Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-21	Savannah	Ga	THE HOME DEPOT DISTRIBUTION CENTER	Foot (feet) and ankle(s)	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle
An employee was operating an electric pallet jack when it struck the corner of a storage rack. The employee suffered injuries to the left foot and ankle.
2021-07-26	Savannah	Ga	Bluegreen Corporation	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee lost her balance while riding an escalator and fell to the floor, suffering four broken ribs and a brain bleed.
2021-06-18	Savannah	Ga	Signature Aviation and Hospitality, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was connecting a ground power unit to a tow tug. While the unit was being pulled toward the tow hitch, its tow tongue contacted the tow hitch and slipped. The employee's right middle finger was pinched/crushed between the tongue handle and the hitch, resulting in a partial amputation of the finger.
2021-06-15	Savannah	Ga	US Environmental, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was delivering a load of caustic liquid to a facility when he stepped in a puddle of unknown chemical composition, resulting in chemical burns to his right foot that required hospitalization.
2021-06-10	Savannah	Ga	Roger Wood Foods, Inc.	Thigh(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Two employees were moving a piece of heavy equipment when a wheel caught in a floor drain. The machine tipped over and struck an employee's leg fracturing their femur.
2021-06-07	Savannah	Ga	St. Joseph's/Candler Health System, Inc.	Shoulder(s) and arm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over self
While walking by a desk, an employee tripped and fell striking an office chair. The employee sustained a fractured right humerus and a dislocated right shoulder.
2021-05-03	Savannah	Ga	Noble House Home Furnishings LLC	Foot (feet)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a forklift. The employee's foot was pinned between the lift and a pole and was crushed. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-03-25	Savannah	Ga	KERRY INC.	Foot (feet)	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift and collided with a parked stand-up forklift, resulting in a broken foot.
2020-10-09	Savannah	Ga	Haley Investments	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was operating a shirt press when her hand was caught in the machine. The employee was hospitalized for burns to three fingers on her left hand.
2020-10-03	Savannah	Ga	Target Corporation	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a triple pallet rider. While turning to the right to dispose of a pallet board, the pallet rider struck a support column and the employee's foot. The employee was hospitalized with fractured toes and a laceration across the top of the left foot.
2020-09-25	Savannah	Ga	East Coast Repair and Fabrication	Scalp	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was getting tools from a tool box. The box's lid struck the employee's head, causing a scalp laceration.
2020-05-22	Savannah	Georgia	TIC - The Industrial Company	Shoulder(s) and back	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on top of a trailer rigging steal beams so that they could be lifted when he fell off the trailer to the ground, injuring his right shoulder and lower back.
2020-05-18	Savannah	Georgia	The Kroger Co.	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level
An employee was running to stop a shopping cart that that was rolling toward parked vehicles. She fell to the concrete/asphalt ground, suffering a broken jaw and shoulder.
2020-03-24	Savannah	Georgia	Kraton Chemical, LLC.	Foot (feet) and ankle(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
A forklift backed into an employee, breaking his left foot/ankle.
2020-02-06	Savannah	Georgia	J.C. Lewis Motor Company, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was working from a walk board that was elevated by two A-frame step ladders to place metal sheeting on the roof of a newly constructed protective structure for an outside air compressor. The employee fell about four feet from the walk board and was injured.
2020-01-13	Savannah	Georgia	CHATHAM STEEL CORP.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was operating a gantry crane. The crane raised two steel plates instead of one, and the lower plate slipped from a clamp and landed on the employee's left index finger. The finger was partially amputated at the first joint.
2019-09-17	Savannah	Georgia	Port City Logistics, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee's left hand was pinched between the forks of a forklift and a trash hopper, resulting in an amputation of the left pinky finger above the first joint.
2019-08-26	Savannah	Georgia	Harcon, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was dismantling sections of scaffolding. A section of the scaffolding took his personal fall protection with it as it fell, causing the employee to fall about 15 feet to the ground. He suffered a fractured left shin and a laceration to his forehead.
2019-08-23	Savannah	Georgia	National Retail Transportation, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was struck and run over by a forklift that was driving in the forward position with wood pallets stacked approximately 5 feet off the ground. The employee sustained a severe laceration to her left leg, a fractured left ankle, and contusions to her right leg and arms.
2019-08-23	Savannah	Georgia	International Paper Company	Leg(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was opening a valve when the hot caustic (main component: sodium hydroxide) from an adjacent valve that was open sprayed him. The piping was shut down for maintenance and the injured employee was restoring it to service prior to the incident. The employee sustained a second degree burn on 2% of the right leg surface. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-06-07	Savannah	Georgia	William-Ryan Co., Inc.	Arm(s)	Fall on same level
An employee tripped and fell on a floor, suffering an open arm fracture with blood loss.
