Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-06-16 | Bogart | Ga | AmeriGas Propane L.P. | Nonclassifiable | Contact with cold objects or substances |
An employee was filling forklift cylinders with propane gas when the nozzle connected to the cylinder released and the employee was burned by the propane gas. | |||||
2019-07-03 | Bogart | Georgia | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
After delivering packages, an employee became dizzy and light-headed due to heat stress and dehydration. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-02-20 | Bogart | Georgia | Benson's Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was operating a scaler at the batter depositor. The depositor needed to be adjusted for the weight of the batter being deposited in the cake pan. The employee was fixing the adjustment handle and amputated their left pinky fingertip. | |||||
2017-02-18 | Bogart | Georgia | Benson's Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Exposure to environmental cold |
An employee suffered frostbite to his left ring and pinky fingertips after working in the freezer. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-01-24 | Bogart | Georgia | Goodwill of North Georgia | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
While an employee was lowering a dock plate, the front flap pinched the employee's right middle finger, amputating the nail and the pad under the nail. | |||||
2015-11-23 | Bogart | Georgia | Benson's, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was repairing a slicer and was pushing on the pulley when the motor started. His finger got caught between the belt and pulley, amputating his right middle fingertip and requiring surgery. | |||||
2015-07-13 | Bogart | Georgia | UPS | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
A driver was on his route and called management to report he was not feeling well. Management picked up employee on route and took him to the hospital because the employee was suffering from a heat related injury. The employee was hospitalized. |