DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2020-05-18ThomastonGeorgiaCoggins Construction CompanyFingertip(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.
2019-01-24ThomastonConnecticutSummit Corporation of AmericaFinger(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.
2019-01-24ThomastonGeorgiaSolo 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.
2017-09-08ThomastonGeorgiaUpson Regional Medical CenterHip(s)Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee lost her footing and fell fracturing the right hip.
2017-08-24ThomastonGeorgiaMartin Brower, CO, LLC.HeadOther 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.
2017-06-07ThomastonGeorgiaUS XpressHip(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.
2017-05-10ThomastonGeorgiaUpsonHip(s)Fall on same level
An employee was walking on the sidewalk, twisted a foot and fell breaking a hip.
2017-04-24ThomastonGeorgiaInterfor ThomastonFinger(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.
2017-02-25ThomastonMaineBrooks, 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.
2016-06-29ThomastonGeorgiaAtkins North AmericaHeadOther fall to lower level
An employee was climbing stairs and slipped backwards and struck his head on the steps.
2015-01-10ThomastonGeorgiaInterforMultiple trunk locationsStruck 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.