| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-21 | Blackshear | Ga | Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was inspecting the insulation of a drag conveyor when a piece of angle iron fell into an opening in the housing. The drag conveyor then contacted the angle iron causing it to strike an employee's left thumb. The employee's thumb sustained a deep laceration. | |||||
| 2020-06-05 | Blackshear | Georgia | Steel & Metal Systems, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee had placed a piece of sheet metal into a folding machine and was operating the machine when the metal slipped further into the machine. The top plate came down on the employee's left middle fingertip, causing an amputation. | |||||
| 2020-05-12 | Blackshear | Georgia | Steel and Metal Systems of Georgia, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was placing material into a metal folding press to be fabricated when the operating pedal was engaged before her hand was out of the way of the moving parts. Her hand was caught in the machine, resulting in one broken bone in her right middle finger and one broken bone in her right ring finger. She was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-10-11 | Blackshear | Georgia | Steel & Metal Systems, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a metal folding machine when the machine closed on her hands, amputating both thumb tips. | |||||
| 2017-02-09 | Blackshear | Georgia | GILMAN BUILDING PRODUCTS, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was making adjustments to a planer when his left hand contacted the fan motor, partially amputating his ring and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2016-08-23 | Blackshear | Georgia | Pike Electric, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee had been working in a bucket truck doing overhead electrical line work all day. Later that evening, the employee started feeling ill and was admitted to the hospital for heat exhaustion. | |||||