| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-08 | Fort Valley | Ga | GENERAL SHALE | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was walking through the production floor when she lost her balance and stepped between a transfer car and the transfer car pit wall, resulting in a horizontal scrape to the outside of her left calf. | |||||
| 2021-02-16 | Fort Valley | Ga | ICA STAFFING LLC | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working on a box-making machine. The machinery caught his arm and severely injured it. | |||||
| 2020-10-07 | Fort Valley | Ga | Blue Bird Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting conduit with a portable electric saw. The tool bounced and the blade reached the employee's left hand, amputating part of the last joint on the index finger. | |||||
| 2019-07-28 | Fort Valley | Georgia | Southern Orchards Management | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet |
| A maintenance employee was attempting to repair a dripping A/C unit on top of a mezzanine when he fell 9 feet through a drop ceiling, suffering a head injury, broken ribs, broken vertebrae, and a concussion. The mezzanine was not fully guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2019-02-13 | Fort Valley | Georgia | Blue Bird Body Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was observing/testing a five-spindle nut runner machine (wheel torque wrench) after preventive maintenance was completed and suffered a partial thumb amputation after contacting one of the five rotating spindles. The employee was wearing gloves at the time. | |||||
| 2017-10-01 | Fort Valley | Georgia | Blue Bird Corporation | Ankle(s) | Boarding, alighting-excluding slip, trip, fall-single episode |
| An employee was coming out of a bus and saw something laying on the ground. He was stepping to the side to miss the object when he fell and twisted his ankle, fracturing it and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-09-01 | Fort Valley | Georgia | Blue Bird Body Co. | Knee(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was working on a die machine when the die fell out of the machine and struck the employee's knee, causing bruising and swelling. | |||||
| 2016-07-27 | Fort Valley | Georgia | BLUE BIRD CORPORATION | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| On 7/27/16, at 10 p.m., an employee began to feel unwell and experienced cramping in his hands. He was hospitalized due to possible dehydration. | |||||
| 2015-06-24 | Fort Valley | Georgia | Blue Bird Corporation | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee suffered a heat-related injury while working when he started to cramp. His condition became critical by the end of his shift. He suffered renal failure and was hospitalized on 6/24/15. | |||||
| 2015-05-05 | Fort Valley | Georgia | BLUE BIRD CORPORATION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On 5/5/15, an employee was operating a bending machine when his right pinky finger got caught in the clamping mechanism. He sustained an amputation of the first pinky finger digit. | |||||
| 2015-03-09 | Fort Valley | Georgia | BLUE BIRD CORPORATION | Nonclassifiable | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| An employee was disassembling an HVAC unit on the roof when he fell through a skylight. | |||||