| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-12 | Cumming | Ga | WALMART, INC. | Foot (feet) | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. |
| An employee was moving pallets with an electric pallet jack. The pallet jack caught his right foot and ran it over, severing a tendon on the left side. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-09-12 | Cumming | Ga | TysonFoods | Scalp | Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising |
| An employee was measuring a pipe for a job. The employee stood up after taking the measurement and hit his head on a support beam. The employee sustained a laceration to the scalp. | |||||
| 2021-07-16 | Cumming | Ga | Chipper, LLC | Leg(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
| An employee was operating a compound utility loader. A truck struck him as it backed up, breaking his leg. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-04-29 | Cumming | Ga | Storage Structures, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was repairing roof insulation when his ladder become unstable. As he fell, his left hand caught a loose piece of thin, hanging metal strapping, which lacerated his ring finger. | |||||
| 2021-02-19 | Cumming | Ga | The Kroger Company | Brain | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| The injured employee came over to assist another employee who was having a seizure. The injured employee lost balance and struck her head on a self-checkout counter. The injured employee was knocked unconscious and hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-10-04 | Cumming | Ga | Publix Supermarkets, Inc. Store #1130 | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c. |
| A bakery clerk was walking back to her work area from the freezer when another employee inadvertently stepped backward into the clerk's path. The clerk tripped over the other employee's leg and fell to the floor striking her head and left arm. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left arm and head injuries. | |||||
| 2020-08-12 | Cumming | Ga | Townsend Tree Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was working in the fields chopping bushes and developed muscle cramps. The employee was hospitalized for a muscle injury and heat exhaustion. | |||||
| 2020-06-26 | Cumming | Georgia | ATL Masonry Contractor, Inc. | Brain | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. |
| An employee was dismantling a scaffold. A forklift rolled into the scaffold and the employee fell, landing on the concrete floor and suffering a head injury. | |||||
| 2020-05-22 | Cumming | Georgia | Southern Skid Design and Fabrication | Face | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was testing an HVAC system when the face of the pressure regulator blew off and hit the employee in the face. The employee suffered multiple fractures and lacerations to the face and a ruptured eardrum. | |||||
| 2020-05-07 | Cumming | Georgia | The Rodriguez Team, LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| At approximately 6:30 p.m. on May 7, 2020, an employee was using a set of 5-foot high job-made wooden scaffolds, standing on a 2x10 plank, while nailing a floor joist overhead. He lost his balance and fell to the concrete floor, hitting his head. He experienced dizziness and was hospitalized for a concussion. | |||||
| 2020-01-21 | Cumming | Georgia | Inspector Drain, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment |
| An employee was standing outside a trench when the side wall gave way. He fell into the trench and ended up on his knees with dirt up to his waist. He suffered hip and rib injuries and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-07-20 | Cumming | Georgia | TYSON FOODS, INC. | Lumbar region | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
| An employee was transporting a 64 pound box of parts using a hand truck/dolly. As the employee was bringing the dolly up some steps, he felt a severe pain in his lower back. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-05-16 | Cumming | Georgia | Stiles Machinery, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was addressing an alignment issue with the metal trim at the end of the conveyor. After making the adjustment, the employee's right hand was caught in the moving conveyor belt. The employee's pinky finger was fractured and dislocated. The employee also sustained a laceration from the mid-pinky to the middle of his right palm. | |||||
| 2019-01-26 | Cumming | Georgia | Smithfield Packaged Meats | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a jam in the chute of a running machine and was caught by the auger. The employee sustained the amputation of the right index finger to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2018-08-28 | Cumming | Georgia | E. R. Snell Contractor, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee stepped off the counterweight of a crane and fell 6 to 8 feet to the ground below, suffering back and rib injuries. | |||||
| 2018-07-18 | Cumming | Georgia | LD Painting, LLC | Hand(s) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment |
