| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-13 | Griffin | Ga | Transcontinental US LLC | Tooth (teeth) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was changing the print sleeve of a printing deck when they were struck in the face and chest by a metal end cap. The employee suffered lost teeth and potential fractures. | |||||
| 2021-09-03 | Griffin | Ga | Bridgestone Bandag, LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was helping another employee with a roll of cured tread that had fallen over in a storage rack. Another roll of tread fell and hit the employee, who suffered a back injury. | |||||
| 2021-08-03 | Griffin | Ga | American Step Company, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to clear a jam in a machine. The machine's rollers caught his right hand and crushed the tip of his little finger, causing a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2021-07-09 | Griffin | Ga | Orellana's Quality Painting, LLC | Head and trunk | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| An employee was in a scissor lift painting a ceiling. A wheel on the lift went into a depression on the concrete floor causing it to fall over. The employee suffered head and back injuries. | |||||
| 2020-10-15 | Griffin | Ga | WOODLAND INDUSTRIES, INC. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working on a manufacturing line when his right arm was caught in the stacker machine and broken. | |||||
| 2020-06-25 | Griffin | Georgia | NORCOM, INC. | Wrist(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was changing the trim blade on a machine when the blade dropped on the employee's right wrist causing a laceration to the wrist that severed an artery and grazed a nerve. | |||||
| 2020-05-27 | Griffin | Georgia | MarinoWare | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a metal shear to manufacture live banding material. The shear amputated the employee's left ring fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-03-11 | Griffin | Georgia | Berry Global Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee working as a tower operator was performing a task that requires the blending of compounds used to fabricate plastic. While operating the regrind machine, the employee's left middle finger was partially amputated. | |||||
| 2019-07-25 | Griffin | Georgia | Mister Car Wash # 252 | Foot (feet) | Stepped on object |
| An employee stepped on a nail or screw and suffered a puncture to the foot. | |||||
| 2019-07-24 | Griffin | Georgia | Randstad NA | Multiple body parts | Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle |
| An employee was involved in a forklift accident, fracturing his pelvis and foot. | |||||
| 2019-07-10 | Griffin | Georgia | Berry Global Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was inserting a shaft into a cardboard core on the winder machine when his right middle fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2018-09-17 | Griffin | Georgia | WARE INDUSTRIES | Foot (feet) | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely |
| An employee was placing a chain around a steel coil to pick it up with a crane when the steel coil slipped and rolled out onto the employee's right foot, breaking it. | |||||
| 2018-03-02 | Griffin | Georgia | WOODLAND INDUSTRIES, INC. | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was lacing up the line with paper when he lost his balance and fell to the floor, breaking his foot and ankle. He required surgery. | |||||
| 2017-03-25 | Griffin | Georgia | Sumika Polymers North America Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to clear off some pellets from a transfer line when his right hand was caught by a rotary valve, amputating his middle and ring fingertips above the bone. | |||||
| 2016-07-14 | Griffin | Georgia | AEP INDUSTRIES, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was working on an air cylinder when it activated and crushed his left index finger resulting in amputation. | |||||
| 2016-01-22 | Griffin | Georgia | Express Professional | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was feeding parts through a machine when his hand contacted the blade, lacerating three left-hand fingers. His middle finger was surgically amputated. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2015-08-12 | Griffin | Georgia | Express Employment Personnel | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| A tow truck hook broke off the tow truck and struck a passing employee on the side breaking ribs and bruising the shoulder. | |||||
| 2015-04-10 | Griffin | Georgia | FCA, LLC | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was using his hand to push wood material when a saw pressure beam came down and amputated his left hand. | |||||
| 2015-02-02 | Griffin | Georgia | Southern Pipe and Supply Company | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| A worker was exposed to a struck-by hazard during the unloading of PVC pipes. A forklift unloading pipes on one side of the truck accidentally caught pipes on the other side, causing them to tip and fall on a worker standing on the opposite side of the truck. The worker received severe bruising to his hands/forearms and was hit in the head. | |||||