Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-01 | Douglas | Ga | Optima Chemical Group, LLC | Hand(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was unclogging a line when lithium nickel oxide entered his gloves, causing a burn. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-05-24 | Douglasville | Ga | LINCOLN TRUCKING INC. | Multiple body parts | Explosion |
An employee was standing near his truck while hot liquid were being loaded into it. The liquid clogged, and while a pump was being used to blow and pull it, there was an explosion. The hot liquid burned the employee's face, hands, and feet. | |||||
2021-04-23 | Douglas | Ga | Walmart, Inc. | Multiple head locations | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a powered industrial truck (PIT) and backed under a storage rack. The employee's head and face struck the rack and the employee sustained contusions and lacerations. | |||||
2020-09-18 | Douglas | Ga | Lark United Manufacturing, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a pneumatic-powered shear and suffered a partial amputation of the left ring and pinky fingers. | |||||
2020-08-29 | Douglas | Ga | BROOKS WELDING, INC. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was climbing a 20-foot extension ladder. He fell from 16 feet up; his head struck a beam before he landed on the platform below, and he briefly lost consciousness. He was hospitalized, having suffered four cracked ribs, a cracked pelvic bone, a concussion, and a broken hand. | |||||
2020-05-19 | Douglassville | Pennsylvania | American Crane & Equipment Corporation | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was looking through a warehouse for missing parts. The employee tripped over some spools of electrical wire and suffered a broken right ankle. | |||||
2020-05-08 | Douglas | Georgia | Tri-County Gin, Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was standing on a trailer looking at the motor of a construction loader when he fell backwards off the trailer onto the asphalt ground. He suffered two damaged neck vertebrae and a laceration to the back of the head. | |||||
2020-01-27 | Douglasville | Georgia | Seasons-4, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was cutting metal with a shear machine when the blade amputated the employee's fingertip. | |||||
2020-01-21 | Douglasville | Georgia | Wind River Environmental, LLC | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was having a conversation with an excavator operator when the push blade of the excavator fell onto the employee's left foot, pinning it to the ground. He was hospitalized with injuries to his left toes. | |||||
2019-09-01 | Douglas | North Dakota | Gooseneck Implement | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was attempting to repair or diagnose an issue with the raise valve on a combine header at a customer's farm. A hydraulic line broke loose, injecting hydraulic fluid into the employee's left index finger and fracturing the finger, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2019-07-19 | Douglas | Georgia | Lark United Manufacturing, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was welding on a cargo trailer when he began to feel lightheaded and dizzy. He was hospitalized for dehydration. | |||||
2019-06-19 | Douglassville | Texas | Advanced Lumberworks, LLC | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was fixing a chain and unjamming an edger machine when the machine was turned on. The employee's right hand was pulled into the machine, injuring the back of the right hand and the right wrist. | |||||
2019-04-11 | Douglasville | Georgia | Randstad | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was bending sheet metal roof cleats on a folding machine. The ram came down on his hand, amputating the three middle fingers at the knuckle and crushing the little finger. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-01-15 | Douglas | Georgia | Walmart Distribution Center #6010 | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
Employee was attempting to remove a jammed box on a conveyor system when his apron was caught in the conveyor roller and pulled him down. The employee caught himself with his hands and then his left pinky finger went into the roller. He pulled his finger free and then his right pinky finger went into the roller. The roller partially amputated his right pinky fingertip and his left finger was fractured. | |||||
2018-08-15 | Douglas | Georgia | Southeastern Grocers LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting neck bones with a saw when the employee's right thumb contacted the blade, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2018-07-02 | Douglas | Georgia | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to remove a bird that was in a neck skinner machine's 6-inch-diameter drain. He had inserted his arm about 14 inches when his hand contacted the machine's enclosed rollers, resulting in the partial amputation of his left ring and pinky fingers. | |||||
2018-06-30 | Douglas | Arizona | U.S. Border Patrol-Douglas Station | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol employee was conducting area orientation activities in his station's area of responsibility when a rattlesnake bit his lower right leg. | |||||
2018-06-08 | Douglas | Georgia | Pilgrims Pride Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person |
The injured employee was attempting to move a rack of chicken product when the roller that held a roll of plastic wrap fell catching the employee's right index finger between the roller and the frame. A second employee attempted to assist the injured employee and lifted the roller off the employee's hand. The employee shifted their hand and the roller fell a second time. The roller landed on the injured employee's hand causing their right index finger to be caught in the frame resulting in a fin | |||||
2018-06-05 | Douglas | Georgia | Blue Line Distribution, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was loading pizza boxes onto a hand cart while standing on an elevated liftgate when the cart became unstable. The employee attempted to stabilize the cart and subsequently lost his balance, falling approximately 3 feet to the ground and fracturing his left ankle. | |||||
2018-04-09 | Douglasville | Georgia | Atomic Transport, LLC | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was coming down the ladder on the back of a trailer when he lost his balance and fell onto the ground, fracturing his right leg. | |||||
2018-03-02 | Douglas | Georgia | Lark United Manufacturing, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was adjusting a trailer hitch when it fell on his right foot, breaking his pinky toe. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2018-01-05 | Douglas | Georgia | THOMPSON MACHINE COMPANY, INC. | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was helping to move a large metal plate with a forklift when the plate slipped and crushed the employee's right leg, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-10-07 | Douglas | Georgia | Premium Peanut, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c. |
