| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-06 | Lithonia | Ga | The Home Depot Flatbed Distribution Center | Leg(s) | Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating a forklift when her left leg was caught between it and another, empty lift. Her leg was lacerated. | |||||
| 2021-06-30 | Lithonia | Ga | GEORGIA DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, LLC | Head and trunk | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting metal pipe with a saw when the saw kicked back and struck him in the face and chest. The employee sustained lacerations to the face and chest. | |||||
| 2021-06-15 | Lithonia | Ga | Georgia Power Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee developed leg cramps while climbing an electric pole. The employee was hospitalized, suffering from dehydration. | |||||
| 2020-06-28 | Lithonia | Georgia | International Paper | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was changing a print die on a die-cutter printer. The employee's right middle and index fingers were pulled into the stationary rollers and broken. | |||||
| 2020-06-15 | Lithonia | Georgia | Calhoun Management Corporation | Arm(s) | Vehicle or machinery fire |
| An employee was performing maintenance on a fuse box when the fuse box caught on fire. The employee sustained burns to his arms and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-05-31 | Lithonia | Georgia | Packaging Corporation of America | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
| An employee was pushing through the entrance door when he reached back to keep it from slamming shut. His right ring finger was then caught between the door hinge. When he felt the door closing on his finger, he pulled his hand away. The fingernail to come out and amputate his fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-05-01 | Lithonia | Georgia | Relish Labs LLC | Ankle(s) | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| An employee operating a pallet jack was making a turn near a racking system. When the pallet jack got too close to the racking system, the employee jumped from the pallet jack. He was pinched between the pallet jack and the storage rack and sustained a broken ankle. | |||||
| 2018-06-13 | Lithonia | Georgia | Earle M. Jorgensen Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cutting steel tube to specification with a powered saw. While removing a jammed part from the saw, the employee's right middle finger was amputated by the blade. | |||||
| 2018-04-08 | Lithonia | Georgia | TROJAN BATTERY COMPANY, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was completing preventive maintenance on a screw conveyor oxide reactor when the machine amputated two of his fingers and partially amputated a third finger. | |||||
| 2017-08-07 | Lithonia | Georgia | Dart Corporation of Georgia | Head and trunk | Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing |
| On August 7, 2017, at 5:45 PM, an employee and a coworker were arguing when the coworker stabbed the employee in the face and back with a knife or sharp object. | |||||
| 2017-07-20 | Lithonia | Georgia | Trojan Battery Company, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was scraping paste from a chute into a hopper when his scraping tool fell into the hopper. As he was attempting to retrieve his tool, the mechanical stirring paddle inside the hopper contacted his hand, injuring his finger. | |||||
| 2017-02-13 | Lithonia | Georgia | Packaging Corp of America | Brain | Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising |
| An employee bent down to remove extra trim off a paper product. When he stood up, he struck his head on machine railing. He was hospitalized with a brain hemorrhage. | |||||
| 2016-10-22 | Lithonia | Georgia | International Paper Company | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee suffered multiple fractures and tissue damage to his arm when he opened the guard of a scrap baler. The baler was not locked/tagged out at the time. | |||||
| 2016-10-10 | Lithonia | Georgia | WOODBRIDGE FOAM CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was using a 1-ton, 460V electric chain hoist to separate the inner lid of a die from the base (part of a mold die). After removing the material, the die would only partially separate or open about 6 inches. The employee lowered the hoist by a few inches and looked into the die to identify any causes as to why it was not separating. To support himself, he placed his hand on the hoist hook. When he was ready to lift the die again, he grasped the chain and his finger went between the el | |||||
| 2016-04-25 | Lithonia | Georgia | WOODBRIDGE FOAM FABRICATING, INC. | Lumbar region | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode |
| When an employee turned around while inspecting parts at the foam conveyor line, she suffered sharp pain in her lower back. | |||||
| 2015-05-23 | Lithonia | Georgia | Terraces at Parkview Apartments | Hand(s) | Exposure through scratch or other open wound |
| On Friday 05/22/15 in the afternoon, an employee was cleaning an empty apartment while wearing rubber gloves. There was a break in the gloves and dirty water from a bucket contacted a pre-existing wound on the right hand causing injury such as, swelling, redness and pain to the hand. He was transported to the hospital for treatment. | |||||