Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-21 | Kennesaw | Ga | Fedex Ground | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was removing a package from a conveyor belt when he fell on his knee and injured his hip. | |||||
2021-07-08 | Kennesaw | Ga | Metro Horizontal Boring Inc. | Pelvis | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
The injured employee was directing the excavator operator in the lifting of the boring rig from the boring pit. During the lift, the chains needed to be adjusted. As the employee adjusted the chains the boring rig slipped off its tracks and pinned him against the shoring box. The employee suffered a pelvic fracture and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-03-13 | Kennesaw | Ga | Crete Carrier Corporation | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was disconnecting a trailer from a truck by pulling on the fifth wheel handle. His hand slipped off the handle and he fell backward to the ground, suffering a broken right femur. | |||||
2021-01-19 | Kennesaw | Ga | Atlanta Bonded Warehouse Corporation | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. |
The injured employee was on the floor transferring boxes from one pallet located on the floor to another pallet located on the forks of his parked forklift. Another forklift operator was picking up boxes in close proximity to the injured employee. A third forklift operator maneuvered his forklift forward toward the injured employee's parked forklift pushing it slightly a few inches. The injured employee was caught between the two pallets and suffered abrasions and contusions to his legs, chest, | |||||
2020-09-17 | Kennesaw | Ga | Atlanta Cheesecake Company | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a conveyor line used to package finished cheesecakes. The conveyor belt was removed for cleaning and the employee was cleaning around the head/drive pulley. The conveyor started and the employee's hands were pinned under the conveyor's sprockets and shaft located on the head/drive pulley. The employee sustained a fractured left forearm and lacerations on the left hand. | |||||
2020-09-04 | Kennesaw | Ga | Golden Corral | Fingertip(s) | Slip on substance without fall |
An employee was pushing a hand truck through a freezer entrance. He slipped on ice and the cart crushed the fingers on his right hand, severing fingertips. | |||||
2020-09-01 | Kennesaw | Ga | Excel Electrical Technologies | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee started exhibiting signs of heat exhaustion and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-09-05 | Kennesaw | Georgia | Cummins Enterprises, Inc | Brain | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
While clearing trees for an install project, an employee was struck on the head by a falling tree branch and sustained a head injury. | |||||
2019-08-28 | Kennesaw | Georgia | Fed Ex Ground Package Systems | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was team lifting a large package onto a tugger cart when he lost his grip on the package and his left hand slipped down. His left middle finger was then caught between the package and the steel frame on the cart. | |||||
2019-08-08 | Kennesaw | Georgia | Carl Black Automotive Group | Upper and lower limb(s) | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
An employee tripped on a curb while walking into a bank. The employee fell, breaking his wrist and ankle. | |||||
2019-04-15 | Kennesaw | Georgia | Motion Industries | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was backing a forklift up to a rack and his leg became lodged between the forklift and the rack. He suffered damaged muscle tissues on the left leg. | |||||
2019-02-21 | Kennesaw | Georgia | FedEx Ground | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was turning off a conveyor belt when his hand contacted the timing belt. His fingers were crushed and the tip of his left ring finger was amputated. | |||||
2018-09-05 | Kennesaw | Georgia | NuCO2, LLC | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was climbing up a 6-foot ladder to install a carbonated beverage line above a restaurant ceiling. The ladder shifted and he fell to the floor, breaking his right leg just above the knee. | |||||
2018-07-28 | Kennesaw | Georgia | GPI GA - FII, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Injured by physical contact during horseplay |
After being sprayed with brake cleaner, an employee suffered second-degree burns when the cleaner was ignited with a lighter. | |||||
2017-09-19 | Kennesaw | Georgia | Panarama Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was drinking water by a water fountain when she slipped, lost her balance, and fell to the floor, fracturing her leg. | |||||
2017-07-25 | Kennesaw | Georgia | Arcadis US Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was opening a manhole with a tool when the tool slipped and he fell, fracturing a vertebra in his back. | |||||
2017-06-20 | Kennesaw | Georgia | Impact Employment Solutions | Knee(s) | Other jump to lower level |
On June 20, 2017, an employee was getting ready to unload a truck for recycling when a stack of partitions started to fall and was going to hit him. To avoid getting hit by the partition stack, he jumped off the truck and landed on a hospital table, breaking his left knee. | |||||
2017-01-29 | Kennesaw | Georgia | Atlanta Bonded Warehouse Corporation | Knee(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating an electric pallet jack to transport pallets of food when the employee was caught between the pallet jack and a metal warehouse rack post. The employee sustained lacerations to his left leg near the knee. | |||||
2016-08-06 | Kennesaw | Georgia | Atlanta Bonded Warehouse Corporation | Thigh(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee struck a double stack pallet of product while operating a pallet jack, breaking the left femur. | |||||
2016-08-05 | Kennesaw | Georgia | XPO Logistics | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was offloading boxes from a wooden pallet that was sitting on the floor while working at the receiving section of the warehouse. She tripped on the edge of the pallet and fell, fracturing her left tibia. | |||||
2016-07-12 | Kennesaw | Georgia | Tug Technology, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was conducting maintenance on a belt conveyor. The employee's right-hand middle finger was amputated while the employee disassembled the baggage tug. | |||||
2016-05-03 | Kennesaw | Georgia | BrightView Landscapes, LLC | Foot (feet) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee sustained lacerations to his foot while operating a lawn mower. | |||||
2016-02-02 | Kennesaw | Georgia | ATLANTA BONDED WAREHOUSE CORPORATION | Lower leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating an electric pallet jack when he lost control and was pinned between the jack and a metal storage rack. He suffered lacerations and a muscle injury to his lower left leg. | |||||
2016-01-12 | Kennesaw | Georgia | Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC | Leg(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee was shooting different elevations when he fell onto a piece of rebar, which punctured his left leg. | |||||
2015-07-31 | Kennesaw | Georgia | EXCEL ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee had been working outside at a jobsite in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion. | |||||
2015-06-16 | Kennesaw | Georgia | TUG Technologies Corporation | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Boarding, alighting-excluding slip, trip, fall-single episode |
On 6-16-2015 at 4:45 PM an employee was injured while dismounting a forklift inside a trailer. The employee rolled an ankle which caused a dislocation and fracture to his toes requiring hospitalization and surgery to his left foot. | |||||
2015-03-23 | Kennesaw | Georgia | Pro Building Systems | Multiple lower extremities locations | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment |
The injured employee was removing a section of a protective walkway. He was using a stepladder to climb beside the walkway to remove a sheet of plywood. He stepped from the stepladder to the top of the protective walkway. The walkway collapsed to the ground with the employee on top. He broke his left femur and dislocated his knee. |