Severe Workplace Injuries in Garden City, Georgia

Jun 19, 2025 · Quantix SCS, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was walking across the parking lot from his vehicle to the facility when he suffered a twisted left ankle that resulted in an open compound fracture.

Slip, trip, stumble on same level without fall · Ankle(s) · Transportation and warehousing

May 9, 2025 · Gateway Terminals, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was walking across a catwalk on a vessel. The employee slipped and fell, striking their right side on the catwalk and suffered broken ribs on that side. The employee was hospitalized.

Fall, contact incident onboard water vehicle · Rib(s), oblique area · Transportation and warehousing

Feb 29, 2024 · Quality Edge Inc Amputation

An employee was loading a piece of metal onto a brake press when their left thumb was caught in the machine, resulting in an open distal phalanx fracture, degloving, and partial amputation.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Thumb(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1732884

Dec 8, 2023 · Gateway Terminals, L.L.C. Amputation

An employee was training on a jockey truck. Upon stepping out of the truck, the employee was struck by a rubber tire gantry crane, resulting in amputations of the right leg above the knee and left leg below the knee.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area · Multiple leg locations (other) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1715638

May 30, 2023 · Rogers-Premier Enterprises, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was putting bungees on a trailer when a forklift backed over the employee's left leg, resulting in a crush injury.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Leg(s) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1674168

Dec 22, 2022 · CALIFORNIA CARTAGE COMPANY, INC. Hospitalized

An employee was operating a clamp lift truck to transport freight when it overturned, resulting in a severe leg injury.

Jack-knifed or overturned, roadway · Leg(s) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1641039

Oct 20, 2022 · Gateway Terminals, L.L.C. Amputation

The employee was lashing containers when a lashing rod began to fall. The employee attempted to catch the falling rod, causing the employee's left ring finger to be crushed between the falling lashing rod and a rod on the ground, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker · Fingertip(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Aug 23, 2022 · Autozone Hospitalized

An employee was putting up stock on a shelf. She tripped on a pallet and fell to the floor, suffering a broken hip.

Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Hip(s) · Retail

Jul 26, 2022 · Gateway Terminals, L.L.C. Hospitalized

An employee fell down the staircase of a gantry crane and suffered a broken left ankle.

Other fall to lower level · Ankle(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Apr 25, 2022 · Sign D'Sign, LLC Hospitalized

Two employees were in an elevated aerial lift and had just finished installing a sign onto a warehouse building. As the lift swung away from the building, it contacted overhead power lines that were 45 feet away from the base of the lift. One employee experienced electrical shock and burns to 27% of his body (arms, hands and back) and was hospitalized. The second employee was treated and released.

Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts · Multiple body parts (other) · Construction

Mar 24, 2022 · Krystal Restaurants LLC Hospitalized

An employee suffered chemical burns to the hands after washing dishes in a sink containing grill/oven cleaner.

Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue · Hand(s) · Hotels and restaurants

Jan 23, 2022 · Gateway Terminals LLC Hospitalized

An employee was climbing down a fixed catwalk ladder to gain access to the main deck when he fell approximately 6 feet, resulting in a bruised back and broken right arm.

Fall on water vehicle · Arm(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Oct 9, 2021 · MARINE TERMINALS CORPORATION - EAST Amputation

An employee was removing twist locks from a shipping container as it was landed on a bomb cart. When the container came to rest, her finger was pinched between a twist lock and the corner casting of the container. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Aug 16, 2021 · CALIFORNIA CARTAGE Management Services, LLC Amputation

The injured employee and three co-workers were lifting a dock plate when it slipped and pinched the injured employee's fingertip, resulting in a partial amputation.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Jun 7, 2021 · Coastal Logistics, Inc. Amputation

An employee was using a popup saw to cut 2-by-4s. When it popped up to cut the board, the saw amputated the pinky, ring, and middle fingers from one of the employee's hands.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Transportation and warehousing

Nov 7, 2020 · SSA Atlantic, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was standing next to a jockey truck. A pickup truck crossed a marked RTG lane and struck the employee, who suffered a fractured skull, broken vertebrae in the back, and a dislocated left shoulder.

Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area · Multiple body parts (other) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1502128

Oct 17, 2020 · Harco Construction, Inc. Hospitalized

A skid steer was grading rock along a curb for a parking lot. An employee was shoveling the rock along the curb to uncover the curb. The employee lost his balance while shoveling the rock and stepped behind the skid steer while it was backing up. The skid steer ran over the employee's right leg causing a compound fracture to the shin.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Lower leg(s) · Construction

Aug 8, 2020 · Marine Terminals Corporation - East Hospitalized

An employee was operating a yard hostler and moving a container to be loaded onto a ship. He became disoriented and drove the yard hostler into a parked forklift and then into a privately owned vehicle that was also parked. The employee was hospitalized with dehydration.

Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway · Body systems · Transportation and warehousing

Aug 6, 2020 · Portside Cargo Services II, LLC Hospitalized

While unloading boxes that contained hunting stands from a shipping container, an employee collapsed and lost consciousness. He was hospitalized, suffering from heat exhaustion.

Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1488324

Feb 19, 2020 · RYERSON JOSEPH T & SON INC. Hospitalized

An employee was observing a forklift unload his 44-foot trailer when he was struck by a steel round bar (1 ft. 11/16 in. diameter; 24 ft. long and weighs 186 lbs.) as it was forklifted from his trailer. He sustained a fractured right arm and lacerations to the back of his head.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area · Arm(s) · Manufacturing

Dec 12, 2019 · Orkin Hospitalized

While doing a bait monitor check, an employee fell at a customer's house and struck his head on concrete. The employee sustained severe head injuries and seizures.

Fall on same level · Brain · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Dec 7, 2019 · USA MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS, INC. Hospitalized

An employee fell from a makeshift 18-inch-high stairway leading up to a 36-inch foundation. The employee landed on the ground and broke his right tibia.

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

Oct 9, 2019 · Coastal Logistics, Inc. Hospitalized

Employees were dumping powder from a super sack into a tank on a tanker trailer when a spark occurred, causing an explosion. One employee suffered burns to the face and eyes. A second employee suffered burns to the arms and face.

Explosion · Multiple body parts · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1436889

Aug 1, 2019 · Qualawash Holdings, LLC. Hospitalized

An employee was trying to flush a liquid bulk tank trailer with hot water. Hot water splashed from a valve in an adjacent bay onto the employee's left leg, burning the calf and the back of the thigh.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Multiple leg locations (other) · Other services

May 7, 2019 · Ports America, Inc. Hospitalized

A jockey truck driver was attempting to make a U-turn and collided with another truck in another lane. The employee suffered blunt-force trauma to the neck, head and shoulder and a laceration on the head from initial impact inside the cab and subsequently striking the ground after being discharged through the driver-side window.

Nonroadway collision with other vehicle · Multiple body parts (other) · Transportation and warehousing

Feb 18, 2019 · Continental Heavy Civil Corp Hospitalized

A load (concrete pile) struck an employee as it was being moved by a crawler crane, breaking the employee's pelvis.

Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle · Pelvis · Construction

Jan 25, 2019 · Creative Packaging, Inc. Amputation

An employee's right ring, middle, and little fingers were partially amputated while removing a box jam from a rotary die cutter.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1376852

Oct 31, 2017 · MARINE TERMINALS CORPORATION - EAST Hospitalized

An employee was operating a heavy-duty tractor truck on the upper ramp of a vessel deck. When the truck was halfway up the ramp, it started to roll down the ramp and went in the air on its rear tires before coming down. The employee suffered a pelvic fracture and dislocated hip.

Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle · Multiple pelvic region locations · Transportation and warehousing

Aug 28, 2017 · Delta Metals, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was climbing up an extension ladder when the ladder's locking mechanism became disengaged and one of the ladder sections slid down and caught his left foot between the rungs. As the employee tried to remove his left foot from the rungs, the ladder began to fall and his left leg became caught between the rungs. He fell approximately 8 to 10 feet with the ladder to the gravel ground below, breaking his left leg.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Leg(s) · Manufacturing

Jun 17, 2017 · Ceres Marine Terminals Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was walking to a container berth dock when he was struck from behind by a jockey truck. He suffered a separated right leg calf muscle, requiring hospitalization.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area · Lower leg(s) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1242274