Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-06-10 | Grovetown | Ga | GIW INDUSTRIES, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was moving a load from the mold area to the melting area. The employee was lowering the mold when his pinky finger was crushed by the mold, resulting in a broken finger. | |||||
2021-02-08 | Grovetown | Ga | Nutritional Resources, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to clear a jammed film pouch from a food packaging machine when the machine amputated the tip of his right middle finger. | |||||
2021-01-14 | Grovetown | Ga | John Deere Commercial Products, Inc | Leg(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee was driving a golf cart. A tractor struck the cart, and the employee's left leg was pinned between the two. | |||||
2020-01-07 | Grovetown | Georgia | GIW Minerals, Inc. | Hip(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was lifting a part with an overhead crane when the part dislodged from the rigging system and moved toward the employee and fractured the employee's hip. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-06-11 | Grovetown | Georgia | John Deere Commercial Products, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was pushing an assembled engine on an engine cart down a conveyor roller rack. As the employee attempted to slow down the momentum of the engine cart, his left index finger was pinched and amputated between the engine cart and a roller on the conveyor. | |||||
2018-02-15 | Grovetown | Georgia | John Deere Commercial Products, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was loading an axle onto the engine subassembly table. When attempting to align the right side of the axle, a finger was caught between the axle and the axle rest stand resulting in amputation to the distal end of the finger. | |||||
2017-07-24 | Grovetown | Georgia | G and R Integration Services, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was unloading a trailer with a powered industrial truck. His hand was outside the metal cage when he struck some material. His finger was caught and amputated between the metal frame of the truck and the material. | |||||
2017-07-21 | Grovetown | Georgia | John Deere Commercial Products | Ankle(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was repairing a tractor engine that was suspended in the air with three lifting straps to drain the oil out of the engine. While the employee was replacing a plug to the engine, one of the straps slipped and the engine shifted and struck the employee. The employee suffered a left ankle fracture. | |||||
2017-01-10 | Grovetown | Georgia | SERTA MATTRESS INC. | Wrist(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was baling material and using a retractable box cutter to cut a box down to bale it when the blade went through the cardboard and lacerated his left wrist requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-05-10 | Grovetown | Georgia | Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. | Leg(s) | Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c. |
An employee was emptying a fryer and spilled hot cooking oil on the legs of a second employee. The second employee was hospitalized. |