| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-16 | Americus | Ga | Nutrien Ag Solutions, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee was removing a guard. As he stepped back to reposition himself, he twisted, fell, and suffered a leg injury. | |||||
| 2021-07-01 | Americus | Ga | Woodgrain Millwork, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was repairing a wrap line machine. While checking the tension of a chain in the machine, the employee's glove was caught by the chain and his finger was pinched between the chain and a sprocket. His left index finger was medically amputated to the first knuckle. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2021-01-25 | Americus | Ga | Nutrien | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was trying to place a chute into a hopper under a conveyor through a side opening in the hopper. A rope, used to secure the chute in place under the upper conveyor, got caught in a conveyor drum at the bottom of the hopper. The employee was holding the rope in his hands at the time, and the conveyor pulled the rope and the employee's right hand down into the rotating drum. The hand was torn open and the top part of the index finger was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2019-04-01 | Americus | Georgia | Elite Comfort Solutions, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| On April 1, 2019, an employee was struck by a forklift, resulting in an injury to the right calf that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2018-02-07 | Americus | Georgia | Barksdale and Associates | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a hydraulic press at shift end. The employee reached into a machine opening to retrieve a piece of material and the press platen struck and crushed the employee's hand. The machine was energized at the time. | |||||
| 2016-05-11 | Americus | Georgia | Lon Manucy Concrete, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was on a 9-foot wall, supervising work activities, when he tripped and fell to the ground. He fractured his shoulder and hip, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-03-08 | Americus | Georgia | Food Lion | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was carrying multiple containers of baby formula with both hands. She was going behind the service desk when she tripped over a box that was on the floor behind the desk. She fell and fractured her left knee, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-10-13 | Americus | Georgia | Windstream Communications, LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
| An employee was pulling telecommunication wiring and suffered a hernia. | |||||
| 2015-03-27 | Americus | Georgia | Flint River Wood, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee's finger got caught in a delimber while making repairs, resulting in an amputation of the end of the middle finger from the last knuckle. | |||||