Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-10-06 | Warrenton | Ga | Heart Wood Products LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was turning a cart used for stacking lumber. The cart turned on and the wheel pinched the end of his right ring finger, resulting in amputation of the fingertip. The fingertip was reattached. | |||||
2018-08-11 | Warrenton | Georgia | Georgia-Pacific Wood Products, LLC (Warrenton CNS) | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was operating a powered industrial truck when the employee stepped off the lift, slipped on the step, and fell to the concrete floor. The employee suffered a fractured left knee, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-05-03 | Warrenton | Georgia | ACM Georgia, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was trying to unhook a chain from a furnace lid that was stuck when the furnace operator pushed the lift button to the furnace lid and the chain caught the employee's left middle finger, amputating it. | |||||
2016-08-05 | Warrenton | Georgia | Asama Coldwater Manufacturing,Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
While loading heavy brake parts into a machine, an employee suffered a herniated back disc and was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-06-16 | Warrenton | Missouri | JV MANUFACTURING, INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was disconnecting the existing power source to the cardboard balers when the employee received an electric shock, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-11-02 | Warrenton | Missouri | SAF Holland | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was running the overhead crane to unload coil from a flatbed truck when his finger was caught between the board and the coil as he lifted the crane. He lost 50 percent of the distal tip of his right index finger. | |||||
2015-03-19 | Warrenton | Georgia | The Timbermen, Inc | Leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was hospitalized after his leg was caught in an unprotected rotated auger. |