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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 2016 | U.S. Postal | JACKSON, Mississippi | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Head, neck, and trunk | Hospitalized |
| Nov 15, 2016 | Masse Contracting | PASCAGOULA, Mississippi | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 14, 2016 | Gibson Steel | MERIDIAN, Mississippi | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, unspecified | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 11, 2016 | Kroger Limited Partnership I | LAUREL, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Nov 9, 2016 | Georgia Pacific Wood Products, LLC | TAYLORSVILLE, Mississippi | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Nov 7, 2016 | Hartson Kennedy | GULFPORT, Mississippi | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nov 7, 2016 | Climate Masters | STARKVILLE, Mississippi | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nov 7, 2016 | Mississippi Silicon | BURNSVILLE, Mississippi | Contact with hot objects or substances | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Lower extremities, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 5, 2016 | Pro Turf, Inc. | WINONA, Mississippi | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Nov 4, 2016 | Whataburger Restaurants LLC | JACKSON, Mississippi | Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Oct 31, 2016 | Farrell Gin Company | CLARKSDALE, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 31, 2016 | Schulz Xtruded Products, Inc. | ROBINSONVILLE, Mississippi | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Oct 31, 2016 | Hi Grade Gin Corporation | WINONA, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 29, 2016 | Mid South Baking Company | PELAHATCHIE, Mississippi | Contact with hot objects or substances | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 28, 2016 | Southern Hens, Inc. | MOSELLE, Mississippi | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle | Fractures | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 20, 2016 | Luvata Grenada, LLC | GRENADA, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Oct 13, 2016 | Murphy Oil USA | PASCAGOULA, Mississippi | Shooting by other person-intentional | Gunshot wounds | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 12, 2016 | Jones Lumber Gloster, LLC | GLOSTER, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 8, 2016 | Mississippi Steel Processing LLC | COLUMBUS, Mississippi | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Oct 4, 2016 | Leggett & Platt Components Company, Inc. | TUPELO, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 3, 2016 | Hulcher Services, Inc. | OLIVE BRANCH, Mississippi | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Sep 29, 2016 | Layne Christensen Company | FOREST, Mississippi | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Fractures | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 29, 2016 | United Furniture Industries, Inc. | AMORY, Mississippi | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Sep 28, 2016 | Terminix Inc. | MADISON, Mississippi | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Sep 28, 2016 | STRUCTURAL STEEL SERVICES, INC. | MERIDIAN, Mississippi | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Sep 27, 2016 | KLLM TRANSPORT SERVICES, LLC | RICHLAND, Mississippi | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Sep 27, 2016 | Martar Construction Company, Inc. | GLEN ALLAN, Mississippi | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Fractures | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 23, 2016 | Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. | RIPLEY, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Sep 22, 2016 | Big Lots, Inc. | JACKSON, Mississippi | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Herniated discs | Lumbar region | Hospitalized |
| Sep 21, 2016 | Fibrix | PONTOTOC, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Sep 14, 2016 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | PASCAGOULA, Mississippi | Fall on water vehicle | Fractures | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 13, 2016 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | PASCAGOULA, Mississippi | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Fractures | Multiple head locations | Hospitalized |
| Sep 12, 2016 | Fly Tie and Lumber | GRENADA, Mississippi | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures | Foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Sep 12, 2016 | LFI, Ft. Pierce, Inc. | HATTIESBURG, Mississippi | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat exhaustion, prostration | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Sep 11, 2016 | Denbury Resources, Inc. | BROOKHAVEN, Mississippi | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Cuts, lacerations | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 10, 2016 | EMB Quality Masonry LLC | JACKSON, Mississippi | Fall through surface or existing opening more than 30 feet | Fractures | Ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 8, 2016 | Windham House of Hattiesburg | HATTIESBURG, Mississippi | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 8, 2016 | Rebel Electric, Inc. | TUPELO, Mississippi | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Sep 7, 2016 | Omega Protein, Inc. | MOSS POINT, Mississippi | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 6, 2016 | Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. | ECRU, Mississippi | Struck by discharged object or substance | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Eye(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 6, 2016 | MISSISSIPPI STEEL PROCESSING, LLC | COLUMBUS, Mississippi | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Sep 6, 2016 | U.S. Postal Service | HOLLY SPRINGS, Mississippi | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 31, 2016 | STRUCTURAL STEEL SERVICES, INC. | MERIDIAN, Mississippi | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Dislocation of joints | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 31, 2016 | FFM, Inc. | AMORY, Mississippi | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Aug 30, 2016 | Graham Lumber Company, LLC | FULTON, Mississippi | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Aug 30, 2016 | Huntington Ingalls Incorporated | PASCAGOULA, Mississippi | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Aug 29, 2016 | Omega Protein, Inc. | MOSS POINT, Mississippi | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Aug 26, 2016 | GIPSON STEEL, INC | MERIDIAN, Mississippi | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Aug 26, 2016 | Matthews Marine, Inc. | PASS CHRISTIAN, Mississippi | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Fractures | Multiple trunk locations | Hospitalized |
| Aug 26, 2016 | Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc. | MERIDIAN, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
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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