| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-27 | Swainsboro | Ga | Faircloth Forest Products Inc | Lower leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee stood on the edge of a conveyor to view a jam. When he stepped back down, his left foot slipped and got caught in a roller on the conveyor, resulting in amputation below the knee. | |||||
| 2021-03-29 | Swainsboro | Ga | Place Vendome Holding Co., Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was lifting an electric pallet jack onto a manual pallet jack. When the employee put the electric pallet jack down, his left index finger got caught between the pallet jack and the wheels and amputated at the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2020-06-17 | Swainsboro | Georgia | Nutrien Ag Solutions, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was using a cutting torch to remove rusted bolts off a spreader buggy when his hand slipped and the torch flame made contact with his left hand. He sustained burn injures to his left thumb and index finger. | |||||
| 2019-09-11 | Swainsboro | Georgia | Georgia Power Company | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| A lineman was trying to change out a recloser when hot hydraulic fluid splashed on his arm and back, causing second-degree burns. | |||||
| 2017-09-20 | Swainsboro | Georgia | Nordson Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to remove residue from a machine's chain when the employee's right index finger was caught and lacerated in a pinch point between the chain and sprocket. The machine was running at the time. | |||||
| 2016-03-10 | Swainsboro | Georgia | HUSQVARNA OUTDOOR PRODUCTS, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| The employee was attempting to push a lawn mower housing into the press area, while pushing a newly pressed lawn mower housing out onto a conveyor. A lift rack that is on a timer rises up to catch the lawn mower housing that has just been pressed. The employee's left thumb was caught in the rack as it retracted resulting in a crushing injury/amputation to the thumb tip. | |||||