Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-03-28	Oglethorpe	Ga	Georgia Power Company	Hand(s)	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
The injured employee was one of three workers on-site repairing a downed overhead conductor that had been damaged by a fallen tree. The injured employee began to measure the length of the jumper before the circuit was de-energized and grounded. He grabbed a de-energized conductor with one hand and touched an energized conductor with his other hand. The employee sustained electrical burns to both hands.
2020-07-28	Thorp	Wisconsin	THORP EQUIPMENT, INC.	Cheek(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On July 28, 2020, an employee was moving a piece of steel on his workbench. The steel shifted and struck him in the face, lacerating his cheek.
2019-09-16	Fort Oglethorpe	Georgia	Sortation Solutions Inc	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was adjusting a clutch brake on a tractor. The clutch brake cylinder amputated the employee's left ring fingertip.
2019-04-17	Oglethorpe	Georgia	International Paper Company	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
Employees were checking to see if an automatic valve to a condensate line was operable. When air was applied, the valve opened and hot condensate went to the U-drain. An employee was standing on the U-drain and sustained second degree thermal burns on the calf and buttocks.
2019-04-11	Oglethorpe	Georgia	Southern Wood Suppliers, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
A wood chipper caused a partial amputation (to the second joint) of an employee's right index finger.
2018-08-19	Oglethorpe	Georgia	Bilfinger Industrial Services, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
While repairing a brown stock washer, an employee was attempting to remove a tie rod from the packing with a come-along when the tie rod fell. The employee reached out to grab the packing and his right fourth finger was crushed between the tie rod and a hydraulic shaft, resulting in a finger amputation.
2018-03-12	Oglethorpe	Georgia	Prim Industrial Contractors, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to tripping
While walking in an area where hot water was on the ground (approximately 1 inch deep), an employee tripped and landed in the water, sustaining second and third degree burns to the hands, knees, forearms, and hip.
2017-06-23	Jim Thorpe	Pennsylvania	ESBACH BROTHERS	Face	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was cutting on a vertical stone surface with a chop saw. The chop saw kicked back and the guard struck/lacerated the employee's face.
2016-10-07	Thorp	Wisconsin	THORP EQUIPMENT, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On October 7, 2016, an employee was operating a press brake to bend metal material when the left index fingertip became caught between the material and the front of the machine. A small portion of the finger had to be surgically amputated.
2016-01-04	Oglethorpe	Georgia	Tyson Foods, Inc.	Leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
A maintenance employee was working on a transfer auger when the auger crushed his right leg, resulting in hospitalization.
2015-06-24	Oglethorpe	Georgia	Specialty Industries, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee and a coworker were rolling a cylindrical cyclone hopper down a passageway when the hopper became unbalanced and started to fall. As the employee attempted to catch and re-steady the hopper, his left pinky finger got caught between a metal flange on the hopper and a permanently fixed metal pipe of the building. The employee injured the left pinky finger; the fingertip was amputated at the hospital.