Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-03	Marietta	Oh	Mondo Polymer Technologies, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was operating a machine that dumps bales of plastic into a shredder. The platform was in the dump position when the employee noticed there was plastic about to discharge and was concerned it wouldn't enter into the shredder. He climbed up the side of the bale dumper to manually push the plastic towards the hopper and placed his left hand on the upright box tubing frame, which houses the guide wheels. There are two access holes approximately two inches in diameter, which maintenance u
2021-10-28	Marietta	Oh	EnTrans LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
On October 28, 2021, an employee was adjusting a chain that was holding up a front axle. A floor jack under the axle slipped out. The axle came down on the employee's fingers and crushed them against the chain.
2021-10-28	Marietta	Pa	Armstrong World Industries, Incorporated	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on top of a wooden skid, bending over and pulling up on plastic straps wrapped around a bundle of cardboard (so that a forklift could slide its forks under the bundle. The straps snapped and the employee fell backward onto the concrete floor. He suffered a compression fracture to a lower-back vertebra.
2021-09-24	Marietta	Oh	Auto Plus	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was in the back of a truck shoving pallets of plastics into the truck. As he was turning the skid, he missed a step and fell off the back of the truck to the ground about 4 feet below. He landed on his right hip, suffering a fracture to the hip that required surgery.
2021-09-15	Marietta	Ga	Otis Elevator Company	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was guiding a powered industrial vehicle into position to lower an elevator machine onto a pedestal for installation. The elevator machine shifted and pinched the employee's fingertip. The fingertip was amputated above the nailbed, without bone loss.
2021-08-10	Marietta	Ok	O7 Energy Co LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was retrieving a load of water-based drilling mud with a vacuum truck. The employee slipped on the mud, fell, and struck his left side on the mud pump base. He suffered broken ribs on that side.
2021-08-04	Marietta	Oh	US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS - Marietta Repair Station	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was disassembling a bushing on a hydraulic cylinder. The bushing fell on a finger on the employee's left hand; the fingertip was medically amputated.
2021-07-02	Marietta	Ga	Sunshine Residential Window Cleaning Co.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level
Two employees were working to clean the exterior of a customer's one-story residence. The employees were anchored to each other. Employee 1 climbed the ladder to clean the gutters and Employee 2 followed up the ladder. Employee 2 lost his footing on the ladder and fell, which also pulled Employee 1 down. Employee 1 sustained a fractured left hip. Employee 2 sustained a head injury and an abrasion to his back. Both employees were hospitalized.
2021-06-18	Marietta	Ga	Kemira Chemicals, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was weighing ammonium persulfate (APS) for a batch when the chemical sprayed onto the employee, resulting in burns to their face, arms, and chest.
2021-06-14	Marietta	Oh	Marathon Petroleum Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
A driver was doing maintenance on the gladhand connections on the front of a tank trailer. While climbing up to the catwalk area with a tire thumper and a razorblade knife (to rough up the rubber grommet to create a better seal), he fell. He landed on both feet on the fuel tank steps behind the cab. The tire thumper drove the pocketknife into his left little finger, causing a laceration near the first knuckle.
2021-04-09	Marietta	Ga	WELLSTAR KENNESTONE HOSPITAL	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
An employee was bitten by a patient while treating the patient. The employee suffered an amputation to a finger.
2020-10-12	Marietta	Ga	S & D Industrial Painting, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone, n.e.c.
An employee was setting up lane closures. A car driver crossed over four lanes and hit the arrow board (already set up) and the company pickup truck. The truck in turn hit the employee, who suffered a broken left femur, chipped bones in the shoulders, a broken right ankle, and three broken ribs. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-10-09	Marietta	Ga	Miranda Construction Services LLC	Wrist(s) and elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was arranging garbage in a dump truck and fell from the truck to the ground. The employee sustained a broken wrist and elbow.
2020-09-22	Marietta	Ga	THE CONLAN COMPANY	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was operating a mini skid steer. As he exited the skid steer, his foot was wedged between the arm and the cab of the skid steer causing him to fall forward and snap his foot. Three toes were degloved and one bone in the foot was dislocated.
2020-08-28	Marietta	Ga	BMC East, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a miter saw to cut pine wood blocking stock. The wood stock was pulled into the sawblade, which amputated four fingers on the employee's left hand, also lacerating the thumb.
2020-07-30	Marietta	Pennsylvania	Perdue AgriBusiness LLC	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was watching the flow of product in a meal load sampler. The automatic sampler in the machine struck the employee's left arm, causing a break that required hospitalization and surgery.
