Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-05-29 | Riverdale | Ga | The Kroger Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less |
On May 29, 2021, an employee sustained an electric shock to the left hand while cleaning a deli slicer. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-04-03 | Riverdale | Illinois | LAFAYETTE STEEL & ALUMINUM CORPORATION | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was prepping to band material when the material tipped off the staging area and struck the employee's leg, fracturing it. | |||||
2018-05-01 | Riverdale | Georgia | GEORGIA POWER | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was aligning an auger with the boom on the back of a utility line truck when his left finger was pinched between the auger and the boom truck, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2017-09-03 | Riverdale | Illinois | ArcelorMittal | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was aligning a draw bar on a gate ladle when his alignment tool twisted and pinched his right ring finger between the tool and the ladle, partially amputating it. | |||||
2017-05-02 | Riverdale | New Jersey | Camfil USA, Inc | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was threading media through the rollers of the pleater machine and got his left hand caught between two rollers in the machine. The employee was hospitalized for a hand contusion. | |||||
2017-03-13 | Riverdale | Illinois | ArcelorMittal | Leg(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was working as a safety spotter on an overhead crane. While exiting the crane area he was caught between the crane and the walkway hand railing resulting in a fractured left leg. | |||||
2015-09-21 | Riverdale | Georgia | Milam Tree Service | Brain | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
An employee fell 30-40 ft from a tree while cutting limbs resulting in a head injury. |