Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-09-23 | Bremen | Ga | Novolex | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was placing product on a conveyor when her left middle finger was caught between the product pusher and the rails (sides) of the machine in a 1 1/2-inch gap. She suffered a partial amputation to the finger. | |||||
2019-08-11 | New Bremen | Ohio | CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION | Leg(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee was driving a stand-up forklift. While making a turn, the forklift struck a product being pulled by another forklift. The employee's leg was caught and broken between his forklift and the product. | |||||
2019-05-01 | Bremen | Alabama | GSI Breman LLC | Foot (feet) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was programming a press brake and leaned against a pallet that was being used for parts placement. The pallet tilted and spilled twelve metal parts, each weighing 11.5 pounds. Some of the falling parts fractured the employee's left foot. | |||||
2019-03-20 | New Bremen | Ohio | CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
On March 20, 2019, an employee was towing material with a tugger. The employee's foot was caught between the tugger and a guardrail, sustaining broken bones. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-07-27 | New Bremen | Ohio | CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On July 27, 2018, an employee was working from an elevated basket platform. The platform lowered and contacted the item she was working on. Her thumb was pinched between the basket and the item, resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
2018-05-24 | New Bremen | Ohio | CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION | Leg(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle |
On May 24, 2018, an employee was operating a forklift and struck a stationary coupling tongue from a material transport wagon while turning a corner, breaking a bone in the left leg. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-04-16 | Bremen | Georgia | Wna Bremen ( Inc. Boc) | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was placing cardboard on a cardboard baler when the pin that secures the press-down plate on the baler broke, allowing the plate to land on and break the employee's left arm. | |||||
2017-08-15 | New Bremen | Ohio | CROWN EQUIPMENT CORP. | Multiple body parts | Roadway collision with other vehicle |
On August 15, 2017 an employee was struck by a motor vehicle while driving a utility vehicle, fracturing the employee's pelvis, hand, and leg. | |||||
2017-07-28 | New Bremen | Ohio | Thieman Quality Metal Fab, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On July 28, 2017, an employee was removing metal parts from the laser table and stacking them on a skid. As the employee placed a part (approximately 100 lbs.) on the skid, the left middle finger was pinched between two parts resulting in a distal amputation of the finger. | |||||
2017-05-22 | New Bremen | Ohio | Crown Equipment Corporation | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
While working on a band saw on the production floor, an employee suffered a pinch/crush injury to the right hand resulting in a hospitalization. The saw was running at the time. | |||||
2017-04-12 | Bremen | Georgia | GE Healthcare Imaging Services | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was troubleshooting a CT machine and received third degree burns to his right hand when it contacted an energized slip ring. | |||||
2015-11-20 | Bremen | Georgia | Arby's Restaurant | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
An employee tripped over the drainage system and fell breaking the left leg. | |||||
2015-11-10 | New Bremen | Ohio | SAFEWAY PACKAGING INC. | Wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On November 10, 2015, an employee was cleaning scrap from one end of a press conveyor. A coworker turned on the conveyor, and the employee's wrist got caught in a pinch point. The employee sustained a degloving injury to the left wrist. | |||||
2015-06-25 | Bremen | Georgia | Magoba Environmental, LLC | Upper and lower limb(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was assisting in remediation work to include asbestos removal and duct work. The employee was on the roof of a gymnasium when the roof vent on which he was standing/sitting collapsed. The employee fell approximately 15 feet to the lower level. The employee broke his right ankle and right arm as a result of the fall. |