked to combine the two bundles using an overhead crane inside the warehouse. He unhooked the chain on one side of the suspended load. Six UM plates started sliding and knocked the employee from the trailer to the floor. The sliding UM plates then fell on the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a broken right heel, lacerations to the head, and bruising.

Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact · Head and extremities · Wholesale trade

Jul 22, 2024 · Azuria Water Solutions Hospitalized

An employee suffered a strain and developed a hernia while moving storage totes. The employee was hospitalized.

Overexertion while materials moving by hand · Abdomen · Construction

Jun 28, 2024 · BLOX, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was walking outside of the plant near a materials storage area when they tripped and fell onto a pallet of corrugated steel. The employee sustained a laceration to the right arm.

Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact · Arm(s) · Manufacturing

Jun 26, 2024 · U.S. Pipe and Foundry Amputation

An employee was rolling a pipe off a transfer car when the pipe rolled back and caught their right little finger between the pipe and the rail, resulting in an amputation to the finger.

Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing

May 2, 2024 · U.S. Pipe & Foundry Amputation

An employee was loading a metal pipe onto a pipe truck when it rolled over his left ring finger, resulting in an amputation to the fingertip.

Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing

Feb 24, 2024 · United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was walking in the cupola area when he slipped and fell in a mixture of lime and water that was on the ground due to a earlier leak from the dam. The exposure to the caustic chemical caused burns to both of the employee' s legs. The employee was hospitalized.

Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact · Leg(s) · Manufacturing

Feb 19, 2024 · Sound Construction Services, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was operating a compact track loader to load an auger. He was backing down the sloped ramp of the flatbed trailer when the compact loader flipped and the auger attachment struck him in the right side of his head. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture to the right side of the face; and injury to an eye, an ear, and their back.

Nonroadway noncollision vehicle overturn · Ears and facial region · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1730757

Oct 14, 2023 · Dolgencorp, LLC Hospitalized

An employee began feeling ill while operating an electric pallet jack. The employee stopped the pallet jack and was exiting it when she tripped and fell to the concrete floor, resulting in a right hip fracture.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Hip(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Sep 20, 2023 · Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Co., Inc. Hospitalized

An employee had climbed up on the side of his semi-truck after loading. He slipped and fell to the pavement sustaining a broken right femur.

Other fall to lower level · Thigh(s) · Wholesale trade

Aug 7, 2023 · Saddle Creek Corporation Hospitalized

An employee was operating a forklift. His left leg was caught between his forklift and a second, stationary one. He suffered a laceration to his upper calf and was hospitalized.

Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway · Lower leg(s) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1691750

Aug 1, 2023 · Bessemer Inspection Center Hospitalized

An employee was loading and unloading a truck when he lost consciousness due to heat exhaustion and dehydration, causing him to fall to the floor. The employee sustained a laceration to the right side of his head that required staples as well as an elbow laceration. The employee also suffered knee and neck pain.

Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Retail

Jun 15, 2023 · Vance Metal Products, Inc. Amputation

An employee was forming parts on a punch press. As he was removing parts from the tooling, he tripped, catching his left hand in the tooling. Two of the employee's fingers were partially amputated.

Fall onto or against object on same level (other) · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1679366

May 19, 2023 · Truline Corporation Hospitalized

An employee opened trailer doors to prepare to offload pallets when a pallet of product fell out and struck him. The employee was knocked to the ground and sustained a right arm fracture.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Arm(s) · Transportation and warehousing

May 16, 2023 · Norflex, Inc. Amputation

An employee was walking around a fabric punch machine to grab a broom and tripped. As he attempted to stop his fall, he grabbed the punch belt with his left hand. His fingers swung on the belt and went across the motor of the punch. He sustained injuries to two fingers on his left hand; the tip of one finger was amputated.

Fall on same level due to tripping · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing

May 11, 2023 · United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC Amputation

An employee was guiding a plate down with a crane operator when his hand became caught between the top plate and the base of the machine, resulting in a soft tissue amputation of the right little finger.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1670768

May 3, 2023 · Cabinet Components I LLC Amputation

An employee was adjusting a molder machine when their right ring and little fingers contacted the machine blade, resulting in amputations.

Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1669067

Dec 1, 2022 · U.S. Pipe Marvel City Mini Mill Amputation

An employee was clearing a buildup of iron from a casting machine using a hand tool. The trough shifter moved and caught the employee's left little finger in a pinch point, resulting in a partial amputation.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing

Oct 31, 2022 · All American Metal Components Amputation

An employee was using a brake machine and amputated a fingertip.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing

Oct 26, 2022 · U.S. PIPE AND FOUNDRY Hospitalized

An employee was rolling two 1,00-pound iron pipes by hand when one of the pipes rolled back toward him, causing his right arm to become caught between the two pipes. He sustained a right radius fracture and was hospitalized for surgery.

Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker · Forearm(s) · Manufacturing

Sep 7, 2022 · CVS Health Corporation Hospitalized

An employee was stocking product from the platform of a powered industrial truck. The employee fell to the concrete floor and sustained a concussion, a burst blood vessel in the left eye, fractures to the left eye, shoulder, elbow, and ribs, and a fractured right foot.

Other fall to lower level · Multiple body parts (other) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1621636

Aug 1, 2022 · U.S. PIPE AND FOUNDRY Hospitalized

A maintenance employee was taking a master link out of a chain when his hand got caught between the chain and sprocket resulting in fractures to the left hand.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Hand(s) · Manufacturing

Jun 14, 2022 · Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Co., Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was operating a grocery loader forklift. He got off the forklift to shovel ice from the ice storage box into a container to then transport the ice. He slipped on ice in the ice box resulting in a fractured right ankle.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Ankle(s) · Wholesale trade

Jan 19, 2022 · Dolgencorp, LLC Hospitalized

A temporary employee was driving a stand-up forklift when it crashed into a steel storage rack's cantilevered support. The employee suffered a broken left tibia and was hospitalized.

Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle · Lower leg(s) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1576072

Dec 3, 2021 · AM3 Stone - Alabama Marble Mineral & Mining Co. Hospitalized

An employee rigging a marble slab for transport attached a clamp to the top of the slab when the slab fell onto their right leg, resulting in a fracture.

Struck by falling object or equipment · Leg(s) · Mining, oil and gas

Sep 10, 2021 · U.S. Pipe and Foundry Company Hospitalized

An employee was pouring iron at a casting machine when a crane bumped the employee's ladle resulting in molten iron splashing onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized with burns to the right hip, ankle, and foot.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Hip(s) and leg(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1553637

Aug 25, 2021 · C & I Alabama Holdings, Inc. Hospitalized

Two employees were arguing in the company parking lot. One employee shot the other employee in the leg. The injured employee was hospitalized.

Shooting by other person-intentional · Leg(s) · Manufacturing

Jul 15, 2021 · United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC Amputation

An employee was performing cleanup tasks on a casting machine when the machine started up, resulting in an amputation of his left pinky finger and part of his ring fingertip.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1543009