Severe Workplace Injuries in Waynesboro, Georgia
Employers in Waynesboro reported 15 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through July 2024: 8 workers hospitalized and 7 amputations (47% of reports). Construction accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 0 of them.
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OSHA inspections in Waynesboro since 2015
Workplace safety inspectors opened 23 inspections at Waynesboro workplaces, and 10 of them (43%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 20 serious, 0 willful and 3 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $47,904.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Afi Furnishings (complaint, details) | 12 (8 serious+) | $14,519 |
| 370 Mills Road, Inc. (complaint, details) | 4 (4 serious+) | $7,230 |
| Cms Waynesboro, LLC (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $4,125 |
| Cms Waynesboro, LLC (monitoring, details) | 1 | $422 |
| Robert W. Barker, LLC (referral, details) | 3 (2 serious+) | $5,706 |
| 370 Mills Road, Inc. (complaint, details) | 3 (2 serious+) | $8,793 |
| Wachs Technical Services, Ltd. (complaint, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $4,089 |
| Hart Acquisitions, LLC (follow-up, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $220 |
| Collins Gin, LLC (referral, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $2,800 |
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 15 newest severe injury reports from Waynesboro employers, as OSHA published them.
Jul 23, 2024 · Morgan Corp. Amputation
An employee was loading a drill rig into a lowboy trailer. The employee's left little finger was caught between the drill and the trailer, and the fingertip was amputated.
Injured by object handled by person (other) · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services
Mar 12, 2024 · Ritz Instrument Transformers, Inc Hospitalized
An employee was starting a new core when the winding machine wrapped around their glove and twisted, crushing their left index finger.
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing
Nov 20, 2023 · Rent-A-Center East, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was installing a stove for a customer. While putting the back cover on the stove, the employee was shocked by electricity.
Direct exposure to electricity · Body systems · Real estate and rental
Feb 4, 2023 · Richmond County Constructors, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was using a torque wrench while terminating a cable on or near a 120-volt DC battery. An arc flash from the battery burned the employee's hands.
Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less · Hand(s) · Construction
Jul 7, 2020 · Southern Company Amputation
An employee was changing the motor and motor sheath of an HVAC unit. As the motor was rotated, his right ring finger was caught between its belt and pulley. The finger was amputated above the first knuckle.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Utilities
Apr 17, 2020 · CBI Services, LLC Amputation
An employee was manually positioning a 13-foot long, 460-pound steel I-beam with his hands onto cribbing with the assistance of a forklift when other I-beams stationed on the forks of the lift shifted. This action resulted in the employee having his right-hand middle finger caught between I-beams, which resulted in a partial amputation to his finger.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Construction
Sep 18, 2018 · C.A. Murren & Sons, Company Mid-Atlantic, LLC Amputation
An employee was attempting to set a pylon when the nylon sling that was holding the vertical pipe lost some tension and slipped over the employee's left pinky finger, then cinched back onto the finger and crushed it. The employee's pinky finger had to be surgically amputated.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Mining, oil and gas
Sep 20, 2017 · Day & Zimmermann NPS Hospitalized
An employee was adjusting an energy-isolated industrial fan belt and pulley. The employee was manually rotating the motor and assembly when the employee's right middle finger was caught between the belt and pulley, lacerating and fracturing it.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Professional and technical services
Feb 20, 2017 · Fluor Enterprises, Inc. Amputation
An employee was holding the rigging line while he was signaling the operator to lift the load. As the load was lifted up, it shifted and his left hand little finger was caught between the rigging strap and the lifting box and was amputated.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Construction
Jan 19, 2017 · Flour Enterprises, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was walking on a steel beam that was lying on the ground when it flipped over and pinned his leg between it and another beam. His right leg was fractured above the ankle, requiring hospitalization.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Lower leg(s) · Construction
Nov 24, 2016 · Hart Acquisitions, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was operating an irrigation machine when he was struck in the head/face by a rotating boom, breaking his jaw and losing consciousness.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Multiple face locations · Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Oct 31, 2016 · Fluor Enterprises, Inc. Amputation
When handling a 4 foot waler and loosening bolts, an employee's finger was caught between metal bolts and the waler, amputating the left middle distal fingertip.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Construction
Sep 7, 2016 · Fluor Enterprises, Inc. Amputation
Two employees were removing form panels from an upper elevation while working from the basket of a lift. One of the employees had his right hand on the basket's handrail, which came in contact with the building's steel beam. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the right ring fingertip.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Construction
Jul 25, 2016 · Fluor Corporation Hospitalized
An employee was pushing a plate compactor into an excavator bucket when his left pinky finger entered the thumb of the excavator, fracturing it.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Utilities
Jun 12, 2015 · Collins Gin, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was hospitalized after getting his feet caught in a machine.
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Foot (feet) · Agriculture, forestry and fishing
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.
Workers compensation lawyers in Georgia
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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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