| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-23 | Valdosta | Ga | Ace Electric, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was preparing to transfer electrical cable from one spool to another. As he was guiding the cable, it pulled his right hand into the spool. He suffered a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-06-09 | Valdosta | Ga | Medicacom LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
| An employee had just closed the back of his company truck and was walking to a work area when the truck began to roll backward. While he was trying to enter the truck, the driver's-side door struck him and he fell to the ground. He suffered three cracked ribs and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-03-05 | Valdosta | Ga | JACUZZI, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was tightening a bolt holding a pulley. The bolt snapped, releasing the pulley and the cable. The cable snapped and caught the employee's fingers against a guard, causing the amputation of the left index finger at the last joint and a laceration and fracture of the left middle finger. | |||||
| 2021-02-11 | Valdosta | Ga | American Glass and Mirror Company of Valdosta, Inc. | Pelvis | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was on a ladder, helping install a mirror. The employee fell off the steps of the ladder, landing about 6 feet below and suffering a broken pelvis. | |||||
| 2020-06-29 | Valdosta | Georgia | CJB Industries, Inc. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was preparing to transfer material from a tote to a packaging line when the employee was exposed to insecticide, sustaining second degree chemical burns to the lower right leg, ankle, shin, and calf. | |||||
| 2020-04-07 | Valdosta | Georgia | LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| At 1:40 p.m. on April 7, 2020, two employees were replacing a 150-pound drive unit on a forklift. The drive unit shifted and fell onto one employee's left index finger, pinning it against a nearby floor jack. The finger was amputated above the nailbed. | |||||
| 2020-03-10 | Valdosta | Georgia | C. Terry Hunt Industries Inc. | Head | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was monitoring a welding heat prep operation for a large drum shell that was braced for support. The drum expanded during heating, and the brace failed and struck the employee, who fell to the concrete floor. The employee suffered a head injury requiring stitches and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2020-03-10 | Valdosta | Georgia | Saft America, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
| An employee was pulling a battery cart carrying 40 cells. The cart struck a parked cart and the employee's right ring finger was pinched between the two, causing the amputation of the fingertip at the first joint. | |||||
| 2019-04-11 | Valdosta | Georgia | Lowe's Home Centers, LLC | Hand(s) | Contact with cold objects or substances |
| An employee was connecting a propane tank to a sweeper/scrubber machine. The tank began to leak and the employee's right hand was frostbitten by the gas. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-09-25 | Valdosta | Georgia | Archer-Daniels-Midland Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| While performing maintenance activities, an employee began to suffer from heat exhaustion, becoming nauseated and sweating heavily. | |||||
| 2018-08-25 | Valdosta | Georgia | ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee stepped into an open trench filled with hot water, suffering third degree burns on his legs/feet. The trench did not have a protective grating at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2018-07-16 | Valdosta | Georgia | PruittHealth Construction Services, LLC | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was 8 feet up a 10-foot A-frame ladder. As he began to climb down, he lost his footing and fell to the floor, sustaining a lumbar fracture. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-05-07 | Valdosta | Georgia | Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| While leaving a patient's room, an employee tripped on medical wires and cords and fell, fracturing the right shoulder. | |||||
| 2018-02-27 | Valdosta | Georgia | D&D Fabrication | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was spraying paint with an airless sprayer (3,000 psi) when the spray stream struck his left middle finger, breaking the skin and injecting paint into his finger. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
| 2018-02-15 | Valdosta | Georgia | Pritchett Trucking, Inc. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was sweeping out the back of a 53-foot semi-trailer when his foot slipped on the edge of the trailer and he fell approximately 4 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained a fractured left leg. | |||||
| 2017-10-02 | Valdosta | Georgia | T M POLY-FILM, INC. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working at a winder, cutting a roll of plastic film, when the shaft moved and caught his right arm, pulling it into the roll and dislocating it. He also suffered torn tendons and ligaments in his right arm. | |||||
| 2017-07-06 | Valdosta | Georgia | TPH Holdings, LLC (DE) | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| An employee tripped and fell while walking to a car in the parking lot, breaking the right arm. | |||||
| 2017-04-28 | Valdosta | Georgia | Wallace Truck & Equipment Sales, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was placing a sheet of steel in a shear machine when the shear was activated via the foot pedal. The employee's right hand contacted the point of operation, amputating the index finger between the end of the nailbed and the first joint. | |||||
