| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-20 | Austell | Ga | YANCEY BROS. CO. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee fell off a bulldozer while changing a condenser. The employee landed about 7 feet below, suffering five broken ribs and a collapsed lung. | |||||
| 2021-07-20 | Austell | Ga | Voith US Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was loading a roll onto a lathe. The employee's right hand was caught between a piece of equipment and the chuck jaw of the lathe. The employee suffered an amputation to the little finger. | |||||
| 2021-04-09 | Austell | Ga | Fedex Ground | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was following other employees out of a 53-foot trailer. He stepped on rollers and fell into the belly of the trailer, which was about 3 feet deep. He suffered three broken ribs, a collarbone fracture, and a brain bleed. | |||||
| 2021-02-17 | Austell | Ga | Greif Inc. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| At about 11:30 a.m. on February 17, 2021, an employee was clearing cardboard pieces from a flatbed truck. He began to slip on a piece of cardboard and jumped off the truck landing on the concrete surface about 6 feet below, suffering a right leg fracture above the ankle. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-08-28 | Austell | Ga | Voith US Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was using a band saw to cut a block of wood when the wood became jammed. As he attempted to unjam the wood, the saw blade amputated a quarter inch of his left thumb tip (no bone loss). | |||||
| 2019-03-30 | Austell | Georgia | Six Flags Over Georgia II, L.P | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
| A security guard was trying to quell an argument between two park patrons when they began fighting. The guard was grabbed from behind and thrown to the ground and the two patrons fell on her. She suffered broken ribs and a head injury. | |||||
| 2019-02-28 | Austell | Georgia | Miller-Clapperton Partnership | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| Employees were operating a bending machine when an employee's left middle finger was pinched between the metal panel and the top of the tooling portion of the machine. The fingertip was severed. | |||||
| 2018-09-08 | Austell | Georgia | M S International, Inc. | Head | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was standing near a bundle that a forklift operator was unloading when the bundle's wood bracing hit the dock plate. The wood bracing then broke and struck the employee, causing a deep head laceration. | |||||
| 2018-01-23 | Austell | Georgia | TM Multi Family Management | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee was troubleshooting live circuit breakers that were tripping at a meter box when an arc flash occurred. He was engulfed in flames, receiving severe burns to his face and hands. | |||||
| 2017-10-13 | Austell | Georgia | Dade Paper Company | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell from a dock door and broke the lower right leg. | |||||
| 2017-10-12 | Austell | Georgia | Six Flags Over Georgia | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee's right foot was pinched between a steel cage (protective barrier) and equipment being moved by a crane, partially amputating his second toe. | |||||
| 2017-08-28 | Austell | Georgia | CARAUSTAR | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking from the back to the front of a machine when he slipped and fell, breaking his arm and suffering a minor cut to his head. | |||||
| 2017-07-01 | Austell | Georgia | Parsec Incorporated | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was on the ground waiting for a ride when a coworker ran over his legs with a vehicle and dragged him 10 feet. | |||||
| 2017-06-16 | Austell | Georgia | CARAUSTAR ICPG, INC. | Arm(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was walking from one section of the facility to another when he became dizzy and fell to the sidewalk, fracturing both arms. | |||||
| 2017-01-17 | Austell | Georgia | Dade Paper Company | Foot (feet) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
| An employee was operating a standup powered industrial truck (PIT) and struck another PIT. His left foot was caught between the two PITs and fractured requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2016-09-15 | Austell | Georgia | Caraustar Mill Group, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was re-threading a portion of the re-winder machine when his left middle finger became caught in the machine, amputating his fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-01-15 | Austell | Georgia | PNC Bank | Pelvis | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped and fell over a box while walking from one teller station to another, breaking their pelvis. | |||||
| 2015-10-24 | Austell | Georgia | Six Flags Over Georgia | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
| An employee was delivering supplies and got their right hand caught in a door jam. The right middle finger was pinched and some skin was removed. | |||||
| 2015-09-24 | Austell | Georgia | C & C Xpress | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee's index finger was cut by a conveyor belt. The belt was unguarded at the time. | |||||
| 2015-07-01 | Austell | Georgia | PARSEC, INC. | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian vehicular incident |
| An employee was struck by a Hostler Truck. | |||||