Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-04-15 | Royston | Georgia | PTI Royston, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was on a 6-foot step ladder, using a wire cutter/stripper to prepare a wire for reconnection to a light fixture in a drop ceiling. A short-circuit caused a flash of light and the employee fell from the ladder to the concrete floor. The employee suffered two broken ribs on the left side, a bruised left lung, and a contusion, and was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-08-28 | Royston | Georgia | Royston, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was forming parts on a press brake when his left thumb was caught and crushed between the top and bottom die, resulting in a partial amputation of the left thumb. |