| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-13 | Kathleen | Ga | Frito-Lay Inc | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was lowering a hopper into an extruder using an electric hoist. His left middle and index fingers were caught between the hopper and the extruder, resulting in amputations to the fingertips. | |||||
| 2021-09-10 | Kathleen | Ga | Frito-Lay Inc | Foot (feet) | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating a stand-up forklift picking material for shipping. The employee lost balance and fell from the cab of the forklift. The forklift's rear tire rolled onto the employee's left foot and fractured it. | |||||
| 2021-05-31 | Kathleen | Ga | Frito Lay | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was walking through the chemical room when he noticed a 2.5 gallon jug of detergent that was unstable on the storage rack. When he went to grab the jug, his hand slipped off of the product which caused the chemical to splash onto his stomach and upper leg. The employee was hospitalized for chemical burns. | |||||
| 2020-09-03 | Kathleen | Ga | Advanced Disposal | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee returned to the scale house after dumping at the landfill. He parked his vehicle on the ramp. As he stepped out of the truck, he missed the ramp and fell onto the concrete sidewalk. His left hip fractured. | |||||
| 2019-06-03 | Kathleen | Georgia | Advanced Disposal | Brain | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, roadway |
| An employee fell from the back of a garbage truck to the ground near the road. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured skull and a back strain. The employee also had a seizure and/or a brain bleed. | |||||
| 2018-02-26 | Kathleen | Georgia | Frito-Lay, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was checking on the pull belt function of a bag maker machine when the employee's left middle finger was caught in the machine's belt and pulley, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-09-21 | Kathleen | Georgia | Lowe's Home Centers, LLC | Arm(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was driving a narrow aisle lift in the receiving department to get a pallet to bring to the floor. He ran into an upright and, out of reflex, put his hand up. He broke arm bones when his arm got caught between the upright and the lift. | |||||
| 2015-01-22 | Kathleen | Georgia | Frito Lay | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| Site Safety Manager reported that this VPP Facility had an incident in which an employee was cut while adjusting a belt with an Allen wrench. This resulted in surgery and amputation of the employee's right index finger up to the first knuckle. | |||||