Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-02-18	Smyrna	Ga	Tennessee Bun Company, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was unjamming a bagging machine when the cutter blades amputated their right middle finger at the first joint. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.
2020-10-05	Smyrna	Ga	Georgia Power Company	Wrist(s) and arm(s)	Direct exposure to electricity
Employees were repairing a distribution cable. One employee was trying to locate the faulty cable when it failed resulting in an arc flash that burned the employee's right wrist and forearm.
2020-09-18	Smyrna	De	Walmart Distribution Center	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was removing shrink wrap from a pallet and tripped over an extended outrigger on a forklift. The employee fell and fractured their right femur.
2020-06-16	Smyrna	Georgia	Rumo Company Inc.	Brain	Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
While sweeping and cleaning up garbage an employee fell 10 feet through a stair hole. The employee landed on the floor and sustained a head injury.
2020-01-22	Smyrna	Georgia	DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS, INC.	Head and neck	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was holding a cell phone flashlight to illuminate a breaker panel while another employee worked on the panel. An arc flash burned the employee's face and neck.
2020-01-20	Smyrna	Delaware	Food Lion, LLC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was putting bags in cart for a customer. She then walked backwards to her register and tripped on a rock salt display, causing her to fall. She landed on and fractured her right hip.
2019-08-14	Smyrna	Georgia	Wastebuilt Environmental Solutions	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
Three employees were repairing forks on a forklift. While they lifted the forks together, one employee suffered a back injury.
2019-07-26	Smyrna	Georgia	Wastebuilt Environmental Solutions	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was prepping a truck for painting when a paint scraper grazed the employee's left hand, injuring the middle finger.
2019-06-07	Smyrna	Delaware	Walmart Distribution Center #7034	Leg(s)	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle
An employee was driving a stand-up forklift down an aisle when the forklift hit a rack. The employee suffered a compound fracture to the leg.
2019-05-21	New Smyrna Beach	Florida	Monro, Inc.	Hand(s) and finger(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was checking the power and ground at the pigtail of a vehicle's AC compressor when his right hand contacted the serpentine belt, causing a laceration to his hand and fingers. He was hospitalized.
2019-01-07	Smyrna	Georgia	Cenveo Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was attempting to clean the printing plates of an envelope machine with a towel when his fingers were caught in the printing rollers, resulting in a partial amputation of the third and fourth right-hand fingers.
2018-06-12	Smyrna	New York	BAILLIE LUMBER COMPANY	Fingertip(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee suffered the amputation of the right index fingertip from contact with two boards.
2017-09-01	Smyrna	New York	Ballie Lumber Company	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Vehicle or machinery fire
An employee was raking ashes from a fire box when a blowback occurred, forcing flames out the door, which burned both of the employee's forearms and hands.
2016-10-01	Smyrna	Georgia	USPS-Smyrna	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
An employee was delivering mail to a resident's home when a dog attacked him, causing an amputation injury to his left index finger.
2016-08-31	Smyrna	Georgia	Fedex	Foot (feet)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
An employee was preparing to connect the vehicles together and attempted to lift the converter dolly. Once it began to roll, the converter dolly rolled over the employee's foot causing multiple broken bones in the foot area. The employee was admitted to the hospital for surgery.
2016-06-24	Smyrna	Georgia	Fly Form Structures	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Nonclassifiable
An employee was dismantling shoring equipment when his right ring finger was partially amputated.
2016-06-07	Smyrna	Georgia	C.W. Matthews Contracting Co., Inc.	Upper arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee's right arm was caught in a conveyor, tearing his bicep and requiring hospitalization.
2015-10-14	New Smyrna Beach	Florida	Bealls, Inc	Knee(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was descending a 3 foot ladder in a retail store when she missed a step and fell to the ground. She was hospitalized overnight with a possible knee fracture.
2015-08-20	Smyrna	Delaware	WALMART DISTIBUTION CENTER	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was driving a forklift at the Walmart Distribution Center in Smyrna, Delaware. He dismounted the moving forklift, which drove toward a vertical I-beam. His left foot got caught between the I-beam and the forklift and his toes were crushed. All of his left-foot toes were surgically amputated.
2015-07-02	Smyrna	Georgia	Compass Chemical International, LLC	Arm(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee fell in the hallway after losing her balance, breaking her left arm.
2015-06-22	New Smyrna Beach	Florida	ABC Supply Co., Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee finished placing roofing materials on the roof for the customer and as he was stepping onto the ladder, he fell 10 feet to the ground resulting in broken vertebrae.
2015-04-09	Smyrna	New York	Baillie Lumber Co., Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
Employee received an amputation of left middle finger while working on a quick change attachment for a bucket loader.
2015-03-25	Smyrna	Delaware	KAP Contracting Co., Inc.	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
At approximately 8:10 p.m., on 3/25/15, an employee fell 20 to 30 feet from an articulating boom bucket to the ground. The employee was tightening bolts for mast arms on traffic signal lights when the clip tie-off point broke and the employee fell. The employee sustained cracked lumbar vertebrae and head lacerations.
2015-03-18	Smyrna	Georgia	FEDEX Freight, Inc.	Brain	Fall on same level
An employee was delivering freight to a company when he fell down on the dock. The employee was found unconscious and transported to the hospital.
2015-03-06	Smyrna	Delaware	Green Valley Pavilion	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
Employee slipped on black ice on the sidewalk and fell while walking from her car to the building to start her work day. She hit her head and was knocked unconscious.
2015-02-23	Smyrna	Delaware	Wal-Mart Distribution Center #734	Leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
A forklift operator pushed a pallet into another stack of pallets, which struck the injured employee on the left leg. She sustained a broken leg with multiple fractures. Incident occurred in the distribution-receiving department located in the south side of the building.