| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-29 | Mcdonough | Ga | United States Cold Storage, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
| An employee was driving a powered industrial truck (PIT) onto a distribution truck when they contacted another PIT. The employee's left leg became caught between both vehicles, resulting in amputation of three toes. | |||||
| 2021-07-27 | Mcdonough | Ga | LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, INC. | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| Two employees were removing a racking system in the lumber department when dimensional lumber fell from the racks and struck them. One employee suffered injuries to their chest, abdomen, and lower extremities and the other employee suffered a broken right leg. | |||||
| 2021-07-25 | Mcdonough | Ga | Ken's Foods, Inc. | Head and trunk | Fall, slip, trip |
| An employee was carrying a 2.5-gallon bucket up some stairs. He fell, and the chemical in the bucket spilled onto his upper torso and face causing chemical burns. | |||||
| 2021-06-01 | Mcdonough | Ga | The Home Depot | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was repairing a battery-powered lawnmower . As the employee lifted the mower to look underneath, the mower energized. The blades struck the employee's left hand resulting in the amputation of the middle, ring, and pinky fingers. | |||||
| 2021-04-01 | Mcdonough | Ga | Medline Industries, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was driving a walkie rider and pinned their ankle between the walkie rider and a rack base guard plate while turning. The employee sustained a broken ankle. | |||||
| 2021-03-09 | Mcdonough | Ga | Autosales, Incorporated | Leg(s) | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. |
| An employee was riding on a motorized pallet jack. The pallet jack hit him, causing a fracture and a skin tear in his leg. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-01-21 | Mcdonough | Ga | Medline Industries, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee unwrapping the shrink wrap from a pallet stack. A reach truck ran over his right foot. | |||||
| 2020-08-24 | Mcdonough | Ga | SPEIR & ASSOCIATES ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS, INC. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped over debris and fell, striking his right hip on the ground. The employee sustained a broken hip, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2020-07-28 | Mcdonough | Georgia | Impact Logistics, Inc. | Leg(s) | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. |
| An employee was driving a forklift, loading and unloading tires from a trailer. The forklift slipped on water on the floor, and the employee's left leg was crushed. | |||||
| 2020-07-21 | Mcdonough | Georgia | United Rack Installers, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was helping to set the pick on the anchors. The approximately 15-foot rail fell and hit the employee. The employee sustained an injury to the legs or spine, and a fractured foot. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery. | |||||
| 2020-07-19 | Mcdonough | Georgia | The Kroger Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was working as a cashier inside the fuel kiosk while the roof was being replaced. The employee became nauseous, got a headache, and experienced chest pains from the fumes inside the kiosk. | |||||
| 2020-06-13 | Mcdonough | Georgia | Lineage Logistics, LLC | Pelvis | Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway |
| Two employees were operating high reach stand-up forklifts. Employee 1 was traveling north along an aisle in a room while employee 2 was putting away a pallet in the same aisle. Employee 1 jumped out of his forklift and was crushed between his forklift and employee 2's forklift. Employee 1 was hospitalized with a pelvic fracture. | |||||
| 2019-09-11 | Mcdonough | Georgia | Wayfair | Lower extremities | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was under training for clamp truck operation. The employee turned and tried to stop the vehicle. He moved his leg out and was caught between the clamp truck and a yellow fence. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
| 2019-07-12 | Mcdonough | Georgia | Ken's Foods, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A temporary employee was towel drying a moving belt conveyor. The employee's arm became caught between the conveyor and a product quality control roller. The employee sustained compression injuries to the arm and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-06-29 | Mcdonough | Georgia | Home Depot Repair and Liquidation Center #8616 | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was removing pallets of merchandise from a trailer using a standup forklift when there was a pallet he could not reach. The employee got off the lift to arrange the pallet in such a manner that he could reach it when an unstable pallet next to the pallet he was manipulating fell on and broke his leg. | |||||
