Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2018-03-16 | Claxton | Georgia | Crider Claxton LLC | Forearm(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a stand-up reach truck while pulling products (order) from a racking system. As he reversed the stand-up reach truck, his left forearm was caught between a metal storage rack and the body of the reach truck, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2017-09-28 | Claxton | Georgia | Norman W. Fries, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was grading rework parts and placing the parts on the conveyor of a drum and thigh cutter machine when his right hand contacted the machine's energized blades, amputating it at the wrist. | |||||
2016-08-31 | Claxton | Georgia | Norman W. Fries, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee's left arm was caught in the shaft of a conveyor belt and fractured while cleaning floors. | |||||
2016-04-13 | Claxton | Georgia | Norman W. Fries, Inc. | Hip(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
The employee was riding a pallet jack while loading trailers. The handle of the pallet jack jerked and the pallet jack moved quickly pinning the employee against the trailer wall. | |||||
2015-07-07 | Claxton | Georgia | NORMAN W. FRIES, INC. DBA CLAXTON POULTRY FARMS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee attempting to remove plastic from under a conveyor injured his right hand and sustained an amputation to his right pinky. The conveyor was in operation at the time. | |||||
2015-06-10 | Claxton | Georgia | NORMAN W. FRIES, INC. DBA CLAXTON POULTRY FARMS | Head and neck | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
A maintenance employee was struck by plastic tub lids that fell from a pallet raised on the forks of a stationary forklift, knocking him to the ground, at which time he struck his head, resulting in head and neck injuries requiring hospitalization. |