Booneville, MS

Employers with the most severe injuries in Booneville

Example incidents

• Westlake Pipe & Fittings BOONEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI · 2025-08-15 · Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation

  Employees were setting up an 8-inch sewer PVC pipe line. An employee was removing/rolling a scrap PVC pipe off the conveyor when their little fingertip was crushed between the end of the PVC pipe and the post for the overhead bus stop guard (fixed guard). The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

• ProVia Products, LLC BOONEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI · 2021-12-17 · Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified

  The injured employee was scooping raw material into a bucket. Their hand became caught between the bucket and the guard on the back of a sweeper being operated by another employee. The injured employee sustained a partial amputation to the left ring finger.

• New Way Trucks, Inc. BOONEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI · 2020-10-19 · Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment

  An employee placed a new bundle of metal tubing on a work bench. While the employee was removing the last steel strap, the bundle shifted and his finger was crushed between the tubes and the bench. The employee's left ring finger was amputated.

• Walmart Supercenter #0114 BOONEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI · 2019-05-08 · Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment

  While closing the cash office's safe door, the employee's left index finger was caught in the safe door resulting in a fingertip amputation.

• CATERPILLAR INC. BOONEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI · 2018-08-15 · Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway

  On August 15, 2018, an employee was operating a stand-up forklift and turning a corner when the vehicle hit a wet spot and started to slide. The employee released the dead man switch to stop the forklift and then dismounted the vehicle during the slide. His left foot/ankle was struck by the vehicle and a plastic pole protector as the vehicle continued to travel in the direction he exited. He suffered multiple fractures and a puncture wound.

• ACCO Brands Corporation BOONEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI · 2016-07-19 · Contact with hot objects or substances

  At 4:15 p.m. on 7/18, an employee was cleaning a hot polymer glue press-pot using a scraper. The scraper broke, which caused both hands and her left forearm to come into contact with the hot glue. She sustained second degree burns to the palms and fingers of both hands and to the left forearm.

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