Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-07-26	Covington	Ky	North Star Painting Company, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was cleaning a paint spray gun. The gun activated and injected paint thinner into the employee's left little finger.
2021-04-30	Covington	La	Mele Printing, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a stapling machine to staple books together. His left hand slipped into the machine, which broke his ring finger.
2021-03-10	Covington	Ga	H.B. FULLER	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
A temporary employee was preparing to change a filter in a filter housing. When a filter housing was opened, 190-degree water burned his right arm and the right side of his torso.
2020-07-28	Covington	Georgia	Hopi Contracting Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was operating a bench disk sander. The sander amputated the tip of the employee's ring finger.
2020-06-17	Covington	Georgia	Nisshinbo Automotive Manufacturing Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was changing the trash bag on a shim vacuum when he attempted to check the vacuum impeller for a clog. The moving impeller blades then amputated his right ring fingertip and 1 inch from his right index fingertip. The vacuum was energized at the time of the incident.
2020-06-03	Covington	Louisiana	Tractor Supply Company	Multiple body parts	Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
An employee was backing an ATV toward a loading dock when it rolled off the dock. The employee suffered a broken ankle and possibly cracked vertebrae.
2020-05-17	Covington	Louisiana	Rouses Enterprises, LLC	Fingernail(s), nailbed(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting pork loins on a bandsaw in the deli. While positioning the meat, the employee's hand slipped and contacted the blade. The employee suffered a lacerated right index finger and fingernail avulsion.
2020-04-25	Covington	Georgia	Pactiv Corporation	Foot (feet)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was driving a forklift in reverse when the forklift struck a support beam from the left side. The employee's left foot sustained injury which required surgery and hospitalization.
2020-02-19	Covington	Pennsylvania	Country View Family Farms, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was cleaning a hog farrowing floor with a high-pressure washer. The water jet cut through his boot into the top of his foot, causing laceration, trauma, and infiltration of hog manure. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-09-14	Covington	Louisiana	AT&T	Foot (feet)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was descending a 24-foot extension ladder after attaching an aerial service wire to a home. His left foot slipped on the second rung from the bottom, causing him to fall and land awkwardly. He broke his left foot.
2019-08-28	Covington	Georgia	Emory	Hip(s)	Fall while sitting
An employee stood up to check in and assist a patient. When she went to sit back down, she missed the chair and fell to the floor, injuring her right hip.
2019-07-22	Covington	Georgia	Construction Resources, Inc.	Forearm(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was installing a mirror in a home under construction. The mirror broke and fell on their forearm causing a laceration that required hospitalization.
2019-05-14	Covington	Georgia	Stark Truss Company, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was using a saw and feeding a piece of material into the saw when she attempted to fix material that became dislodged. Her right ring finger was pinched/crushed by the feeding mechanism, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2019-02-16	Covington	Georgia	Pactiv, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was removing film from the seal bar on a bagging machine. The sealer bar came down onto his right middle finger, causing a partial amputation.
2019-01-14	Covington	Ohio	Harvest Land Co-op	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell off a ladder from a height of less than 10 feet, resulting in fractures, dislocated bones, and torn ligaments of the wrist.
2019-01-10	Covington	Georgia	Guardian Automotive Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee put a repaired motor back on a stamping press and was turning the belts to make sure they were all lined up in the groove. His hand became caught between the motor pulley and belt. He sustained a crushing injury with an open distal phalanx fracture and a nail and nailbed injury to the left index fingertip.
2018-08-29	Covington	Georgia	Westrock	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was carrying trash to a compactor when a forklift backed up over his right foot. His foot was crushed and required hospitalization.
2018-08-21	Covington	Georgia	GEORGIA PLATING, INC.	Lower leg(s)	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
After checking material that was loaded in a tractor trailer, an employee was stepping off the truck when it pulled out. She slipped off the truck and fell 4 feet, breaking her left leg above the ankle.
2018-07-28	Covington	Georgia	A & C CONCRETE & CONSTRUCTION, INC.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
At about 8:30 a.m. on July 28, 2018, an employee was trapped by the boom of a skid steer while trying to help another employee change the skid steer's forks. The employee suffered eight broken ribs and was hospitalized.
