Severe Workplace Injuries in Meridian, Mississippi

Nov 17, 2025 · Delta Industries, Inc. East Mississippi Division Hospitalized

An employee was climbing a fixed ladder to repair a pipe when they fell from the ladder to the ground, resulting in a fractured pelvis.

Other fall to lower level · Pelvis · Manufacturing

Jul 28, 2025 · Eutaw Construction Company, Inc Hospitalized

An employee was operating the scraper when a hydraulic line ruptured and created a flame. The employee jumped off the equipment and broke a leg.

Vehicle or machinery fire · Leg(s) · Construction

Jul 25, 2025 · North Pointe Health Rehabilitation Hospitalized

An employee was attending to patients when they tripped over a patient's feet and fell, breaking an ankle.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Ankle(s) · Health care and social assistance · OSHA inspection 1840045

Jan 27, 2025 · Harrison Construction Hospitalized

An employee was removing metal wall panels from a commercial building when a brick behind the panels fell on his leg, resulting in a broken left leg and a torn ACL in the right leg.

Struck by other falling object (other) · Multiple leg locations · Construction

Jan 7, 2025 · Van Zyverden Inc Hospitalized

An employee was walking in the parking lot when he tripped while stepping up onto a curb and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left hip.

Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels · Hip joint(s) · Wholesale trade

Oct 28, 2024 · Van Zyvrden, Inc. Amputation

An employee was clearing scrap off a miter saw when their left little finger contacted the blade, resulting in an amputation.

Struck by running powered equipment (other) · Other finger(s) (other) · Wholesale trade

Jul 1, 2024 · Winn-Dixie Amputation

An employee was cutting meat using a band saw when his left middle finger was amputated.

Struck by running powered equipment (other) · Other finger(s) (other) · Retail

Apr 11, 2024 · Atlas Roofing Corporation Hospitalized

An employee was transferring hot roofing tar (350 degrees Fahrenheit) from the truck to the tank when the hose connection to the truck came off, spraying them with hot tar. This resulted in burns to both hands and arms from the elbows down and on the right side of their head, including their ear.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Head and extremities · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1742564

Feb 29, 2024 · CF Rail Services, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was working from a ladder cutting off the end of a bolt using a torch. Molten slag fell and landed on their inner arm and chest, resulting in third degree burns.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Trunk and other upper extremities · Transportation and warehousing

Feb 27, 2023 · United PF Partners Amputation

An employee was diagnosing issues and performing repairs on a recumbent bike. He began manually operating the bike pedals and his finger was caught in the belt and pulley mechanism, resulting in an amputation to the left index finger.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Arts, entertainment and recreation

Apr 7, 2022 · Clearspan Components, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was operating a cap saw when a block of wood became wedged between the saw blade and the conveyor. The employee turned the saw off and was reaching under the saw to remove it when the blade lacerated the employee's hand.

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

Jul 28, 2021 · Van Zyvrden, Inc. Amputation

An employee was cutting wooden boards into smaller pieces using a miter saw. The saw amputated the employee's right thumb and index finger, as well as deeply cutting the middle, ring, and little fingers.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1545893

May 27, 2021 · WOODALL ELECTRIC, INC. Hospitalized

An employee was in a bucket truck attempting to lift a light pole using a rope and a winch. The rope broke causing the employee to fall from the bucket onto the truck. The employee sustained a fractured C-5 vertebra and a fractured shoulder blade.

Other fall to lower level · Multiple body parts (other) · Construction

May 1, 2021 · Fairbanks Scales Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was carrying tools while walking down concrete steps. When he placed his left foot on the third step, he slipped and tried to catch himself by putting his right foot on the step below. His right foot landed awkwardly on the step, resulting in two broken bones in his right leg. He was hospitalized for surgery.

