Severe Workplace Injuries in Albany, Georgia

Jun 4, 2025 · SASCO Chemical Group, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was clearing out a pipe that was used to transfer a chemical product. When they freed the plug in the pipe, hot chemical (above 200 F) sprayed the employee who was hospitalized with thermal burns to their arm and face.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Head and extremities · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1831299

Oct 31, 2024 · Metropower, Inc. Amputation

An employee was walking through a fire door when the door closed on his right hand, pinching his fingers between the door and the jamb. The employee sustained a tissue amputation to the little fingertip.

Struck by door, gate, window · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Construction

Sep 28, 2024 · d.e. Foxx & Associates, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was moving a forklift to a new location when it slid on water in the pathway and struck a rail pit. The employee sustained a loss of consciousness, a hairline skull fracture, and lacerations to their ear, elbow and leg.

Collision with stationary object, nonroadway · Skull · Professional and technical services

Jul 28, 2024 · The Martin-Brower Company, LLC Hospitalized

Employees were ending their shift and dropping off trucks. Two employees returned to the yard and had an altercation. One employee used a knife to stab the other employee in the neck. The employee was hospitalized.

Stabbing, cutting, slashing by other person · Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck · Transportation and warehousing

Jul 5, 2024 · Lowe's Home Improvement, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was retrieving an umbrella from a storage container. He lost his footing and fell backward, causing umbrellas that he was holding to fall on top of him. He then struck his head on the floor of the storage container. The employee was hospitalized for a potential subdural hematoma.

Fall on same level (other) · Brain · Retail

Apr 25, 2024 · Radius Recycling Hospitalized

An employee was adjusting the coupler on the railcar and used their left hand to pull up on the cut lever and their right hand to open the knuckle. The employee's right index and middle fingers were caught between the knuckle and coupler. The employee suffered two broken fingers and tissue damage requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Event or exposure · Other finger(s) (other) · Wholesale trade

Nov 4, 2023 · FedEx Supply Chain, Inc Hospitalized

The injured employee was in a trailer working to level a load that had shifted during transport. Another employee was using a forklift to assist. The load shifted and fell on the injured employee, causing torn ligaments in their knee and a fractured foot.

Struck by falling object or equipment · Foot(feet) and knee(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Jul 26, 2023 · PROCTOR AND GAMBLE Hospitalized

On July 26, 2023, at approximately 1:00 AM an employee was walking after performing maintenance. They suffered heat exhaustion and dehydration, that required hospitalization.

Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Manufacturing

Sep 1, 2022 · Mars Chocolate North America Amputation

An employee was cleaning the floor around a conveyance area when their right index finger was caught between a partially broken conveyor link and the transition plate, resulting in a partial amputation.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing

Mar 5, 2022 · Georgia Pacific Wood Products, LLC Hospitalized

An employee had just finished a repair on a tilt hoist. He climbed a 9-foot A-frame ladder to ensure that a nut on the chain tensioner was tight. He then climbed down the ladder, which had been leaned against the frame of the tilt hoist. When he was at the second rung from the bottom, the ladder slid down. He did not fall from the ladder but struck his right hip on the ladder as it slid down, breaking it.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Hip(s) · Manufacturing

Jan 13, 2022 · Benchmark Human Services of Georgia LLC Hospitalized

An employee was assaulted with a chair, resulting in cuts and bruises due to blunt force trauma.

Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving · Nonclassifiable · Health care and social assistance

Jan 1, 2022 · Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC Hospitalized

An employee locked out a stacker machine to begin repairs. The employee noticed a piece of metal was jammed in the equipment and attempted to remove the piece of metal. When the piece of metal was removed, an arm on the equipment dropped down due to gravity and pinned the employee's left arm against the frame of the equipment. The employee suffered a crush injury with potential tissue damage.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Arm(s) · Manufacturing

Nov 22, 2021 · Georgia Power Company Hospitalized

An employee was performing maintenance on an underground transformer when he contacted the transformer, resulting in electrical burns to his hands.

