Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-20	Lyons	Ga	United Infrastructure Group, Inc.	Hand(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a circular saw to cut plywood when the saw kicked back and landed on the employee's left hand causing a laceration.
2021-10-08	Lyons	Ga	Lyons Grocery Company, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting an ox tail on a band saw. The saw caused an amputation to his right index finger.
2021-07-15	Lyons	Ga	On Site Ag Services Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was monitoring an automated onion bagging machine. The employee noticed a piece of scrap wood stuck in the staple machine. After he removed it, the machine cycled and a staple went through his left middle fingertip. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2019-08-06	Lyons	Georgia	Ricks' Auto Glass and Storefront Inc	Brain	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
While removing a 60 x 48-inch glass window in a school gym, an employee fell 12 feet from the bleachers. The employee struck his head on the concrete floor resulting in a fractured skull, brain bleeding, and swelling of the brain.
2019-06-04	Lyons	Georgia	S.A.B.E., Inc.	Head and neck	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting a steel irrigation pipe with a powered concrete saw. The saw kicked back and lacerated the employee's face and neck.
2019-05-21	Lyons	New Jersey	Lyons VA Medical Center	Multiple body parts	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
Two employees were in the dock area and walking towards the parking lot. One employee climbed over a railing to take a short cut and the railing gave way and fell on both employees. One employee was hospitalized for traumatic injury to the neck, shoulder and foot.
2018-04-05	Lyons	Kansas	Kansas Ethanol LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Nonclassifiable
An employee was rinsing out the methanator tank from the top portal opening when the employee lost consciousness. The employee recovered and was helped down by other employees at the job site.
2017-07-21	Lyons	Georgia	Chicken of the Sea	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
On July 21, 2017, an employee was working on a water leak from a clogged piping system. The piping system ran from the boiler to a manhole in the discharge area. The employee went into the manhole and put a plug in the piping system to help find the leak. The blockage was located and corrected. At around 12:30 PM, the employee went back into the manhole to remove the plug. When the employee removed the plug, hot water spewed onto the employee's right leg, buttock, and thigh, causing burns that r
2017-02-23	Lyons	Nebraska	M & Q LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was greasing a mill drum and trunnion. This procedure is performed with the drum running so the contact area gets completely covered. During the process, the employee tried to grab some grease that had dropped on the ground and lost his footing. When this happened, three fingers on his left hand became caught and amputated between the trunnion and the drum.
2017-01-10	Lyons	South Dakota	Rosenbauer America - SD Division	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking from one building to another, slipped on ice, and fell in the parking lot. The employee broke a rib and was hospitalized due to a possible punctured lung.
2017-01-06	Lyons	Georgia	Tri-Union Seafood's, LLC	Forearm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was working at the de-palletizer and reached with their right hand to retrieve a slip sheet from the top of the empty cans. The sweeper arm on the de-palletizer, which is located above the cans and pushes the cans off of the pallet and onto a conveyor belt, came down and caught her right hand resulting in a fractured right forearm.
2016-06-21	Lyons	Nebraska	American Fence Company, Inc. Iowa	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was drilling fence post holes with an auger bit attached to a skid steer. The auger bit was coming loose so the crew pulled it out to tighten it up. The auger bit fell over after it cleared the hole and pinched the employee's left calf against the skid steer, causing a severe laceration that required hospitalization.
2016-05-25	Lyons	Georgia	Lyons Grocery Company, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting some steaks on a band saw for a customer. He had finished cutting the steaks when the customer called out and startled him. The employee jumped and his finger went into the blade, suffering a partial amputation.
2015-07-20	Lyons	Kansas	PALLETON OF KANSAS, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
While operating a table saw, an employee's glove got caught. The employee's hand was pulled into the blade, amputating 2/3 of the third left-hand finger.
2015-05-13	Lyons	Georgia	Chicken of The Sea International	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee feeding the F-Line feeder reached into the luthi packer portion of the machine while it was still running to clear meat that was jammed. The employee's hand was cut by a knife inside the machine, partially amputating the right index fingertip.
2015-04-29	Lyons	Georgia	U.S. Pet Nutrition	Fingertip(s)	Struck against object or equipment while moving it
An employee got his hand caught in-between a metal auger blade and the metal frame of the auger while in the process of breaking it down for sanitation. The tip of his left hand middle finger was amputated.