| 2016-10-12 | Valdosta | Georgia | Langdale Forest Products Co. | Hand(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee's left hand was caught in the outfeed roller while straightening lumber on the lumber deck with a metal pole. | |||||
| 2016-09-26 | Valdosta | Georgia | Alpha ProTech Engineered Products, Inc | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a moving printer roller with a paint scraper while holding a rag in his left hand. The rag became caught inside the printer roller and anilox roller gears, pulling his left hand in and causing an amputation. | |||||
| 2016-09-11 | Valdosta | Georgia | Martin's Famous Pastry Shoppe, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting a blockage in a dry mix unloading machine. As he was removing a flexible coupling, his finger was lacerated by a rotary air lock fin. He suffered a partial amputation of the right-hand middle finger above the first joint. | |||||
| 2016-07-20 | Valdosta | Georgia | Archer Daniels Midland Co. | Foot (feet) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was cleaning up and hot water (estimated at 150-200 degrees F) got inside the top of his boot burning the employee's right foot. | |||||
| 2016-05-17 | Valdosta | Georgia | Layne Christensen Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was dismantling an overhead conveyor when the connection point for the rigging gave way and the conveyor fell, amputating the employee's left pinky finger at the first joint (just below the nailbed). | |||||
| 2016-04-13 | Valdosta | Georgia | ACE ELECTRIC, INC. | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was egressing from a 12 foot A-frame ladder and slipped and fell. The employee suffered a concussion, a thoracic sprain and minor lacerations. | |||||
| 2016-04-01 | Valdosta | Georgia | Letica Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was adjusting plug tints/caps on an automatic installer machine when the machine's installing head cycled and amputated the employee's left middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-03-23 | Valdosta | Georgia | UNITED EXCEL | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was conducting a fire wall inspection while working from a ladder. While descending the ladder, the employee lost their footing and fell against an adjacent countertop and then to the floor, breaking ribs. | |||||
| 2016-03-22 | Valdosta | Georgia | Union Tank Car Company | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was neutralizing an empty railcar that had carried sodium hydroxide. While the employee was cleaning the tank, sodium hydroxide splashed on his face and arm, causing 2nd degree chemical burns. | |||||
| 2016-02-05 | Valdosta | Georgia | PCA Mill | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
| An employee had completed performing maintenance work on a piece of equipment and was in the process of lowering the JLG with a crane. The thumb of his right hand was caught in the line that was being used to lower the JLG removing muscle and tissue. The employee was transported to the hospital where his thumb was removed above the knuckle. | |||||
| 2016-01-13 | Valdosta | Georgia | Smithfield Packaged Meats | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was stepping out of the back of a delivery truck when he fell approximately 3 feet to the ground, fracturing his right hip. | |||||
| 2015-10-02 | Valdosta | Georgia | Saft America, Inc. | Head and neck | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was performing maintenance work on a malfunctioning impregnation tank lid. When the employee attached an air hose to the lid, it opened automatically and pinned his head, causing head and neck damage. | |||||
| 2015-08-23 | Valdosta | Georgia | Publix Supermarkets, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee suffered a partial amputation of the left index finger while performing patty-machine maintenance. | |||||
| 2015-05-15 | Valdosta | Georgia | Blair Logistics | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was loading wheel sets onto his flatbed truck trailer when one of them started to roll. The wheel struck him and caused him to fall off the trailer, resulting in a broken hip that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-05-05 | Valdosta | Georgia | FedEx Corporation | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle |
| An employee driving a jockey truck around the yard suffered a collapsed lung as a result of manually adjusting a side mirror. | |||||
| 2015-02-24 | Valdosta | Georgia | Lowes Homecenters, LLC | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| A powered industrial vehicle ran over an employee's foot, requiring in-patient hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2015-02-16 | Valdosta | Georgia | Wild Adventures Valdosta, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| Employee suffered an amputation injury to his right hand pinky finger while performing maintenance work on the Ferris Wheel located at the theme park. | |||||
| 2015-01-18 | Valdosta | Georgia | LETICA CORPORATION | Hand(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| Employee was operating an injection molding machine. The employee was hospitalized due to burns on hand from injection mold. | |||||
| 2015-01-09 | Valdosta | Georgia | MEDIACOM COMMUNICATIONS | Ankle(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
| On 1/9/15 at 3:45 p.m., an employee was laying cable on a flat roof and stepped through a skylight. The employee fell 20 feet, fracturing the right ankle. Employee was hospitalized overnight after surgery. | |||||