Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-09-16	Athens	Ga	Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers	Hand(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was operating a fryer. Hot oil from the fryer entered her glove and burned her left hand.
2021-09-07	Athens	Ga	Martin Brower/McDonald's Distribution Center - Atlanta	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was unloading product from a truck when they slipped and fell from the liftgate of the truck onto the concrete parking lot. The employee was hospitalized with a broken left wrist.
2021-07-21	Athens	Ga	Certain Teed Insulation Athens	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was working on a roll bagger machine and suffered a partial amputation of their thumb.
2021-03-25	Athens	Ga	CONWED PLASTICS, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was preparing to pull plastic netting through an orienter (a machine that heats and stretches plastic film over a series of rollers). The employee tied a string to the netting, wrapped the string around his left hand, and began to pull the string through the machine to the end roller. The roller started, and the string tightened around his left hand. His ring and little fingertips were amputated.
2021-02-27	Athens	Ga	PUBLIX SUPERMARKETS, INC. STORE #00451	Knee(s)	Fall on same level
An employee was exiting a room when she fell and landed on her knee, resulting in a fracture that required hospitalization and subsequent surgery.
2021-02-20	Athens	Tx	UT Health Athens	Nonclassifiable	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking to their car in the parking lot when they slipped on ice, resulting in hospitalization.
2021-01-26	Athens	Me	Linkletter & Sons, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
The employee was working from a scissor lift to fix an overhead garage door. A trailer backed into the scissor lift and knocked it over. The employee struck the concrete garage floor and suffered three or four fractured vertebrae.
2021-01-13	Athens	Ga	Caterpillar, Inc.	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was placing cardboard into a compactor and dropped a piece of cardboard on the ground. When the employee turned to pick up the cardboard, he slipped on the carboard and landed on his right knee, resulting in a knee joint fracture.
2021-01-05	Athens	Ga	RWDC Industries	Nonclassifiable	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was opening a valve to prepare it to be drained of sulfuric acid when a pump failed and sulfuric acid sprayed onto the employee causing chemical burns.
2020-10-09	Athens	Me	WYMAN & SIMPSON	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting a 30 degree bevel on a 2x4 with a circular saw. During his cut, the saw bucked and the employee's hand contacted the saw, resulting in a partial amputation to the right thumb.
2020-09-19	Athens	Ga	SAC WIRELESS LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a capstan hoist when two fingers on his right hand were caught between the rope and the drum of the hoist resulting in amputation of the distal phalanges.
2020-06-03	Athens	Alabama	Williams Electric & Line Construction, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was installing insulating boots on a de-energized 5-kilovolt termination and suffered an electrical shock.
2020-05-05	Athens	Alabama	Custom Synthetic Fibers, LLC	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was disconnecting the electrical supply from a piece of equipment for removal and transport. When he returned to the machine after testing the source to be sure it did not have power and verifying that the disconnect was in an off position, the cut wires burst open from an arc flash that burned his face, left hand, and arm.
2020-05-04	Athens	Alabama	Foley Products Company, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was removing bolts on a shaft adapter with a ratcheting allen head socket wrench. While the employee was loosening a bolt, the blocking bar for the shaft slipped, allowing the shaft to drop 6 inches and pinch the employee's left little fingertip between the ratchet and the top of the gearbox. The finger was partially amputated.
2020-04-15	Athens	Ohio	G&J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers Inc.	Multiple pelvic region locations	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
A truck driver's tractor had begun to roll away from its trailer. The driver was trying to reach it to stop it when his body struck one of the tires. He fell, rolled, and suffered a laceration above the left eye, another laceration on his nose, and hip and pelvis fractures. He was hospitalized, requiring sutures to the forehead and glue for the nose laceration.
2020-03-14	Athens	Ohio	Athens LTC, INC.	Upper and lower limb(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over self
While walking to a laundry cart, an employee stubbed their toe on the floor, tripped and fell, suffering a broken right femur and left shoulder.
2020-03-13	Athens	Georgia	ATL Concrete and Foundation, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was moving a bundle of rebar off a pallet. His right little fingertip was pinched and sustained an amputation.
