Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-07 | Thomasboro | Il | Altamont Company | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Two employees were rotating a machine component (a heavy, steel machine part roughly in the shape of a rectangular bar) so it could be reinstalled. As they used a die cart lift to move the part from blocks to the machine table surface, the part continued to turn quickly; a protruding bolt caught the tip of one employee's left index finger against the steel work surface. About 4-5 millimeters of the finger were amputated. | |||||
2021-06-01 | Thomasville | Pa | York Building Products Company Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An error came up on a pallet receiver table's machine panel and an employee went to the pallet ejector to troubleshoot. The employee was resetting a limit switch when his thumb got caught by a moving chain. The employee suffered a laceration that resulted in a revision amputation. | |||||
2021-05-19 | Thomasville | Al | Louisiana-Pacific Corporation | Multiple upper extremities locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning conveyors. His right hand was caught in the ingoing nip point of the tail end rollers. The conveyor pulled in his arm up to the shoulder, injuring the hand, arm, and shoulder. | |||||
2021-05-19 | Thomasville | Ga | Blackwater Timber Co. LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
A molder machine jammed and was turned off. Its still rotating knives caught an employee's hand, causing the amputation of the index finger. | |||||
2021-02-16 | Thomasville | Ga | Ambassador Personnel Inc | Lower leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
A temporary employee was using a stand-up forklift when his left lower leg was trapped and crushed between the forklift and a steel cone. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-06-03 | Thomasville | Alabama | Thomasville Lumber Company, Inc. | Arm(s) | Small-scale (limited) fire |
An employee was starting a fire in a boiler. The fire flashed back, causing first-degree burns to the employee's hands and second-degree burns to the arms. | |||||
2020-05-23 | Thomasville | Alabama | South Alabama Electric Company, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was checking the voltage of an on-ground 150 kVA transformer when the transformer shorted out and shocked the employee. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-05-18 | Thomaston | Georgia | Coggins Construction Company | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was helping to lift a steel road plate when the plate pinched his finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2020-03-27 | Thomasville | Georgia | Southeastern Grocers, LLC. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell out of his truck while arriving at work. His left hip was injured on the parking lot surface and he was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
2020-02-28 | Thomasville | Alabama | Thomasville Lumber Company, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was pulling a board with a bar from the rerun deck. The board struck the employee's lower right leg and fractured it. | |||||
2020-01-07 | Thomasville | Alabama | Thomasville Lumber Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was clearing jammed boards on a conveyor. The conveyor chain caught the employee's hands, causing the amputation of four fingers on the left hand and two on the right hand. | |||||
2019-07-16 | Thomasboro | Illinois | Monsanto Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee had been weeding in the field and experienced chest tightness resulting in hospitalization. | |||||
2019-07-01 | Thomasville | Pennsylvania | Waggoner Construction Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing back into a dump truck when he lost his balance and fell backwards, striking his head, back, and ribs on the ground. His head required stitches, and his back and ribs were possibly broken. | |||||
2019-03-25 | Thomasville | Georgia | Flowers Baking Company of Thomasville, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a wrench to get a conveyor back on track when the wrench slipped, causing an injury to the employee's right index finger that resulted in a finger amputation. | |||||
2019-01-24 | Thomaston | Connecticut | Summit Corporation of America | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
At about 3:45 a.m. on January 24, 2019, an employee was emptying parts from an electroplating barrel. He rotated the barrel to get the last of the parts, and the gears caught his glove. His left hand was pulled into the gears, resulting in the amputation of the last joint of the left middle finger. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-01-24 | Thomaston | Georgia | Solo Cup Operating Corporation | Forearm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was repairing the gearbox in front of an extruder when he came in contact with molten plastic and sustained second degree burns to the left temple and third degree burns to the left forearm. | |||||
2018-08-06 | Thomasville | Georgia | Rose City Health and Rehabilitation Center | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was down on one knee putting away supplies. As she rose from that position, she became dizzy, took a step, and fell to the floor, fracturing her right hip. | |||||
2018-07-11 | Thomasville | Pennsylvania | KBS Incorporated | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was vacuuming the cab of his truck, missed all of the steps while exiting the truck and fell. The employee sustained a brain bleed. | |||||
2018-06-22 | Thomasville | Georgia | Turbine Engine Components Technologies Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was setting up and adjusting a milling machine. While one of the machine's gearbox doors was open, the machine activated and the gearbox pinched the employee's left thumb, causing a partial amputation. | |||||
2018-06-11 | St Thomas | Virgin Islan | JPK Development | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was doing roofing work. As he approached the roof edge, he lost balance and fell 18 feet to the ground. The employee suffered fractures. | |||||
2018-04-10 | Thomasville | Georgia | CIVES CORPORATION | Nonclassifiable | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was stacking/moving steel beams when they became unstable and fell against the employee. The employee was pinned and suffered bruises, scrapes, and soreness. | |||||
