| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-22 | Social Circle | Ga | Inglett & Stubbs | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| At 11:50 a.m., an employee and a co-worker were removing a tripod off the bed of an ATV when the bottom tripod leg released downward and the employee's right thumb was caught in-between the bottom leg and it's final locking position. The employee suffered a pinch injury to the top digit of his thumb that resulted in an amputation. | |||||
| 2021-06-03 | Social Circle | Ga | STANDRIDGE COLOR CORPORATION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning out a hopper when his hand slipped and contacted the rotor, resulting in a right middle finger amputation at the base of the nail and damage to the index finger. | |||||
| 2020-09-17 | Social Circle | Ga | THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was operating a rubber jamming machine when a piece of rubber became stuck in the cutting side of the machine. As he was attempting to unjam it, the machine's knife cut his fingers, resulting in the amputation of his right ring and pinky fingers. | |||||
| 2020-07-23 | Social Circle | Georgia | Granite Packaging, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Exposure to other harmful substances |
| A temporary employee received chemical burns during mixing operations. | |||||
| 2020-06-05 | Social Circle | Georgia | Masterack, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was powder coating racks in a paint booth. The employee lost consciousness in the paint booth and was hospitalized for acute respiratory failure, heat stroke/malignant hyperthermia, acute renal failure and septic shock. | |||||
| 2019-09-19 | Social Circle | Georgia | INGLETT & STUBBS, LLC | Brain | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
| The injured employee was building scaffolding in a stairwell when another employee approached from behind, struck him in the back of the head and then pushed him down the stairs, approximately 6 feet. The injured employee was hospitalized with a subdural hematoma, lacerations to the back of the head, lacerations to the face/lips, and contusions to the back. | |||||
| 2019-04-30 | Social Circle | Georgia | Holder Construction Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was sweeping and picking up construction trash when the employee started having cramps and nausea due to possible dehydration and heat exhaustion. | |||||
| 2019-01-28 | Social Circle | Georgia | Terry Nix Equipment, LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| On 1/28/2019, an employee was hospitalized after slipping off of the step of his dump truck and suffering a concussion. | |||||
| 2019-01-28 | Social Circle | Georgia | Inglett & Stubbs | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was stepping off an 8-inch step, slipped on some concrete slurry and fell breaking the left tibia and fibula. | |||||
| 2018-03-12 | Social Circle | Georgia | InnoSource, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was loading new tire tread in a press when the employee's right gloved hand was caught between the roller and conveyor, injuring the right arm. | |||||
| 2017-10-16 | Social Circle | Georgia | STANDRIDGE COLOR CORPORATION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to clean out the auger area of a machine when the auger caught and amputated the employee's left middle finger. The machine was running at the time. | |||||
| 2017-09-21 | Social Circle | Georgia | Masterack, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was drilling a hole into a fixture with a lathe on 9/21/2017. The employee leaned into the machine to line up the drill bit and the employee's shirt was caught in the worm-screw resulting in a left arm fracture and a stroke. The worm-screw was not guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2015-02-04 | Social Circle | Georgia | PROFESSIONAL LABOR SUPPORT, LLC | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| On February 4, 2015, at approximately 11:15 a.m., an employee working on an upper level of a new medical center construction at 505 Baxter Parkway in Social Circle, Georgia, descended a caged ladder to get something to eat. The employee fell an estimated 10 or 12 feet to a lower level, suffering a fractured L-1 vertebrae, and was airlifted to the Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville, Georgia, where he was admitted and scheduled for surgery. | |||||