| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-21 | Riceboro | Ga | Interstate Paper LLC | Neck and back | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was opening a railcar door when the door fell from its hinges and struck him. The employee sustained fractures to the T5 and C5 vertebrae, and a laceration to the face. | |||||
| 2021-01-04 | Riceboro | Ga | Interstate Paper LLC | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was rodding out scale and lime material from a chute that led into a screw. A chemical reaction took place between the lime scale and the materials used in the process, and the employee suffered first- and second-degree burns to the face and arms from hot vapor. | |||||
| 2019-06-19 | Riceboro | Georgia | SNF, Inc. | Multiple pelvic region locations | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was disconnecting a hose when the employee lost control of the hose. The hose ripped the employee's personal protective suit, and the chemical that was coming out of the hose contacted the employee's body. The employee was hospitalized with third degree burns to the lower body. | |||||
| 2019-05-06 | Riceboro | Georgia | SNF Holding Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was cleaning out a dryer when the rotary valve struck their left ring finger and amputated it to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-04-15 | Riceboro | Georgia | HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEMS OF GEORGIA, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| While working at a cooling tower, an employee was adjusting/leveling a motor and fan. The fan was turned on, which activated the belt and pulley. The employee's left hand contacted the fan's belt and pulley, resulting in a partial amputation (first joint) of the fifth digit. | |||||
| 2019-01-16 | Riceboro | Georgia | SNF Holding Company | Pelvic region | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee dropped a container which contained acetic acid, adam, and MEHQ. The container hit the edge of a fume hood and splashed onto the employee causing second degree burns. | |||||
| 2017-04-29 | Riceboro | Georgia | SNF Holding Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to clear clogged material from a silo's inspection port when the rotary valve flights caught and amputated the fleshy pad of his left index finger. | |||||
| 2017-04-14 | Riceboro | Georgia | SNF HOLDING COMPANY | Arm(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating a forklift and was attempting to retrieve a trash bin from the compactor when the forklift overturned. The employee's arm was broken. | |||||
| 2016-07-06 | Riceboro | Georgia | SNF Holding Company | Face | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was preparing to make a batch when the pressure inside a plugged pipe caused the area around the pipe flange to fail. The chemical (acrylic acid) inside the pipe then splashed the employee's face, burning it. | |||||
| 2015-06-17 | Riceboro | Georgia | Chemtall Incorporated | Nonclassifiable | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was sprayed by ADAME, a corrosive chemical, while opening and closing a piping valve requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-03-24 | Riceboro | Georgia | Coastal Industrial Company, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was assembling piping (10 feet long, weighing approximately 100 pounds) on a pump skid. When the pipe was set down, the employee's finger was caught between the pipe and the flange, amputating the tip of the left ring finger. The employee required surgery. | |||||