2018-03-14 | Thomas | Oklahoma | K & D Construction Services | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee was measuring the depth of a hole when the employee fell into the hole and hit the ground, suffering a broken pelvis, arm, back, and ribs. | |||||
2018-02-27 | Thomasville | Georgia | Averus, Inc. | Heel(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee slipped while climbing an exterior fixed ladder, fell approximately 14 feet to the ground, and suffered a fractured heel bone, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-02-16 | Thomas | Oklahoma | W-W Manufacturing Co., Inc. | Skull | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was climbing an extension ladder looking for a pressure washer hose and he fell off the ladder approximately 6 ft to the ground and sustained a fractured skull and a possible brain bleed. | |||||
2018-02-06 | Thomas | Oklahoma | Shebester Bechtel, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
During rig down operations, an employee's left index fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2017-09-18 | Thomasville | Georgia | Canfor Southern Pine | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was attempting to cross a planer line when a barricade was lifted and a piece of wood struck him, fracturing his pelvis and rib. The planer was not locked/tagged out at the time. | |||||
2017-09-08 | Thomaston | Georgia | Upson Regional Medical Center | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee lost her footing and fell fracturing the right hip. | |||||
2017-08-24 | Thomaston | Georgia | Martin Brower, CO, LLC. | Head | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee had loaded boxes of food items onto a truck lift gate and was lowering it when he fell approximately 4 feet off the gate to the ground. He suffered a hairline fracture to the left ear area and was hospitalized overnight. | |||||
2017-08-06 | Thomasville | Alabama | Louisiana-Pacific Corporation | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Nonclassifiable |
An employee was repairing a flat tire when it came off its rim and struck the employee. The employee suffered a broken rib and was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-07-28 | Thomasville | Alabama | Thomasville Lumber Company, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less |
An employee was installing an electrical box (110 outlet) and received an electrical shock causing electrical injuries and burns on the center chest (entry point) and burns on the left hand (exit point). | |||||
2017-06-07 | Thomaston | Georgia | US Xpress | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was moving a large cart full of water when it fell on and fractured his pelvis (hips) and legs. | |||||
2017-05-10 | Thomaston | Georgia | Upson | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was walking on the sidewalk, twisted a foot and fell breaking a hip. | |||||
2017-04-24 | Thomaston | Georgia | Interfor Thomaston | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a pedal-activated chop saw to cut boards and amputated two left fingers. | |||||
2017-02-25 | Thomaston | Maine | Brooks, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was feeding wire mesh into a rotary shear when the employee's right hand was pulled into the shear blade, amputating the index finger and damaging the thumb. | |||||
2016-07-26 | Thomas | Oklahoma | Roywell Services, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was on a gangway of a transloader. While preparing to load acid into a company chemical hauler cargo tanker, the employee fell from the gangway, approximately 11 feet to 13 feet. The employee was hospitalized with injuries that required surgery. | |||||
2016-07-23 | Thomasville | Alabama | Thomasville Lumber Co., Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was attaching the bush hog arm to the tractor hitch. The arm slipped over the hitch and pinched the tip of the employee's right middle finger resulting in the avulsion of the fingertip and nail. | |||||
2016-07-20 | Thomasville | Georgia | American Signature, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
While conducting maintenance on the battery charger of an order picker, an employee's right index fingertip was caught between the chain and cog of the order picker and amputated when the order picker was activated. | |||||
2016-06-29 | Thomaston | Georgia | Atkins North America | Head | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing stairs and slipped backwards and struck his head on the steps. | |||||
2016-04-29 | Thomasville | Georgia | American Fresh Foods | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was attempting to remove hamburger meat around the impact area of a hamburger patty press when his right middle fingertip was amputated by the press point. | |||||
2016-04-27 | Saint Thomas | North Dakota | CHS, Inc. | Pelvic region | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was run over by a tractor while filling a nurse tank, suffering a pelvic injury. | |||||
2015-08-06 | Thomas | Oklahoma | RD Welding and Millwright | Upper and lower limb(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
Employees were taking down sections of a grain elevator when an employee fell breaking a wrist and foot. | |||||
2015-06-05 | Thomasville | Pennsylvania | Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
On or about June 5, 2015, at 4:45 a.m., an employee was replacing a gasket in the hot water line. As he disconnected the hose, hot water doused his lower left leg, resulting in second degree burns and hospitalization. The line was not drained of water at the time of the incident. | |||||
2015-04-13 | Thomasville | Georgia | Gross Vault & Monument Co., Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee sustained injuries to his legs when the motor block of a tractor blew apart as he started it up. | |||||
2015-03-26 | St Thomas | Virgin Islan | The Prestige Building Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
On 02/26/2015, at approximately 10:30 AM, an employee picked up an electric handsaw that was energized. The employee activated the handsaw with his right hand and amputated the middle finger from his left hand. | |||||
2015-01-10 | Thomaston | Georgia | Interfor | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by object or equipment |
On 1/10/15, at approximately 5:15 a.m., an employee was cleaning in the Planer Mill. He was struck by the hood while cleaning with compressed air. The employee suffered two fractured ribs and a fractured vertebrae. |