Direct exposure to electricity · Hand(s) · Utilities · OSHA inspection 1566559

Nov 1, 2021 · Chep Services, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was standing by a parked truck. A forklift swerved to miss the truck as it backed up and struck the employee, pinning him against the truck. His right knee was crushed and he was hospitalized.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Knee(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1553199

Jun 2, 2021 · Molson Coors Beverage Company USA LLC Amputation

An employee was trying to clear a jam on a keg line. The employee's left foot was caught by the infeed. The foot was amputated.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Foot (feet) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1534781

Mar 24, 2021 · ACTION ELECTRIC CO., INC. Amputation

An employee was working on an electrical switchgear with two other employees. The switchgear was energized and an arc flash caused third degree burns to the employee's hand. The hand was surgically amputated.

Direct exposure to electricity · Hand(s) (other) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1522966

Aug 30, 2020 · Coats & Clark, Inc. Amputation

An employee was pulling film out of the can that has a vacuum on top that pulls the waste film off of the line. The fan blades lacerated two fingers on the employee's left hand. A fingertip was surgically amputated.

Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing

Jul 15, 2020 · Oxford Construction Company Hospitalized

An employee was using a ratchet wrench to loosen a bolt. The adapter that holds the socket on the wrench broke. This caused the employee to fall to the ground and sustain a broken right femur.

Fall on same level (other) · Thigh(s) · Construction

Mar 3, 2020 · Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. Hospitalized

A security guard was walking through a kiln when he stepped into a hole filled with hot water. He suffered second-degree burns to the right leg, from the foot to just under the knee.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Multiple lower extremities locations (other) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Feb 19, 2020 · Industrial Welding & Maintenance, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was on a catwalk performing a fire watch for a welder when the catwalk collapsed during the weld. The employee fell 12 feet from the catwalk, sustaining a hairline fracture to his neck.

Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet · Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Other services · OSHA inspection 1466075

Aug 8, 2019 · Tecta America Southeast, LLC Hospitalized

An employee installing a roof membrane was hospitalized with heat stroke.

Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Construction · OSHA inspection 1423781

Jun 7, 2019 · D.E. FOXX & ASSOCIATES, INC. Hospitalized

An employee suffered a heat-related illness after a 12-hour work shift. The employee was hospitalized.

Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1408713

Apr 1, 2019 · The Webstaurant Store, Inc. Hospitalized

At 10:00 p.m. on April 1, 2019, an employee was on a pallet jack, transferring and lifting equipment. The jack lost power after hitting a bump in the floor, and the employee fell off it and struck his head on the concrete. He suffered a severe head injury and brain bleeding.

Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway · Brain · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1391294

Aug 20, 2018 · JLA International, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee heated up a 500 mL bottle of violet red in a mug in the microwave. Upon removal, the heated glass bottle was shaken and shattered. The heated liquid contacted the employee, causing second and third degree burns to the face, neck, and right wrist.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Multiple body parts (other) · Professional and technical services

Aug 15, 2018 · Enmark Stations, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was using an extension ladder to reach a store roof when he slipped and fell, landing 10 to 12 feet below on concrete. The employee suffered broken bones in the lower extremities and was hospitalized.

Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet · Lower extremities · Retail · OSHA inspection 1339983

Jun 24, 2018 · Crete Carrier Corporation Hospitalized

An employee was strapping cargo in a trailer when he fell from the trailer, landing on the concrete about 48 inches below. He suffered a fractured hip.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Hip(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Apr 19, 2018 · L. E. Schwartz & Son, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was climbing a stepladder, slipped on the fourth rung and fell approximately four feet to the asphalt ground resulting in a broken right wrist and a bruised right hip.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Wrist(s) · Construction

Dec 2, 2017 · Pier 1 Imports, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was showing a customer a wine rack on the sales floor when the rack hit the top of the employee's head, requiring hospitalization.

Struck by object or equipment · Brain · Retail

Sep 21, 2017 · Pratt (Target Container), Inc. Amputation

An employee was troubleshooting a machine when he slipped and fell into its moving rollers, crushing and amputating his left pinky, ring, and middle fingers. The rollers were unguarded at the time.

Fall, slip, trip · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Aug 19, 2017 · Panther Ironworks and Rigging Solutions, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was standing on a steel beam during a re-rigging operation when a steel beam struck his right leg, fracturing his femur.

Struck by object or equipment · Thigh(s) · Construction