| 2019-06-26 | Mcdonough | Georgia | Medline Industries, Inc. | Hip(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
| An employee was exiting a racking aisle on a reach truck and collided with another employee in the main aisle traveling on a walkie rider. The employee suffered a contusion fracture to the hip. | |||||
| 2019-05-27 | Mcdonough | Georgia | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
| On May 27, 2019, an employee was exiting her vehicle to deliver mail to a residence and stepped into a hole causing her to lose balance and fall to the ground. The employee suffered a left leg fracture. | |||||
| 2019-04-25 | Mcdonough | Georgia | The Home Depot, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| A forklift operator was entering a battery charging area when his foot was caught between the forklift and a guardrail. He sustained a foot injury. | |||||
| 2018-03-12 | Mcdonough | Georgia | TOYS "R" US-DELAWARE, INC. | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| On March 12, 2018, at approximately 12:00 p.m., an employee was walking to the break room when a turret truck ran over the employee's left foot, fracturing it and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-01-29 | Mcdonough | Georgia | Autosales, Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning grease marks around the drive chain area of a gear/sprocket with a shop towel. The chain caught the towel, pulling it and the employee's hand into the drive chain/sprocket. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the right index finger and three crushed fingers. | |||||
| 2017-10-06 | Mcdonough | Georgia | Luxottica Group | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was greasing a conveyor belt when his right index finger became stuck and amputated in the belt. | |||||
| 2017-07-16 | Mcdonough | Georgia | ACADEMY, LTD. (L.P.) (TEXAS) | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee's fingertip was caught and amputated in a closing safe door. | |||||
| 2016-10-10 | Mcdonough | Georgia | Fortune Metal of Georgia, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On 10/10/16, an employee was unjamming a hydraulic shear when his left thumb was amputated. | |||||
| 2016-09-23 | Mcdonough | Georgia | Simmons Manufacturing Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee at a poppet machine had just finished putting a box together, but the box was not spinning correctly. When she opened the interlocked door to balance the box, the chuck pulled in her right glove and then twisted her right index finger, partially amputating it. | |||||
| 2016-09-12 | Mcdonough | Georgia | Geodis Logistics LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| On 9/12/2016, at 4:30 PM, an employee was driving a powered industrial truck down an aisle. As he turned left, he crashed into a rack and suffered a left thumb amputation. | |||||
| 2016-07-20 | Mcdonough | Georgia | PEACH STATE TRUCK CENTERS, LLC | Face | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was installing an air bag. While inflating the air bag after installation, the air bag base gave way and was ejected striking the employee in the face (cheek and nose area). The employee suffered lacerations to the face/head and facial fractures. | |||||
| 2016-03-30 | Mcdonough | Georgia | Lineage Logistics, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee assigned to load trucks and operate stand forklifts suffered a shattered and broken left tibia when he struck a structural beam. | |||||
| 2015-10-09 | Mcdonough | Georgia | Wilson Building Products | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee fell 6-11 feet. | |||||
| 2015-07-28 | Mcdonough | Georgia | Lineage Logistics, LLC | Foot (feet) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee attempted to move a pallet jack, lost his balance, and caught his foot between the pallet jack and a stationary pallet jack. | |||||
| 2015-05-26 | Mcdonough | Georgia | Exel Inc. | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| The injured employee was about to start loading a truck from the mattress staging area which was approximately 7'. The mattress was standing upright and lined up to form a wall to be loaded onto the truck. As the injured employee step out of the staging area (blind spot), another associate operating the forklift, could not stop in time and ran over the injured employee's left foot. | |||||
| 2015-04-17 | Mcdonough | Georgia | Lineage Logistics, LLC | Ankle(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee operating a pallet jack got his left ankle pinned between the pallet jack and a pallet in storage. | |||||
| 2015-03-27 | Mcdonough | Georgia | Bellsouth Telecommunications, LLC | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee lost their footing while stepping onto some plastic debris and fell down a grade. The employee was hospitalized with a broken right femur. | |||||