| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-02 | Lavonia | Ga | Ritz Instrument Transformers, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was removing a coil from a winding machine. The employee's little finger was pinched between the cylinder and the machine. The very tip of the finger was fractured. Part of the fingernail was damaged and tissue beside the fingernail was removed. | |||||
| 2021-06-21 | Lavonia | Ga | Latexco, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| Two employees entered a cage to troubleshoot a foam line. While they were inside, the door was closed and a sensor activated a cross-cut saw. One employee's left middle fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-04-01 | Lavonia | Ga | CARRY-ON TRAILER, INC. | Thigh(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| A forklift operator had dismounted his forklift when he was struck by a farm tractor. The employee was pinned between the forklift and the tractor, resulting in a leg amputation above the knee. | |||||
| 2021-02-25 | Lavonia | Ga | Kautex Textron | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| A team member was pushing an empty pallet by hand, sliding it across the floor in order to stack it at the end of the shelving. The pallet struck a joint in the floor, causing the team member to fall and break their left femur. | |||||
| 2020-09-03 | Lavonia | Ga | Harbin Lumber Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cutting a 4x4 section of lumber with a radial arm saw. The lumber kicked up and pushed her hand towards the saw blade. The employee sustained a laceration on the left pinky and middle fingers and injury to the left ring finger requiring amputation. | |||||
| 2020-05-01 | Lavonia | Georgia | Greif Inc | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was working on a blow mold machine. While he was cleaning out a mixing/blender cylinder, the mixer lacerated his arm. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-01-27 | Lavonia | Georgia | Ritz Instrument Transformers, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a core-making machine when the machine severely crushed the employee's left index fingertip, resulting in a surgical amputation. | |||||
| 2019-08-11 | Lavonia | Georgia | AUTOZONE STORES INC | Foot (feet) | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
| An employee was walking with a powered pallet jack in an aisle when he recognized that another employee on a pallet jack needed to go around him. He was moving his pallet jack toward the rack when his right foot was pinned between his pallet jack and the rack. The injured employee's right foot sustained damaged ligaments, a fractured bone and dislocated toes. The injured foot required surgery. | |||||
| 2019-02-20 | Lavonia | Georgia | Kautex Textron Gmbh & Co. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was loading a gas tank on a conveyor belt to be taken to another station. The employee tripped on a metal cable (connecting a go/no-go gauge to the conveyor belt) and fell to the floor, suffering a broken right hip. | |||||
| 2018-06-20 | Lavonia | Georgia | TOWNSEND TREE SERVICE COMPANY, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was helping two other people remove a bush from a ditch when he became ill and experienced cramping. He was hospitalized for heat-related illness. | |||||
| 2017-09-20 | Lavonia | Georgia | Fanello Industries, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was checking the alignment inside a mechanical power press' pilot hole when the material moved and amputated his middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-02-02 | Lavonia | Georgia | Wright Metal Products Crates, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a shear to cut metal when the shear's control activated while the employee's hand was in the point of contact. The employee's right middle finger was amputated (half an inch) by the blade. | |||||