2018-07-11	Covington	Georgia	The Sherwin-Williams Company	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was about to remove debris within a repaired rotary valve when the valve amputated his left middle fingertip. The valve's lockout/tagout had been removed and it had been energized to ensure that it worked following the repair.
2018-01-30	Covington	Louisiana	McNeilus Trucking, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was reversing a forklift while moving equipment/merchandise when his left foot was pinched between an I-beam and the forklift.
2018-01-25	Covington	Georgia	Nissi Drywall, Inc.	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level
On 1/25/2018, an employee was finishing drywall when he fell off a scaffold and broke his arm, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2017-09-04	Covington	Louisiana	Lakeview Regional Medical Center	Arm(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell while entering an elevator that was uneven with the main floor. She broke her left arm.
2017-06-23	Covington	Ohio	Twin City Fan Companies, Ltd	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was moving a metal container with a coworker when the coworker slipped, causing the container to move. The employee's right index fingertip was then caught and amputated between the metal container and a second container.
2017-02-15	Covington	Georgia	PACTIV LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee and a coworker were exchanging a mold. The coworker raised the mold with a stand forklift while the employee used a hand to lift a part. The employee's fingertip was then caught and amputated between the upper part of the mold and the forklift structure.
2017-01-18	Covington	Louisiana	Acadian Ambulance	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was going to a residence to provide emergency medical treatment to a patient with shortness of breath. The employee began having breathing problems and suffered poisoning once inside the residence, where the patient had set off insect foggers.
2017-01-11	Covington	Georgia	Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope	Multiple body parts	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was delivering glass to a shop. The glass started to fall off the side of the truck. There was a bystander that could have been injured by the falling glass. The employee pushed the bystander to prevent her from being injured and the glass fell on him cutting his head and foot.
2016-10-19	Covington	Georgia	Premier Packaging Products, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was making a packaging sample and amputated the right thumb tip.
2016-09-18	Covington	Georgia	Bridgestone Golf, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
While installing a press mold, an employee's wrench slipped, causing the employee to fall backward to the concrete floor. The employee suffered a broken left hip.
2016-09-03	Covington	Georgia	Michelin North America	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
The employee had gone into the cement booth to clean the roller. He closed the safety gate and attempted to jog the roller. The employee had his hand on the roller and his left arm was caught in the roller and crushed.
2016-08-07	Covington	Texas	Bridgeport Tank Trucks, LLC	Scalp	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was stepping down out of a commercial truck cab when he missed the bottom step with his foot. He lost his grip on the handholds and fell backward to the ground, hitting his head on the gravel surface and suffering a head abrasion.
2016-08-06	Covington	Georgia	Piedmont Newton Hospital	Fingertip(s)	Intentional injury by other person, n.e.c.
An employee was attempting to secure a nasogastric tube to the bridge of a patient's nose when the patient bit the employee, amputating the employee's right pinky fingertip.
2016-07-08	Covington	Louisiana	UPS	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was driving a truck and delivering packages door to door when he experienced a heat-related illness and required hospitalization.
2016-07-07	Covington	Louisiana	UPS	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
A door-to-door package delivery driver was hospitalized for heat-related issues.
2016-04-17	Covington	Georgia	Valspar Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
While cleaning a sifter and rotary valve, an employee's left-hand index, middle, and ring fingers were amputated.
2016-01-22	Covington	Georgia	SKC, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was emptying the dust collector on a fines hopper. After she centered the drum under the discharge, she raised her left hand to shake fines off of her hand. Her hand entered the vertical discharge chute, and her fingers contacted the rotating vanes of the rotary valve, amputating her left middle and ring fingertips.
2015-11-21	Covington	Louisiana	Perino's Garden Center, Inc.	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell to the ground while putting a cover over a greenhouse roof striking their head and breaking their wrist.
2015-11-02	Covington	Georgia	NyloBoard LLC	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was threading a conveyor belt on an air lay machine and got the right hand caught in the pin cylinder. The hand was amputated.
2015-08-05	Covington	Georgia	SKC, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
A maintenance employee was troubleshooting a rotary valve for a pallet on the roof. While cleaning debris around the plug inside the fitting valve, the employee's finger was amputated by rotating blades. The unit was running at the time of the incident.