2019-05-10	Savannah	Georgia	International Paper Company	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee noticed that a pallet slipped on the shelving while he was centering a pallet below. The pallet shifted and fell on top of a box that was on the lower pallet. The employee's finger was pinched between the box and the lower pallet. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the left middle fingertip.
2019-03-14	Savannah	Georgia	Qualawash Holdings, LLC	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was waiting for water to come through the trench drain and then across to him in the wastewater treatment area. Since the water was not coming through the wastewater treatment area, the employee determined the transfer line must be clogged, so he added steam to try to clear the line. The hose popped out of the discharge line in the pit and sprayed the employee with hot steam. He suffered burns to the wrists and abdomen.
2019-01-26	Savannah	Georgia	HOME DEPOT DISTRIBUTION CENTER	Heel(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
Two forklifts collided; one of the operators had a heel caught between the two vehicles.
2019-01-21	Savannah	Georgia	William Barnet and Son, Inc.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was working near the forming line when the employee's clothing was caught in a conveyor, resulting in a broken arm.
2018-09-22	Savannah	Georgia	Dirtt Environmental Solutions, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting insulation from a roll with a circular hand cutter. The cutter amputated his left index fingertip.
2018-09-20	Savannah	Georgia	Cross Contracting, LLC	Thigh(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was rigging and helping an excavator operator connect a reinforced concrete pipe when the pipe twisted and struck the employee's right femur, causing a deep contusion.
2018-09-12	Savannah	Georgia	U.S. Xpress, Inc.	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was exiting the back of a trailer when he fell to the ground and broke his leg in several places.
2018-09-04	Savannah	Georgia	Shaw Industries Group, Inc.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
The injured employee was walking from a staging area to a receiving bullpen while talking to a forklift operator who was at the dockside of a forklift aisle. A second forklift operator was traveling in the forklift aisle and struck the injured employee's left foot, breaking four toes and causing a large contusion. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-07-13	Savannah	Georgia	HERITAGE CONSTRUCTION SAVANNAH, INC.	Forehead	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was unchaining a grader from a lowboy trailer. He tripped and fell, and his head struck the trailer. He suffered a cut to the forehead and possibly other injuries.
2018-06-29	Savannah	Georgia	Roger Wood Foods, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee sustained an electric shock while pulling electrical cable through conduit on the roof and was hospitalized.
2018-04-23	Savannah	Georgia	ARC Abatement, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Entangled in other object or equipment
An employee was using a rope and pulley system to lower asbestos bags from the seventh floor of a boiler when the rope (which was wet) slipped in his hands and looped around his right thumb, severely lacerating it and resulting in a surgical amputation at the first knuckle.
2018-03-25	Savannah	Georgia	Seaonus Stevedoring-Savannah LLC	Lumbar region	Fall on water vehicle
An employee was standing on coiled wire while removing strapping from other coiled wire inside the cargo hold of a vessel. As the employee was removing the strapping, he fell approximately 8 to 10 feet from the coiled wire he was standing on down onto the metal deck below. He sustained fractures to his lumbar spine.
2018-02-21	Savannah	Georgia	Green Acres Recycling, LLC	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was working from a ladder about 8 feet high and fell fracturing a leg.
2018-02-12	Savannah	Georgia	Bernhard MCC	Lower extremities	Other fall to lower level
An employee was installing pipe hanger into the ceiling. The employee was working from a 12-foot step ladder using a full body harness with an MSA beam clamp and self-retracting lifeline attached to a 5-inch I-beam. The anchor point was located approximately 3 to 4 feet to the rear of the employee's position with the employee facing away from the anchor point. The beam clamp and self-retracting lifeline became detached from the 5-inch beam allowing the devices to swing downward towards the emplo
2018-02-05	Savannah	Georgia	Roger Wood Foods, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was troubleshooting a packaging machine and was positioned between the top and bottom films when the machine cycled. The employee's right index finger was then caught and partially amputated in an in-running nip point. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.
2017-10-10	Savannah	Georgia	Roger Wood Foods, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was attempting to determine if a packing machine's heat plate was warm when the employee's right hand was crushed between seal plates, amputating the ring fingertip. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.
2017-10-04	Savannah	Georgia	Circle K, Inc	Ankle(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee had taken the trash out to the dumpster and was leaving the gated area when the gate came off its hinges and knocked her to the ground. The gate then fell on and broke her left ankle.
2017-08-17	Savannah	Georgia	Steel Erectors, Inc.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was directing a forklift operator to a location to offload a metal staircase when the staircase slipped off the forklift and landed on the employee's right foot, fracturing his big toe and second toe.
