| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-11 | La Fayette | In | United States Postal Service | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was delivering mail when they stepped off a front porch, heard a pop in their knee, and fell to the ground, resulting in a broken femur. | |||||
| 2021-01-20 | La Fayette | Ny | CAZENOVIA EQUIPMENT CO., INC. | Knee(s) | Slip without fall, n.e.c. |
| On 1/20/2021, an employee was unloading a box truck with a pallet jack when he slipped on ice and struck his knee on the pallet jack. The employee suffered muscle detachment from his kneecap that requires surgery. | |||||
| 2020-08-03 | La Fayette | Ga | The Euclid Chemical Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| The injured employee was assisting an extruder line operator when the synthetic fibers wound tightly around his left thumb and amputated it. | |||||
| 2020-05-06 | La Fayette | Georgia | KVAT Food Stores, Inc. (Food City) | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped on shrink wrap and fell, her head striking an automatic dishwasher. She suffered a head injury, with a possible concussion. | |||||
| 2020-02-03 | La Fayette | Georgia | Roper Corporation | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was clearing metal debris from a press. The ram came down onto her forearm and broke it in two places. | |||||
| 2019-06-28 | La Fayette | Georgia | Euclid Chemical Co. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating an extrusion line and had fed fibers through the roll stand. While he was attempting to separate the strands of fiber, his right middle finger was caught in the roller causing amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-06-11 | La Fayette | Georgia | Roper Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a die changeover table with a snake chain conveyor. The e employee activated the snake chain via remote and it moved quickly, causing the employee's right index finger to be pinched between the pin and edge of the die and amputated. | |||||
| 2018-09-27 | La Fayette | Georgia | Shaw Industries Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| A yarn cabling operator's finger made contact with moving yarn. This caused an amputation of the tip of his left index finger. | |||||
| 2018-06-07 | La Fayette | Georgia | Unique Fabricating South, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was running the rotary machine and caught his right middle finger in the machine resulting in amputation to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2018-02-06 | La Fayette | Georgia | Roper Corporation | Nonclassifiable | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was using a wrench to fix a leak on a feed line from a tote to a metering pump when one of the cam locks for the tote cap cover came loose, spraying the employee with 93% sulfuric acid. The employee suffered chemical burns. | |||||
| 2016-10-06 | La Fayette | New York | The Roofing Guys | Lower extremities | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| On 10/6/16, an employee was performing roofing work on a bay window roof at an elevation of 18 feet when he fell to the ground, fracturing his feet and/or legs. | |||||
| 2016-01-27 | La Fayette | New York | HERSHEY EQUIPMENT COMPANY | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| At approximately 08:30, an employee slipped on ice, fell, and broke his ankle while walking from a building to a truck to gather tools needed for the job. He was hospitalized. | |||||