| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-02 | Willacoochee | Ga | WMT Housing, LLC | Eye(s) | Struck by discharged or flying object |
| An employee was shooting brads into the top of a house. The brads came in sleeves, held together by plastic fasteners designed to fall off when the gun was fired. As it came off, one of these plastic fasteners struck and injured his left eye. | |||||
| 2021-03-22 | Willacoochee | Ga | Freedom Trailers, LLC | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee sprayed glue on the porch of a trailer. He then grabbed a drill to remove two screws and a spark from his drill ignited the fumes from the glue, burning his face, arms, and legs. | |||||
| 2020-07-13 | Willacoochee | Georgia | Bobby Lashley Corporation | Nonclassifiable | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was using a mechanical hammer to clean debris from the furnace. As the impact of the hammer knocked debris loose a large section of debris fell and struck the employee resulting in hospitalization for a crushing/blunt force trauma injury. | |||||
| 2019-06-17 | Willacoochee | Georgia | Freedom Trailers, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee fell from a trailer hitch to the concrete floor about 3 feet below, suffering fractures to the rib cage, elbow, and hip area. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-09-17 | Willacoochee | Georgia | WMT Housing, LLC | Knee(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was using a pneumatic staple gun when the employee's knee bumped the staple gun, causing it to fire a 2-inch staple into the employee's right knee. | |||||
| 2018-04-06 | Willacoochee | Georgia | Langboard, Inc. | Leg(s) | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
| An employee was standing on an out feed table stacking boards when the fork carriage moved forward, catching his left leg between the fork carriage and a roll case. His left leg suffered a laceration/fracture. The out feed table was not locked/tagged out at the time. | |||||
| 2016-09-20 | Willacoochee | Georgia | Langboard, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was performing maintenance and changing the belt on a chip transport pump when his left index finger was caught between the belt and pulley, amputating his fingertip below the fingernail. | |||||
| 2016-06-02 | Willacoochee | Georgia | WILLACOOCHEE INDUSTRIAL FABRICS, INC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was operating a baler. When he hit the hydraulic switch for compaction, the baler door was pushed open and hit his right ribcage, fracturing four ribs requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-07-22 | Willacoochee | Georgia | WILLACOOCHEE INDUSTRIAL FABRICS, INC. | Nonclassifiable | Bites and stings |
| An employee was bitten by a spider while cleaning a piece of equipment. | |||||
| 2015-01-13 | Willacoochee | Georgia | Freedom Trailers, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee lifted the guard on a table saw. His right hand came into contact with the moving saw blade amputating four fingers. | |||||