| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-15 | Jesup | Georgia | RAYONIER PERFORMANCE FIBERS, LLC. | Arm(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee suffered an amputation of the right arm just under the shoulder when his arm was caught in a machine roller. | |||||
| 2018-04-27 | Jesup | Georgia | Federal Bureau of Prisons | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was pushing a food cart through a door jam when another employee walked to the opposite side of the food cart, reached up, and tried to help the employee pull the cart through the door jam. When he did that, the food cart pinched the first employee's finger between the food cart and the door jam, amputating the very tip of the middle finger on his right hand. | |||||
| 2017-03-28 | Jesup | Georgia | Popham Mechanical Contractors, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was using a hot tap device to drill a pilot hole into a steel pipe that had green liquor flowing through it. After drilling the pilot hole, the employee was attempting to withdraw the drill bit/holder beyond the ball valve, so the valve could be closed. While the employee was withdrawing the shaft, a coworker was trying to close the valve, but could not get the valve handle to turn. The employee continued to pull the drill bit out of the piping until the shaft came out of the device, | |||||
| 2015-10-13 | Jesup | Georgia | GREAT SOUTHERN WOOD-JESUP, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was adjusting a wood molder machine. The employee opened the hood and climbed onto the molding machine partially supporting his body on his right knee and arm. His hand slipped and contacted the machine's "knife" amputating the right hand's middle finger distal phalange. | |||||
| 2015-03-02 | Jesup | Georgia | Carter Dredging II, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was lifting a pipe into place with a hoist. The pipe came loose and caught his right hand between the pipe and a fusion machine. The pipe was rigged with a choker but not shackled. The employee's right little finger was crushed and he was hospitalized. | |||||