Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-08 | Braselton | Ga | Uline, Inc. | Head | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was walking near a staging area when they were struck by a forklift carrying a load of boxed product, resulting in a bruise to their head and a laceration to their head that required staples. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-05-23 | Braselton | Ga | Merritt Hospitality, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a 10-foot ladder, doing maintenance on a vent hood outside a hotel restaurant kitchen. As he was climbing to the top of the ladder, the ladder slipped. He fell to the ground and suffered a broken right thumb. | |||||
2020-10-13 | Braselton | Ga | NASCAR Media Staffing, LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in holding, carrying, or wielding-single episode |
An employee carried a 50-60 lbs. roll of broadcasting cable around a truck to the point of deployment. He placed the cable on the ground and prepared to deploy it. When he stood up, he experienced pain in his abdomen. The employee sustained a laceration to his spleen. | |||||
2020-10-01 | Braselton | Ga | Dayton Superior Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a bar support machine. The employee's left hand was caught and crushed in the bending area of the machine. Four fingers were amputated. | |||||
2020-01-09 | Braselton | Georgia | ECKARDT ELECTRIC CO. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
As an employee shut the tool cabinet door, his left ring finger was caught between the door and the frame resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2018-07-18 | Braselton | Georgia | Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was loading packages into a trailer for 10 hours and began cramping throughout their body. The employee was hospitalized for heat stress and dehydration. | |||||
2018-01-04 | Braselton | Georgia | Legacy Cabinets Inc. | Brain | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was unloading paneling from a truck when the paneling fell on him, knocking him to the floor of the truck trailer. He suffered a concussion and lower back injury, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-07-24 | Braselton | Georgia | The William Carter Company | Ankle(s) | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee was being trained on how to operate an electric pallet jack. When he stepped off the pallet jack, it continued moving and struck his left foot, lacerating it and breaking his ankle. | |||||
2017-07-01 | Braselton | Georgia | Williams-Sonoma | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee's left foot was run over and crushed by a moving forklift. | |||||
2017-05-11 | Braselton | Georgia | Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee had been at work since 7:00 a.m., unpacking boxes and building furniture on the dock, when he felt dizzy and collapsed. He was hospitalized for dehydration. | |||||
2017-01-05 | Braselton | Georgia | PETCO | Leg(s) | Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway |
An employee was being trained on a forklift and traveling around a charging station when he hit a parked lift and became pinned between the two vehicles, breaking his leg and requiring hospitalization. |