| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-09 | Adairsville | Ga | VMC Specialty Alloys, LLC | Multiple body parts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was injured when two, 19-inch diameter, 16-foot-long aluminum billets weighing approximately 7,000 - 10,000 pounds each, rolled off the forks of a fork truck while he was stacking steel I-beams as spacers so that the aluminum billets could be placed in the homogenization oven. The fork truck lost hydraulic power to the forks which were holding the billets. This caused them to tilt forward (down) and strike the employee. The billets had an approximate average temperature of at least | |||||
| 2021-08-13 | Adairsville | Ga | UFP NAC, LLC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| A forklift hit a pallet holding corrugated boxes. The boxes fell, causing a nearby employee to stumble and fall to the floor. She suffered a broken hip. | |||||
| 2021-06-16 | Adairsville | Ga | Vista Specialty Alloys, LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by object or equipment |
| A 19-inch aluminum billet was being loaded onto a homogenizing oven pad with a forklift. Two employees were trying to reposition it using a pry bar when it rolled off the stack, causing a stacking rail or pad backstop to strike one of the employees in the back. The employee suffered four broken vertebrae in the lower back, as well as liver, spleen, and kidney lacerations. | |||||
| 2020-09-29 | Adairsville | Ga | LG Hausys America, Inc | Upper extremities | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was cleaning the box chute for a crusher when his left hand slipped between the rollers while they were still turning, causing trauma to the hand and forearm and an amputation. | |||||
| 2020-02-09 | Adairsville | Georgia | Vista Speciality Alloys, LLC | Multiple body parts | Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source |
| An employee was standing near a cannon-type heater trying to warm himself. The employee's shirt ignited due to contact with the heater. The employee sustained second degree burns to the left front, side, and back torso, and the left thumb, fingers, and palm. | |||||
| 2019-07-12 | Adairsville | Georgia | LG Hausys America, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning debris from the rollers of a calendar machine while it was in operation. The mill cleaning cloth the employee was using caught on one of the rollers and the employee was pulled in between two rollers. He sustained crushing injuries to the upper body and head. | |||||
| 2019-05-10 | Adairsville | Georgia | Luis E. Perez-Chavez | Elbow(s) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet |
| Two employees were preparing to stop working for the day and had started to lower the scissor lift to the ground. Both employees were tied off with their fall arrest systems. A gust of wind caused the trusses on the building to fall. It resulted in a domino effect and the last truss struck the scissor lift that was approximately 16 feet high, causing it to tip over while the employees were in it. One employee sprained his ankle and was treated and released that day. The other employee suffered i | |||||
| 2019-02-20 | Adairsville | Georgia | Industrial Solutions Plus Supplies | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was transporting a machine part using a forklift. As the forklift made a sharp turn, the employee's hand was caught between the forklift and a nearby assembly line machine and his little finger was crushed. The finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2019-01-28 | Adairsville | Georgia | Lowe's | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
| An employee was collecting carts when the employee's left index finger was caught between two carts, resulting in an amputation to the finger (no bone loss). | |||||
| 2018-06-29 | Adairsville | Georgia | LG Hausys America, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee was carrying an extension receptacle outlet (240 V) up a flight of process equipment stairs. The receptacle contacted the stair handrail at which time the employee experienced an electrical shock for an extended period of time. | |||||
| 2018-01-14 | Adairsville | Georgia | BGAC, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was on a ladder working on a rollup door when he fell to the concrete floor, breaking his right elbow and right hip. | |||||
| 2017-10-10 | Adairsville | Georgia | LG Hausys America, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a drum roller and material belt when his hand was caught between the belt and drum roller, which then pulled his arm into the belt and roller. He suffered a broken wrist; three broken ribs; burns to the forearm, palm, and fingers; and skin removal from the forearm, palm and fingers. | |||||
| 2017-03-20 | Adairsville | Georgia | LG Hausys America, Inc. | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On March 20, 2017, at approximately 6:30 p.m., an employee was guiding a sample leather sheet through the roller machine. The employee's hands were pulled into the machine and caught between the top and lower rollers resulting in a fractured right thumb and fractured metacarpals in both hands including lacerations, abrasions and contusions to both hands. | |||||
| 2016-05-24 | Adairsville | Georgia | Vista Metals Georgia | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Sudden start or stop, nonroadway |
| An employee was driving a forklift to move materials when a piece of material rolled off the stack, causing the forklift to pitch forward and then return to the ground. The employee struck the windshield, rupturing his discs. | |||||
| 2016-03-04 | Adairsville | Georgia | Bo's Pallets, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a dismantler to pull the boards of a pallet apart. His hand became caught in the pallet, and he was unable to remove his hand before the pallet went through the blade of the dismantler. His pinky fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2016-01-04 | Adairsville | Georgia | Bo's Pallets, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to retrieve a piece of wood that got stuck in the conveyor when her right hand got caught in the belt, amputating her right index finger. | |||||
| 2015-09-23 | Adairsville | Georgia | Shaw Industries Group, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was helping to line up two walls that would be nailed together. A nail from the nail gun hit a knot in the wood. The nail ricocheted, hitting and puncturing the employee's chest. | |||||
| 2015-03-10 | Adairsville | Georgia | Adairsville Pallet Company, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was working on a pallet dismantler machine when he reached his right hand into the machine to remove a piece of wood that was causing a jam. The tip of the employee's right thumb was amputated. | |||||