DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-06-11DaculaGaPublix Super Markets, Inc.Multiple body partsFall, slip, trip
An employee was inspecting a valve on a product line when the valve became dislodged, causing the employee to fall to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the jaw and left wrist, and a laceration above the right eye.
2021-01-14DaculaGaG.P.'s Enterprises, Inc.BrainStruck by dislodged flying object, particle
After connecting a lowboy to an excavator bucket with a chain, an employee began raising the excavator bucket. The chain hook (attached to a beam in the lowboy) snapped, hitting the employee in the face and knocking him unconscious.
2020-10-12DaculaGaPublix Super Markets, Inc.Fingertip(s)Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
A fluid shipping employee was manually closing an equipment access door and amputated his right ring fingertip.
2020-06-16DaculaGeorgiaTHE HOME DEPOT, INC.Foot (feet)Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a standup counter-balanced forklift and was traveling toward a unit of plank siding with the forks trailing. He tried to stop the lift using the dead man pedal. His right foot was crushed between the lift and the plank siding.
2020-05-03DaculaGeorgiaPublix Super Markets, Inc.Leg(s)Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was driving a reach forklift when it struck a bollard. The employee's leg was caught between the forklift and the bollard and was broken.
2019-03-26DaculaGeorgiaYancey BrosFingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was repairing an air conditioning unit on a truck. The unit's alternator belt amputated the tip of his left middle finger.
2019-02-14DaculaGeorgiaPUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.Fingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On February 14, 2019, a truck mechanic sustained the amputation of his left index fingertip while inspecting work he had performed on a forklift while it was running. The employee had replaced the drive wheel on the forklift.
2018-01-14DaculaGeorgiaPublix Super Markets, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was attempting to lower a dock plate manually when the employee's hand and fingers were caught between the dock plate and trailer floor. The employee's fingers were amputated.
2017-09-11DaculaGeorgiaPUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was removing plastic from a molding press when the mold closed on his left hand, fracturing his fingers and requiring hospitalization.
2016-02-09DaculaGeorgiaPUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.NonclassifiableCompressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
While troubleshooting a dock board, a maintenance employee became pinned under the unit.
2015-10-08DaculaGeorgiaYANCEY BROTHERS, INC.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Injured by handheld object or equipment
An employee experienced a partial amputation of the left ring finger while working with another employee to knock out a pin with a sledgehammer.
2015-09-21DaculaGeorgiaE.R. Snell ContractorsFingertip(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
The employee was in the process of erecting a barrier wall on the side of the road (highway construction). The employee got his right index finger caught between the panel of the wall and the bolt, pinching/crushing his finger and amputating the fingertip.
2015-01-14DaculaGeorgiaPUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.Multiple body partsIgnition of vapors, gases, or liquids
At approximately 4:30 PM on January 14, 2015, an employee was lighting a gas grill to prepare lunch for employees during a work gathering. The grill flashed, resulting in minor burns to the employee's arm and face. The employee went to an urgent care facility, and then a hospital, where he was admitted at approximately 9:30 PM, and kept overnight.