| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-10-14 | Ringgold | Ga | Talley Construction Company, Inc. | Lumbar region | Ran off driving surface, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating a chip spreader machine down a hill. The spreader began to skid when he applied the brake. The wheels locked and the spreader continued to slide down the hill. The spreader impacted a ditch and spun 180 degrees. The operator was thrown off the machine and landed on the bank of the ditch causing injury to his lower back. | |||||
| 2019-05-10 | Ringgold | Georgia | USF HOLLAND INC. | Ankle(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was training a new employee on how to operate a hostler tractor to hook into a trailer. The trainee high-hooked the trailer and pinned the employee's left leg between the trailer and the tractor. The employee suffered a shattered left ankle. | |||||
| 2017-08-17 | New Ringgold | Pennsylvania | PPL Electric Utilities | Fingertip(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
| On August 17, 2017, at approximately 10:45 AM, an employee was attempting to hang a 3-day notice on a customer's residence when she was attacked by a dog. The dog bit and amputated her right pinky fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-07-29 | Ringgold | Louisiana | Reliance Well Service Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a sledgehammer to hit a piece of pipe. The hammer deflected and smashed his right pinky finger between the head of the hammer and the tubing tongs. The employee sustained a laceration and fracture to his right pinky finger resulting in hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-06-13 | Ringgold | Georgia | Carolina Container | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was on top of a machine, attempting to unjam it. He slipped while climbing down and fell 3 to 4 feet to the floor, injuring his left hip and left elbow. | |||||
| 2015-10-27 | Ringgold | Georgia | Shaw Industries Group Plant EG | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| Employees were installing two dust collectors. The employees were working on dust collector 1. An employee checked on the other dust collector that was not locked out to look at the dust that was coming out and got his hand caught in a rotary valve resulting in the amputation of the left index, middle and ring fingers. | |||||
| 2015-01-28 | Ringgold | Georgia | Shaw Industries | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was unwrapping a pallet of cardboard boxes when he stepped back and his left foot was run over by a forklift, requiring surgery. | |||||