| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-16 | Hazlehurst | Ga | Hazlehurst Wood Pellets, LLC | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet |
| An employee completed repairs on an electric motor under a platform and was replacing the grate covering of the motor housing area. As the employee picked up and moved the grate cover, an air line was struck and cut in half. The employee attempted to shut the air off and stepped through the opening of the motor housing area. The employee fell approximately two feet, resulting in a fractured left shoulder. | |||||
| 2021-10-27 | Hazlehurst | Ga | Beasley Timber Co. Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Small-scale (limited) fire |
| An employee was standing near a debris burn pile at a work site when a combustion in the burn pile occurred, resulting in second degree burns to their neck. | |||||
| 2021-09-02 | Hazlehurst | Ga | Triple H Specialty Company, Inc. | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Dust explosion |
| An employee was taking a break by a baghouse after shoveling hot pellets that were being expelled from a cooler. While the pellets were still being expelled from the cooler hopper, a flame shot out of the discharge pipe, then backdrafted up the pipe into the cooler and then into the bag house. The employee suffered burns to the hands and arms from the resulting explosion. | |||||
| 2021-09-02 | Hazlehurst | Ga | Hazlehurst Wood Pellets, LLC | Multiple body parts | Vehicle or machinery fire |
| The injured employee was standing by a bag house that that was approximately 27 feet away from where a discharge pipe was discharging wood pellets. A fire came out of the pipe and back flashed through a cooler and back through the piping system to the bag house where an explosion occurred. The employee sustained burns to the arms, neck, and torso. | |||||
| 2021-08-18 | Hazlehurst | Ms | SANDERSON FARMS, INC. | Nonclassifiable | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was using a high-pressure hose to clean a conveyor system. The employee suffered a severe laceration. | |||||
| 2021-07-27 | Hazlehurst | Ga | Beasley Timber Co. Inc. | Hip(s) | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. |
| An employee was banding lumber together. A forklift approached, carrying twin packs of lumber on its forks. When it stopped, the lumber packs slid forward and pinned the employee between two packs of lumber, breaking his hips. | |||||
| 2021-07-23 | Hazlehurst | Ga | Beasley Timber Co. Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| An employee was driving a front-end loader from one yard to another when the engine shut off, leaving him with no power to control it. He jumped clear of the loader and broke his left leg when he hit the ground. | |||||
| 2021-05-19 | Hazlehurst | Ga | Beasley Forest Products | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a jammed board in the planer mill and contacted the cutter head resulting in amputation of their left index finger at the first joint. | |||||
| 2021-05-05 | Hazlehurst | Ga | THOMPSON HARDWOODS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was placing the chain back on the sprocket of a rip saw when his glove was caught in the chain and sprocket resulting in amputation of his left pinky and ring fingers. His left middle finger was partially amputated. | |||||
| 2020-03-24 | Hazlehurst | Georgia | Beasley Forest Products, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee had grabbed jammed boards at the outfeed of a splitter box when the machine's feed rolls were reversed. The employee's left-hand fingers made contact with the press rolls, resulting in cuts and an amputation of the first joint of the index finger. | |||||
| 2019-08-13 | Hazlehurst | Mississippi | SANDERSON FARMS INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee working on the de-bone line was cleaning out her work area when her right hand got caught in a small space between the guard and the shaft of the conveyor belt. She sustained a right thumb abrasion and fractured right index finger. | |||||
| 2019-06-25 | Hazlehurst | Georgia | Thompson Hardwoods, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was operating a loader with a grapple attachment to unload tree logs from a truck when he noticed the temperature indicator light flashing. The employee turned off the loader and waited a few minutes to let the engine cool off. Next, the employee started to remove one of the radiator caps on the loader. As he started removing the cap, hot water and steam released from that area, striking the employee. He sustained third degree burns to his left wrist, left arm, and left side torso. | |||||
| 2019-06-04 | Hazlehurst | Georgia | Palletone of Florida, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was attempting to clean sawdust out of the dust pipe on the six-head bandsaw and contacted the moving saw blade causing an open fracture/laceration on the right middle and ring fingers. A part of the middle finger was surgically amputated. The machine was unguarded and not locked out/tagged out at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2019-03-09 | Hazlehurst | Georgia | PALLETONE, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was feeding 8-foot lumber into a pop-up chop saw. As he pushed the lumber up to make the second cut, the saw engaged and amputated the tips of his left index and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2018-07-26 | Hazlehurst | Georgia | PROPEX | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was preparing to work on a heavy roll press. He was setting down a 3-inch roll when his right index finger was caught between the roll and the cradle where the roll was going to be rested. He suffered an amputation to the tip of his right index finger, just above the nail bed. | |||||
| 2018-04-25 | Hazlehurst | Mississippi | Sanderson Farms Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Slip or trip without fall |
| An employee was moving a metal cart when he began to fall. He then grabbed the corner of the cart and avulsed his right middle and index fingers. Slip-resistant shoes were worn at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2018-04-11 | Hazlehurst | Mississippi | DG Foods | Face | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
| An employee was assaulted by a non-worker while walking in the parking lot, suffering facial fractures. | |||||
| 2018-01-31 | Hazlehurst | Georgia | Palletone of Florida, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to clear a jam on a six-head saw belt when the conveyor belt caught his glove and pulled his right ring finger underneath a guard, amputating his fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-08-24 | Hazlehurst | Georgia | Beasley Forest Products, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport |
| An employee was checking a skid steer for a hydraulic leak. When he started the skid steer, it pushed him 10 feet away. He was then pinned between two pieces of rolling stock, fracturing his left leg. | |||||
| 2017-08-23 | Hazlehurst | Georgia | PALLETONE, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to unjam boards that were fed into a notcher when a board slammed against his right hand, partially amputating his middle finger. | |||||
| 2017-05-01 | Hazlehurst | Georgia | Mediacom, LLC | Multiple body parts | Indirect exposure to electricity |
| An employee was preparing to feed cables to a coworker in an aerial lift. The employee received an electric shock from an elevated cable that came in contact with an energized power source, suffering burns to his left foot, hand, and abdomen. | |||||
| 2017-04-22 | Hazlehurst | Mississippi | SANDERSON FARMS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped on the wet, concrete floor and fell fracturing the left ring finger. | |||||
| 2017-03-16 | Hazlehurst | Mississippi | SANDERSON FARMS INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was picking up a box when his left middle finger was pinched on a knuckle chain amputating it just below the fingernail. | |||||
| 2017-02-24 | Hazlehurst | Mississippi | Axiall Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee opened the cleanout on a screw conveyor that had stopped. As he was removing the super sack string that had bound it up, the screw conveyor continued turning and amputated his right ring finger. | |||||
| 2016-09-24 | Hazlehurst | Georgia | Palletone of Florida, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was attempting to straighten up a board on the conveyor. As he was attempting to pull the board, his left-hand index finger was caught in the chain and sprocket. He was hospitalized overnight, and his fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2015-08-27 | Hazlehurst | Georgia | Beasley Forest Products, Inc. | Hip(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was struck by a forklift resulting in a broken hip requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-05-29 | Hazlehurst | Mississippi | DG Foods, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was transporting boxes of chicken tenders with a pallet jack. The load shifted and pinned the employee's finger between a stainless steel table and the pallet jack handle, amputating the top end of the right thumb. | |||||