DEQUINCY, LOUISIANA—
Georgia Pacific
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Georgia Pacific , 3442 Highway 12 , DEQUINCY, LOUISIANA 70633 on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was loading the kiln. A hook fell off of the rail car that enters the kiln. The employee attempted to reconnect the hook and caught his ankle in the rail car path resulting in a broken leg.
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FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS—
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On June 16, 2023, at 7:45 AM, an employee was operating a plate forming press and went to remove a piece of tape from inside the machine. The machine cycled and amputated their left ring fingertip.
FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS—
Georgia-Pacific
On 7/17/2021, at approximately 6:30 p.m., a temporary employee was operating a battery powered pallet jack. While walking backward, he tripped over the forks of a parked forklift. The pallet jack continued moving, rolling up onto his right leg and fracturing the ankle and foot. The employee was hospitalized.
PENNINGTON, ALABAMA—
Georgia-Pacific
A maintenance employee was servicing a piston cylinder when the rod and rod head came loose from the framework holding it. He and another maintenance employee were lifting the cylinder with a hoist and the cylinder head fell approximately 20-24" and struck the employee's left ring finger, causing a fracture and a partial degloving. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
PENNINGTON, ALABAMA—
Georgia-Pacific
A coater operator was working at a board machine, adjusting the coater wipe at the coater rolls. The rolls caught the employee's right forearm, crushing it. He was hospitalized and his right hand was surgically amputated.
GURDON, ARKANSAS—
Georgia Pacific
While stepping off a deck that was 2 inches above the floor, an employee suffered a twisted right ankle and fractures to the tibia and fibula.
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