| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-28 | Oglethorpe | Ga | Georgia Power Company | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| The injured employee was one of three workers on-site repairing a downed overhead conductor that had been damaged by a fallen tree. The injured employee began to measure the length of the jumper before the circuit was de-energized and grounded. He grabbed a de-energized conductor with one hand and touched an energized conductor with his other hand. The employee sustained electrical burns to both hands. | |||||
| 2019-09-16 | Fort Oglethorpe | Georgia | Sortation Solutions Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was adjusting a clutch brake on a tractor. The clutch brake cylinder amputated the employee's left ring fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-04-17 | Oglethorpe | Georgia | International Paper Company | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| Employees were checking to see if an automatic valve to a condensate line was operable. When air was applied, the valve opened and hot condensate went to the U-drain. An employee was standing on the U-drain and sustained second degree thermal burns on the calf and buttocks. | |||||
| 2019-04-11 | Oglethorpe | Georgia | Southern Wood Suppliers, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| A wood chipper caused a partial amputation (to the second joint) of an employee's right index finger. | |||||
| 2018-08-19 | Oglethorpe | Georgia | Bilfinger Industrial Services, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| While repairing a brown stock washer, an employee was attempting to remove a tie rod from the packing with a come-along when the tie rod fell. The employee reached out to grab the packing and his right fourth finger was crushed between the tie rod and a hydraulic shaft, resulting in a finger amputation. | |||||
| 2018-03-12 | Oglethorpe | Georgia | Prim Industrial Contractors, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| While walking in an area where hot water was on the ground (approximately 1 inch deep), an employee tripped and landed in the water, sustaining second and third degree burns to the hands, knees, forearms, and hip. | |||||
| 2016-01-04 | Oglethorpe | Georgia | Tyson Foods, Inc. | Leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A maintenance employee was working on a transfer auger when the auger crushed his right leg, resulting in hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-06-24 | Oglethorpe | Georgia | Specialty Industries, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee and a coworker were rolling a cylindrical cyclone hopper down a passageway when the hopper became unbalanced and started to fall. As the employee attempted to catch and re-steady the hopper, his left pinky finger got caught between a metal flange on the hopper and a permanently fixed metal pipe of the building. The employee injured the left pinky finger; the fingertip was amputated at the hospital. | |||||