| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-12 | Port Wentworth | Ga | Anatolia Tile + Stone | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| A warehouse coordinator was receiving skids of product (tiles) while a forklift operator was putting the skids back into the staging lanes. While placing the skids of tile, the skids fell on top of the warehouse coordinator who suffered a broken pelvis and five broken ribs. | |||||
| 2021-05-04 | Port Wentworth | Ga | OA Logistics Services, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| An employee was verifying products in a facility when they were struck by a forklift that was backing up. The employee's foot was crushed beneath the forklift, resulting in hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2021-04-26 | Port Wentworth | Ga | Shaw Industries Group, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was sweeping a warehouse floor. A powered industrial truck ran over the employee's right foot, breaking bones. | |||||
| 2020-08-21 | Port Wentworth | Ga | Averitt Express, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity |
| An employee was using a chain to close a parking lot gate. The gate was connected to an electric fence; one of the electric guide wires touched the chain and the employee was shocked. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-01-23 | Port Wentworth | Georgia | Tradesmen International Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| A Tradesmen International employee was moving a delivery chute for a cement delivery vehicle. The chute joint caught his right index finger, causing a soft tissue amputation. | |||||
| 2019-07-09 | Port Wentworth | Georgia | OA Logistics Services, Inc. | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee's right foot was caught on the edge of a guardrail and she fell, injuring her right knee. She was hospitalized, undergoing surgery. | |||||
| 2019-04-19 | Port Wentworth | Georgia | California Cartage Management Services, LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| Three employees were moving a wheeled order-picking cage cart from a trailer at a dock onto a warehouse floor. The cart tipped over and fell on an employee, breaking the employee's back. | |||||
| 2019-03-15 | Port Wentworth | Georgia | International Paper Company | Thoracic region | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was standing on a ladder trying to unclog a bark hopper using a high-pressure water hose when he fell from the third step (about 3 feet), then rolled over the ledge (about 3 feet) and onto a bark pile on a truck ramp. He was hospitalized with a fractured T-12 vertebra. | |||||
| 2018-09-24 | Port Wentworth | Georgia | IKEA Distribution Services, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating narrow aisle equipment to place a wooden pallet with plastic-wrapped product in the lower level of an aisle. He was attempting to move the equipment forward when the reverse handle was engaged. The movement caused him to be pinned under the second level cross beams and the narrow aisle equipment, fracturing his right kneecap, bruising ribs, lacerating his spleen, and puncturing a lung. | |||||
| 2017-04-19 | Port Wentworth | Georgia | Stokes Contracting, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee dumped wet mud out of a dump truck and was closing the tail gate when it smashed the ring and middle fingers on both hands, causing an amputation. | |||||
| 2017-04-10 | Port Wentworth | Georgia | Stokes Contracting, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was refilling a forklift cylinder when the fueling nozzle began leaking propane. As the employee went to turn off the nozzle, the propane ignited and the employee sustained burns to his neck, arms, face, and head. | |||||
| 2017-01-13 | Port Wentworth | Georgia | Granite Services International, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was attempting to move a tool, described as a tool to assemble/disassemble generators, from a storage shelf to the floor with the assistance of a second employee. While moving the tool, the employee's right thumb was caught in a movable bracket. The employee was wearing cut resistant gloves; however, when the bracket pinched his thumb he jerked his hand and tore skin from the end of the thumb. The employee's thumb tip and finger nail were amputated. | |||||
| 2015-09-10 | Port Wentworth | Georgia | Turpin, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was removing the cutter head of an auger when his left arm got caught between the auger and the casing. His left arm was amputated. | |||||
| 2015-08-26 | Port Wentworth | Georgia | Imperial Sugar | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee, a char-house operator, was washing sugar off the floor around filter-top #15. He tripped over a hose and fell to the floor. Hot water (180 degrees F) from the hose got into his elbow-length gloves. His back was burned when he fell backwards. | |||||