2020-03-04	Athens	Alabama	Foley Products Company, Inc.	Leg(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
The injured employee was talking to another employee while kneeling on the mud pan. The injured employee's right foot/leg were caught between the mud pan and the catwalk resulting in a fracture to the right leg. The machine was in operation at the time.
2020-03-03	Athens	Texas	CMH Manufacturing, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a radial arm saw to cut wood 2 x 4s. The saw kicked back and the employee's finger contacted the blade, resulting in an amputation of the left index finger to the third knuckle.
2020-02-27	Athens	Texas	Wright's Tree Service, Inc.	Arm(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
Employees were using a rope puller to load a broken chipper onto a flatbed trailer. When the rope puller was tensioned, the hook broke; the rope and broken hook rebounded, striking an employee. The employee suffered a broken right arm and internal bleeding.
2020-02-20	Athens	Ohio	Airclaws	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was constructing a pergola in the backyard of a residential property when a beam being hoisted by a winch fell from the top of the pergola and struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized with broken ribs and a punctured lung.
2020-01-29	Athens	Alabama	TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY- BROWN'S FERRY NUCLEAR	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was reassembling a valve actuator in the machine shop when a piston rod plate dropped on the employee's right pinky finger, resulting in a partial finger amputation.
2020-01-09	Athens	Georgia	Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center	Brain	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
An employee fell while walking and struck her head on the wall.
2020-01-02	Athens	Georgia	Stellar Management Group II, Inc.	Upper arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was performing service and maintenance on conveyor line equipment when the employee's left arm entered an area of the moving conveyor system and was amputated at the elbow.
2019-09-11	Athens	Georgia	Trader Joe's	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped and fell over boxes while stocking in a dry produce area, breaking the left hip.
2019-07-24	Athens	Georgia	Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center	Upper and lower limb(s)	Fall on same level
An employee fell to the ground while clocking out, fracturing the left humerus and left femur.
2019-07-10	Athens	Alabama	Steelcase Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
An employee backed up a tugger to attach it to a transport rack. After the employee dismounted the tugger, his fingers were caught between the tugger and a part on the transport rack. He sustained the amputation of the right middle fingertip and a contusion to the ring finger.
2019-04-17	New Athens	Ohio	NLS Paving	Multiple body parts	Vehicle or machinery fire
An employee was using a handheld propane torch to heat the end of another tool. The employee turned the propane torch off and set it on a truck. The truck caught on fire. The employee and another employee tried to suffocate the fire, then used fire extinguishers to put the fire out. Both employees sustained burns to the right arm and face. One employee also sustained a burn to the back. They were both hospitalized.
2019-03-12	Athens	Texas	Champion Home Builders, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a table saw to make an angle cut on a trim board. The board jumped as he pushed it, causing his left hand to come into contact with the sawblade. His middle, ring, and little fingers were lacerated; he was hospitalized, and the ring finger was medically amputated just below the first knuckle.
2019-02-01	Athens	Georgia	Conwed Plastics, LLC	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On February 1, 2019, at approximately 4:45 a.m., an employee was feeding sheet plastic into an extruder-winder when his arm became caught in the machine. He sustained a fractured right arm requiring surgery.
2018-09-02	Athens	Georgia	St. Mary's Health Care System	Brain	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
An employee was attacked by a patient. He then fell and hit his head on the floor, suffering a subdural hematoma.
2018-08-12	Athens	Georgia	Michaels Stores, Inc.	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was walking down some stairs when the employee missed the last step and fell to the ground, fracturing the left arm.
2018-07-26	Athens	New York	Amerigas Propane LP	Multiple body parts	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was moving a 700 lb. cylinder with an appropriate lifting device when the cylinder fell on him, causing chest and leg contusions. He was hospitalized.
2018-07-11	Athens	Texas	Randstad US L.P.	Foot (feet)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee was stepping off a stand-up forklift while delivering materials to production when the employee's left foot was caught under the stand-up forklift and suffered a fracture.
2018-07-06	Athens	Alabama	Artisan Masonry Corp.	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was struck by lightning while walking to his vehicle, requiring hospitalization.
