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1,778 OSHA severe injury reports in MISSISSIPPI.
OSHA Severe Injury Reports Database
Browse 1,778 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 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 |
| Jul 10, 2015 | Griffin Industries LLC | BYRAM, Mississippi | Struck against stationary object or equipment, unspecified | Herniated discs | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Jul 9, 2015 | Jackson Furniture Industries INC | MANTACHIE, Mississippi | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat stroke | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 8, 2015 | Winchester Ammunition, Inc. | OXFORD, Mississippi | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 7, 2015 | Waste Management | VICKSBURG, Mississippi | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 7, 2015 | Prarie Farms | KOSCIUSKO, Mississippi | Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 7, 2015 | The Hiller Companies, Inc. | GULFPORT, Mississippi | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 6, 2015 | Southeastern Timber Products, LLC | ACKERMAN, Mississippi | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Jul 1, 2015 | Hart & Cooley | OLIVE BRANCH, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Crushing injuries | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jun 29, 2015 | SANDERSON FARMS | COLLINS, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jun 27, 2015 | J.D. Hines Trucking, Inc. | MAGNOLIA, Mississippi | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jun 26, 2015 | Consolidated Catfish Producers | ISOLA, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jun 16, 2015 | Wendy's | RIDGELAND, Mississippi | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire | Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jun 12, 2015 | AT&T | HERNANDO, Mississippi | Bites and stings, unspecified | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jun 11, 2015 | Lincoln Lumber Company | BROOKHAVEN, Mississippi | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Fractures | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 10, 2015 | TCB Construction Company Inc. | POPLARVILLE, Mississippi | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Shoulder(s) and arm(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 10, 2015 | ATT | YAZOO CITY, Mississippi | Fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 5, 2015 | Howard Industries | LAUREL, Mississippi | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker | Cuts, lacerations | Upper arm(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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