2020-07-27	Marietta	Georgia	Tip Top Poultry	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee moved a small step stool under a stationary fan so he could reach the fan. The employee was repositioning the fan when his left hand slipped past the guard and contacted the metal fan blades. The first and third fingertips on his left hand were lacerated and the second fingertip was amputated.
2020-05-09	Marietta	Georgia	YRC Worldwide Inc.	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was repairing a truck when an adjacent truck pulled away and ran over his right foot, breaking it. He was hospitalized.
2020-05-03	Marietta	Georgia	C.W. Matthews Contracting Company, Inc.	Wrist(s)	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, roadway
An employee was loading traffic control barrels into the bed of a truck. The truck moved and the employee lost his balance and fell to the highway asphalt, breaking his wrist.
2020-01-23	Marietta	Georgia	Asbury Atlanta Infiniti L.L.C.	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was at a coffee station when he tripped on a dustpan and impacted the floor, breaking his right ankle and leg and sustaining a meniscus tear.
2019-07-24	Marietta	Georgia	Yellowstone Landscape Southeast LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Stings and venomous bites
An employee was trimming shrubs when he was bitten by a copperhead snake.
2019-05-24	Marietta	Georgia	Tip Top Poultry	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was washing down a neck skinner machine when his left hand contacted the cutting blades, amputating five fingers.
2019-05-24	Marietta	Georgia	Tip Top Poultry, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was setting up a picking room when hot water spilled and caused second degree burns to the employee's neck, back, arm, and chest. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-04-02	Marietta	Pennsylvania	Armstrong World Industries, Incorporated	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was using a tool to clear a jam in a mechanical power press. When the jam cleared, the stop gate activated, catching the employee's right hand and resulting in the amputation of the right ring and middle fingertips.
2019-02-26	Marietta	Georgia	Blount Construction Company, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
While sorting mail, an employee tripped over a file box that was sitting in front of the mailboxes. The employee fell, suffering a broken right hip.
2018-09-06	Marietta	Georgia	First Transit	Nonclassifiable	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
An employee was using an air compressor to add air to the compressor on a bus when the bus rolled, pinning him between it and a work truck.
2018-08-23	Marietta	Pennsylvania	Messick & Gray Construction Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was helping remove a raised elevator basket when a chunk of debris fell from the basket to the ground, 70 feet below. The debris bounced off the ground and struck the employee's hand, causing an amputation to his ring and little fingers at the second knuckle.
2018-08-16	Marietta	Georgia	American Disposal Services of Georgia	Hand(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was attempting the grab a black box that was going into a waste disposal truck's hopper when the hopper's blade struck and injured the employee's hand.
2018-07-21	Marietta	Oklahoma	Circle K	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on spilled fuel and fell, striking their head on concrete. The employee suffered brain swelling.
2018-06-27	Marietta	Georgia	Fabriclean Supply of Atlanta	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was operating the lift gate of a truck when his hand was caught between the lift gate, resulting in an amputation of two fingers.
2018-06-12	Marietta	Ohio	Mondo Polymer Technologies, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On June 12, 2018, an employee was holding a cooling block on the downstream extruder "B" wheel, while another employee was bolting it in. The extruder machine's wheel rotated catching the employees left thumb and amputating it.
2018-05-25	Marietta	Ohio	Kemron Environmental Services, Inc.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was testing a gas-powered weed-eater when its blade disengaged, cutting through their footwear. They suffered lacerations to the second, third, and fourth toes on their right foot; the second toe was lacerated to the bone.
2018-05-21	Marietta	Georgia	Phoenix Crane Service, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was helping to break down an 80-ton crane that was lowering a weight onto a trailer. He was guiding the weight when the load shifted, catching his hand between the rigging hooks and the counterweight. His right index finger was partially amputated.
2018-03-30	Marietta	Georgia	Southern Tea Company LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was performing preventive maintenance on a piece of equipment when the employee's right middle finger was caught between the drive chain and sprocket, resulting in the amputation the employee's right middle fingertip.
2018-02-21	Marietta	Georgia	The Erosion Companies	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was unloading bales of straw from the back of a truck when he lost his footing and fell head first onto the asphalt, injuring his head.
2017-10-05	Marietta	Georgia	Capitol Countertops	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was pushing a board through a table saw when the blade caught his glove, pulling his left hand into the saw. His index, middle, and ring fingers were amputated.
2017-10-03	Marietta	Pennsylvania	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee opened the hatch to a rotary valve's dust collector and was attempting to inspect it when the valve partially amputated the employee's right index and middle fingers.