An employee was standing next to a semi-truck and trailer when the employee's clothing became caught in the trailer. The truck pulled away, and the employee was crushed between the trailer and the ground, and then between the trailer and a guardrail. The employee suffered a broken tibia and fibula. | |||||
2017-05-23 | Douglas | Arizona | U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION | Lower leg(s) | Injured by physical contact with other person in sporting event or physical training |
An employee was performing edged weapons defense training when her right foot became lodged between two padded mats. She fell to the ground and a coworker fell on top of her, causing her right leg to twist. She broke her fibula and tibia. | |||||
2017-04-26 | Douglassville | Pennsylvania | AMERICAN CRANE & EQUIPMENT CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was pressing a bearing when his finger became caught in the press machine, resulting in amputation of his left index fingertip. | |||||
2017-03-13 | Douglas | Arizona | U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
On March 12, 2017, at approximately 2 p.m., an employee was participating in a ruck march when he suffered dehydration and diarrhea, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-03-01 | Douglas | Georgia | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was under a conveyor to retrieve a bird in live hang and caught their right hand in an unguarded, moving chain and sprocket resulting in partial amputation of the right middle, ring, and pinky fingers. | |||||
2016-07-20 | Douglas | Georgia | Elixir Door and Metals Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee placed their left hand on the line conveyor, which moves doors down the line. When the conveyor started up, the employee's left middle finger was caught between the steel frame of the conveyor and a gap in the steel conveyor belt, resulting in a partial amputation and an open fracture to the left middle finger. | |||||
2016-06-17 | Douglas | Georgia | Lowes Home Center, LLC | Knee(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was moving a door on a cart from the exterior to the interior of the store when a gust of wind caused the door to strike her in the leg, breaking her knee and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-06-15 | Douglas | Georgia | DIAMOND CARGO, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
While cutting plywood with a table saw, an employee suffered a partial amputation to the fifth (pinky finger) and fourth (ring finger) digits and a severe laceration to the third digit (middle finger) on his right hand. | |||||
2016-05-17 | Douglasville | Georgia | Kirklands Stores Inc. | Leg(s) | Walking, without other incident-single episode |
An employee was standing on a step stool to refresh a kitchen display. After stepping off the step stool, he began walking, felt a pop in his right leg, and experienced leg pain. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-03-25 | Douglas | Georgia | COFFEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC. | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was making her rounds and slipped and fell on the floor. The employee was admitted to the hospital for treatment. The employee sustained multiple injuries including a bruised left knee, a hairline fracture to the right knee, a displaced fracture to the left rib, a fracture to the left wrist and an impact fracture to the neck and left shoulder. | |||||
2016-03-13 | Douglasville | Georgia | Jo-Ann Stores, LLC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee fractured her hip after tripping over a pedestal fan cord. | |||||
2016-01-11 | Douglas | Georgia | Staffmate, Inc. | Arm(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee's left arm was lacerated by a saw, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-11-22 | Douglas | Arizona | U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION | Ankle(s) | Nonclassifiable |
An employee was responding to a sensor alert in Grid 4A and injured the left ankle. The employee was later hospitalized for a fractured ankle and infection. | |||||
2015-11-10 | Douglas | Georgia | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | Head | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee fell from the pallet jack he was operating when the pallet jack struck a guardrail. The back of his head struck the ground and was lacerated. | |||||
2015-11-02 | Douglassville | Pennsylvania | Cosmetic Essence LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee suffered a fingertip amputation due to contact with an unguarded chain and sprocket located on the packaging conveyor. | |||||
2015-07-27 | Douglas | Georgia | Pilgrims Pride | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
During a deboning process, an employee's left-hand index fingertip was cut by a knife. The fingertip was medically amputated just below the cuticle line. | |||||
2015-07-16 | Douglassville | Pennsylvania | Speedway LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee's left ring finger got caught on an air pump as he was hurrying to return to the store. He fell, dislocating his right thumb and degloving his left ring finger. He was hospitalized and his finger was amputated. | |||||
2015-06-24 | Douglasville | Georgia | Benton Georgia, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee who became dizzy was hospitalized and treated for heat-related illness. | |||||
2015-05-05 | Douglas | Georgia | Wal-Mart | Fingernail(s), nailbed(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
A motorized conveyor flipped over while unloading a trailer. The conveyor belt was stopped; when an employee tried to flip it back to its normal position, the conveyor started back up, pinching his finger between the belt and a roller and resulting in a partial amputation. Approximately 95 percent of his left ring fingernail was removed. | |||||
2015-04-09 | Douglas | Georgia | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee got a hand caught in an auger while filling a bag with ice. | |||||
2015-02-03 | Douglasville | Georgia | AT & T Communications | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was walking behind a ditch witch, digging a ditch for underground fiber optic lines. The equipment hit a rut in the ground and fell to the side, trapping the employee's right hand between the controls and a tree. The right thumb was severely cut and was barely hanging on by two pieces of flesh. The employee was transported and admitted to Grady hospital. |