| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-18 | Cordele | Ga | Griffin Lumber Company, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a trim saw when his right ring finger became caught in the trim block's drive belt and pulley. The employee's right ring and middle fingertips were amputated. | |||||
| 2021-03-15 | Cordele | Ga | Marvair, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| A press brake operator was bending small sheet metal parts when his left ring finger and middle finger were caught between the part being bent and the face of the upper bending die. The tips of each finger were crushed and the employee was hospitalized for surgical amputation of both fingertips. | |||||
| 2020-08-29 | Cordele | Ga | Norbord Georgia LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| Two employees were replacing a bearing on an acceleration belt roll. A 20-pound roll bearing fell to the ground, wedging one employee's right hand against the ground. The middle finger was amputated at the second knuckle, the index finger was lacerated, and the ring finger was crushed. | |||||
| 2020-07-15 | Cordele | Georgia | GRIFFIN LUMBER CO., INC. | Scalp | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was monitoring the flow of lumber at the even end rollers of the planer mill's stacker unscrambler. A board skewed off the even end rollers striking the employee and causing him to fall and hit his head on the floor. He sustained a laceration to the back of the head. | |||||
| 2020-06-11 | Cordele | Georgia | Norbord Georgia LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was walking from the maintenance shop to the warehouse area. He was struck in the back by a sit-down forklift that was carrying two stacks of oriented strand board (OSB) that had been recently heat-treated. Each stack weighed approximately 3,500 pounds and had a temperature of approximately 250 degrees Fahrenheit. The employee sustained burn injuries to his lower back and buttocks, a puncture wound to his right forearm, and contusions to his ribs. | |||||
| 2020-04-15 | Cordele | Georgia | Marvair, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was forming the end of copper tubing using a swaging/flaring tool when his right ring fingertip was amputated by the tool. | |||||
| 2020-02-27 | Cordele | Georgia | Marvair, Inc. | Lumbar region | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was manually pulling electrical wiring through the rear side of a 300-pound, partially assembled HVAC unit, when the unit tipped over and landed on the employee. The employee sustained a fractured lumbar vertebra. | |||||
| 2019-08-14 | Cordele | Georgia | REEVES CONSTRUCTION CO. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was hooking up a trailer to a vehicle. The hitch slipped and the employee's right index finger was caught between the hitch and the trailer. The tip was amputated to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-07-24 | Cordele | Georgia | Synergy Solutions Crisp County, L.P. | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was standing on top of a tanker truck while filling it with ethanol using a gravity-fed mechanism. As the employee was filling the ethanol through the top hatchway of the tanker truck, a flash fire occurred. The employee's shirt caught on fire and the employee jumped approximately 12 feet from the top of the tanker truck to the earthen ground below. The employee sustained burns to his torso and arms, as well as a fractured left leg. | |||||
| 2019-07-13 | Cordele | Georgia | GFMCO, LLC | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was making a repair to a forklift. The tines of the forklift were elevated in order to access the brackets at the bottom of the backrest. While the employee was loosening one of the brackets, the backrest and tines fell off the forklift, striking the employee's back, legs, and feet. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left leg that was broken in two places and a laceration to the right foot. | |||||
| 2019-06-01 | Cordele | Georgia | Airxcel | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a press brake and partially amputated the left middle and ring fingers. | |||||
| 2019-05-23 | Cordele | Georgia | The Harris Waste Management Group, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee, using a sling and hoist, was flipping a liner plate to inspect the underside. When he flipped and laid it down, the plate began to slip across the table. The employee used his right hand to try and stop the plate from sliding and the plate pinched his fingertip against the frame of the table. He suffered an amputation of the last digit of his right middle finger. | |||||
| 2018-09-11 | Cordele | Georgia | Airxcel Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was pushing an air conditioner on an assembly line when he bumped a valve with his right shoulder. The valve then opened and sprayed refrigerant onto his right back area, causing chemical burns. | |||||
| 2018-05-30 | Cordele | Georgia | The Harris Waste Management Group, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was setting up the machine for a reverse tamper when the chuck pressed his left index finger against the flange resulting in an amputation between the second and third knuckle. | |||||
| 2017-10-05 | Cordele | Georgia | Big Tex Trailers, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a tube bender machine to bend a tube section when the employee's right pinky finger was caught and amputated between the tube section and bender head. | |||||
| 2017-03-02 | Cordele | Georgia | The Harris Waste Management Group, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| The employee was moving a manifold via three portable pipe stands when one of the stand's casters got stuck in a divot in the cement floor. As the employee attempted to push the manifold from the first stand, the weight of the manifold became unevenly distributed causing the manifold to fall from the pipe stands. The employee's finger was caught between the pipe stand and the manifold resulting in the amputation of the employee's first digit of the right thumb. | |||||
| 2016-06-13 | Cordele | Georgia | M.K. HARVESTING, INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was hospitalized due to heat stroke that occurred while he was working in the field harvesting watermelons. | |||||
| 2016-05-24 | Cordele | Georgia | Fusion Fabrication and Maintenance, Inc. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was working from an aerial lift to install purlins on a steel shed when the shed shifted and collapsed. The collapsing building struck the aerial lift, causing it to turn over. The employee hit the ground, breaking his hip. | |||||
| 2015-08-07 | Cordele | Georgia | GRIFFIN LUMBER CO., INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| While unjamming boards on the planer mill, the employee had his third and fourth digit tips amputated on his right hand. | |||||
| 2015-07-15 | Cordele | Georgia | Griffin Lumber Company, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee suffered a partial amputation at the planer mill. | |||||
| 2015-01-09 | Cordele | Georgia | Griffin Lumber Company, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On 1/9/15 at 5:45 a.m., a temporary employee of Labor Finders was operating the out feed of the gang saw and reached over to grab a board with the left arm. The employee's clothing became entangled in the rotating shaft. The employee lost the left arm and was hospitalized at Macon Medical. | |||||