Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-07-04 | Pendergrass | Ga | TenCate Geosynthetics Americas | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was painting outside a building from an articulating boom lift about 25 feet off the ground. The lift ran out of gas and stopped working. While trying to reach the ground, the employee fell about 9 feet onto gravel and suffered a compound fracture to the right tibia and fibula. | |||||
2020-04-29 | Pendergrass | Georgia | Wayne Farms, LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person |
An employee was holding a knife in his right hand to debone a poultry thigh when the knife suddenly slipped from his right hand. As he attempted to catch the knife, the tip of the blade made a small cut on the right side of his lower abdomen. | |||||
2019-07-25 | Pendergrass | Georgia | RESILUX AMERICA, LLC | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was pulling a mold out of a machine when the mold pinned the employee's hand against the machine, causing a laceration and fracture to the hand that required surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
2018-08-24 | Pendergrass | Georgia | QuikTrip Corporation | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee was using a two-handed dolly to move stacks of totes to load into a trailer. The stacks weighed roughly 216 lbs. He picked up a stack, leaned back, and then dropped to the ground in extreme pain. He was hospitalized with a back injury. | |||||
2018-04-09 | Pendergrass | Georgia | Teems Electric Company, Inc. | Upper arm(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee removed the master link out of the chain supporting a counterbalance that he thought had no weight. The counterbalance then fell and struck his upper arm, lacerating it and peeling off the skin. | |||||
2017-08-24 | Pendergrass | Georgia | Ely Concrete | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was loading a screed machine into a semi-trailer and descending the machine's ladder when he fell and hit his head on the asphalt below. He suffered a brain hemorrhage and brain swelling. | |||||
2017-08-07 | Pendergrass | Georgia | Walgreens Co. | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a powered industrial truck when his left foot was caught between the vehicle and an upright, causing lacerations and fractures to his left foot. | |||||
2017-03-30 | Pendergrass | Georgia | Toyota Industries Compressor Parts America, Co. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was troubleshooting a piston machine and amputated the right index and middle fingers. The machine was powered down, but had not yet stopped spinning. | |||||
2017-02-24 | Pendergrass | Georgia | Wayne Farms, LLC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was carrying a box of supplies (approximately 10 lbs.) and became dizzy and fell causing a hip injury that required surgery. | |||||
2016-08-23 | Pendergrass | Georgia | Gruma Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
While packaging tacos on the taco line, an employee's right ring finger was partially amputated. | |||||
2016-06-24 | Pender | Nebraska | Automatic Equipment Manufacturing, Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was setting up a hob machine and adjusting the point where the lubricating oil enters the cutting area when the rotating parts caught the employee's glove, pulling his hand into a pinch point area. His left ring finger was amputated, and his left finger was severely lacerated. | |||||
2016-04-15 | Pendergrass | Georgia | Shiloh Industries, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was performing product quality checks on an AccuShear press machine. As she was lining up the product, the press cycled and the cylinder came down, crushing and amputating her third left-hand fingertip. | |||||
2015-12-16 | Pendergrass | Georgia | Shiloh Industries, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was stacking parts on the turn table. While the table was rotating, the parts fell off the table and struck the employee's left leg fracturing it. | |||||
2015-11-12 | Pendergrass | Georgia | Barrette Outdoor Living, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was preparing to cut some metal material with a chop saw (miter saw) with his right hand holding the material. The saw blade got caught on the material, causing it to raise and catch two of his fingers. His right index and middle fingertips were amputated. | |||||
2015-07-17 | Pendergrass | Georgia | Automation Personnel Services | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee sustained a back injury while lifting a 20- to 30-pound box from a cart and was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-06-01 | Pendergrass | Georgia | WAYNE FARMS LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle |
An employee's right thumb was partially amputated after a collision that occurred while he was operating a motorized pallet jack. | |||||
2015-04-24 | Pendergrass | Georgia | Bed Bath and Beyond E-Commerce Center | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was injured on April 23, 2015, at approximately 11:50 PM, when she was struck by a powered industrial truck driven by another employee. The injured employee sustained fractures of both ankles, requiring surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
2015-03-10 | Pendergrass | Georgia | WAYNE FARMS LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was moving a chute on the bone and cone line when his right thumb got caught between the wrench and the chute, amputating the thumb tip. The machine was operating at the time. |