2018-05-31	Athens	Georgia	CPL, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped while operating a push mower, and the employee's right hand fell beneath the mower, amputating the index fingertip past the nailbed.
2018-05-07	Athens	Georgia	Caterpillar, Inc.	Foot (feet) and ankle(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift when the employee's left foot was caught between the forklift and a rack protector, lacerating the foot from a toe to the ankle.
2018-04-09	Athens	Pennsylvania	CAREGIVERS AMERICA, LLC.	Head and trunk	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On April 9, 2018, an employee was vacuuming the floor at a client's house when the employee tripped over an extension cord and fell to the floor. The employee suffered contusions to the right side of the head and body, requiring hospitalization.
2018-03-24	Athens	Georgia	MARTIN MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On Saturday, March 24, 2018, at 10:00 AM, an employee was using a chop saw to cut PVC pipe when the saw amputated his finger.
2018-03-16	Athens	Georgia	Performance Contracting, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was modifying the scoreboard at a stadium. The employee was attempting to re-spool the cable on the drum of the hoist. He was guiding the cable with his left hand and operating the hoist by the pendant remote with his right hand. His glove was caught on the cable and the cable pulled his hand into the hoist resulting in the amputation of the right index finger and an avulsion injury to a second finger.
2018-02-27	Athens	Ohio	O'Blenness Memorial Hospital	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
A maintenance employee accessed a cooling tower from a fixed ladder. While descending the fixed ladder, the employee fell approximately 6 feet to the roof surface, fracturing the right leg.
2018-01-26	Athens	Georgia	Piedmont Athens Regional-Laundry Facility	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was greasing the bearing on a sheet stacker machine when the machine's chain pulled his gloved right hand into the moving sprocket, amputating his right index and middle fingers to the second knuckle and partially amputating his thumb. The machine was running at the time of the incident.
2017-10-11	Athens	Georgia	C W Matthews Contracting Co Inc	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was operating a tar truck on the highway and noticed a problem with the equipment. He exited the cab of the vehicle and noticed a large amount of hot tar coming from the valve of the equipment. He slipped on the tar and fell to the ground, contacting the 240-degree tar. He received burns on his hands and back.
2017-09-26	Athens	Alabama	Coilplus, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was loading steel coil material onto a skid when his right leg was pinched between the hydraulic ram and the skid, fracturing his right foot.
2017-09-20	Athens	Texas	D.S. Brown	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was working on the backside of a breakdown mill, waiting for rubber to process through the mill so that it could be cut and sent back into the mill, when his right hand was caught between two rollers, amputating two fingers.
2017-08-08	Athens	Alabama	Holbrook Erectors, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee fell 13.5 feet to the ground while connecting steel beams in a storm shelter, suffering a broken left arm and concussion.
2017-07-19	Athens	Texas	Walmart 412	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was cleaning a maintenance closet when he tripped over an extension cord and fell to the ground, breaking his hip.
2017-07-19	Athens	Texas	Dallas Manufacturing Company, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee became overheated and was hospitalized with a heat injury.
2017-06-14	Athens	Georgia	Kirkhill Acquisition Corporation	Arm(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was milling rubber and while lifting the rubber from the pan, his glove became stuck and his arm contacted the hot rubber at 300 °F. The employee suffered third degree burns and was hospitalized.
2017-01-27	Athens	Georgia	EATON CORPORATION	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On January 27, 2017, at 9:45 a.m. an employee was attempting to reposition the upper of two loaded Ropak pallets in the Pack Area to gain visual access to the shipping label on the pallet for inventory purposes. The employee's left pinky finger became caught between the two pallets resulting in a partial amputation.
2016-10-14	Athens	Alabama	Steelcase Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating the hydraulic press brake. The pull back safety device malfunctioned and the employee's right thumb was caught in the machinery resulting in a thumb tip amputation.
2016-07-20	Athens	Texas	Futurematrix Interventional, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to other harmful substances
An employee felt ill at work after using MEK solvent (Butanone) and was hospitalized.
2016-07-08	Athens	Georgia	Pilgrim's Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee's right index finger was amputated when a roll of wrapping plastic fell on his hand while he attempted to load the roll onto the wrapping machine.
