Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-04-06 | Pennington | Al | Georgia-Pacific | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
A maintenance employee was servicing a piston cylinder when the rod and rod head came loose from the framework holding it. He and another maintenance employee were lifting the cylinder with a hoist and the cylinder head fell approximately 20-24" and struck the employee's left ring finger, causing a fracture and a partial degloving. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery. | |||||
2020-08-26 | Pennington | Al | Georgia-Pacific | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
A coater operator was working at a board machine, adjusting the coater wipe at the coater rolls. The rolls caught the employee's right forearm, crushing it. He was hospitalized and his right hand was surgically amputated. | |||||
2017-08-03 | Pennington | Alabama | The Boldt Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee had been working outside in hot and humid conditions. The employee became dehydrated and was hospitalized for heat exposure. | |||||
2017-07-19 | Pennington | Alabama | Georgia Pacific Consumer Products LP | Lower extremities | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee received steam burns to the lower extremities while repairing a sewer grate. | |||||
2016-06-13 | Pennington | Alabama | Georgia Pacific Consumer Products LP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was threading up a paper machine when his hand was caught and pinched by a hydraulic cylinder, lacerating his third, fourth, and fifth fingers and fracturing his fourth and fifth fingers. | |||||
2015-08-22 | Pennington | Alabama | Georgia Pacific Consumer Products LP | Upper and lower limb(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
Two forklifts collided in the processing area causing one of them to tip over. The employee in the forklift that tipped over sustained a broken arm and a broken ankle requiring surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
2015-06-04 | Pennington | New Jersey | BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell, resulting in head injuries. | |||||
2015-01-25 | Pennington | New Jersey | STOP & SHOP | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to slipping |
Employee slipped and fell on the ice as she was walking into the store to start her shift. |