Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-09-08 | Ellijay | Ga | PDQ Manufacturing Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
An employee was putting bottles in boxes on a production line. A carton became lodged in the taping portion of the carton erector. He was trying to unjam the carton when it ripped, causing his right hand to pass over the cutting mechanism and the protective cover on the cutting blade to pull back. The blade cut off the tip of his middle finger. | |||||
2019-03-13 | Ellijay | Georgia | ADUSA Transportation, LLC | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee slipped while climbing into a truck cab, falling to the ground and breaking his right arm in three places. | |||||
2019-03-13 | Ellijay | Georgia | ADUSA Transportaion | Arm(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
A truck driver slipped and fell while getting onto a truck, breaking his arm in three places. | |||||
2017-04-07 | Ellijay | Georgia | Ernie Stover | Brain | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was painting the ceiling while on a scaffold system that was about 10 feet from ground level when the employee fell from the scaffold and suffered a head injury. | |||||
2017-02-03 | Ellijay | Georgia | HENKELS & MCCOY, INC. | Arm(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was using a hoist attached to a bracket to pull a guy wire right. The bracket broke causing the guy wire to strike and break the employee's arm. | |||||
2016-01-09 | Ellijay | Georgia | AMICALOLA ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee fractured his ribs, sternum, back, and shoulder when a tree fell on him while he was clearing it off a power line. |