| An employee was working from a stepladder when it broke. In falling, he grabbed the steel rail of a garage door and his right hand was lacerated. | |||||
| 2018-06-27 | Cumming | Georgia | MasTec Services Company, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee was replacing an underground transformer when an arc flash occurred, causing a second degree burn to his left forearm. He also fell forward, striking his head on a distribution service bar and suffering a laceration. | |||||
| 2018-05-18 | Cumming | Georgia | Tyson Poultry, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was suffered an amputation to the right index finger while cleaning a chiller. | |||||
| 2018-03-19 | Cumming | Georgia | FERRELLGAS INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
| An employee was rolling a propane cylinder when his left pinky finger was caught on the cylinder and fractured, requiring surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-02-21 | Cumming | Georgia | ECS Management, LLC | Brain | Excavation or trenching cave-in |
| An employee was removing forms inside an excavation around the concrete foundation of a residential home. The excavated vertical wall caved in, trapping the employee. The employee sustained a concussion and was hospitalized. Rain was a contributing factor. | |||||
| 2017-10-07 | Cumming | Georgia | Arby Construction Company, Inc. | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was operating a digger near a 14-foot hole to replace a steel concrete pole. He was exiting the back of the machine using the ladder when he fell into the hole, fracturing his L2 lumbar vertebra and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-09-20 | Cumming | Georgia | Republic Services | Wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was attempting to remove a piece of cardboard that had slipped over the packer blade of a waste collection truck hopper when the packer blade began to crush and lacerate his right hand, fracturing his right wrist. The truck hopper was not locked/tagged out at the time. | |||||
| 2017-07-28 | Cumming | Georgia | PMC Building Materials, LLC | Foot (feet) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
| An employee was unloading a piggyback forklift from a tandem truck. The employee observed his truck rolling away and while attempting to catch his truck he was run over, resulting in a broken right foot. | |||||
| 2016-08-22 | Cumming | Georgia | Unlimited Structure | Leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening 21 to 25 feet |
| An employee was repairing/installing insulation on top of a panel when he fell approximately 25 feet through the roof to the ground below, breaking his leg. | |||||
| 2016-04-19 | Cumming | Georgia | Georgia SE Gutters, LLC | Multiple body parts | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was installing metal roofing on a porch roof when the supporting pole collapsed. The employee fell approximately 10 feet to the ground, fracturing his elbow, pelvis, and two ribs. | |||||
| 2016-02-02 | Cumming | Georgia | BONITZ OF GEORGIA, INC. | Neck and back | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was laying a metal deck with another employee when he lost his footing and fell approximately 20 feet over the leading edge. He suffered several fractures to the back and neck bones and a gash on the side of his head. | |||||
| 2015-12-09 | Cumming | Georgia | Smithfield Foods | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On 12/9/2015, at 12:15 a.m., an employee was cleaning a conveyor belt when his left hand got caught under the belt. His left ring finger was amputated just above the lowest/first knuckle. | |||||
| 2015-10-30 | Cumming | Georgia | TYSON FOODS, INC. | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee, performing inventory, was descending a platform ladder and slipped and fell. The employee was admitted to the hospital for a compression fracture of the L1 vertebra. The incident occurred on 10/29/15 at approximately 7:55 pm. | |||||
| 2015-08-27 | Cumming | Georgia | BJ'S Wholesale Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee operating a walk behind floor scrubber suffered a right middle fingertip amputation when he reached under the floor scrubber to unclog it and his finger was caught in the rotating fan. The floor scrubber was running at the time. | |||||
| 2015-06-17 | Cumming | Georgia | Brand Vaughan Lumber Company* | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employees was hospitalized when his foot was run over and crushed by a forklift. | |||||
| 2015-06-17 | Cumming | Georgia | Raul Hernandez Soto Framing | Nonclassifiable | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet |
| A framing employee was admitted to the hospital after trusses the employee was standing on broke causing the employee to fall approximately 9 feet. | |||||
| 2015-01-08 | Cumming | Georgia | Wells Fargo | Upper arm(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| Employee spilled water on the floor while making coffee. Employee then slipped and fell, breaking her left upper arm requiring surgery. | |||||