| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-11 | Fairburn | Ga | US Foods, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Moving in opposite directions, oncoming, nonroadway |
| An employee operating an electric pallet jack went to turn in an aisle at the same time a forklift operator carrying empty pallets was turning into the aisle. The pallet jack and the forklift collided and a piece of wood from the pallets got stuck in the employee's left calf, resulting in hospitalization. | |||||
| 2021-09-25 | Fairburn | Ga | C. W. Matthews Contracting Co., Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Pedestrian vehicular incident |
| An employee had just stepped down from the roller he was operating to look at the back of it. His right foot was run over by a roller. His little toe was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2021-09-16 | Fairburn | Ga | US Foods, Inc. | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was selecting product out of a racking system and placing it on a powered pallet jack. When the employee attempted to move the jack forward, the jack struck his left leg, pinning it between the jack and a rack. The employee sustained a broken leg. | |||||
| 2021-07-27 | Fairburn | Ga | Atlas Technical Consultants LLC | Foot (feet) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| While pushing a distance wheel, an employee stepped on a sewer manhole cover that gave way, resulting in an injured right foot. | |||||
| 2021-04-29 | Fairburn | Ga | All FAB Precision Sheetmetal, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a hydraulic brake press to shape a piece of sheet metal. The employee was manually positioning the workpiece as he operated the machine and his left hand became caught between the die and the top punch of the brake press, resulting in amputation of the distal phalanx of the left index finger. | |||||
| 2021-04-06 | Fairburn | Ga | DHL Supply Chain | Forearm(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| On April 6, 2021, an employee was operating a forklift and activated the dead man lever in order to avoid a collision. The forklift stopped abruptly and jerked forward, causing the employee's left arm to get caught between the lift and the racking. The employee sustained a laceration to the left forearm. | |||||
| 2020-09-15 | Fairburn | Ga | All FAB Precision Sheetmetal Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was bending parts on a press brake when his hand got caught in the machine resulting in amputation of his right index finger. | |||||
| 2020-07-07 | Fairburn | Georgia | U.S. Foods of Atlanta, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway |
| An employee was driving a forklift toward a freezer. The forklift slid on the moist floor and collided with a stock picker in a battery charging room. The employee's left foot was caught between the two trucks and broken. | |||||
| 2020-05-26 | Fairburn | Georgia | DHL Supply Chain | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Nonclassifiable |
| The left front wheel of a piece of material handling equipment rolled over an employee's left foot, breaking three toes. | |||||
| 2019-08-19 | Fairburn | Georgia | Smart Staffing | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was driving a forklift by a column when his foot was caught between the forklift and the building column, causing a foot injury that resulted in the amputation of three toes. | |||||
| 2019-07-25 | Fairburn | Georgia | Jacobs Engineering | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
| An employee was operating a weed eater cleaning around guard rails when he disturbed a yellow jacket nest and was stung numerous times, suffering an allergic reaction to the stings. | |||||
| 2019-07-22 | Fairburn | Georgia | Boyd Corporation | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was getting parts out of a box to inspect, tripped on the corner of a pallet and fell. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the left side and right arm. | |||||
| 2019-04-11 | Fairburn | Georgia | Boyd Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was retrieving a piece of plastic from a plastic cutter machine when the blade amputated his left ring and middle fingertips. The machine was guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2019-04-01 | Fairburn | Georgia | Danko Concrete Construction | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| Two employees were using a telehandler forklift with an adjustable spreader bar to transport rebar at a construction site. When the load was lifted off the ground the spreader bar beam slipped off the forks and struck the employee on the right leg fracturing it. | |||||
| 2019-03-13 | Fairburn | Georgia | Georgia Best Block | Foot (feet) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee lacerated and sustained multiple fractures to his left foot while clearing a jam on a block machine. | |||||
| 2019-01-23 | Fairburn | Georgia | US Foods, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| A delivery driver was closing a rollup trailer door. The door closed on his left hand, amputating the tip of his left middle finger. | |||||
| 2018-09-19 | Fairburn | Georgia | Sonoco Display & Packaging | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was operating a production line that packs batteries into blister packs when the conveyor belt became jammed. The employee suffered a left index finger amputation while attempting to clear the jam. | |||||
| 2018-02-07 | Fairburn | Georgia | US Foods | Ankle(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was on an electric pallet jack moving boxes and got his left foot/ankle caught between the jack and a pallet of product resulting in an ankle fracture. | |||||
| 2017-02-19 | Fairburn | Georgia | Action Electrical and Mechanical Contractors | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was removing a piece of pipe when he lost his balance and fell approximately 12 feet to the ground. He bruised his lung and broke his wrist and ribs. | |||||
| 2016-10-04 | Fairburn | Georgia | ABL Technic North America Corp. | Multiple leg locations | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was reclaiming a liquid lye mixture from the containment area using a shop vac. The employee removed the lid to the shop vac and was attempting to pour the reclaimed potassium hydroxide mix from the shop vac into the reclamation area when he lost his grip on the shop vac and spilled the mix onto his legs. He was not wearing PPE. He suffered a chemical burn to the lower half of his left inner thigh and left inner ankle area. | |||||
| 2016-09-10 | Fairburn | Georgia | DSC Logistics | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was driving his forklift to put product away when he lost control of the lift. When he put his left foot out to stop the lift, it was caught between the lift and storage racks, amputating the two smallest toes. | |||||
| 2016-08-30 | Fairburn | Georgia | Estex Manufacturing | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| The employee was operating a grommet machine placing the bottom and top grommet on the canvas materials when she noticed the top grommet was not straight. She tried to straighten it and the hammer came down on her right middle finger, crushing the fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-03-04 | Fairburn | Georgia | DHL Supply Chain | Lower leg(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
| Two employees were operating forklifts when they collided with each other. One of the employees suffered a fractured left tibia. | |||||
| 2015-05-30 | Fairburn | Georgia | ABL Technic North America Corp. | Multiple body parts | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| A forklift carrying a tote inside a box truck crushed an employee between the tote and the truck wall. | |||||
| 2015-04-07 | Fairburn | Georgia | EXEL, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was standing near the loading dock inside the warehouse when he was struck by a forklift. The employee's big toe was amputated. | |||||
| 2015-02-13 | Fairburn | Georgia | H2H Install Blinds | Shoulder(s) and back | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was installing blinds when he fell off of a ladder and injured his back and shoulder. | |||||