2016-06-15	Athens	Georgia	Pilgrim's Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On 6/15/16, an employee was removing chicken feet from a shackle machine when his left thumb tip was amputated.
2016-05-17	Athens	Georgia	Baldor Electrical Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was using an overhead hoist with a small J-hook to lift a raw part up from a work table in order to change the orientation from face-down to face-up. He had lifted the part approximately 3 inches from the table surface when the part became unsecured from the hook and dropped on his left hand. The fifth digit was smashed and required stitches, and the fourth digit was partially amputated at the first distal.
2016-05-02	Athens	Georgia	ATHENS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	Multiple back regions	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee injured their back when lifting a patient.
2016-03-09	Athens	Texas	A Pineywoods Home Services, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental cold
While driving to a patient's house during a storm, an employee exited their car and was swept away by rushing creek water. The employee suffered hypothermia from the cold water.
2016-02-04	Athens	Georgia	Papa Johns International, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Shooting by other person-intentional
A pizza delivery driver was robbed, shot and beaten at approximately 7:50 pm February 4, 2016. He was hospitalized.
2015-11-30	Athens	Georgia	MARTIN MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS, INC.	Brain	Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
An employee was working on roof installing an exhaust fan. The employee stepped back and fell through a skylight to the floor 12 to 15 feet below. The employee was admitted to the hospital for a head injury and surgery.
2015-11-06	Athens	Alabama	American Leakless Company	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was installing a chain on an accumulator when his left-hand little finger got caught between the chain and the sprocket, amputating the fingertip.
2015-08-20	Athens	Georgia	Evergreen Packaging	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was attempting to change out an adhesive pot on a machine. During the draining process, some of the adhesive spilled out. The employee slipped and fell on the liquid adhesive, breaking his tibia and fibula in the right leg.
2015-07-10	Athens	Georgia	BALDOR ELECTRIC COMPANY	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee's left small finger was amputated while operating an overhead hoist. The equipment was not locked or tagged out and was unguarded at the time.
2015-06-02	Athens	Texas	NORTH HOUSTON POLE LINE LLC	Nonclassifiable	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
A materials delivery truck got stuck in mud. Employees planned on using a loader to pull it out. While in the process of hooking the back of the loader to the delivery truck, the loader rolled backwards and pinched the injured employee between the truck and the loader.
2015-05-15	Athens	Georgia	BCK, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee's hand was caught in a tray pack machine, resulting in a finger amputation.
2015-04-30	Athens	Texas	K&M Oilfield Services	Nonclassifiable	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was injured by a brush wire and was hospitalized after infection spread to his arm.
2015-04-29	Athens	Alabama	Publix	Hand(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was working in the bakery department freezer and cut the palm of the hand and wrist with a box cutter while opening boxes.
2015-04-27	Athens	Texas	Wright Tree Service, Inc.	Arm(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was operating a bucket truck when the hydraulic line hit a tree and damaged it. When the employee moved the bucket it dropped and struck an employee injuring his arm.
2015-03-25	Athens	Alabama	Tennessee Valley Authority	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee entered the blower area to inspect the damper and conduct preventive maintenance. The employee fell 5 feet off of a ledge onto duct work and sustained body injuries. There was low lighting in the area at the time of the incident.
2015-03-15	Athens	Georgia	The Pantry, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Fall on same level
An employee was hospitalized after falling at her register.
2015-03-12	Athens	Georgia	Pilgrims Pride of Athens	Leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee's leg got caught between the pallet jack the employee was operating and the wall near the batter area.
2015-01-13	Athens	Alabama	Custom Polymers Pet, LLC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Employee suffered an amputation on his left index finger while cutting conduit on a portable band saw.
2015-01-06	Athens	Georgia	TIP TOP ROOFERS SERVICE CORP.	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
A worker was hospitalized on 01/06/2015 at 3:30 p.m. After doing some clean-up work on a roof, he fell approximately 8.5 to 9 feet while descending a ladder. The worker fractured his leg and was hospitalized overnight at Athens Regional Medical Center. He underwent surgery, at which time a pin was inserted in the tibia of the fractured leg.