Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-06-16 | Loganville | Ga | TOMCO Systems | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Two employees were lifting a refrigeration unit's aluminum frame off a work table. The frame slid and pinched one employee's right middle fingertip against a bench. The last joint of the finger was amputated. | |||||
2020-04-15 | Loganville | Georgia | Superior Industries, Inc. - Fesco Division | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was using a metal grabber and overhead crane to assemble a chute out of various pieces of steel. The employee had positioned a sheet of steel in a vertical manner and then climbed onto an 8-foot step ladder to remove the metal grabber from the top of the sheet of steel. The metal grabber moved away from the employee, and the employee lost balance and fell to the floor, landing on the right side. The employee sustained a contusion to the right elbow. | |||||
2018-09-25 | Loganville | Georgia | Publix Super Markets, Inc. | Elbow(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was overseeing the changing out of product on the end of aisles after store closing. She was walking on the sales floor when she slipped and fell in the front speedway, falling to the ground and breaking her right elbow. | |||||
2018-02-13 | Loganville | Georgia | Quik'n Tasty Foods, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was taking trash to the dumpster. The wind caught the dumpster door and pinched the employee's finger resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2016-08-01 | Loganville | Georgia | Superior Industries, Inc. - Fesco Division | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was tack welding with an automatic MIG welder. The employee was holding the steel part with one hand and engaged the pneumatic clamp with the other hand. The clamp smashed and amputated his left middle finger. | |||||
2015-11-13 | Loganville | Georgia | ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR INCORPORATED (E.C.I) | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee fell from a 10-foot fiberglass A-frame ladder while setting up to drill a hole in the wall. The employee suffered a concussion, thoracic sprain, lumbar sprain, laceration to the face and forehead, nasal bone fracture, and two broken wrists. | |||||
2015-07-31 | Loganville | Georgia | Donan Engineering | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee fell 13 feet, 6 inches, to the ground while inspecting a roof. The employee cracked several ribs and was hospitalized. |