2017-08-02	Marietta	Georgia	NCI Group	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was making adjustments and repairs on a hydraulic cylinder machine when the cylinder caught the employee's left thumb and middle finger causing amputation injuries.
2017-07-07	Marietta	Georgia	Northwest Express Roadbuilders	Ankle(s)	Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet
On 07/07 2017, an employee was exiting a flatbed trailer (36" from ground level) when he landed wrong and fractured his right ankle.
2017-06-30	Marietta	Ohio	Directional One Services, Inc. USA	Hand(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a saw to build pallets when the blade lacerated the employee's left hand.
2017-06-16	Marietta	Texas	MasTec Network Solutions, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Bites and stings
An employee was rolling up wire while cleaning a site when he was bitten by a spider on his leg, requiring hospitalization.
2017-05-11	Marietta	Georgia	Baldwin Paving Company, Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was in a ditch assisting with setting a water pipe. A pipe attached to machinery with a chain struck the employee's leg when the equipment was moved. The employee suffered a fracture under the knee cap that required surgery.
2017-05-03	Marietta	Pennsylvania	Witmer Masonry Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was on the second floor of a structure straightening rebar for an exterior block wall when the rebar snapped. The momentum caused the employee to fall 18 feet to the ground. He suffered fractured ribs, a punctured lung, and a lower back injury.
2017-04-03	Marietta	Georgia	Publix	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking in the warehouse, tripped over a pallet and fell injuring her left knee.
2017-02-23	Marietta	Georgia	Tip Top Poultry, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was waiting for the operator to start-up the machine and had her right hand resting flat on top of the turn-wheel, partially supporting her weight. When the operator started the machine, the turn-wheel rotated her right hand towards the opening where the giblets drop to be pushed into the package. As a result, her hand entered the opening as the push arm was actuated causing fractures to some small hand bones and a 1/4" puncture (depth) wound to the back of her hand from a bolt.
2017-01-19	Marietta	Ohio	Ken Miller Supply Inc	Arm(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was helping unload a compressor from a pallet when the compressor tilted and pinned the employee between the compressor and the ground. The employee suffered a broken right arm and his right ankle was crushed. The employee was hospitalized.
2017-01-16	Marietta	Georgia	Southern Company Gas, Atlanta Gas Light Company	Multiple head locations	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee fell from a lift at approximately 12 feet and incurred a fractured skull and face.
2017-01-07	Marietta	Georgia	Publix	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was getting in her car when she slipped and fell on ice, breaking her right femur.
2016-08-30	Marietta	Georgia	Lockheed Martin	Head and neck	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was sanding the top of the wing of a C-130. Another employee noticed his eyes rolled back as he appeared to lose consciousness. The employee fell approximately 2 feet from the top of the wing to the wing stand resulting in injuries to the employee's face and throat that required surgery.
2016-08-24	Marietta	Georgia	Wild West Trading Company	Head	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Two employees were training at the shooting range and were struck by shrapnel. One employee was struck in the head and the other employee was struck in the abdomen. Both employees were hospitalized.
2016-08-10	Marietta	Ohio	Thermo Fisher Scientific (Asheville) LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee had just finished using a shear press when he began to feel ill. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.
2016-07-27	Marietta	Georgia	Cobb Electrical Membership Corporation	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
On July 21, 2016, an employee was hospitalized for dehydration.
2016-06-15	Marietta	Ohio	Solvay Specialty Polymers	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was rigging equipment on a flatbed when he tripped over a timber and fell 4 to 4.5 feet to the ground and fractured his right hip. He was hospitalized.
2016-06-04	Marietta	Georgia	MetroAtlanta Ambulance Service	BODY SYSTEMS	Stings and venomous bites
An employee was on the scene of an ambulance call when a bee stung her arm and leg. She suffered an allergic reaction and was hospitalized.
2016-03-31	Marietta	Georgia	Acousti Engineering of Florida	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was on an 8-foot step ladder installing fire caulking. The employee tried to re-position, lost his balance, and fell. He was hospitalized overnight with a possible broken pelvis.
2016-03-29	Marietta	Georgia	Tip Top Poultry	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was using a knife to make a cut on a chicken when the knife slipped out of his hand. He was stabbed in the stomach while trying to grab the knife, requiring surgery.
2016-03-14	Marietta	Ohio	Kmart Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On or about March 14, 2016, an employee was closing the office safe door when the door closed on her hand, amputating her right thumb.
