| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-01 | Buford | Ga | Caliber Collision Center #2301 | Hand(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| On 11/1/2021, an employee was cleaning a car when he blew compressed air across his hand and received an air embolism, resulting in hospitalization. | |||||
| 2021-07-28 | Buford | Ga | DiversiTech Buford DC | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was replenishing shelves from a narrow aisle reach truck. As the truck turned, the employee's left foot was caught between the operator platform and the protective rail for the shelving units. The employee's middle toe was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-04-30 | Buford | Ga | Best Buy Distribution Center | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was in a pedestrian walkway. A forklift ran over the employee's right foot, breaking it. | |||||
| 2021-04-14 | Buford | Ga | Dany's Construction Siding Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| A siding worker was climbing up a ladder and fell approximately 6-10 feet onto a concrete slab. The employee sustained a fractured wrist, the loss of a front tooth, a swollen eye, and a broken lip. | |||||
| 2020-09-01 | Buford | Ga | Crowder Construction Company | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| Two employees were moving a VFD on rollers when it tilted on them. One employee suffered a leg fracture. The other employee suffered a hip fracture. Both were hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-06-30 | Buford | Georgia | Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall, slip, trip |
| A maintenance employee was painting the trim inside a resident's bathroom when he lost his balance and fell, fracturing some ribs. | |||||
| 2020-05-07 | Buford | Georgia | CYCLONE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating a scraper when the cushion hitch closed, restricting the shock-absorbing capabilities of the scraper loaded with soil. The employee hit an obscure bump on the haul road and as a result experienced a back injury that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2020-04-16 | Buford | Georgia | Harcon Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was standing beside a concrete column form, guiding it as a crane picked it up. The rigging came loose and the form fell to the ground, striking the employee on the way down. The employee suffered a left clavicle fracture, a left acetabulum fracture, transverse vertebrae fractures, compression vertebrae fractures, and multiple contusions and abrasions. | |||||
| 2020-03-18 | Buford | Georgia | Sams Club #4780 | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was exiting the receiving area and tripped and fell to the floor while stepping over product that was on a partially empty pallet. The employee sustained a broken hip. | |||||
| 2020-03-17 | Buford | Georgia | Classic Window Coverings, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee placed an 8-foot piece of louver material onto a non-automatic saw bed and was attempting to cut the louver when her left thumb and forefinger contacted the blade, receiving amputations. | |||||
| 2020-02-18 | Buford | Georgia | Office Depot | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was stocking product was using a three-step ladder. As he was descending, he missed the last step and fell. The employee sustained a fracture to his left femur and hip. | |||||
| 2020-02-17 | Buford | Georgia | RV World of Georgia, LLC | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was exiting an RV using an affixed three-step assembly when he lost balance while stepping down from the last step, which was approximately 4 inches from the ground. The momentum of his body when his foot contacted the ground resulted in a left ankle fracture. | |||||
| 2019-07-08 | Buford | Georgia | Western Summit Constructors, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was on the fifth rung of a ladder, securing it to the wall. The ladder's feet slid out and the employee fell to the concrete floor, breaking his wrist. | |||||
| 2019-06-04 | Buford | Georgia | LUND INTERNATIONAL HOLDING COMPANY | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a forklift and crushed their left foot between the lift and a rack. | |||||
| 2019-01-30 | Buford | Georgia | Harris Door & Drawer, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| On 1/30/2019 an employee was feeding a railing into a chop saw and amputated his right thumb half-way through the nail. | |||||
| 2018-07-01 | Buford | Georgia | AECOM Design Services INC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Roadway collision-moving and standing vehicle on side of roadway |
| An employee was in a company vehicle on the side of the road when another vehicle struck the employee's vehicle. The employee sustained a bruised spine. | |||||
| 2018-04-25 | Buford | Georgia | Islands Management Co. LLC | Foot (feet) | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee's foot was crushed by a forklift. | |||||
| 2018-03-14 | Buford | Georgia | Metro Corral Partners LLC | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped on a fork after leaving the dishwashing area and suffered a femur fracture in the hip/thigh area, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2018-01-02 | Buford | Georgia | U.S. Postal Service | Multiple body parts | Jack-knifed or overturned, roadway |
| At approximately 19:00 PM on January 2, 2018, an employee was delivering mail along a rural route when he noticed he was off on the right side of the road. As he tried to pull the vehicle back onto the road, he lost control and it overturned. He was ejected and pinned under the vehicle, suffering four broken ribs, a broken collarbone on the right side, and injuries to his right arm and wrist. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-08-30 | Buford | Georgia | Elringklinger USA, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was walking along a loading dock when a forklift drove over his left ankle and broke it. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-07-08 | Buford | Georgia | Elringklinger USA, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On Saturday, 7/8/17, at 1:45 p.m., an employee was operating a press when one of the employee's fingertips was caught in the machine. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-06-07 | Buford | Georgia | Ned Stevens Gutter Cleaning & General Contracting of New Jersey, LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell off a ladder and injured his back, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2017-06-07 | Buford | Georgia | Rohrer Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was manipulating the alignment bolts on a thermoformer machine when the machine's platen lowered onto his right hand, crushing it and amputating his right pinky fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-04-27 | Buford | Georgia | Elringklinger USA, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| A temporary employee was on top of a machine when the reset button was pushed, which caused the machine to pin the employee's foot. The employee sustained an ankle dislocation and severe laceration to the foot and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-03-01 | Buford | Georgia | Elringklinger USA, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| The injured employee (Operator 1) was assisting another employee (Operator 2) in die stamping operations at the press. Operator 1 was standing at the press and to the inside of the light curtains installed at the press, but was not in an area that triggered the light curtains to work (i.e. the light curtains did not extend all the way to the die bed of the press). Operator 2 triggered the press to cycle and Operator 1's right hand was in the press and caught by the upper die. As he stepped back | |||||
| 2016-02-08 | Buford | Georgia | CARDINAL CG CO. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee received a laceration on his left hand and a skin avulsion on his right arm after being pulled into a conveyor in the coating department while performing maintenance. | |||||
| 2015-10-15 | Buford | Georgia | Walmart Stores, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was accessing a safe in the cash office to get deposits. While closing the door to the safe, his finger got caught, amputating his left index fingertip near the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2015-06-30 | Buford | Georgia | ANDREW ELECTRIC CO., INC. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working near a conveyor when the conveyor grabbed his shirt and pulled his arm into the machine, injuring his right hand. | |||||
| 2015-01-23 | Buford | Georgia | ASC Construction Equipment USA, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was unloading a service truck when he accidently came in contact with a sharp metal edge of a piece of equipment. The tip of his left index finger received a severe laceration. The employee had the tip of his finger amputated (elective medical amputation). | |||||