Severe Workplace Injuries in Thomasville, Georgia
Employers in Thomasville reported 20 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through July 2025: 12 workers hospitalized and 9 amputations (45% of reports). Manufacturing accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 8 of them.
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Industries
How workers were hurt
Parts of the body injured
OSHA inspections in Thomasville since 2015
Workplace safety inspectors opened 47 inspections at Thomasville workplaces, and 20 of them (43%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 36 serious, 0 willful and 3 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $300,813.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Flowers Foods Inc (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $10,000 |
| Willie J. Harswell Construction Company, LLC (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $2,679 |
| Dollar General Corporation/ Dolgencorp, LLC (complaint, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $186,872 |
| Blackwater Timber Company, LLC (referral, details) | 6 (5 serious+) | $4,500 |
| Martel Marine Panels LLC (planned, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $4,546 |
| Rite-A-Way Mowers, LLC (fatality/catastrophe, details) | 5 (3 serious+) | $18,944 |
| Georgetown Ice The Ice House, LLC (complaint, details) | 4 (3 serious+) | $11,271 |
| Turbine Engine Components Technologies Corporation (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $12,934 |
| Chris Nobles, LLC (complaint, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $5,070 |
| Troy Barnard (planned, details) | 7 (7 serious+) | $2,608 |
| Vital Signs LLC (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $1,385 |
| Blackberry Patch, Inc. (planned, details) | 7 (6 serious+) | $7,388 |
Penalties as currently recorded by OSHA; they can drop after settlement or contest. Inspection data covers federal OSHA inspections and state-run safety program inspections reported to OSHA.
Most recent reports
The 20 newest severe injury reports from Thomasville employers, as OSHA published them.
Jul 18, 2025 · CENTEK INDUSTRIES, INC. Hospitalized
An employee was moving a piece of metal he had just finished welding. The corner of the metal triggered the welding gun. The welding gun arced to an aerosol paint can and the can exploded. The employee sustained burns to his face, arms, and hands, and had blisters around his nose and mouth.
Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire · Nose and mouth · Manufacturing
Feb 8, 2025 · Flowers Foods Inc Hospitalized
An employee was clearing dough from a dough hook when the equipment was reenergized and the employee's left arm became entangled with the hook. The employee sustained injuries to tendons in their left hand and arm.
Struck by running powered equipment · Hand(s) and arm(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1803567
Jul 1, 2024 · AGDS Hospitalized
An employee was changing the blades on an ironworker machine when the blades contacted each other and exploded, striking the employee's chest and causing injury.
Struck by discharged object or substance · Chest · Manufacturing
Mar 28, 2024 · Flowers Baking Company of Thomasville, LLC Amputation
Employees were troubleshooting a conveyor roller. The injured employee used a pry bar to put tension on the chain and sprocket to see if that was the issue. While checking to see if there was tension back on the chain, their hand was caught in it resulting in a fingertip amputation.
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1739041
Jan 3, 2023 · FPL Food LLC Amputation
An employee was unblocking a load chute when they sustained an amputation just below the right middle fingernail.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1643536
Aug 5, 2022 · FPL Food LLC Hospitalized
An employee was waiting to off-load a truck that was being backed up to the door when the dock plate malfunctioned. The employee was helping to lower the dock plate manually when the plate fell and broke the employee's left arm.
Struck by falling object or equipment · Arm(s) · Manufacturing
May 24, 2022 · Flowers Baking Co. of Thomasville, LLC Amputation
An employee's right index finger was caught in the chain and sprocket of a hamburger bun conveyor. The finger was amputated.
Caught in running equipment or machinery · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing
May 19, 2021 · Blackwater Timber Co. LLC Amputation
A molder machine jammed and was turned off. Its still rotating knives caught an employee's hand, causing the amputation of the index finger.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1533143
Feb 16, 2021 · Ambassador Personnel Inc Hospitalized
A temporary employee was using a stand-up forklift when his left lower leg was trapped and crushed between the forklift and a steel cone. He was hospitalized.
Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Lower leg(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1515617
Mar 27, 2020 · Southeastern Grocers, LLC. Hospitalized
An employee fell out of his truck while arriving at work. His left hip was injured on the parking lot surface and he was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Hip(s) · Retail
Mar 25, 2019 · Flowers Baking Company of Thomasville, LLC Amputation
An employee was using a wrench to get a conveyor back on track when the wrench slipped, causing an injury to the employee's right index finger that resulted in a finger amputation.
Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing
Oct 15, 2018 · Beadles & Balfour, LLC Amputation
An employee was attempting to retrieve a piece of strap lumber from the edger un-scrambler machine when his left gloved hand came into contact with the end rolls' drive chain and sprocket. As a result, he sustained an amputation of the left ring finger, partial amputation of the left pinky finger, and laceration of the left middle finger.
Caught in running equipment or machinery · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1356420
Aug 6, 2018 · Rose City Health and Rehabilitation Center Hospitalized
An employee was down on one knee putting away supplies. As she rose from that position, she became dizzy, took a step, and fell to the floor, fracturing her right hip.
Fall on same level (other) · Hip(s) · Health care and social assistance
Jun 22, 2018 · Turbine Engine Components Technologies Corporation Amputation
An employee was setting up and adjusting a milling machine. While one of the machine's gearbox doors was open, the machine activated and the gearbox pinched the employee's left thumb, causing a partial amputation.
Caught in running equipment or machinery · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1326859
Apr 10, 2018 · CIVES CORPORATION Hospitalized
An employee was stacking/moving steel beams when they became unstable and fell against the employee. The employee was pinned and suffered bruises, scrapes, and soreness.
Struck by falling object or equipment · Nonclassifiable · Manufacturing
Feb 27, 2018 · Averus, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee slipped while climbing an exterior fixed ladder, fell approximately 14 feet to the ground, and suffered a fractured heel bone, requiring hospitalization.
Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet · Heel(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services
Sep 18, 2017 · Canfor Southern Pine Hospitalized
An employee was attempting to cross a planer line when a barricade was lifted and a piece of wood struck him, fracturing his pelvis and rib. The planer was not locked/tagged out at the time.
Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Multiple trunk locations · Manufacturing
Jul 20, 2016 · American Signature, Inc. Amputation
While conducting maintenance on the battery charger of an order picker, an employee's right index fingertip was caught between the chain and cog of the order picker and amputated when the order picker was activated.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fingertip(s) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1165554
Apr 29, 2016 · American Fresh Foods Amputation
An employee was attempting to remove hamburger meat around the impact area of a hamburger patty press when his right middle fingertip was amputated by the press point.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing
Apr 13, 2015 · Gross Vault & Monument Co., Inc. Hospitalized
An employee sustained injuries to his legs when the motor block of a tractor blew apart as he started it up.
Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Leg(s) · Manufacturing
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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