Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-08-06 | Sandy Springs | Ga | Georgia Waste Systems, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian vehicular incident |
An employee was trying to mount the rear riding step on a residential trash truck. The employee missed the step and the truck tire rolled over the employee's foot, causing a laceration and possible broken bones. | |||||
2018-02-06 | Sandy Springs | Georgia | Life Time Fitness | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was electrocuted while repairing a steam generator. The energy isolating device (LO/TO) for the machine was not used at the time of the incident. | |||||
2017-07-11 | Sandy Springs | Georgia | Supreme Drywall | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was sanding drywall and going from bathroom to living room while wearing stilts (40 inches above the ground) when he fell, twisting his right leg and fracturing his right fibula. | |||||
2017-05-27 | Sandy Springs | Georgia | Publix Supermarket #514 | Buttock(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was working in the deli area when she tripped over a table and fell, injuring her buttock. | |||||
2016-08-09 | Sandy Springs | Georgia | Pyramid Masonry Contractors, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was holding onto a scaffold when a metal flashing on top of the scaffold fell and struck the employee's left forearm, lacerating it. | |||||
2016-06-29 | Sandy Springs | Georgia | Sunshine Forming, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee fell approximately 10 feet from a double gang job ladder to the lower level and suffered injuries including two fractured ribs, a punctured lung and a laceration to the back of the head. | |||||
2016-02-24 | Sandy Springs | Georgia | Shewmate Steel Erection, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was struck by a suspended load (2x4) that was being hoisted by a crane. The material fell approximately six stories onto the employee's back, breaking ribs and a shoulder blade and puncturing the employee's lung. |