| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-07-30 | Rincon | Georgia | Caravels, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was pushing the head unit on an automated cable-wrapping machine along its roller bar tracks. The employee's right hand was caught between the head unit and a support mount on the roller bar tracks, causing a partial amputation to the little finger. | |||||
| 2020-01-24 | Rincon | Georgia | AceAvant Concrete Const. Co. Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| An employee was driving an aerial lift into a building along a concrete ramp. When the lift entered the building, its front wheels came off the ramp and fell 10 inches, causing the basket to shoot upward and throw the employee out. He hit the ground and suffered a broken leg. | |||||
| 2019-08-26 | Rincon | Georgia | Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC | Hand(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was in the process of unclogging a drain valve on a paper machine stock refiner when the pulp material inside the valve sprayed out. The temperature of the pulp material was approximately 140 to 200 degrees Fahrenheit. The employee sustained second degree burns to his left hand. | |||||
| 2017-08-15 | Rincon | Georgia | Caravels, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was working on I-beams while replacing a grating system when he fell approximately 20 feet to an electrical panel below. He suffered broken ribs, a broken leg, and a possible punctured lung. | |||||
| 2016-10-20 | Rincon | Georgia | Amec Foster Wheeler Constructors, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was attempting to raise a load with an air hoist when the air hoist came loose from its anchor point and swung down, striking the employee's torso and breaking ribs. The employee was hospitalized overnight. | |||||
| 2016-10-12 | Rincon | Georgia | Georgia Power Company | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| While rotating a motor housing on an auxiliary oil pump, an employee's left ring finger was pinched in the bolt hole resulting in the loss of left ring fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-08-12 | Rincon | Georgia | Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| While troubleshooting a machine, an employee leaned against an adjacent hopper machine and propped himself up with his left hand. The hopper housing moved under his weight and pinched this thumb, fracturing bone and amputating his thumb tip. | |||||