Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-03-22 | Gordon | Ne | Open Range Beef, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting strips of beef with a bandsaw. The saw amputated the employee's left thumb. | |||||
2018-07-13 | Gordon | Nebraska | Open Range Beef | Arm(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person |
An employee was cleaning a floor when a dropped knife fell from above, point down, and struck him on the left arm. He suffered a laceration and a severed artery. | |||||
2018-06-27 | Gordon | Georgia | Choice Transporation of Middle Georgia, LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell off the top of a liquid tanker/trailer while washing it and sustained a head injury. Fall protection was not worn at the time. | |||||
2017-07-31 | Gordon | Nebraska | Open Range Beef | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using the chain saw to remove the chime bone from rib-eye meat and amputated the right thumb tip. | |||||
2017-02-17 | Fort Gordon | Georgia | U.S. Department of Army | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was operating a construction roller machine when it tipped over. The employee fell off the equipment and received internal injuries, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-02-13 | Gordonville | Pennsylvania | Hoober Feeds | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was helping a coworker hoist a motor to change out an auger when his right pinky became caught between the motor and the railing, amputating his fingertip. | |||||
2016-05-26 | Fort Gordon | Georgia | Penhall Company | Lumbar region | Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person |
An employee was drilling a hole in the foundation when a cinder block fell from the third floor and struck him, causing contusions to his lower back and kidney. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-03-07 | Fort Gordon | Georgia | Geo-Energy Solutions | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee's right-hand pinky fingertip was amputated when an equipment facer fell. | |||||
2015-09-14 | Gordon | Nebraska | Open Range Beef | Head | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was knocked off of a ladder when a Genie aerial lift lifted a waste bin. The employee suffered a head contusion and chest injury. | |||||
2015-07-15 | Gordon | Georgia | Rescar Companies, Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was admitted to the hospital after a punch wound to the left palm became infected. | |||||
2015-01-30 | Fort Gordon | Georgia | G- FORCE HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING, INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
The employee was performing repair and maintenance on the damper unit. The unit door was held by another employee. When the door was released due to the strong negative air pressure the door slammed onto the second employee's hand causing the amputation of his right ring and middle fingertips. |