| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-16 | College Park | Ga | Pike Electric LLC | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| A substation construction crew was installing two feeder breakers at a worksite. The job consisted of adding one 25kV feeder bay with isolation switches on the south end of the existing bus and one 1200A self-contained breaker. The job also included the installation of new 25kV Bus PT (Potential Transformer) module framing on the south end of the bus (framing) and connecting voltage inputs from the PTs to the new feeder breaker. Part of the existing bus was removed to install the new bus. Employ | |||||
| 2021-10-22 | College Park | Ga | Costco Wholesale Corporation | Upper and lower limb(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
| An employee was unloading merchandise from a trailer using an electric pallet jack. The pallet jack got caught in a pallet on the floor and the employee was ejected from the pallet jack, resulting in fractures to the tibia and humerus. | |||||
| 2021-04-13 | College Park | Ga | Westin Atlanta Airport Hotel | Leg(s) | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee was preparing to move a crate when their left leg became caught between a truck bed and a dock, resulting in an injury that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2021-03-19 | College Park | Ga | Costco Wholesale | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee fell to the floor and suffered a dislocated/broken right ankle. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2021-02-26 | College Park | Ga | Strategic Materials, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was unjamming a conveyor belt when his finger was caught in the conveyor's chain drive, resulting in an amputation of the left ring fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-02-05 | College Park | Ga | Southeastern Paper Group, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
| An employee was entering a storage closet to get cleaning supplies when his hand became pinched in the closing closet door, resulting in a partial amputation of the right ring finger. | |||||
| 2020-02-08 | College Park | Georgia | BAKER CONRETE CONSTRUCTION, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person |
| At 5:15 AM, the crew had started drilling horizontal holes in an island slab. At 5:45 AM, an employee noticed a hole had been drilled 1/2 inch off from the correct location. To correct the issue, an employee grabbed a drill, thinking that it had stopped running, but the drill was still on. The employee's glove was caught in the drill bit resulting in an amputation of the top of the employee's middle finger. | |||||
| 2020-01-24 | College Park | Georgia | Martin Brower | Ankle(s) | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee was receiving training on how to operate a pallet jack when the employee was struck by the pallet jack, suffering a broken left ankle that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2020-01-16 | College Park | Georgia | PRO TREE, INC. | Skull | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| A branch fell from a tree that was being trimmed. It struck an employee on the head; the employee suffered a skull fracture and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-09-22 | College Park | Georgia | Golden Gate America East, LLC | Brain | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was walking across the carwash bay just as a vehicle was exiting it and was struck. The employee was hospitalized with a skull fracture, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and friction burns to the left shoulder, elbow, and ankle. | |||||
| 2019-09-19 | College Park | Georgia | Alchemix Corporation | Multiple face locations | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was transferring xylene (a solvent) from tanks into a mixer. The xylene splashed on the employee, injuring the employee's face and eyes. | |||||
| 2019-09-06 | College Park | Georgia | Capstone Logistics, LLC | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| While working on the warehouse floor, an employee was struck by a forklift and sustained a fractured right leg. | |||||
| 2019-05-21 | College Park | Georgia | Baker Concrete Construction, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was removing the headpin from a high load scaffold (shoring system) when it fell on his left ring finger resulting in an open fracture and partial amputation. | |||||
| 2019-02-26 | College Park | Georgia | Schweid and Sons South, LLC. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A maintenance technician was replacing a 65-inch motor belt in a grinder mixer. The belt was installed behind a gear box that drove two chains via sprockets. The employee's right arm was inside the motor compartment when it suddenly started to turn. One of the chains amputated his right arm after wedging it against the sprocket. | |||||
| 2018-08-28 | College Park | Georgia | Lakeside reserve LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Shooting by other person-intentional |
| An employee was preparing to change a lock when the employee was shot in the back. | |||||
| 2018-08-14 | College Park | Georgia | Mad Logistics | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was stepping out of a tractor trailer cab and slipped on the edge of a step that had no traction, falling backwards to the asphalt. She suffered bruising to the legs and buttocks as well as a concussion. | |||||
| 2018-08-10 | College Park | Georgia | Capstone Logistics | Multiple face locations | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was helping a forklift operator offload a broken-down pallet jack from a delivery truck. The forklift operator was using a strap to pull the pallet jack when the strap snapped and struck the employee's face, lacerating his eyebrow, forehead, and chin. | |||||
| 2018-05-10 | College Park | Georgia | Entertainment Partners | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was using a table saw to cut wood for a TV set prop. He was guiding the wood through the saw with his left hand when the saw amputated his left index fingertip. The saw was unguarded at the time. | |||||
| 2018-04-22 | College Park | Georgia | Capstone Logistics, LLC | Ankle(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a stand-up forklift to transport palletized material into a warehouse freezer when the forklift slid on some ice. His left foot was pinned between the forklift and a pallet on the floor causing a fractured ankle. | |||||
| 2017-06-26 | College Park | Georgia | Schenker, Inc. | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee was cleaning plastic from a warehouse floor when he lost his footing and fell backward over a pallet, fracturing his left hip and femur. | |||||
| 2016-07-21 | College Park | Georgia | Buckhead Beef Company | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| While using a band saw to cut pork chops, an employee amputated the right thumb tip, including portions of the finger nail. | |||||
| 2015-06-09 | College Park | Georgia | Costco Wholesale Distribution Center #262 | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee fractured his right femur when he tripped on the platform lip while exiting an electrical pallet jack. At the time, he was trying to move away from a falling pallet overhead. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-04-13 | College Park | Georgia | Kapstone, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| An employee was injured after being struck by a forklift that was backing up. | |||||
| 2015-03-24 | College Park | Georgia | Strategic Materials | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee climbing a ladder on the back of a tanker truck fell approximately 14 feet when the truck moved while the employee was climbing. The employee was wearing a full body harness and was attempting to connect to an overhead anchor point just prior to the accident. | |||||