DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-03-15Powder SpringsGaPublix Super Markets, Inc.Multiple lower extremities locationsContact with hot objects or substances
An employee was standing on a stepladder, replacing an exhaust fan hood vent gutter. He stepped onto a fryer cover, which moved, bringing him into contact with the fryer oil. He suffered second- and third-degree burns to the right leg, ankle, and foot.
2021-02-10Powder SpringsGaHarcros Chemicals Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was moving a pallet jack from a loading dock onto a trailer when the pallet jack became stuck in a gap between the dock and the trailer. The employee attempted to pull the jack free of the gap when his hand became pinched in the equipment, resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger.
2017-03-20Powder SpringsGeorgiaAjay North America, LLCFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was greasing bearings on a running machine and his left index finger was caught in the chain and sprocket resulting in amputation at the first knuckle. The guard was removed at the time.
2016-04-10Powder SpringsGeorgiaKroger Leg(s)Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was standing on a step stool, organizing products in the cooler, when she fell off the stool and fractured her left leg.