| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-07-19 | Baxley | Georgia | Appling County Pellets, LLC | Leg(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was breaking up hardened residual ash to remove it from the inside of the second chamber of a dryer during a scheduled outage of the equipment. A piece of the ash fell and pinned the employee's legs. Interior layers of the residual ash were still hot, causing third degree burns on the right leg, second degree burns on the left leg, and second degree burns to portions of both arms. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-07-02 | Baxley | Georgia | Harveys Supermarket | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cutting strip steaks with a meat saw. The saw amputated the employee's right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-02-08 | Baxley | Georgia | Southern Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee was performing preventive maintenance on a switchgear and received an electrical shock when his hand contacted a live conductor. | |||||
| 2018-01-15 | Baxley | Georgia | Griffins Warehouse-Baxley, LLC | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was using a brush to clean fertilizer off an energized belt conveyor when the brush became caught in the conveyor's rollers. The brush and the employee's left arm were pulled into the rollers, causing a left arm fracture. | |||||
| 2015-12-07 | Baxley | Georgia | Southern Industrial Electric, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A contract employee at a host employer worksite was changing a light bulb while positioned on a stepladder when his clothing got caught on a piece of metal on a rotating shaft, pulling the worker into the machine and fracturing both forearms. | |||||