Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-01-15 | Winterville | Georgia | Nakanishi Mfg. Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
A contractor employee was taking a press machine apart when another employee bumped into him, causing him to fall into the pit where the press is housed. He struck his back along the wall of the pit as he was falling to the ground. | |||||
2017-02-03 | Winterville | Georgia | Nakanishi Manufacturing Corporation | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was placing a steel coil that weighed approximately 5000 lbs. back into the coil rack when the banding caught on another coil, causing it to twist and strike the employee in the chest. The employee suffered a bruised liver, bruised kidneys, and internal bleeding. | |||||
2015-09-23 | Winterville | Georgia | Nakanishi Mfg. Inc. | Multiple body parts | Vehicle or machinery fire |
An employee was performing maintenance when he found a broken solenoid valve on the dust collector machine. He reassembled the valve of the unit, which performed an automatic blow-down of the dust collector unit. A static charge occurred, causing an explosion that severely burned the employee's body. |