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1,795 OSHA severe injury reports in MISSISSIPPI.
OSHA Severe Injury Reports Database
Browse 1,795 workplace severe injury reports with employer names, locations, and incident details. Each report documents a hospitalization, amputation, or eye loss as reported to OSHA. Use the filters below to narrow results.
| Date | Employer | Location | Event | Nature | Body Part | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2019 | TUFFWRAP INSTALLATIONS, INC. | GREENVILLE, Mississippi | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Open wounds, unspecified | Eye(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 29, 2019 | Esco Group, LLC | NEWTON, Mississippi | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Crushing injuries | Forearm(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 28, 2019 | Koch Foods of Mississippi, LLC | MORTON, Mississippi | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 28, 2019 | Wayne Farms, LLC | LAUREL, Mississippi | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode | Coughing and throat irritation- toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jan 26, 2019 | Cooper Tire & Rubber Company | TUPELO, Mississippi | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whataburger Franchise LLC | GULFPORT, Mississippi | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 23, 2019 | Comcast Corporation | PEARL, Mississippi | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jan 23, 2019 | Lansing Building Products, Inc. | PEARL, Mississippi | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Jan 22, 2019 | Innocor Foam Technologies, LLC | COLDWATER, Mississippi | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving | Fractures | Eye(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 21, 2019 | Mar-Jac Poultry MS LLC | HATTIESBURG, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jan 21, 2019 | Biewer Sawmill-Newton, LLC | NEWTON, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 19, 2019 | STRUCTURAL STEEL SERVICES, INC. | MERIDIAN, Mississippi | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Cuts, lacerations | Wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 19, 2019 | Pontotoc Electric Power Association | PONTOTOC, Mississippi | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 15, 2019 | Howard Industries, Inc | ELLISVILLE, Mississippi | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 14, 2019 | Entergy Services, Inc. | JACKSON, Mississippi | Fall on same level, unspecified | Fractures | Wrist(s) and arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 11, 2019 | Tractor Supply Company | HORN LAKE, Mississippi | Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 11, 2019 | The Essmueller Company | LAUREL, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jan 8, 2019 | Cives Corporation | ROSEDALE, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Dec 30, 2018 | Howard Industries, Inc. | LAUREL, Mississippi | Struck against object or equipment, unspecified | Cuts, lacerations | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 29, 2018 | ESCO Group, LLC. | NEWTON, Mississippi | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Cuts, lacerations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 23, 2018 | Rouses Enterprises, LLC | DIAMONDHEAD, Mississippi | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Dec 19, 2018 | The Chemours Company, LLC. | PASS CHRISTIAN, Mississippi | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode | Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Dec 18, 2018 | Baker Petrolite, LLC. | NATCHEZ, Mississippi | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue | Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Dec 18, 2018 | Rush Health Systems, Inc. | MERIDIAN, Mississippi | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Dec 13, 2018 | TYSON FOODS, Inc. | FOREST, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Dec 13, 2018 | Universal Services, LLC | YAZOO CITY, Mississippi | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. | Cuts, lacerations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 12, 2018 | Ziegler Industries, Inc. | HAMILTON, Mississippi | Exposure to other harmful substances, unspecified | Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury | Head and neck | Hospitalized |
| Dec 11, 2018 | Walmart Stores Inc | MADISON, Mississippi | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Dec 7, 2018 | Carquest Distribution Center | SOUTHAVEN, Mississippi | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Upper and lower limb(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 7, 2018 | Cooper Tire and Rubber Company | TUPELO, Mississippi | Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle, unspecified | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Dec 7, 2018 | Georgia Pacific Wood Products LLC, Taylorsville Studmill VPP | TAYLORSVILLE, Mississippi | Contact with hot objects or substances | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Dec 5, 2018 | Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. | GREENVILLE, Mississippi | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 5, 2018 | Automatic Processing Incorporated | MOSS POINT, Mississippi | Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 4, 2018 | MISSISSIPPI STEEL PROCESSING | COLUMBUS, Mississippi | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Crushing injuries | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 1, 2018 | Neshoba County Gin Association | PHILADELPHIA, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Amputations | Lower extremities, unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Dec 1, 2018 | Wayne Electric, Inc. | BAY SAINT LOUIS, Mississippi | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts | Electrical burns, unspecified | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 30, 2018 | Walmart | SENATOBIA, Mississippi | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 29, 2018 | Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company, LLC | KILN, Mississippi | Contact with hot objects or substances | First degree heat (thermal) burns | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Nov 29, 2018 | MS Nonwoven, Inc. | PONTOTOC, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nov 22, 2018 | Heritage Plastics, inc. | PICAYUNE, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Nov 20, 2018 | Carnes Frames, Inc. | GUNTOWN, Mississippi | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Nov 19, 2018 | Howard Industries | LAUREL, Mississippi | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Nov 16, 2018 | Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. | CLARKSDALE, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Nov 15, 2018 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | PASCAGOULA, Mississippi | Standing, standing up-single episode | Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 15, 2018 | Lowe's Home Improvement Store | GREENVILLE, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 8, 2018 | Adlam Films | SHANNON, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nov 8, 2018 | Rockett Inc. | FLOWOOD, Mississippi | Injured by physical contact during horseplay | Fractures | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 7, 2018 | Flexsteel Industries Incorporated | STARKVILLE, Mississippi | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Nov 2, 2018 | Chapter 3 Incorporated | HOULKA, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Oct 31, 2018 | Neshoba County Co-Op | PHILADELPHIA, Mississippi | Ran off driving surface, nonroadway | Fractures | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
Frequently Asked Questions
OSHA requires employers to report all workplace injuries resulting in hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye within 24 hours. Each report in this database includes the employer name, full address, a description of the event, the nature of injury, and a detailed narrative of what happened.
The most common severe workplace injuries include amputations, fractures, crushing injuries, burns, and multiple injuries. Falls, being struck by objects, caught-in/between incidents, and exposure to harmful substances are among the most common event types.
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