2017-08-03	Savannah	Georgia	Thompson Tractor Supply, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was moving a 60-pound jack while removing a part from a service vehicle when he lost his balance. His left index fingertip was then caught and amputated between metal shelving and the jack.
2017-07-21	Savannah	Georgia	Doyle Construction Services, LLC	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
On July 21, 2017, at around 10:30 a.m., an employee was working from a welded frame scaffold approximately 15 to 20 feet high when he fell to the ground and broke his right femur.
2017-06-21	Savannah	Georgia	Pioneer Construction, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
An employee was installing wooden guardrails around a newly cut stairway opening with a coworker on the second floor when part of the floor collapsed. The employee fell approximately 10 feet to the first floor concrete flooring, fracturing the left shin and injuring the right knee and back.
2017-03-13	Savannah	Georgia	Gulf Stream Aerospace	Brain	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking in the shop area when he tripped over a device used to cover wires on the floor. He fell and suffered a head injury and brain hemorrhage.
2017-03-08	Savannah	Georgia	FUJI VEGETABLE OIL, INC.	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
The employee was removing a hose from a tank of water/oil mix that was approximately 226 degrees Fahrenheit to use in another location. The valve was open when the hose was removed resulting in the hot liquid spraying out under pressure onto the employee. The employee suffered second and third degree burns to the face, neck, stomach, and both arms.
2017-01-25	Savannah	Georgia	US Mechanical Contractors, LLC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
On January 25, 2017, at around 9:30 a.m., employee 1 was operating a Skyjack Telehandler forklift with a telescopic boom and outriggers on the front. Employee 2 attached a nylon choker midway down a steel pipe that was 40 feet long and 10.75 inches in diameter. Employee 2 then attached the other end of the checker to a hook located under the boom of the forklift just behind the forks. Employee 1 lifted the steel pipe and carried it to an area where there were existing above ground steel supports
2016-10-13	Savannah	Georgia	Seaonus Stevedoring-Savannah LLC	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was rigging supersized bags of etibor material. After rigging the bag, one of the top bags rolled off the stack and struck the employee who sustained a broken shoulder blade, broken right pelvic bone, and detached right ankle.
2016-09-15	Savannah	Georgia	Seaonus Stevedoring-Savannah LLC	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was using an air hose to blow off debris around the forklift radiator. He removed a forklift radiator cap and hot anti-freeze spewed out of the radiator, burning his arms and face.
2016-09-06	Savannah	Georgia	UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee's arms were pulled into a conveyor guard while the employee was attempting to retrieve a package. The employee suffered fractures to both arms, requiring hospitalization.
2016-08-22	Savannah	Georgia	Marinex Construction, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was working on the deck of the barge assisting with securing the dredge swing anchor. The employee placed his left hand between the anchor and the side of the barge. While lifting the anchor, the employee's left thumb was crushed and suffered a partial amputation (above the knuckle).
2016-07-19	Savannah	Georgia	Southway Crane & Rigging, LLC.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was assisting an air conditioning contractor position an air conditioner for the crane lift. The employee's right hand was caught between the air conditioner unit and the curb/asphalt causing the amputation of the right middle fingertip and a fractured finger.
2016-07-18	Savannah	Georgia	Roofing Professionals, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was untying a 32-foot extension ladder from the building. As the employee descended the ladder it began to slide sideways. The employee kicked free from the ladder and fell approximately 15 feet, resulting in fractured ribs and a collapsed lung.
2016-07-13	Savannah	Georgia	Mahany Construction Company, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee fell a distance of approximately twenty feet while performing concrete work on a pour form wall. One of the engineered ties used to hold the form in place snapped allowing for concrete to pour out of the form, striking the scissor lift from which the employee was working, and causing the scissor lift to topple over. The employee fell to the ground where he sustained serious injury to his arm and pelvic region.
2016-07-04	Savannah	Georgia	Imperial-Savannah, LP	Foot (feet) and ankle(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was cleaning floors with a hot-water hose when the hose burst and sprayed the employee, causing third-degree burns to the employee's left foot and ankle.
2016-06-15	Savannah	Georgia	Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation	Brain	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell from a three-step ladder while performing a maintenance function at an aircraft. The employee suffered a head injury and was hospitalized.
2016-06-13	Savannah	Georgia	SOUTHEASTERN NEWSPAPERS COMPANY, LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
The employee removed the safety gate of the inserter machine and got in front of the machine to clean the paper out. The machine started to move and the employee was pinned between the pockets of the machine and the crossbar resulting in multiple fractures.
2016-05-23	Savannah	Georgia	The Home Depot, Inc	Leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
While operating a forklift, an employee struck a rack, causing her left foot to fall off of the forklift platform. The forklift continued to travel forward, running over and fracturing her left leg.
