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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2015 | Covington Electric LLC | JACKSON, Mississippi | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Skull | Hospitalized |
| Sep 30, 2015 | Janesville Acoustics | COLUMBUS, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Hand(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Sep 28, 2015 | MS Polymers, Inc. | CORINTH, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Crushing injuries | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 26, 2015 | Walmart 969 | GULFPORT, Mississippi | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 23, 2015 | Louis Dreyfus Commodities River Elevators, LLC | ROSEDALE, Mississippi | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Cuts, lacerations | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 20, 2015 | Thunelius, Inc. | DIBERVILLE, Mississippi | Contact with hot objects or substances | Second degree heat (thermal) burns | Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 16, 2015 | Norfolk Corporation | LAKE CORMORANT, Mississippi | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 14, 2015 | Southern Motion, Inc. | PONTOTOC, Mississippi | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 12, 2015 | AT&T | PEARL, Mississippi | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 10, 2015 | Gulf Concrete Technology, LLC | LONG BEACH, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Sep 4, 2015 | JESCO, INC. | TUPELO, Mississippi | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Fractures | Lumbar region | Hospitalized |
| Sep 4, 2015 | TOMMY BROOKS OIL COMPANY | POTTS CAMP, Mississippi | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Whole body | Hospitalized |
| Sep 3, 2015 | Briggs Equipment | CLINTON, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Sep 2, 2015 | American Railcar | BUDE, Mississippi | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Sep 2, 2015 | United Furniture Industries, Inc. | TUPELO, Mississippi | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Cuts, lacerations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 2, 2015 | ROWELL ROOFING, INC. | PRENTISS, Mississippi | Contact with hot objects or substances | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Head and trunk | Hospitalized |
| Sep 1, 2015 | Asplundh Tree Expert Co. | CARTHAGE, Mississippi | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Sep 1, 2015 | Golden Nugget Biloxi, Inc. | BILOXI, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Aug 31, 2015 | Leggett & Platt Components Company, Inc. | TUPELO, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Aug 27, 2015 | Lexicon, Inc | BURNSVILLE, Mississippi | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Aug 26, 2015 | Interstate Landscaping of Mississippi, Inc. | FALKNER, Mississippi | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | Fractures | Pelvis | Hospitalized |
| Aug 25, 2015 | MEI | DE KALB, Mississippi | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 25, 2015 | H.M. RICHARDS, INC. | GUNTOWN, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Aug 24, 2015 | Merchant Food Services | JACKSON, Mississippi | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Aug 18, 2015 | W. E. Blaine and Sons Inc. | BYRAM, Mississippi | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Aug 15, 2015 | Rowell Roofing | COLUMBIA, Mississippi | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet | Fractures | Multiple head locations | Hospitalized |
| Aug 14, 2015 | Chain Electric Company | HEIDELBERG, Mississippi | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Aug 14, 2015 | Producers Rice Mill, Inc. | GREENVILLE, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Forearm(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Aug 13, 2015 | Isle of Capri | NATCHEZ, Mississippi | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 13, 2015 | Queen City Furniture | CLARKSDALE, Mississippi | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 11, 2015 | Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | PASCAGOULA, Mississippi | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat exhaustion, prostration | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Aug 6, 2015 | Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. | ECRU, Mississippi | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 6, 2015 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | PASCAGOULA, Mississippi | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jul 30, 2015 | Howard Industries, Inc. | LAUREL, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jul 30, 2015 | Niteo Products LLC | HERNANDO, Mississippi | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Face, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 29, 2015 | FRANKLIN LUMBER COMPANY | BUDE, Mississippi | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 29, 2015 | Waste Management | GULFPORT, Mississippi | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 23, 2015 | Koch Foods of MS, LLC | MORTON, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Jul 22, 2015 | Caterpillar, Inc | OXFORD, Mississippi | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Jul 21, 2015 | Entergy of Mississippi, Inc | JACKSON, Mississippi | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Jul 21, 2015 | Averitt Express | CANTON, Mississippi | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 21, 2015 | Furniture Wood, Inc | VARDAMAN, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 20, 2015 | Southern Hens | MOSELLE, Mississippi | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Jul 18, 2015 | Laurel Machine and Foundry | LAUREL, Mississippi | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jul 16, 2015 | Marathon Cheese Corporation | BOONEVILLE, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jul 15, 2015 | Koch Foods | FOREST, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Jul 14, 2015 | KEY CONSTRUCTORS LLC | BYRAM, Mississippi | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Amputations | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Amputation |
| Jul 14, 2015 | Bulldog Services LLC | PASCAGOULA, Mississippi | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 14, 2015 | W. W. GRAINGER, INC. | SOUTHAVEN, Mississippi | Fall on same level, unspecified | Fractures | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 10, 2015 | U.S. Xpress, INC. | OLIVE BRANCH, Mississippi | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Wrist(s) | 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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