Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-05-26 | Eatonton | Ga | Cosmo Cabinets Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
While cleaning inside a machine, an employee contacted a rotating blade and sustained a hand laceration. | |||||
2020-03-24 | Eatonton | Georgia | UFP Eatonton, LLC | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was moving lumber from a saw to a conveyor. The employee's right hand was pulled into the conveyor belt. The hand and finger(s) were lacerated and broken. | |||||
2017-10-09 | Eatonton | Georgia | United Forest Products Company | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was stacking wood about 28 feet from a rip saw when a piece of wood was thrown from the rip saw and struck the employee in the back. The wood impaled his back and went through his stomach. |