2016-05-19	Savannah	Georgia	Consultative Sales Professionals, LLC	Leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
While driving a stand-up forklift in the warehouse, an employee was crushed between the forklift and a pole, fracturing the left leg.
2016-05-03	Savannah	Georgia	Argos Ready Mix (Carolinas) Corp.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell from the left rear fender of the truck and landed on the ground breaking the right hip and injuring the right arm and forehead.
2016-03-31	Savannah	Georgia	Horizon Staffing, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee drove a forklift with a bundle of wire (4500 lbs.) on the forks to the door of an intermodal container and parked it. The employee got off the forklift and went inside the intermodal container to adjust dunnage. As the employee was adjusting dunnage the bundle of wire stationed on the forks of the forklift fell and pinned the employee between a wire bundle inside the container and the wire bundle that fell from the forklift. The employee sustained a fractured sternum, a fractured rib
2016-03-09	Savannah	Georgia	International Paper Company	Pelvis	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
An employee was raising a roll of paper up with a hoist so that they could turn the roll of paper to the right position on the ramp. While working on the raised roll of paper, two or three other rolls of paper were prevented from coming down the ramp by an air activated cushion and a rubber chock. Somehow, the rolls of paper became free and started rolling down the ramp. One of the rolls of paper struck the employee and pushed him against the roll of paper he was working on fracturing his pelvi
2016-03-05	Savannah	Georgia	Georgia Kaolin Terminals, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
Two forklifts collided in a warehousing operation. One employee was injured by the fork of the other forklift truck.
2016-02-26	Savannah	Georgia	Colonial Chemical Solutions, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was transferring formic acid from a leaking tote to a new tote. The new tote's valve was open, which allowed the formic acid to run out onto the ground. The employee walked toward the tote, slipped, and fell onto the formic acid, suffering third degree burns (right leg, backside, right ear, and hands) that required hospitalization.
2016-02-25	Savannah	Georgia	Carroll & Carroll, Inc.	Hand(s), except finger(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was trying to unclog an asphalt distribution (spreading) machine. When he opened up a porthole, the pressurized pump caused hot liquid asphalt to shoot out and burn the palm of his right hand.
2015-11-20	Savannah	Georgia	Maverick Transportation, LLC.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was attempting to place a tarp over the load of gypsum he was going to transport. The employee fell from the top of the load and sustained three broken ribs, a mild concussion and a fractured right orbital. A personal fall arrest system was not used at the time.
2015-09-02	Savannah	Georgia	ROGER WOODS FOOD, INC.	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was examining electrical boxes to investigate a partial power loss within the facility. An arc flash occurred, and the employee suffered burns to the face, throat, and hands.
2015-08-26	Savannah	Georgia	Strength of Nature, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
A temporary worker suffered a partial amputation of the left index finger when it was caught by a blade inside a pump.
2015-08-06	Savannah	Georgia	EMD Chemicals, Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
A metal pipe line was plugged and the injured employee was attempting to remove the plug when the rotary valve positioned nearby was actuating and caught the air line the employee was holding pulling the gloves the employee was wearing into the actuating valve. The employee suffered a partial amputation (bone loss) of the right hand pointer finger up to the first joint.
2015-06-16	Savannah	Georgia	SSA Cooper, LLC	Upper and lower limb(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was watching a surge pile in the staging area while supervising the work, when he was struck by a forklift that was loading out trucks in the vicinity. The employee's right leg and elbow were injured, resulting in surgery and hospitalization.
2015-06-04	Savannah	Georgia	Strength of Nature, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
While driving up a ramp, an employee lost control of a stand-up forklift, attempted to step off of the forklift, and was pinned between the lift and the wall.
2015-05-25	Savannah	Georgia	The Home Depot, USA Inc.	Foot (feet)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee's foot was caught between the PIT he was operating and another parked PIT. The injury resulted in overnight hospitalization and surgery.
2015-04-13	Savannah	Georgia	Macaljon/SCL, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was burned by hot steam/water when he was removing a flange off an unused condensation line.
2015-02-05	Savannah	Georgia	Potter Construction	Nonclassifiable	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was installing an underground piping fitting connection with mechanical equipment and received a severe injury when caught between the mechanical fitting equipment and the trench shoring.
2015-02-03	Savannah	Georgia	Odyssey Healthcare, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Nonvenomous insect bites
Employee was bitten by bed bugs while providing care at a patient's home. The employee had an allergic reaction to the bites and was hospitalized for treatment.
2015-02-02	Savannah	Georgia	Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell from a three-step, step-ladder while installing a panel. The employee fell to the ground and broke the right arm. Surgery was completed on February 3, 2015.