Severe Workplace Injuries in Rincon, Georgia

Nov 22, 2025 · Sewon America, Inc. Amputation

An employee was operating a projection welding machine. His left index finger was caught and crushed between the machine's upper die and a metal part he was holding. The fingertip was amputated.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1862140

Aug 29, 2025 · Caravels, LLC Hospitalized

The injured employee was cleaning up tools and equipment around a transformer that was being assembled. Other employees were removing the mobile work platforms from around the connections lattice of the transformer. The connections lattice fell over on top of the injured employee, causing fractures to their ribs, pelvis, and foot.

Struck by falling object · Trunk and other lower extremities · Manufacturing

Jun 18, 2025 · Clear Vistas, Inc. Amputation

An employee was walking toward a lawn mower to supply fuel to the operator. The employee lost their footing on a slope and slipped. Their right foot slid under the mower deck and contacted the blade. The third, fourth, and fifth toes were surgically amputated.

Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact · Toes(s), toenail(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Jun 4, 2025 · Caravels, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was preparing to remove enamel from copper leads by soaking them in a liter container of formic acid when one of the bottles fell. The employee was splashed with formic acid, resulting in first- and second-degree burns to his face.

Exposure through intact tissue · Ears and facial region · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1829693

Mar 21, 2025 · Cosentino C & C of North America Amputation

An employee was moving stone with a crane. They were transferring stone from the bundle buster to the crane with their hand on top of the stone as the crane was moving up. The beam of the crane crushed three fingers, resulting in partial amputation of one finger.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Other finger(s) (other) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1813486

Dec 7, 2024 · Innovative Refrigeration Systems, Inc. Amputation

On December 7, 2024, an employee was driving a forklift off a trailer when the weight of the forklift caused the ramp to collapse. The employee's right foot got caught between the forklift footstep and the trailer, resulting in an amputation to the little toe.

Nonroadway noncollision jack-knifed or ran off driving surface · Toes(s), toenail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1793030

Oct 25, 2024 · Serena & Lily Hospitalized

An employee was operating a forklift with a clamp attachment when the forklift struck a support column. The column went between the clamps and the employee fell forward and hit his head on the column. The employee then fell to the floor and hit his head again; he sustained head and spinal injuries.

Collision with stationary object, nonroadway · Head and trunk · Transportation and warehousing

Oct 31, 2023 · Georgia-Pacific Savannah River, LLC Amputation

An employee was observing contractors lower a 44-by-88-by- 1/4-inch housing lid using chain fall hoist rigging. The lid came to rest on the guides and was not fitting into place. The employee was pointing and his finger was caught between the lid and housing when the guard was pushed into place. The employee's right index fingertip was amputated.

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

Mar 19, 2023 · Georgia-Pacific Savannah River LLC Amputation

An employee was using a utility knife to cut a spool roll to get excess paper off the spool. The employee then tripped with the knife in their hand and fell. The utility knife cut through the employee's glove and partially amputated their left middle finger halfway through the nailbed.

Fall on same level due to tripping · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Jan 19, 2023 · Georgia-Pacific Savannah River LLC Hospitalized

An employee was unclogging a drain line from the tertiary screen in the recycle mill operations section. While lifting the basket out to clean, hot water sprayed through the seams of the filter. The employee sustained thermal burns on the left hand, forearm, and leg as well as the right thigh and foot.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Upper and lower limb(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1646583

Oct 24, 2022 · Serena & Lily, Inc. Amputation

An employee was in a stand-up forklift when it collided with a sit-down forklift. The employee's foot was caught between the two forklifts. The big toe was crushed and had to be partially amputated.

Nonroadway collision with other vehicle · Toes(s), toenail(s) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1631016

Mar 28, 2022 · Lowe's Home Centers, LLC Hospitalized

An employee fell on the floor inside a trailer, breaking her left arm.

Fall on same level · Arm(s) · Retail

Jul 30, 2020 · Caravels, LLC Amputation

An employee was pushing the head unit on an automated cable-wrapping machine along its roller bar tracks. The employee's right hand was caught between the head unit and a support mount on the roller bar tracks, causing a partial amputation to the little finger.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing

Jan 24, 2020 · AceAvant Concrete Const. Co. Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was driving an aerial lift into a building along a concrete ramp. When the lift entered the building, its front wheels came off the ramp and fell 10 inches, causing the basket to shoot upward and throw the employee out. He hit the ground and suffered a broken leg.

Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway · Leg(s) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1460960

Dec 10, 2019 · SAMPCO OF GEORGIA, INC. Amputation

An employee was ripping wood flooring on a sliding table saw. A piece of flooring got stuck. While the employee was clearing it, the blade cut his right index middle fingers. The index finger, which had been cut at the knuckle, underwent a medical amputation; the middle finger required stitches. The blade was guarded at the time of the incident.

Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1452186

Aug 26, 2019 · Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC Hospitalized

An employee was in the process of unclogging a drain valve on a paper machine stock refiner when the pulp material inside the valve sprayed out. The temperature of the pulp material was approximately 140 to 200 degrees Fahrenheit. The employee sustained second degree burns to his left hand.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Hand(s) · Manufacturing

Nov 15, 2017 · Georgia Pacific Consumer Products, LP. Amputation

An employee was training a new employee on the operation of a napkin folding machine when he heard a noise that concerned him and asked the trainee to bump the conveyor leading out of the machine. The employee went behind the machine to investigate and slipped as the trainee was bumping the conveyor. His left thumb was subsequently caught between the belt and a timing gear, damaging the bone and tissue. His thumb tip was amputated directly below the nailbed.

Caught in running equipment or machinery (other) · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1281255

Nov 5, 2017 · Caravels, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was elevating a scissor lift while inside the lift's basket when one side of the scissor lift's guardrail system became caught on the guardrail system of an adjacent stationary lift. The scissor lift the employee was in then toppled over and fell to the ground. The employee sustained fractured ribs on the left side of his body.

Fall from collapsing structure or equipment · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Manufacturing

Aug 15, 2017 · Caravels, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was working on I-beams while replacing a grating system when he fell approximately 20 feet to an electrical panel below. He suffered broken ribs, a broken leg, and a possible punctured lung.

Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1258661

Dec 9, 2016 · Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP Hospitalized

An employee was attempting to restart a reject conveyor when his arm was caught in the conveyor and pulled between the conveyor and its frame. He suffered a fractured right arm and shoulder.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Shoulder(s) and arm(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1197412

Oct 20, 2016 · Amec Foster Wheeler Constructors, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was attempting to raise a load with an air hoist when the air hoist came loose from its anchor point and swung down, striking the employee's torso and breaking ribs. The employee was hospitalized overnight.

Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld (other) · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Construction

Oct 12, 2016 · Georgia Power Company Amputation

While rotating a motor housing on an auxiliary oil pump, an employee's left ring finger was pinched in the bolt hole resulting in the loss of left ring fingertip.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Utilities

Aug 12, 2016 · Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products Amputation

While troubleshooting a machine, an employee leaned against an adjacent hopper machine and propped himself up with his left hand. The hopper housing moved under his weight and pinched this thumb, fracturing bone and amputating his thumb tip.

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