| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-16 | Thomson | Ga | Advance Auto Parts Distribution Center #16 | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee got off his reach truck. A moving cherry picker ran over his foot causing three broken toes. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-03-07 | Thomson | Ga | DM Conlon, Inc. | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
| An employee was operating a motorized walk-behind wire wheel brush inside a road work barricade. A car from live traffic entered the area and hit the employee, breaking the employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2021-02-16 | Thomson | Ga | Shaw Industries Inc. | Head and trunk | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An electrician was replacing a faulty proximity switch in the communication control panel with a technician standing behind. After the electrician pressed the reset button on the control panel, a solenoid valve opened and released steam that contacted the technician who was hospitalized with burns to the left side of the face and back. | |||||
| 2021-01-27 | Thomson | Ga | HOOVER TREATED WOOD PRODUCTS, INC. | Pelvis | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was exiting a mailroom when she tripped over a rug in the hallway and fell to the floor, resulting in a fractured pelvis. | |||||
| 2019-07-02 | Thomson | Georgia | Hoover Treated Wood Products | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped on an area rug in a hallway and fell to the wood floor, suffering a broken left hip. | |||||
| 2019-06-14 | Thomson | Georgia | Adler Pelzer Group/HO Pelzer Automotive Systems, Inc. | Head and neck | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was operating a molding press when a hose detached from the mold and sprayed hot oil in the employee's face. The employee suffered burns to the face and neck. | |||||
| 2019-05-16 | Thomson | Illinois | Federal Bureau of Prisoners | Lower leg(s) | Explosion, n.e.c. |
| An employee was involved in a mock exercise for a hostage situation when an impact grenade detonated close to her. She suffered tissue damage to the left calf area. | |||||
| 2018-07-03 | Thomson | Georgia | RA Dudley Nurseries, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was cleaning out a greenhouse with a blower when the employee became dehydrated and suffered heat stress. The temperature was in the upper 90s at the time. | |||||
| 2018-06-15 | Thomson | Georgia | HP PELZER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC | Skull | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was working on an oven press when he became dehydrated and fell backwards, hitting his head on a pallet and fracturing his skull. | |||||
| 2017-07-26 | Thomson | Georgia | HP PELZER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was changing out a motor on a piece of equipment when the employee's right middle fingertip was caught and amputated between the equipment's chain and sprocket. | |||||
| 2016-10-21 | Thomson | Georgia | Augusta Coating and Manufacturing, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting a seized motor when the motor started and pulled the employee's thumb through the pulley. The employee suffered an amputation of the left thumb above the knuckle and bruising to the left middle and ring fingers. | |||||
| 2016-03-28 | Thomson | Georgia | RA Dudley Nurseries, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was loading a truck at the dock when an empty metal plant cart fell onto the employee's right leg, breaking the right ankle. | |||||
| 2016-01-22 | Thomson | Georgia | Thomson Plastic, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was reconnecting a 20-pound cooling fan located 8 inches above the floor when the fan slipped and pinched the employee's right index finger between the blade and the floor. The finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2015-04-01 | Thomson | Georgia | Amcor, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee suffered an injury when his feet and body were pulled through the rollers of the unfolder machine. The employee's feet were tangled on plastic that was on the floor. When the employee reversed the machine, his feet were pulled into it. | |||||