Birmingham, AL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Southern
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Southern in 1730 Vanderbilt Rd., Birmingham, AL 35234 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was southern Custom Body Builder in manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Southern
- Parent company
- Altec Industries
- Street
- 1730 Vanderbilt Rd.
- City
- Birmingham
- State
- AL
- ZIP
- 35234
- On-site location
- Line 3 Set Up
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Walking over to the group lead to ask a question
What happened
Associate went to give their group lead information regarding a part. When the associate was going to talk to their group leader the group leader was attempting to move a pallet jack. The associate was standing near where the pallet jack was going to be traveling so they stepped to the side of the path of travel of the pallet jack. The associate stepped near where the floor of a body was set up on the lift but they were in a small cutout that was on the floor. When the group lead attempted to move the pallet jack through the area it caught a piece of the floor and the floor shifted into the associates leg. The back of their leg hit the lift as well once the floor hit the front of their leg.
Injury or illness
Initially was described as a bruise to the leg but the associate brought up that they would like to be seen on 2 12 and showed pictures which showed a laceration the back of the knee.
Object or substance involved
Floor panel
Summary line
Initially was described as a bruise to the leg but the associate brought up that they would like to be seen on [REDACTED] and showed pictures which showed a laceration the back of the knee.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Southern Custom Body Builder
- SOC code
- 51-9199: Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 333120: Manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 594
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 1,186,860
- EIN
- 630362926
- Establishment ID
- 325591
- Employer case #
- 272
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:45
- Time of incident
- 08:20
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-11
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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