Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-06-18 | Dawsonville | Ga | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
A delivery driver developed heat exhaustion and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-06-25 | Dawsonville | Georgia | Tyson Poultry, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
A Tyson Poultry commercial motor vehicle driver was struck from behind by an empty cage being carried on a three-wheel forklift. The driver suffered lacerations to the right elbow and the top of the left hand, a compound fracture to the right tibia and fibula, fractures to three lower-back vertebrae, and body abrasions. | |||||
2018-06-11 | Dawsonville | Georgia | Atlanta Gear Works | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was disassembling gear boxes. As the employee reached under a load that was lifted by a crane, a bearing fell out and landed on his left hand causing fractures to two fingers. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-06-04 | Dawsonville | Georgia | Gold Creek Processing, LLC | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was walking near the trash compactor, tripped and fell sustaining a bilateral ankle fracture. | |||||
2017-02-09 | Dawsonville | Georgia | Atlanta Gear Works | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was standing on a 3-foot scaffold using a wrench to turn a tool on a machine when his wrench slipped. He slipped off the scaffold and hit the floor, breaking six ribs and suffering a contusion. | |||||
2016-06-16 | Dawsonville | Georgia | Gold Creek Foods, LLC. | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
On 6/16/16, an employee lost his footing inside of a cardboard trailer and fell to the concrete ground. He broke his left tibia and was hospitalized. |