Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-02-26 | Dunwoody | Georgia | Underground Systems | Face | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was performing a voltage check on 1440V and received first and second degree electrical flash burns to the face. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-05-20 | Dunwoody | Georgia | Walgreen Co. | Brain | Nonclassifiable |
An employee was sorting a truck/warehouse delivery. Totes are stacked 7 high x 2 on dollies with wheels. She was reaching for a top tote when either a tote fell and hit her on the head or she fell and hit her head. She was hospitalized with head trauma. | |||||
2018-08-13 | Dunwoody | Georgia | Gold Star Electric, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a ladder working on overhead lights when the employee fell from the ladder to the next lower level, suffering head and bodily injuries. | |||||
2018-07-30 | Dunwoody | Georgia | GEORGIA DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, LLC | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was shoveling hot asphalt mix inside the box of a truck. The back vertical gate opened partially and the employee fell through, coming into contact with the hot material. The employee suffered severe burns to the stomach, palms, and wrists (requiring skin grafts), as well as possible nerve damage to the right forearm. |