2016-03-04	Marietta	Georgia	Talenti Gelato	Thigh(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was trying to unjam a jammed pipe connection when the cast-iron T section of the boiler pipe shattered, causing steam and hot water to release and burn the employee's thighs. The employee suffered second degree burns.
2016-02-08	Marietta	Georgia	Northwest Express Roadbuilders	Knee(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee had just poured concrete on the bridge deck and was using a paving machine to move the concrete when the employee slipped back and fell approximately 10 to 11 feet to the lower roadway from the upper bridge level. The employee hit a metal corrugated pipe and fractured the left knee.
2016-01-29	Marietta	Oklahoma	Abimar Foods Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was lubricating equipment. He was using a rag to clean lubricant from the PT4 conveyor. The rag was caught in the chain and sprocket, which pulled in the employee's left hand crushing the middle finger in the chain and sprocket. The finger was amputated at the first knuckle at the hospital.
2015-12-14	Marietta	Ohio	Dimex, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was in the dock area speaking with a Towmotor operator when he got pinched between two Towmotors, injuring his right lower leg. He was hospitalized.
2015-11-02	Marietta	Ohio	All Crane Rental Corp	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Other fall to lower level
On or about November 2, 2015, a mechanic was removing a turbo from an engine while standing on a ladder. When dismounting the ladder he fell and his left pinky finger was caught between the turbo and a tank beside the truck and amputated.
2015-10-13	Marietta	Georgia	Evans Construction Company	Thigh(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
A conex was being loaded onto a rollback truck. At that time, the rollback bed struck the employee and fractured his femur requiring surgery.
2015-09-03	Marietta	Georgia	Parkway Products	Foot (feet)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was unloading a mold from Press 12 to a cart for transport. The cart got stuck on a fatigue mat and tipped over. The handle of the cart struck the interior of the employee's left foot, fracturing it.
2015-07-27	Marietta	Pennsylvania	Sam S. Smucker & Sons, Inc.	Wrist(s)	Fall to lower level
An employee working from a telescoping multiladder in a step ladder configuration fell from the ladder. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right wrist.
2015-07-24	Marietta	Georgia	Berkel & Co. Contractors, Inc.	Multiple lower extremities locations	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
On 07/24/2015, at 1:15 PM, an employee was struck by the front tire of a forklift truck while stabilizing a compressor that was being transported. The employee stumbled and fell, and the forklift ran up his right leg, crushing it nearly to the knee. The employee's left foot got crushed and he suffered broken bones in his right leg (tibia and fibula).
2015-07-15	Marietta	Georgia	Westminster Square At Windy Hill Estates	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee slipped off the third step of a rollaway dumpster while trying to remove plywood from it and fell.
2015-06-30	Marietta	Georgia	Talenti Gelato, LLC.	Nonclassifiable	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee disconnected a pipe during a sanitation wash cycle and was burned below the waist by hot water.
2015-06-28	Marietta	Oklahoma	Dollar Tree	Multiple trunk locations	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
Two trucks collided in the distribution yard. One employee was hospitalized to receive treatment for broken ribs, a punctured left lung, and spleen removal.
2015-06-05	Marietta	Georgia	C.W. Matthews Contracting	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
A beam was being loaded onto a flatbed truck. When the beam was being placed onto the flatbed, the wood and entire deck collapsed, causing the beam to shift. The concrete fell on the employee's left small toe; surgery had to be performed.
2015-06-03	Marietta	Georgia	Jeremias Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
A temporary employee under on-the-job-training in his first day of work had the tip of his left hand middle finger amputated during the operation of a RAS beading machine.
2015-05-01	Marietta	Georgia	Tip Top Poultry, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee amputated the tip of his right thumb with pneumatic scissors.
2015-04-20	Marietta	Ohio	Army Corp Of Engineers - Marietta Repair Station	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
A truck driver was preparing to load material in a truck. A steel bar fell from the bottom storage rack and caught his finger between the steel bar and the ground. The employees left middle finger was amputated.
2015-03-25	Marietta	Georgia	Talenti Gelato, LLC.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee placed her hand in a screw conveyor to remove a jam. The conveyor was still operational and amputated her fingertip below the fingernail. Two parts of the machine were shut off and a guard or two were removed at the time of the incident.
2015-03-16	Marietta	Ohio	Dimex, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On March 16, 2015, an employee, reached into the discharge while inspecting the line to verify that it was running. This resulted in the amputation of two right-hand fingertips.
2015-02-23	Marietta	Ohio	Truck Sales & Service Inc.	Hand(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
Employee's hand got caught in a dump truck gate. Employee suffered a crushing injury to the hand; emergency surgery was conducted.