Severe Workplace Injuries in Milledgeville, Georgia
Employers in Milledgeville reported 16 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through November 2025: 13 workers hospitalized and 3 amputations (19% of reports). Construction accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 8 of them.
Reports by year
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How workers were hurt
Parts of the body injured
OSHA inspections in Milledgeville since 2015
OSHA opened 38 inspections at Milledgeville workplaces, and 23 of them (61%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 61 serious, 1 willful and 1 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $388,214.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Zips Car Wash, Llc (complaint, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $165,514 |
| T & S Hardwoods, Inc. (planned, details) | 3 (2 serious+) | $13,550 |
| Qarbon Aerospace Lafayette Llc (referral, details) | 2 (1 serious+) | $8,036 |
| Del Sol Company, Llc (planned, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $2,812 |
| Julio Hernandez (planned, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $2,812 |
| Tailored Foam, Inc. (planned, details) | 2 | $2,238 |
| Chemtex, Llc (referral, details) | 3 (2 serious+) | $16,248 |
| Johnnie Mcdade Grocery (planned, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $7,022 |
| Fouts Brothers, Inc. (complaint, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $23,962 |
| Fouts Brothers, Inc. (complaint, details) | 5 (4 serious+) | $6,600 |
| John Milledge Academy, Inc. (fatality/catastrophe, details) | 1 | $4,723 |
| Psc Industries, Inc. (complaint, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $9,662 |
Penalties as currently recorded by OSHA; they can drop after settlement or contest. Inspection data covers federal OSHA and state-plan inspections reported to OSHA.
Most recent reports
The 16 newest severe injury reports from Milledgeville employers, as OSHA published them.
Nov 25, 2025 · Griffin Grading & Concrete, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was working from a bridge platform, building bottom edge beams. He stopped work to leave for lunch, then fell from the platform to the riverbed about 30-40 feet below. He sustained fractures to his left hand/wrist and lower back, as well as internal bleeding. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet · Trunk and other upper extremities · Construction
Dec 31, 2024 · Chick-fil-A Hospitalized
An employee was delivering food to a customer's home. She walked up to the front door and a dog came running out from the house. The dog bit the employee's left knee. The employee was hospitalized with a stress-induced heart attack.
Non-venomous animal bites except "bugs" · Heart · Hotels and restaurants
Jul 30, 2024 · North Georgia Concrete Hospitalized
An employee was installing a concrete pier to lay rebar down. The strap broke off the auger and the cradle of the drilling rig broke and struck the employee on the top of his hard hat, knocking him to the ground and knocking off the hard hat. The employee sustained a fractured C-3 vertebra and an injured C-4 vertebra.
Struck by dislodged or detached object(s) · Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck · Construction
Aug 30, 2023 · Qarbon Aerospace Lafayette LLC Hospitalized
An employee was using a forklift to unload a freezer truck. The forklift slid out of the back of the truck and the employee fell onto the concrete pad below. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the first and third vertebrae in their lower back and a sprained ankle.
Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway · Lumbar region · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1695953
Aug 9, 2023 · G.G. Tank Sandblasting Pro LLC Hospitalized
An employee was painting a water tank while in a lift basket. The cable broke while the employee was in the basket, causing them to fall to the grass surface below. The employee sustained fractures to their left shin and right ankle.
Other fall to lower level · Ankle(s) and leg(s) (other) · Construction
Jun 9, 2022 · ZSCHIMMER & SCHWARZ, INC. Hospitalized
An employee cleaned a spill of chemicals including ester, amine, and amide. The employee then cleaned a spill of sodium sulfite which mixed in the disposal container with the chemicals from the previous spill. A chemical reaction resulted and the employee inhaled sulfur dioxide gas. The employee was hospitalized.
Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Body systems · Manufacturing
Jun 21, 2021 · Chemtex, LLC Amputation
A temporary employee was trying to help pull a jammed pad through a pad cutter. The cut button was pressed while the employee's thumb was in the path of the blade, which partially amputated the thumb.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1539345
Jun 21, 2021 · Chemtex, LLC Amputation
An employee was pushing extra material through a bonder machine when their right hand contacted the bonder, resulting in the amputation of four fingers at the palm level.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1539345
Dec 3, 2018 · PEEK PAVEMENT MARKING, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was operating a truck behind a vehicle laying down road striping. A tractor-trailer veered into the work zone, striking the employee's truck. The employee suffered back, neck, hip, and head injuries and was hospitalized.
Roadway collision with other vehicle · Head, neck, and trunk · Construction
Oct 30, 2018 · Rath, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was in a scissor lift troubleshooting a machine. The machine activated and the employee was pinned between the machine and the scissor lift railing resulting in six broken ribs.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1359806
Apr 5, 2018 · Walmart Superstore Hospitalized
An employee working with pallets began to have chest and rib pain.
Nonclassifiable · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Retail
Feb 9, 2018 · Attaway Recycling LLC Hospitalized
An employee and a coworker were removing a 2,500-pound block of concrete using a front-end loader that was hooked to a crane. The coworker was driving the loader while the employee guided the concrete when a corner of the block hit another block and started spinning around. The employee was attempting to stop it from spinning around when the chain came undone, allowing the concrete to fall on and fracture his right leg.
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Leg(s) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1298046
Nov 9, 2017 · RETAIL POWER, INC. Hospitalized
An employee was identifying whips to ensure they were not hot and then ohming them out. When he tested the last one, electricity jumped across his hands, causing third degree burns that required hospitalization.
Direct exposure to electricity · Hand(s) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1277818
Feb 11, 2016 · TNS Hardwood Corporation Amputation
A worker was backing a log out of the mill when the log became jammed. When a maintenance employee attempted to push the log out with a block of wood, a chain amputated the maintenance employee's right index finger.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1125958
Dec 9, 2015 · UTILICON SERVICES, INC. Hospitalized
While attempting to install a hand line, an employee made contact with an energized power line, receiving second and third degree burns to the left hand. The employee was hospitalized.
Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts · Hand(s) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1112718
Apr 30, 2015 · Spinks General Contracting, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was elevated in a work platform attached to a forklift when a piece of conduit fell, striking the basket and knocking him from it. He fell approximately 20 feet and sustained a broken wrist and leg, requiring surgery.
Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet · Upper and lower limb(s) · Construction
After a workplace injury in Georgia
Most work injuries are handled through workers' compensation, which pays medical bills and part of lost wages whether or not anyone was at fault, and usually rules out suing the employer. A separate claim may be possible against someone else, such as an equipment maker or another company on the site. Reporting deadlines are short, so tell your employer about an injury right away.
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Source: OSHA's Severe Injury Reports, 2015 through November 2025 (loaded November 9, 2026). Employers must report any work-related amputation, loss of an eye or in-patient hospitalization to OSHA within 24 hours. Employer names, addresses and incident descriptions are as OSHA publishes them. A report records an injury, not a finding that the employer broke a rule; OSHA opens an inspection for some reports. The data covers workplaces under federal OSHA. States that run their own OSHA program (such as California, Washington, Michigan, North Carolina and Virginia) are mostly missing, and work-related deaths are reported separately.
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