Axis, AL—Federal OSHA workplace-safety record

Axis, AL

25 severe-injury reports between 2017-05-10 and 2025-02-05, 160 OSHA inspections, and 2 Form 300/301 injury filings on federal record in Axis, Alabama.

25Severe injuries

21Hospitalizations

160OSHA inspections

2Injury filings

Employers with the most severe injuries in Axis

# Employer Severe-injury reports

1 SSAB Alabama, Inc. 4 2 AMVAC CHEMICAL COMPANY 3 3 Arkema Incorporated 3 4 TMS International, LLC 3 5 Complete Environmental Remediation 1 6 Kase Contracting, Inc. 1 7 Lenzing Fibers, Inc. 1 8 Nouryon Functional Chemicals, LLC 1 9 Smith Industrial Service 1 10 SMS GROUP LLP 1

Example incidents

SSAB Alabama Inc. AXIS, ALABAMA · 2025-02-05 · Ignition of clothing
An employee was lancing the slide gate on a drained ladle. The employee pulled the trigger while trying to remove the second pipe and some oxygen flowed out of the line and saturated his uniform. The employee was on the third lance pipe when slag and sparks flew in his direction causing his flame resistant uniform to ignite. The employee sustained third-degree burns to his legs.
SMS GROUP LLP AXIS, ALABAMA · 2024-11-01 · Struck by running powered equipment n.e.c.
On November 1, 2024, an employee was operating a hydraulic press when they were struck by a mold roll assembly. The employee was hospitalized and sustained an amputation of his left index finger at the first knuckle and a laceration to the middle finger.
Arkema Incorporated AXIS, ALABAMA · 2024-06-01 · Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
An employee was unclogging a rotary pipe when the rotary valve actuated, amputating his right middle fingertip.
AMVAC CHEMICAL COMPANY AXIS, ALABAMA · 2024-01-19 · Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning
An employee was using a forklift to dump waste from a small hopper to a bigger hopper. He elevated the hopper, got out of the forklift, and used a lever to lower the hopper to dump the waste. After dumping the hopper, it swung back and pinched the employee's left index finger between it and the forklift fork, amputating the tip.
Arkema Incorporated AXIS, ALABAMA · 2023-08-17 · Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was performing maintenance on a process instrument when a leak of tin tetrachloride occurred roughly 4 feet below where he was standing as a result of a blown gasket. The employee was exposed to vapors from the leak and suffered respiratory distress.
TMS International, LLC AXIS, ALABAMA · 2023-05-28 · Other fall to lower level, unspecified
An employee was exiting the cab of his truck when he lost his footing and fell to the ground. The employee sustained two fractures to the right foot/ankle.

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Source: federal OSHA Severe Injury Reports, inspections, and ITA Form 300/301 filings. Counts reflect federal jurisdiction only.