Other fall to lower level · Leg(s) · Manufacturing

Nov 19, 2020 · Structural Steel Services, Inc. Plant #2 Hospitalized

A 1,700-pound steel plate was being moved with a crane when it came loose, fell, and struck an employee's left foot. The foot was crushed and broken, and the employee was hospitalized.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Foot (feet) · Manufacturing

Mar 12, 2020 · Clearspan Components, Inc. Amputation

An employee was attaching oriented strand board (OSB) sheathing to exterior wall paneling using a staple bridge machine and was caught in the in-feed chain resulting in partial amputation of the distal part of the right middle finger.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing

Feb 21, 2020 · Snyder Environmental and Construction LLC Hospitalized

Two employees were working in a lift. The lift was raised and a beam struck one employee's hard hat, cutting the employee's ear.

Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising · Ear(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1466831

Dec 23, 2019 · CEFCO Store 509 Hospitalized

A cashier was shot in the leg by one of two people robbing a store. The cashier suffered a broken femur.

Shooting by other person-intentional · Thigh(s) · Retail · OSHA inspection 1453088

Dec 16, 2019 · MID SOUTH LUMBER, INC. Hospitalized

An employee's foot was caught in the chain and sprocket of an unscrambler, causing severe injuries on the lower left leg.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Lower leg(s) · Agriculture, forestry and fishing · OSHA inspection 1451771

Sep 23, 2019 · J.T. Morgan Tile Co., Inc. Hospitalized

While repairing a tin roof, an employee fell through a skylight to the concrete floor about 15 feet below.

Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet · Nonclassifiable · Retail · OSHA inspection 1434047

Sep 5, 2019 · Mid South Lumber Hospitalized

An employee got off a forklift. It rolled forward and its wheel struck the employee's right foot, causing fractures.

Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle · Foot (feet) · Manufacturing

Aug 13, 2019 · Vision General Contractors of Georgia, LLC Hospitalized

At around 9:30 a.m., an employee lost consciousness at a work site due to dehydration.

Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Construction

Jul 12, 2019 · Anderson Regional Medical Center Hospitalized

A maintenance employee was cleaning drain pipes and fell from a 6-foot high retaining wall to the concrete surface below and sustained fractures to both ankles.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Ankle(s) · Health care and social assistance · OSHA inspection 1415745

Jul 11, 2019 · Southern Scrap of Meridian, LLC Amputation

An employee was removing aluminum from a piece of scrap copper using a shear. As he was using the shear, it cut his finger, resulting in an amputation to the right pinky fingertip just below the fingernail.

Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Fingertip(s) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1415442

Jun 13, 2019 · Patrick Allen Companies, LLC Amputation

An employee was repairing an overhead door and installing cable when the cable slipped and struck both of the employee's hands, amputating three fingers.

Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld (other) · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Construction

Jun 4, 2019 · Personnel Networks Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was standing on a ladder installing a light fixture and fell approximately 3 feet when the metal ladder collapsed resulting in a broken right arm.

Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet · Arm(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

May 11, 2019 · Henderson Steel Corp. Hospitalized

An employee was unloading steel with a crane. He placed an 8-foot wood block under some angles. The angles shifted and the block popped out and struck him causing him to fall. The employee suffered a concussion and a neck injury.

Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Brain · Wholesale trade

Apr 30, 2019 · Fairbanks Scales Inc. Amputation

An employee was using a saw. As the employee tried to remove the trim piece with his left hand, the clamp closed and pinched his left index finger between the clamp and the material causing an amputation of the distal phalanx.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1399539

Mar 5, 2019 · Waste Pro of Mississippi Amputation

An employee was riding on the back of the truck and amputated his right middle finger in the cart tipper.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Feb 12, 2019 · Fairbanks Scales Inc. Amputation

An employee was being trained by his supervisor as they removed structural steel from a transfer line. An 8-foot-long .25 thick steel C channel tipped over and the employee's left middle finger was pinched between the steel and the fixed rail support. The fingertip was amputated.

Struck by falling object or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing